MAD #182 — April 1976

"Still waters run deep… but they're usually stagnant!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• The Castaway

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • MAD Kids #12 — September 2008
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  • MAD #32 — August 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of German MAD publisher Klaus Recht, Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portraits, The Vintage MAD Paperback, Subscriptions (outhouse diver — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• A Portfolio of Some Idealists' Dreams

  Youth Serum Dept.

  Arnoldo Franchioni / UPI photos
  4–6
• New Musicals Based on Big Movies

  Thar's Gold in Them Thar Trills Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  • The Mob's All Here — Based on The Godfather
  • The Shark and I — Based on Jaws
  • Go to Blazes! — Based on The Towering Inferno — sample

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  7–13
• MAD Penny-Pinching Hints

  Cheap Shots Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • Eternally MAD — 1983 (Paperback #62)
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  14–16 sample
• Early One Morning Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  17
• The Lighter Side of Making Extra Money

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • Eternally MAD — 1983 (Paperback #62)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  18–22
• One Fine Day at the Corner of South Finster Boulevard and Fonebone Street

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • MAD Barfs — 1982 (Paperback #61)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  23 sample
• MAD Shoulder Patches

  For the Symbol-Minded Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — tailhook wire pulls over boat landing deck

  Joke & Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • MAD Barfs — 1982 (Paperback #61)
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  26
• A MAD Look at 50 Years of College Life in America

  Alma Martyrs Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  27–34
• MAD's "Traffic Commissioner" of the Year

  The Colossus of Roads Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  • MAD's MADdest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  35–37
• A MAD Gallery of People It's Hard to Feel Sorry For

  Pity Larceny Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • MAD Special #110 — January 1996
  • MAD #527 — June 2014 — The MAD Vault
  38–39 sample
• The Shadow Knows

  We Got Your Penumbra Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • Eternally MAD — 1983 (Paperback #62)
  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #17 — February 2021 (excerpt)
  40–42 sample
• Good Time-Slot (TV satire)

  Dyn-o-mite Schtick Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–47
• Late One Afternoon in a Doctor's Office

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • Eternally MAD — 1983 (Paperback #62)
  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — In what important bowl game are there nothing but losers?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — I Want, Too

  Norman Mingo

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
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