MAD #168 — July 1974

"Don't worry about forgetting your girl-friend's birthday: you'll catch it later!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Number 13

  featuring MAD Sickie-Stickies
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD Marginals by Sergio Aragones Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (death by lawnmower — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Way We Bore (movie satire)

  A Left Jabber and a Right Uppercrust Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–10
• One Evening at a Cocktail Party

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Marriage...Before and After

  Wedding Belts Dept.

  Written by George Hart / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Pumping MAD — 1981 (Paperback #56)
  • MAD Special #106 — August 1995
  12–13 sample
• Singable Theme Songs for TV Shows

  Strike Up the Bland Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Angelo Torres
  14–16
• Parental Non-Sequiturs

  Shift of Gab Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • The Uncensored MAD — 1980 (Paperback #55)
  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  17–19
• Magazine Articles...Then...and Now

  Subject to Change Dept.

  David Allard, DPI and UPI photos
  20–21
• The Lighter Side of The Energy Crisis

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD For Kicks — 1980 (Paperback #54)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  22–26
• A MAD Guide to Recycling Garbage

  Altering the Waste Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Kids #4 — August 2006 (excerpt)
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  27–33 sample
• At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • MAD For Kicks — 1980 (Paperback #54)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a TV Network

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bruce Day

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Pumping MAD — 1981 (Paperback #56)
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  35–37
• Remember When...

  Then and Oww! Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD For Kicks — 1980 (Paperback #54)
  38–39
• Alfred's Poor Almanac

  Poor Alfred's Almanac Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Putnam
  40
• Billy Jock (movie satire)

  Diatribal Legend Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  41–47
• One Day on a Tennis Court

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • The Uncensored MAD — 1980 (Paperback #55)
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • MAD TV — 1995
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What big car feature will soon be included in small economy cars?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Uncle Sam's Medical Report

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
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