MAD #170 — October 1974

"Your money and your vacation never seem to run out at the same time!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special #14 — featuring 8 Don Martin Vital Message Posters and 8 Don Martin Art Depreciation Paintings
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for The MAD Turned-On Zoo Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions — balloon in a shooting gallery, Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Between the Devil and the Holy See Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 13 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • MAD About the Oscars — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
  4–11 sample
• Wishful Thinking

  Opti-Missed Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  12–14 sample
• One Sunday Morning on the Beach

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  15–16
• MAD's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year

  The Meet Rack Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  17–20
• Horrifying Clichés

  Spooking from Pictures Dept.

  Written by May Sakami / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Fleer Goes MAD Sticker Album — 1983
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
  21–23 sample
• MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Impeachment Newspaper Story

  Setting a President Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of Hot Weather

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  26–30
• Alfred's Poor Almanac

  Alfred's Poor Almanac Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Putnam
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• If Other Celebrities Hosted "The Miss America Pageant"

  Detouring the Parks' Way Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  32–33
• You Know You Married a Gal/Guy Who's Much Too Young/Old For You When…

  Wed Behind the Years Dept.

  Lloyd Gola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  34–36
• Ghoulish Medical Corp. 1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue

  Medi-Caterers Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  37–40
• Spy vs. Spy — trick-door slats

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
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• Popicorn (movie satire)

  Butterfly McQueen Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD Picks — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  42–47 sample
• One Fine Day in the Arctic

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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• Fold-In — What is the only thing that completely ignores the law of gravity?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — A MAD Look at a TV Commercial — Wrigley's Spearmint Gum

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  • MAD #32 — August 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  • MAD #35 — February 2024
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