MAD #61 — March 1961

"Taking your wife to a convention is like taking the game warden hunting!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Janes Seamless Stockings (ad parody)

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Plug for More Trash From MAD #3; Ads for Like, MAD paperback, A Golden Trashery of MAD, Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Alfred E. Neuman bust
  2–3
• MAD's Anti-Cliché Museum

  Marginal Marvin Dept.

  Written by Herb Grochos
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Man of Science — America's Next Mass Media Hero

  Punch in the I.Q. Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  4–7
• Early One Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  8–9
• The Wall Street Jungle (newspaper parody)

  All the News That Hints of Mint Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  10–13 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — empty clothes (logo) / bartender poisons drink

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  14
• Admissions of Dishonesty Still Don't Make It Right!

  Too True to Be Good Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  15–17 sample
• Kitzel's Department Store

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  18 sample
• Playkid — Entertainment for Tots (magazine parody)

  Young Snob-Nose Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke
  19–25
• A MAD Peek Through the Microscope

  Microfolk Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  26–28 sample
• MAD's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance

  The Clause that Refreshes Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  29–32 sample
• Guest Shots

  Extra Added Distraction Dept.

  Written by Nick Meglin and Tom Koch / Art by Mort Drucker and Wally Wood
  33–37
• Spy vs. Spy — crab lowerer (logo) / camera in dog head

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  38
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself Auto Repair Manual

  Greasemonkey-Business Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  39–41
• MAD's 1961 TV Preview

  Vidiot's Delight Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Bob Clarke
  42–43
• MAD Salutes an Unsung Hero: Lice Magazine Photographer Macomber Bombey

  Speaking of Pictures Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  44–47 sample
• After the Rains

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The MAD Sampler — 1965 (Paperback #18)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Subscription Ad — "Caramba! I'm no Herk!"

  Nick Meglin in sombrero — Photo by Lester Krauss
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• Back Cover — What Sort of Man Reads MAD?

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MADvertising — 2005
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