Mad #142 April 1971

• Cover Artist: John Putnam

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• Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Bob Clarke art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (mailbox 6 of 6 drawn by Nick Meglin) (2-3)
• Ads for Subscriptions (heaven sent - Paul Coker, Jr. art), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• West Coast Story (updated musical satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art) (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 (Max Brandel)
  (Wide World and UPI photos) (12-14)
• Hawks & Doves - cannon spokes (Al Jaffee) (15)
• Violent TV Commercials
  (written by Earle Doud / Mort Drucker art) (16-19)
• Horrifying Cliches
  (written by May Sakami / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (20-22)
• Mad Salutes the Output
  of American Industry (Max Brandel) (23)
• What is a Parent?
  (written by Tom Koch / Sergio Aragones art) (24-25)
• Telephone Taps We'd Like to Hear
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard art) (26-28)
• One Night in the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf
  Plaza Statler Hilton Grand Hotel (Don Martin) (29)
• The Lighter Side of Love (Dave Berg) (30-33)
• Spy vs. Spy - caught in a giant
  slinky spring (Antonio Prohias) (34)
• Mad's "Dirty Old Man" of the Year
  (written by Stan Hart / George Woodbridge art) (35-39)
• Answers to Children's Letters - From God (UPI photo)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein) (40-41)
• Spy vs. Spy - fence hurdler stopper (Antonio Prohias) (42)
• My Three Sonny Boys (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• On the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" Set
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- In what dangerous direction are militant
  revolutionaries leading us? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Sign Language (Al Jaffee)