Mad #188 January 1977

• Cover Artist: Jack Rickard

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• Ad for Subscriptions -
  Mad's Cheap Publisher Turns Santa Claus (featuring
  photo of William M. Gaines as Santa) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - but it can
  also make for a pretty messy hand!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters ("Alfred E. Vulcan" bust by Jack Rickard) (2)
• Ad for Paperbacks (George Woodbridge art) (3)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• The Moronic Woman (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-10)
• Early One Morning on a Desert Island (Don Martin) (11)
• No Wonder We're All Screwed Up! (Jack Rickard art)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Alis Ellis idea) (12-14)
• A Mad History of Medicine
  (written by Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge art) (15-20)
• One Day Five Thousand Years Ago (Don Martin) (21)
• What's the Story...?
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (22-23)
• The Lighter Side of Consumers (Dave Berg) (24-28)
• Year-End Family Greeting Letters We'd Like To See
  (written by Larry Siegel) (29-31)
• Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1976 Holiday Season (32-34)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• The Mad Clearance Catalogue of Unwanted
  Articles, Features, Gimmicks, and Premises
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art - page 1)
  (artists page 2 and 3 uncredited but include: Dave Berg,
  Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragones, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis,
  Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Rickard, Norman Mingo,
  Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Don Martin)
  (NOTE: all possibly drawn by Jack Rickard!) (35-37)
• A Mad Look at The Tennis Set (Paul Peter Porges) (38-39)
• Spy vs. Spy - umbrella magnifying
  glass lights bomb fuse (Antonio Prohias) (40)
• Presenting a Mad Double Feature (movie satires)
  (written by Stan Hart) (41-47)
  • The Bad Mouth Bears (Jack Davis art)
  • The Misery Breaks (Angelo Torres art)
• Late One Afternoon Last January
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- What particular species in our environment is sure to get special protection from any winning candidate?
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Pay As You Go! -
  The Practice of Modern Medicine