Mad #43 December 1958

• Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
• Cover Writer: Joe Orlando
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• American Expense Account Cheques article was reprinted in:
  More Trash From Mad #2 - 1959 Annual
  Mad About the Fifties - 1997
  (ad parody)
  (Kelly Freas art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Proverbs Revisited **various places around the magazine
• Mad's MVTBA
  (Most Valuable Television Baseball Actors) Awards THE DOUBLE-PLAY'S THE THING DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Frontier - 1962 (Paperback #12)
  
  (written by Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge art) (2-3)
• Letters Dept. (ads for "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait,
  The Brothers Mad, Mad For Keeps, Gift Subscriptions
  (Will Elder art from Panic #1)) (4-5)
• The End of Comics INSTALLMENT OVERDUE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Mad Frontier - 1962 (Paperback #12)
  Mad Special #36 Fall 1981
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Wally Wood art) (6-9)
• Future Magazine Mergers TOGETHERNESS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Follies #1 - 1963 Annual
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (10-12)
• Scenes We'd Like to See - The Frogmen HOLLYWOOD DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  
  (Joe Orlando) (13)
• The Electricians DON MARTIN DEPT. PART I
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Completely Mad Don Martin - 1974 Big Book
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  Mad's Greatest Artists - Don Martin - 2014
  (Don Martin) (14-15)
• If Hollywood Directors Staged Advertising Photos HOLLYWOOD DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  
  (Wally Wood art) (16-18)
• Pushcarts FOOD FOR THOUGHT DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  Dave Berg's Mad Trash - 1977 Big Book
  Mad Art - 2002 (excerpt)
  Mad's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg - 2013
  (Dave Berg) (19-21)
• Health Chairs RELAX IN DISCOMFORT DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  Mad #31 June 2023
  (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art) (22-23)
• The Mad Halloween Trick-Or-Treatment HOBBLE THEM GOBLINS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  More Trash From Mad #7 - 1964 Annual
  Mad XL #30 November 2004
  Horrifyingly Mad - 2011
  Mad #22 December 2021
  
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (24-25)
• The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry VERSE OF THE PEOPLE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Mad Frontier - 1962 (Paperback #12)
  Mad About the Fifties - 1997
  Mad For Decades - 2007
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Joe Orlando art) (26-27)
• Special Lamps for Reading MagazinesLIGHT UP YOUR LIFE DEPT.
  (Bob Clarke art) (28-29)
• Misleading Headlines EXTRA! EXTRA! DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Mad Frontier - 1962 (Paperback #12)
  (written by Frank Jacobs) (30-31)
• The New Baby DANNY KAYE DEPT. PART I
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad About the Fifties - 1997
  (written by Danny Kaye and Milton Schafer)
  (Wally Wood art) (32-33)
• Coming Musicals AND THEN I WROTE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  (Bob Clarke art)
  (written by Frank Jacobs and Larry Siegel) (34-36)
• The End of a Perfect Day DON MARTIN DEPT. PART II
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Completely Mad Don Martin - 1974 Big Book
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  (Don Martin) (37)
• Bob & Ray -- Music ReportBOB & RAY DEPT.
  (written by Tom Koch / Mort Drucker art) (38-40)
• Payhouse 90 Production Schedule TELEVISION DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  
  (written by Albert Meglin) (41)
• The Smithshop TRAUMATIC WORKSHOP DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  More Trash From Mad #7 - 1964 Annual
  
  (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art) (42-43)
• Woodlore TO BLAZES WITH THE TRAIL DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Mad Frontier - 1962 (Paperback #12)
  Mad About the Fifties - 1997
  Mad For Decades - 2007
  
  (written by Al Jaffee / George Woodbridge art) (44-46)
• The Bathtub AdmiralDANNY KAYE DEPT. PART II (Wally Wood art)
  (written by Danny Kaye and Milton Schafer) (47)
• Down Lovers' Lane DON MARTIN DEPT. PART III
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Completely Mad Don Martin - 1974 Big Book
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Ad - You'll "go far" in a Mad T-Shirt! - $1.25
  (photo by Larry Maleman of Al Feldstein, John Putnam, Jerry DeFuccio as hobos in boxcar) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Crust Gum Paste article was reprinted in:
  Mad Forever - 1959
  The Worst From Mad #3 - 1960 Annual
  The Ridiculously Expensive Mad - 1969
  Completely Mad - 1991
  Mad About the Fifties - 1997
  Mad Art - 2002
  MADvertising - 2005
  Totally Mad - 2012
  The Best of the Worst! - Special Collector's Edition 2012
  Totally Inside Mad - 2016
  Mad #33 October 2023
  (Kelly Freas art)