MAD #144 — July 1971

"Nowadays, most bank accounts need month-to-month resuscitation!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special #4

  Featuring MAD Mini-Posters
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions (Rapunzel — 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
• Shmoe (movie satire)

  Hippie Hunting Ground Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  4–9 sample
• The MAD Non-Smokers Hate Book

  Where There's Smoke, There's Ire Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • A MAD Scramble — 1977 (Paperback #45)
  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  10–13
• New Movie Monsters From the Medical World

  Medi-Scare Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  14–16
• Hawks & Doves — air show jet formation

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  17
• The Lighter Side of Sound Equipment

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  18–22
• One Afternoon at the Beach

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • A MAD Scramble — 1977 (Paperback #45)
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  23
• Make Love...Not War

  MAD Mini-Poster Dept.

  Max Brandel / Wide World and UPI photos
  24–25 sample
• A Collection of MAD X-Rayvings

  Everything's Coming Up Sub Rosa Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  26–27 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — toilet balance

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  • 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
  28 sample
• The F.I.B. (TV satire)

  Forced-Feds Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  29–34
• Modern Art

  Hung Up Dept.

  Written by Max Brandel / Irving Schild photos

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  35 sample
• TV as Viewed By the Animal World

  Zoo's View Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  36–37
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Recording Studio

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  38–39
• One Hot Summer Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  40
• Incredible Occult Magazine

  Seer-Suckers Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  41–47
• The American Tourists in a Tokyo Restaurant

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48
• Fold-In — What deadly missions are more and more servicemen voluntarily going on?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — A Scene We'd Hate to See — The Morning Delivery

  Max Brandel / Irving Schild photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
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