MAD #87 — June 1964

"Sometimes, the best scheme for doubling your money is to fold it in half and stuff it back in your wallet!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Three Ring MAD Paperback
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait, subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself? — stick-trap with spikes (Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) — summary
• Kids' Versions of Adult Films

  Tot A-Okay Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–9 sample
• At the Mask Store

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  10–11
• Watch That Price With the Asterisk

  Who's Covering Up? Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  12–14
• Spy vs. Spy — runway plane ripper / water pail bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 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
  15
• TV Ads We'd Like to See

  The Pause That Depresses Dept.

  Art by Joe Orlando
  16–17
• A MAD Look at the Circus

  Grinding the Acts Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  18–21
• Fake-Out Record Jackets

  Stars in Your Buys Dept.

  Written by Jim Rutherford and Darlene Rutherford / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  22–23
• Spy vs. Spy — sword fight magnet / electric mouse tail

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  24
• If Tax Forms Were Made Up By Psychiatrists

  Bread-Shrinker Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  25
• The Lighter Side of Homeowners

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #1 — Fall 1970
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  26–29
• Ending on a Sour Note

  Harper's Fury Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  30
• The Great Cigarette Filter Tip War

  Puff, the Tragic Draggin' Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  31–33
• Pre-Recorded Phone Messages to Handle Those People You'd Rather Avoid Speaking To

  If a Machine Answers, Hang Up! Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  34–37
• MAD Beastlies

  Word Game Preserve Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  38–39 sample
• The Electrician

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Mad's Greatest Artists - Don Martin - 2014
  40 sample
• Angry Magazine

  Act Your Rage Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  41–47 sample
• An Evening in the City

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  48
• Fold-In — Who wants to be president more than anything?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Contact Continuously Contagious Capsules

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
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