MAD #165 — March 1974

"A Supermarket is where you spend half an hour hunting for instant coffee!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special #12

  featuring the second The Nostalgic MAD reprint of assorted MAD comic articles
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • early Alfred on C-47 during WW2, Ads for Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions — driving instructor — Paul Coker, Jr. art
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• 8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies (movie satires)

  And the Bond Plays On Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  • Dr. No-No sample
  • From Russia With Lunacy
  • Goldfingerbowl
  • Thunderblahh
  • You Only Live Nice
  • On His Majesty's Secret Shamus sample
  • Dollars are Forever
  • Live and Let Suffer sample

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • MAD for Kicks — 1980 (Paperback #54)
  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  • MAD #18 — April 2021
  4–12
• The MAD Bowling Primer

  Alley Be Praised Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • Pumping MAD — 1981 (Paperback #56)
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  13–15
• A MAD Look at Tyrants

  Out, Damned Despot Dept.

  Arnoldo Franchioni / Photos by Wide World and UPI
  16–17 sample
• The Lighter Side of Cold Weather

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • The Uncensored MAD — 1980 (Paperback #55)
  18–22
• One Dark Night in a Laboratory

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  23 sample
• Sure-Fire Ticket Deterrents for Frustrated Drivers

  Windshield Weepers Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD for Kicks — 1980 (Paperback #54)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  24–25
• MAD Sequels to Famous Poems

  Son of "Roses are Red" Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  26–31
• "I Want You" Posters Starring Today's Celebrities

  Stretching a Point Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  32–34
• MAD Visits the "Realistic School of Medicine"

  Hypocritical Oafs Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • Pumping MAD — 1981 (Paperback #56)
  35–38
• Spy vs. Spy — missing airplane wheel ruse

  Joke & Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD Special #91 — January 1994
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  39
• Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller

  Hop, Skip and Squish Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #42 — April 2025
  40–41
• One Night in a Police Station

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • The Uncensored MAD — 1980 (Paperback #55)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • 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
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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• The Dulltons (TV satire)

  Never Trust a Show About the '30's Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • Pumping MAD — 1981 (Paperback #56)
  43–48 sample
• Fold-In — What is believing in honest politicians like?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Heads...You Lose!

  Art by Norman Mingo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
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