MAD #151 — June 1972

"It's hard to believe that a man will propose to a girl under a light he wouldn't even pick out a suit by!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• One Day in the Jungle

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD #17 — February 2021
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Don Martin cartoon: "Fonebone" pronounced sample; Ads for The Third MAD Dossier of Spy vs. Spy by Prohias and The Recycled MAD Paperbacks; Subscriptions (kangaroo's pouch — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.); Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• MAD Photoetry

  Light-Metered Verse Dept.

  Max Brandel / Photos by World Wide and UPI
  4–7
• In the Operating Room With Don Martin

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  8–9 sample
• MAD's Songbook for the '72 Candidates

  Strike Up the Bandwagon Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Dave Gantz
  10–12
• Miracle Center (TV satire)

  Hypocratic Oafs Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  13–17
• Letters from the Internal Revenue Service

  The Eyes of Taxes Are Upon You Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  18–19
• A MAD Look at TV Sports Interviews — Past, Present & Future

  Jocks Trapped Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  20–24
• The Small Businessman

  Polish Joke Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  25 sample
• The Lighter Side of Modern Technology

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  26–30
• Back In the Operating Room With Don Martin During a Heart Transplant

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  31
• When Somebody Says...He's Almost Sure to Say

  Acting Two-Phrased Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  32–34
• MAD's Auto Manufacturer of the Year

  Doom-Buggies Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch and Earle Doud / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  35–39
• You Know You're Days Are Numbered When...

  Oh-Oh! Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  40–41
• Carnival Knowledge (movie satire)

  "R" Movies Better Than Ever? Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  42–48 sample
• Fold-In — What beloved American animal will never become extinct because of overwhelming support?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Dove trapped behind American flag stripes/bars

  Arnoldo Franchioni
  C4