Mad #188 January 1977

• Cover Artist: Jack Rickard

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• Ad for Subscriptions - Mad's Cheap Publisher Turns Santa Claus (featuring photo of William M. Gaines in a Santa suit)
• Contents Page
• Letters (Jack Rickard drawing of "Alfred E. Vulcan" bust)
• Ad for Paperbacks (George Woodbridge art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Moronic Woman (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art)
• Early One Morning on a Desert Island (Don Martin)
• No Wonder We're All Screwed Up!
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Alis Ellis idea / Jack Rickard art)
• A Mad History of Medicine
  (written by Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge art)
• One Day Five Thousand Years Ago (Don Martin)
• What's the Story...?
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
• The Lighter Side of Consumers (Dave Berg)
• Year-End Family Greeting Letters We'd Like To See
  (written by Larry Siegel)
• Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1976 Holiday Season
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• The Mad Clearance Catalogue of Unwanted
  Articles, Features, Gimmicks, and Premises
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art - page 1)
  (artists page 2 and 3 uncredited but include: Dave Berg,
  Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragones, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis,
  Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Rickard, Norman Mingo,
  Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Don Martin)
• A Mad Look at The Tennis Set (Paul Peter Porges)
• Spy vs. Spy (Antonio Prohias)
• Presenting a Mad Double Feature (movie satires)
  (written by Stan Hart)
  • The Bad Mouth Bears (Jack Davis art)
  • The Misery Breaks (Angelo Torres art)
• Late One Afternoon Last January (Don Martin)
• Fold-In -- What particular species in our environment is sure to get special protection from any winning candidate? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- Pay As You Go! -
  The Practice of Modern Medicine