MAD #51 — December 1959
"A fellow will go out with a girl if she's really different from other girls… the difference being she'll go out with him!" — Alfred E. Neuman
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Hames Underwear for Men and Boys (ad parody)Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Kelly Freas
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Contents Page1
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Letters Dept.
Notes
- Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait; MAD Forever, MAD For Keeps; MAD T-Shirts and MAD Straight Jackets ("Deck Your Friends in Clothes of Folly!") (bar scene with Jerry DeFuccio, Lenny Brenner — Lester Krauss photo); Subscriptions
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New Singers for Old SongsMarginal Thinking Dept.(various places around the magazine)
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Advertising Slogans Will Replace Everyday ConversationGray Flannel-Mouth Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood4–6
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The Man With the Sprung NeckDon Martin Dept. Part I
Reprinted in 2 collections
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The Price is All Right (TV satire)Lights, Camera, Auction Dept.Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Painting By the NumbersDigitalent Dept.Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
Reprinted in 1 collection
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The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume IIVerse of the People Dept.Written by Tom Koch / Art by Joe Orlando
Reprinted in 3 collections
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The Great Hotel FireDon Martin Dept. Part II18
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Testing Civilians for Space FlightSolar Perplexus Dept.Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Wally Wood
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Scenes We'd Like to See — Driving the Golden SpikeHollywood Dept.Written by Eugene St. Jean / Art by George Woodbridge
Reprinted in 10 collections
- The Worst From MAD #4 — 1961 Annual
- Greasy MAD Stuff — 1963 (Paperback #15)
- The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
- MAD About the Fifties — 1997
- MAD About the Movies — 1998
- MAD For Decades — 2007
- MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
- The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
- Totally MAD — 2012
- Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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The MAD Guide to Handwriting AnalysisScrawl's Well That Reads Well Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke
Reprinted in 1 collection
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TV Ads We'd Like to See — The Schleppe's CommercialTelevision Dept.Art by Joe Orlando
Reprinted in 1 collection
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MAD Looks at Adult EducationBlackboard Bungle Dept.Written by Paul Laikin / Art by George Woodbridge
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Hide-A-Beds and Other Kinds of "Hide-A-Things"Berg's-Eye View Dept.
Reprinted in 1 collection
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Madison Avenue Turns to History and LiteratureProse for the Cons Dept.Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke
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Grandstand FootballWay Off-Side Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge
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The Escaped ConvictDon Martin Dept. Part III48
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Ad for Son of MAD paperbackArt by Wally Wood and Kelly FreasC3
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Back Cover — Paying for a Diamond is ForeverWritten by Al Jaffee / Art by Kelly FreasC4