MAD #148 — January 1972

"Many a self-made man was constructed by forced labor!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• A Movie Scene We'd Like to See — sword fight

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Jack Nicholson, Michele Phillips, and Helena Kallianiotes with MAD #145
  2
• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People

  Adding a New Wrinkle Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  4–7
• When Madison Avenue Appeals to Extremists

  Hard-Core-Sell Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  8–10 sample
• The Trauma of '42 (movie satire)

  Three to Get Ready Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  11–16
• The Great Escape Plot

  Con Vex Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragones — 2010
  17 sample
• Don Martin In a Playland

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  18–19
• The Lighter Side of Living Space

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  20–24 sample
• Hawks & Doves — electric train

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  25 sample
• Answers to Children's Letters — From Santa

  Escape Claus Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / DPI photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  26–27
• Spy vs. Spy — club nailed to floor board

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  28
• MAD's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football

  Pros and Poetry Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  29–32 sample
• One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  33
• Behind the Scenes at an Underground Newspaper

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  34–35
• A MAD Look At Waterbeds

  Asleep on the Deep Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  36–37
• Spy vs. Spy — training fleas

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • 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 — January 2011
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 4 — April 2026
  38
• Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV satire)

  Turkey an' the Store Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Kedzie North / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  39–42 sample
• The Daily Congressional Off-The-Record

  Senate and House Organ Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  43–47
• Ad for MAD's Dave Berg Looks at Our Sick World Paperback
  48
• Fold-In — What is really bugging most Americans?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — A TV Scene We'd Like to See — Caesar made the salad!

  Written by Al Jaffee / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
  C4