MAD #158 — April 1973

"More diets begin in clothing stores than in doctors' offices!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• A Moving Jungle Tale

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (funhouse resident — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.), The MAD Book of Word Power by Max Brandel Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The New Comedians (movie satire)

  Police Farce Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–11
• The MAD TV Viewers Hate Book

  Screen Plagues Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  12–15 sample
• Rewriting Your Way to a PH.D.

  Symbol English Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  16–18 sample
• Late One Night in a Waterfront Tavern

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  19
• The Lighter Side of Reading

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  20–24
• Nixxon ...But It's Still the Same Old Gas!

  Pump and Circumstance Dept.

  Max Brandel / Wide World photo
  25
• Why Does it Always Happen That...

  Fate-a-compli Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • MAD #501 — October 2009 — MAD Vault (excerpt)
  26–28
• MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family

  Bleeding Heart Burn Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  29–33
• Spy vs. Spy — tea party footsie

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD #46 — December 2025
  34
• American Trash and Trivia Company's Head Shop Supplies — Wholesale Catalogue

  Freak Enterprise Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  35–39 sample
• Patterns of Speech

  Theme Scheme Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke / Idea by Max Brandel

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–42
• One Evening at a Masquerade Party

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #106 — August 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD #501 — October 2009 — MAD Vault
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  43
• When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time

  The Other Side of the Corn Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  44–48
• Fold-In — Whose life would be seriously endangered if pot were legalized?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Victory “V” with fingers chopped off

  Max Brandel / Irving Schild photo
  C4