MAD #131 — December 1969

"As grown-ups get older, work seems a lot less fun, and fun seems a lot more work!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for The Ridiculously Expensive MAD

  Irving Schild photo
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions (Arabian princess — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.), Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Hopping MAD Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• A MAD Look at Modern College Courses

  Clash-Program Dept.

  Max Brandel / UPI and Wide World photos
  4–7
• On a Cruise to a South Sea Island

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • The Medicine MAD — 1977 (Paperback #44)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  8
• Boredom-12 (TV satire)

  Yawn Patrol Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  9–13
• You Know You're Really in Trouble When...

  Hot Water Bag Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974
  14–15
• Spy vs. Spy — giant swing club

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • Hooked On MAD — 1976 (Paperback #42)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs. Spy — January 2011
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  16
• Passionate Gun Love Magazine

  Loaded Magazine Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • Hooked On MAD — 1976 (Paperback #42)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  17–23 sample
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Hospital

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  24–25 sample
• The Kidney Transplant

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  26
• If Everyone Talked Like Don Rickles

  Blasting Impressions Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  27–31 sample
• A Nostalgic Look at Dogs

  Mongrel Hordes Dept.

  Written by Dean Norman / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • The Cuckoo MAD — 1976 (Paperback #43)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  32–33
• The Lighter Side of Wheels

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974
  34–38
• Spy vs. Spy — embassy guard mask trick

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs. Spy — January 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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• The Shadow Knows

  We Got Your Penumbra Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • Hooked On MAD — 1976 (Paperback #42)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #503 — May 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • MAD #17 — February 2021 (excerpt)
  40–41 sample
• Hoo-Boy, Columbus! (movie satire)

  The Gripes of Roth Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  42–47
• One Day on a Hike

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974
  • The Cuckoo MAD — 1976 (Paperback #43)
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Fold-In — What great new chasm has been discovered that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — RonReagan. A rum to help forget.

  Irving Schild and Wide World photos

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MADvertising — 2005
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