MAD #64 — July 1961

"People with bad coughs should go to Doctors instead of Theaters!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Take TNT and See (ad parody)

  Art by Bob Clarke
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions — "Reach for 2 bucks..." (Lester Krauss photo of Nick Meglin as cowboy, gun to nose, stick-up), Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Anthologies, The Ides of MAD paperback
  2–3
• MAD Stuffs David Susskind's Suggestion Box

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Written by Bob Margolin
  (various places around the magazine)
• If There'd Been a Madison Avenue Down Through History

  That Old Ad-age Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MADvertising — 2005
  4–7
• A MAD Look at the Telephone

  A Tone For Our Sins Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  8–11
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Doctor's Pronouncement

  Hollywood Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 12 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  12 sample
• The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume III

  Verse of the People Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  13–14
• A Young Man's Ambition

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  15
• A MAD Guide for Baby Sitters

  Squatters' Rights Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  16–22 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — paper boat covers mine / dog and cat suits

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD Special #128 — June 1998
  • 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 #24 — April 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  23
• The Daily Square — A Newspaper for Discriminating "Nowhere" People

  Another Day, Another Dull Edition Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  24–26
• Boarding the Uptown Bus

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  27
• The Business of Baseball

  Diamond's Are a Boy's Best Friend Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  28–31
• The Typical Summer Resort Ad / The Typical Summer Resort

  Trail of the Loathsome Pines Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  32–35
• Spy Vs. Spy — shrunken head / dog chases painted master

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #128 — June 1998
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  36
• Sneaky Camera with Allan Funn (TV satire)

  Hocus-Focus Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Rickard
  37–40
• In the Doctor's Office

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  41
• A Career Awaits You in the Modern Army

  A Private Joke Dept.

  Written by Dean Norman / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  42–43
• Bedtime Stories as Told by "Job-Conscious" Fathers

  Once Upon a Time-And-A-Half Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  44–47
• In the Penny Arcade

  Don Martin Dept. Part IV

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • It's a World, World, World, World MAD — 1965 (Paperback #19)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Ad for Alfred E. Neuman Bust

  Lester Krauss photo
  C3
• Back Cover — Composition Book Cover

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  C4