MAD #142 — April 1971

"If you want to see 85, don't look for it on the speedometer!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Mailbox 6 of 6 drawn by Nick Meglin, Ads for Subscriptions (heaven sent — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• West Coast Story (updated musical satire)

  Extremist Unction Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis
  4–11
• Communism Revisited —
  An Updated Photographic "MAD Look" at Some of the So-Called "Eternal Truths" Proclaimed by the Founding Fathers of the Bolshevik Revolution

  Better Read Than Red Dept.

  Max Brandel / Wide World and UPI photos
  12–14
• Hawks & Doves — cannon spokes

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  15
• Violent TV Commercials

  Pain in the Ads Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  16–19
• Horrifying Clichés

  Things That Go Bump in the Trite Dept.

  Written by May Sakami / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Trick-or-Treat Reading — 1987 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  20–22
• MAD Salutes the Output of American Industry

  Environ-Mental Illness Dept.

  Max Brandel

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  23
• What is a Parent?

  Ma and Pa-thetic Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  24–25
• Telephone Taps We'd Like to Hear

  Conversation Piece Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard
  26–28
• One Night in the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf Plaza Statler Hilton Grand Hotel

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  29
• The Lighter Side of Love

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  30–33
• Spy vs. Spy — caught in a giant slinky spring

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
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• MAD's "Dirty Old Man" of the Year

  Teeny-Bopper-Poppa Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  35–39
• Answers to Children's Letters — From God

  Heaven Sent Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / UPI photo

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–41
• Spy vs. Spy — fence hurdler stopper

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • 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 Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  42
• My Three Sonny Boys (TV satire)

  If It's Saturday, It Must Be Boredom Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–47
• On the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" Set

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • A MAD Scramble — 1977 (Paperback #45)
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD Trick-or-Treat Reading — 1987
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48
• Fold-In — In what dangerous direction are militant revolutionaries leading us?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Sign Language

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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