MAD #145 — September 1971

"Sometimes it pays to resist a temptation. A better one may be coming along!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• A Fish Tale

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD's Don Martin Comes on Strong Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (mummy's tomb — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Five Easy Pages — and two hard ones (movie satire)

  Callous Key Bum Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–10 sample
• Very Early One Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • A MAD Scramble — 1977 (Paperback #45)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• A MAD Look at Then…and Now — "We've Come A Long Way, Baby!"

  Malignant Growth Dept.

  Max Brandel / Wide World and UPI photos
  12–15
• The Lighter Side of Boating

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  16–20
• The MAD Orthodontia Primer

  Chewing Glum Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • A MAD Scramble — 1977 (Paperback #45)
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  • MAD #42 — April 2025
  21–23
• That Sinking Feeling

  Abandon Ship of State! Dept.

  Written by Richard Nixon / Research by Frank Jacobs / Max Brandel, UPI photo, New York Times quotes

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Completely MAD — 1991
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — hammer on rocket

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  26
• What Coaches Say in Public and in Private

  Switch Pitch Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD #523 — October 2013 (MAD Vault)
  27–29
• Greeting Cards for the Sexual Revolution

  Wow "Now" Cards Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  30–32
• Hawks & Doves — nightmares and bacon

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  33 sample
• A MAD Look at Palm Reading

  Hand Shakedown Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–35
• Spy vs. Spy — clubbed through door

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Overboard — 1978 (Paperback #47)
  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  36
• Excuses, Excuses! Past and Present

  Straddle Defense Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  37–39 sample
• "Prison" Record Albums of the Future

  Sing-Sing Sing Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  40–41 sample
• One Day in a Pet Shop

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • Swinging MAD — 1977 (Paperback #46)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  42
• The Foul and the Prissy Cats (movie satire)

  The Id and the Inhibit-Id Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  43–48
• Fold-In — What new phenomena will send workingmen's temperatures soaring this summer?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — The Modern Crucifixion

  Max Brandel / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  C4