MAD #47 — June 1959

"The big guns in business are the guys who haven't as yet been fired!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Paperback Ad

  The Bedside MAD
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• Contents Page

  with editor Al Feldstein's thoughts on Spring
  1
• MAD Double-Features

  Marginal Thinking Dept.
  (various places around the magazine)
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Alfred E. Neuman portrait — Ad for MAD For Keeps — Ad for MAD Straight Jackets (pictured: Jerry DeFuccio, Lenny Brenner, and one other) — Ad for Subscriptions
  2–3
• Combined TV Shows

  Double Jeopardy Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  4–7
• Mothers Day Cards from Special People

  Mom's the Word Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  8–10
• It Happened on the Crosstown Bus

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11–12
• How to be a MAD Non-Conformist

  Vive La Difference Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Voodoo MAD — 1963 (Paperback #14)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  13–15
• Little League

  Diamonds Are a Boy's Best Friend Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  16–19
• The Battle of the Credit Cards

  All Charged Up Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  20–23 sample
• The Professor Lectures on Space

  Sid Caesar Dept.

  Written by Sid Caesar / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  24–27
• Jack and Jill as Retold by Various Magazines

  Once More With Feeling Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  28–31
• Future Halls of Fame and Some of Their Members

  Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  32–34 sample
• Announcing... The Greatest Missile Ever Built

  Brains & Von Braun Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Voodoo MAD — 1963 (Paperback #14)
  35–36
• Movie Posters for Packing In Every Type of Audience

  Film-Flam Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  37–39
• Bob & Ray — Pressure Can Report

  Bob & Ray Dept.

  Written by Vic Cowen / Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  40–42
• The American MAD Cross First Aid Handbook

  One Good Tourniquet Deserves Another Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD In Orbit — 1962 (Paperback #13)
  43–47 sample
• The Fishermen

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • The Voodoo MAD — 1963 (Paperback #14)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Ad — They'll laugh when you sit down to play
  Musically MAD — RCA Victor's New Hi-Fi LP

  Art by George Woodbridge
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Soft-Weave 2-Ply Tissue by Scotch

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Kelly Freas
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