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MAD #196 — January 1978
"If you were to kick the person responsible for most of your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit down for a week!" — Alfred E. Neuman
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Ad for SubscriptionsMad's Cheap Publisher Turns Santa Claus — featuring photo of William M. Gaines as SantaC2
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Contents Page1
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Letters Dept.
Notes
- Overseas edition examples (Portuguese, Dutch, German, Swedish, Japanese) — art by Don Martin, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Harry North, Esq., Mort Drucker
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Paperback Ad3
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Star Roars (movie satire)Galactickle Dept.
Reprinted in 14 collections
- MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
- Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
- Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
- MAD About the Seventies — 1996
- MAD Star Wars Spectacular — 1996
- MAD Star Wars Spectacular — Summer 1999
- MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
- MAD About The Oscars — 2004
- MAD For Decades — 2007
- MAD About Star Wars — 2007
- Epic MAD — 2012
- Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
- MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
- MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
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Early One Morning in South AmericaDon Martin Dept. Part I11
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MAD's "Realistic" Board Game — "Hospital"MAD's "Realistic" Board Games Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke
Reprinted in 1 collection
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MAD Diplomacy in Everyday Life SituationsTaking Another Tact Dept.Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
Reprinted in 3 collections
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The Lighter Side of WaterBerg's-Eye View Dept.
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Late One Afternoon in South DakotaDon Martin Dept. Part II
Reprinted in 2 collections
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If Public Services Were Run Like Private EnterpriseCivilized Servants Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
Reprinted in 1 collection
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Mishaps of the FutureThe Shape of Zings to Come Dept.30–32
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MAD's Literary Agent of the YearBook Worms Dept.Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.
Reprinted in 1 collection
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A MAD Look at a Modern High SchoolClass Struggle Dept.Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Inventions We'd Like to SeeNecessity for That Mother Dept.Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Al Jaffee40–43 sample
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Early One Evening in Atlantic CityDon Martin Dept. Part III44
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He's Company (TV satire)Switch Hit Dept.Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Fold-In — What does a college education promise to give many of today's students?C3
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Back Cover — More Scenes We'd Like to See — The Frog PrinceWritten by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
Reprinted in 2 collections
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