MAD #171 — December 1974

"Driving while drunk often leads to mourning after!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• A Mind-Blowing Incident

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD's Sergio Aragones on Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman Portraits, The Invisible MAD Paperback, The Completely MAD Don Martin Big Book, and Subscriptions — light switch electrocution (Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  King Con Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • MAD About the Oscars — 2004
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor Vol. 5 — September 2026
  4–11 sample
• Alfred's Poor Almanac

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Putnam
  12
• The MAD Crisis Primer

  Doom It May Concern Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  13–16
• One Morning in Surgery

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  17
• We're Losing Our War Against Computers

  It's in the Punchcards Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  18–19
• The Lighter Side of Dieting

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  20–24
• One Day in a Run-Down Shack

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #27 — Summer 1979
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  25
• A MAD Look at Fairy Tales

  Once Upon a Mime Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD's Sergio Aragones on Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  26–28
• Poor Richard's Almanac — quotes from the White House transcripts of President Richard Nixon's recorded conversations

  Ben-edictions Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  29
• MAD's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers

  Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #25 — Fall 1978
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  30–33 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — tripwire match strike

  Joke & Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  34
• Bible Rave Magazine

  Upping the Prophets Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #106 — August 1995
  35–39
• You Have Reached a State of Apathy When...

  Vive L'Indifference Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  40–41 sample
• One Evening at the Stamp Club Meeting

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  42
• The Rookers (TV satire)

  P.D.-atrics Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–48
• Fold-In — What looks like the surest, fastest transportation to Washington this year?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Morality...Then and Now

  Idea by Max Brandel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #26 — Winter 1978
  C4