MAD Magazine Recurring Features
You Know You're Really When…
(and a few other When's…)
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues
| Article Title | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
| You Know You're Really Getting Old When… | Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan / Paul Coker, Jr. |
116 — Jan 1968 |
| You Know You're Really Married When… | Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan / Paul Coker, Jr. |
117 — Mar 1968 |
| You Know You're Really a Parent When… | Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan / Paul Coker, Jr. |
119 — Jun 1968 |
| You Know You've Really Made It When… | Frank Ridgeway / Paul Coker, Jr. | 125 — Mar 1969 |
| You Know You're Really Overweight When… | Jack Kent / Paul Coker, Jr. | 128 — Jul 1969 |
| You Know You're Really a Nobody When… | Jack Kent / Paul Coker, Jr. | 130 — Oct 1969 |
| You Know You're Really in Trouble When… | Tom Koch / Jack Rickard | 131 — Dec 1969 |
| You Know You're Really on Your Own When… | Tom Koch and Gloria L. Rich / Paul Coker, Jr. |
134 — Apr 1970 |
| You Know You're Really a Bore When… | Stan Hart / Paul Coker, Jr. | 135 — Jun 1970 |
| You Know You're Really a Football Fan When… | Stan Hart / Jack Davis | 140 — Jan 1971 |
| You Know It's Really Over When… | Al Jaffee and Gloria L. Rich / Jack Rickard |
143 — Jun 1971 |
| You Know You're Really Grown Up When… | Alis Ellis / Paul Coker, Jr. | 149 — Mar 1972 |
| You Know You're Really Divorced When… | Lloyd Gola | 150 — Apr 1972 |
| You Know Your Days Are Numbered When… | Tom Koch / Bob Clarke | 151 — Jun 1972 |
| You Know You've Really Got a Problem When… | Tom Koch / Bob Clarke | 156 — Jan 1973 |
| You Know It's Really Summer When… | Tom Koch / Jack Rickard | 162 — Oct 1973 |
| You Know There's Something Fishy When… | Tom Koch / Jack Rickard | 167 — Jun 1974 |
| You Know You Married a Gal/Guy Who's Much Too Young/Old For You When… | Lloyd Gola | 170 — Oct 1974 |
| You Have Reached a State of Apathy When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard | 171 — Dec 1974 |
| You Know You're Really a Pet Owner When… | Lloyd Gola | 173 — Mar 1975 |
| It Almost Restores Your Faith When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard | 174 — Apr 1975 |
| It's Bad Timing When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard | 175 — Jun 1975 |
| It Ain't Fair When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard | 177 — Sep 1975 |
| Take It With a Grain of Salt When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Davis | 183 — Jun 1976 |
| It's Adding Insult to Injury When… | Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard | 189 — Mar 1977 |
| You Don't Give a %#*&!*? What Other People Think When… | Larry Siegel / Bob Jones / Marc Bilgrey (idea) |
191 — Jun 1977 |
| How Come You Worry About…When… | Stan Hart / Jack Rickard | 195 — Dec 1977 |
| You're a Victim of Bad Timing When… | Paul Peter Porges | 212 — Jan 1980 |
| You Know He/She is Not For You When… | Stan Hart / Paul Coker, Jr. | 238 — Apr 1983 |
| You Know You're in a Second Marriage When… | Lloyd Gola | 244 — Jan 1984 |
| Your Pet Has Reached Blissful Retirement When… | Paul Peter Porges | 269 — Mar 1987 |
| Summer Has Arrived When… | Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. | 273 — Sep 1987 |
| It's Safe to go to the Bathroom When… | Paul Peter Porges | 286 — Apr 1989 |
| It's Never a Good Sign When… | John Prete / Al Jaffee | 287 — Jun 1989 |
| Your Show Biz Career is Definitely in the Dumper When… | Mike Snider / Paul Coker, Jr. | 324 — Jan 1994 |
| What Does it Say About Playing by the Rules When… | Mike Snider / Sam Viviano | 326 — Mar/Apr 1994 |
| You Know America's Been Nuked When… | Andrew J. Schwartzberg / | 342 — Jan/Feb 1996 |
| You're Really Not Much of a Terrorist If… | John Caldwell | 372 — Aug 1998 |
| Is It Really Cause for Celebration When… | John Prete / James Warhola | 391 — Mar 2000 |
| You Know You're Osama bin Laden When… | / Ray Alma | 416 — Apr 2002 |
| You Know a Rapper's Gone Soft When… | Jacob Lambert / Hermann Mejia | 444 — Aug 2004 |
| You Know You're Really 70 When… (George Lucas Edition) |
529 — Oct 2014 | |
| You Know You're Really 60 When… (Bill Gates Edition) | 537 — Feb 2016 |
Excerpt from You Know You're Really a Bore When… — from #135, June 1970