MAD #187 — December 1976

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder… of someone else who's around!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Art by Harry North, Esq.
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Bob Clarke ages Henry Winkler as "The Fonz"; Jack Rickard draws himself with telephones; Ads for A. E. Neuman portraits, The Cuckoo MAD Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Gall of the President's Men (movie satire)

  Washington Post-Mortem Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • MAD About Town — 1983 (Paperback #63)
  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  4–10 sample
• One Fine Morning in a Play Pen

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  • 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
  11
• Great Moments in Bad Timing

  Oops! Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • MAD About Town — 1983 (Paperback #63)
  • MAD Special #110 — January 1996
  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  12–14 sample
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at Car Rental Companies

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  15–17
• One Fine Afternoon in a Gym

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Written by John Caldwell / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  18 sample
• Other Forms of Malpractice Insurance

  Take Coverage! Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  19–21
• The Bauble Hymn of The Republic

  Buy-Centennial Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  22–23
• The Lighter Side of Living Together

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD Special #110 — January 1996
  24–28
• How "Specialty Magazines" are Trying to Boost Sales

  Reaching for New "Hypes" Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  29
• The Daily Liberal and The Daily Conservative Newspapers

  Columns Left! Columns Right! Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  30–33
• Spy vs. Spy — wagon club foot

  Joke & Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  34
• MAD's "Underground Revolutionary" of the Year

  Bomb Vivant Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  35–38
• How to Read a Real Estate Ad

  Homing Devices Dept.

  Written by Alen Robin / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  39–41
• One Fine Evening at a Recital

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  42
• Crappy Days (TV satire)

  The Fatuous Fifties Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  43–48
• Fold-In — What popular con game played in a carnival-like atmosphere makes suckers of us all?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  C3
• Back Cover — Don't Vote for Alfred E. Neuman for President — There Are Bigger Idiots Running!

  Art by Norman Mingo

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
  C4