Mad Magazine Recurring Features


You Know You're Really _________ When...

(and a few other When's...)


in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues

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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 You're 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
Your 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 / x 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... x / 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
You Know You're Really _______ When...

excerpt from You Know You're Really a Bore When... - from 135 - June 1970