MAD #62 — April 1961

"The nicest thing about success is: you don't have to listen to good advice any more!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• General Realistic TV (ad parody)

  Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  • MAD #49 — June 2026
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Like, Mad paperback, Anthologies, Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Alfred E. Neuman bust
  2–3
• Mad Answers to Cliché Remarks

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Total Sell (Consumerwise)

  Stretching a Selling-Point Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Bob Clarke
  4–7 sample
• The Population Explosion and How it Will Affect Future Living

  No Room at the Top Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge
  8–10
• A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • 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
  • MAD #30 — April 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  • MAD #41 — February 2025
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
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• How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting

  Ho-Humdrum Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  12–15 sample
• Greeting Cards with Enclosures

  Battle of the Bulge Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  16–18
• MAD Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelist

  No-Talent Associates Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  19–22
• Spy vs. Spy — money lure through guillotine / disguised as girls

  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
  • 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 #26 — August 2022
  23
• Up-To-Date Names for Rockets and Missiles

  Out to Launch Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  24–25
• Togetherness Through Music

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • Completely MAD — 1991
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  26
• Ladies' Home Journey (magazine satire)

  Bringing Down Father Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  27–32 sample
• Horseback Riding

  Gallop Pall Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  33–35
• Spy vs. Spy — water drip torture / fear of dropped handkerchiefs

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash 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
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• Mail Order Gift Catalogues

  Parcel Pest Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  37–40
• Tomorrow's Parents

  Daddy-O Knows Best Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Picks — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  41–43 sample
• In a French Restaurant

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  44
• The United Nations Awards Show

  Every Dag Must Have His Day Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  45–48
• Subscription Ad

  "What this country needs is a good 25¢ humor magazine!" — Al Feldstein as a ward heeler / Lester Krauss photo
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• Back Cover — Sucker 61 Fountain Pens

  Art by Kelly Freas
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