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Mad #62 April 1961
Cover Artist:
Kelly Freas
Mad Logo:
Harvey Kurtzman
General Realistic TV (ad parody) (
Kelly Freas
art) (
C2
)
Contents Page (
1
)
"The nicest thing about success is: you don't have to
listen to good advice any more!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
Letters (
2-3
)
Ads for
Like, Mad
paperback, Anthologies,
Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Alfred E. Neuman bust
Mad Answers to Cliché Remarks
**various places around the magazine
(written by
Paul Laikin
)
The Total Sell (Consumerwise)
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
4-7
)
The Population Explosion and
How it Will Affect Future Living
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
8-10
)
A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry (
Don Martin
) (
11
)
How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Wally Wood
art) (
12-15
)
Greeting Cards with Enclosures
(written by
Phil Hahn
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
16-18
)
Mad Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelist
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
19-22
)
Spy Vs. Spy - money lure through guillotine /
disguised as girls (
Antonio Prohias
) (
23
)
Up-To-Date Names for Rockets and Missiles
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
24-25
)
Togetherness Through Music (
Don Martin
) (
26
)
Ladies' Home Journey (magazine satire)
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
27-32
)
Horseback Riding (
Dave Berg
) (
33-35
)
Spy Vs. Spy - water drip torture /
fear of dropped handkerchiefs (
Antonio Prohias
) (
36
)
Mail Order Gift Catalogues
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
37-40
)
Tomorrow's Parents
(written by
Gary Belkin
/
Wally Wood
art) (
41-43
)
In a French Restaurant (
Don Martin
) (
44
)
The United Nations Awards Show
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
45-48
)
Subscription Ad -
"What this country needs is a good 25¢ humor magazine!"
(
Al Feldstein
as a ward heeler -
Lester Krauss
photo) (
C3
)
Back Cover -- Sucker 61 Fountain Pens (
Kelly Freas
art)
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for original art! / Click
for sample!
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