MAD #147 — December 1971

"It's what you learn after you know it all that really counts!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions (man in pumpkin — Paul Coker, Jr. art), Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Polyunsaturated MAD Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Little Dull Man (movie satire)

  And Another Redskin Bites the Dustin Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–10
• An Italian Robin Catching a Worm

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11 sample
• Condolence Cards For Business and Professional Tragedies

  Postal Mortems Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  12–14
• Future Shock

  Seer Sucker Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  15–16
• The New Army

  Gung Ho-Hum Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  17–20
• Spy vs. Spy — candle rock hinged floor slide

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • 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
  21
• If Nixon Were President During Custer's Last Stand

  Tomahawks and Doves Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Irving Schild, Wide World and UPI photos

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  22–23
• Meet Sudhir Dar — A Tasty Indian “Nut”

  New Delhi-catessen Dept.

  Sudhir Dar / Title art by John Putnam

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  24–26
• Hawks & Doves — bivouac lights

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  27
• The Lighter Side of Time

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  28–32 sample
• One Morning on Main Street

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  33
• A MAD Look at Pet Owners

  Burden of Beasts Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD Special #128 — June 1998
  • MAD #24 — April 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  34–35
• Spy vs. Spy — caped fake flying spies

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • 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
  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
  • MAD #44 — August 2025
  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  36
• Modern Muscle Magazine

  Press and Jerks Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  37–42
• Gall in the Family Fare (TV satire)

  Little Bigot Man Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #34 — Spring 1981
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  43–47 sample
• Late One Thursday Morning Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — What kind of political bandwagon would many Republicans like to see prepared for our V.P.?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — See No Evil / Hear No Evil / Well...Two Out of Three Ain't Bad!

  Written by Larry Gore / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  C4