MAD #88 — July 1964

"Everybody's looking for less to do, more time to do it in, and more pay for not doing it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Seventh Annual Edition of The Worst From MAD

  featuring MAD Protest Signs — Photo by Lester Krauss
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for subscriptions (Why Kill Yourself? — head in cannon — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.); Three Ring MAD paperback; "Alfred E. Neuman for President" Campaign Kit
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Movie Ads With Behind-The-Scenes Gossip

  Hollywood Bilge-Board Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  4–6 sample
• The MAD Safety Council's Predictions for the Upcoming July 4th Weekend

  Mis-Happy Holiday Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  7
• Don Martin in an Italian Restaurant

  Don Martin Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • 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
  8–10 sample
• MAD Visits the Producer-Director of "Charades" (movie satire)

  Corpse and Robbers Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD #18 — April 2021
  11–15
• The Long-Range Effects of Products on People

  Cause and Defect Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  16–18
• Spy Vs. Spy — electrified climbing line / rubber cannon target

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  • MAD #18 — April 2021
  19
• The Lighter Side of Little League

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  20–23
• The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A. — New York City

  Talk of the Town Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Larry Siegel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  24–25
• The Swampview Terrace Weekly

  Tenants, Anyone? Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  26–29
• Spy Vs. Spy — cannonball slingshot / floor spring hammer head

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • 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
  30
• MAD's Caterer of the Year

  Affairs of Status Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  31–35
• The MAD Politician's Primer

  Snakes in the Grass Roots Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  36–39
• Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics

  Someday Supplement Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  40–43
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy — trick bookshelf / rocket castle tower

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part III

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • 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
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  44
• Buck's Law (TV satire)

  Gold-Plated Copper Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  45–48
• Fold-In — The only hope for curing "Beatle-Mania"!

  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 — Carry-On Cigarettes

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • Completely MAD — 1991
  • MADvertising — 2005
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