Mad #148 January 1972

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Antonio Prohias

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• A Movie Scene We'd Like to See (sword fight)
  (written by Al Jaffee / George Woodbridge art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Many a self-made man was constructed
  by forced labor!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (picture of Jack Nicholson, Michele Phillips,
  and Helena Kallianiotes with Mad #145) (2)
• Subscription Ad (George Woodbridge art from #116)
  Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents? (3)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (4-7)
• When Madison Avenue Appeals to Extremists
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (8-10)
• The Trauma of '42 (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (11-16)
• The Great Escape Plot (Sergio Aragones) (17)
• Don Martin In a Playland (18-19)
• The Lighter Side of Living Space (Dave Berg) (20-24)
• Hawks & Doves - electric train (Al Jaffee) (25)
• Answers to Children's Letters - From Santa (26-27)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / DPI photo)
• Spy vs. Spy -
  club nailed to floor board (Antonio Prohias) (28)
• Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art) (29-32)
• One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon
  (Don Martin) (33)
• Behind the Scenes at an Underground Newspaper
  (written by Sy Reit / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (34-35)
• A Mad Look At Waterbeds (Paul Peter Porges) (36-37)
• Spy vs. Spy - training fleas (Antonio Prohias) (38)
• Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo and Kedzie North)
  (Angelo Torres art) (39-42)
• The Daily Congressional Off-The-Record
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Irving Schild photos) (43-47)
• Ad for Mad's Dave Berg Looks at Our Sick World Paperback (48)
• Fold-In -- What is really bugging most Americans?
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- A TV Scene We'd Like to See -
  Caesar made the salad!
  (written by Al Jaffee / Irving Schild photos)