MAD #68 — January 1962

"The main thing wrong with the younger generation is: A lot of us don't belong to it anymore!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Alpine Rest Home

  Lester Krauss photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Give a Gift Subscription to MAD — "Tapping your brain for Christmas cheer?" (Lester Krauss photo of faucet stuck to Nick Meglin's head)
  2–3
• "Namelies" — A New MAD Game

  Marginal Thinking Dept.
  (various places around the magazine)
• Midnight TV Roulette

  Channel Crossing Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Jack Rickard
  4–7
• The Appointment

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  • Boiling MAD — 1966 (Paperback #21)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  8–9
• If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs

  What Never Happened to—? Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  10–13 sample
• A MAD Look at Christmas

  The Claus That Depresses Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  • Boiling MAD — 1966 (Paperback #21)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  14–17 sample
• Celebrities' Wallets — Barry Goldwater

  8-Ball in the Extreme Right Pocket Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  18–19
• Inspirational Poems by, for and about the Nation's Building Men

  The House That Jerk Built Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  20–23
• The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party

  Never on Sunday-Pages Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  24–25
• Editorial Additions to Beer Ads

  "Ad" Libs Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  26
• MAD's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A.

  Watch My Line Dept.

  Written by Gilbert Barnhill and Gary Belkin / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Boiling MAD — 1966 (Paperback #21)
  27–30
• Tovarich

  Nyets to You Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • 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
  31–32 sample
• College Fraternities

  Sorority, Wrong Number Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Boiling MAD — 1966 (Paperback #21)
  33–36
• The Truth About Secret Ingredients

  Elements of Surprise Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  37–38 sample
• What Do You Do For A Living, Daddy?

  Pop's Concert Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • Boiling MAD — 1966 (Paperback #21)
  39–43
• The Escalator

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  44 sample
• The Guns of Minestrone (movie satire)

  All Hellas Breaks Loose Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #1 — Fall 1970
  45–48
• MAD "Sox Appeal"!

  Ads for Alfred E. Neuman bust, Pocketbooks, Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Anthologies
  C3
• Back Cover — Glass Container Manufacturers Association

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
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