MAD #193 — September 1977

"Summer is the time of year when there's not much on TV... or on the girls at the beach!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  last day of school trampling

  Art by Angelo Torres
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Bob Clarke draws himself held hostage at MAD, Ads for A. E. Neuman portraits, A MAD Scramble Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• A Star's a Bomb (movie satire)

  Rock of Aged Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  4–10 sample
• One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11 sample
• MAD Products With Paired Names That Tell What It's Supposed to Do

  Show and Sell Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About Town — 1983 (Paperback #63)
  • MAD Special #91 — January 1994
  12–13
• Welcome to MAD Magazine's Reality World

  Unbecoming Attractions Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Al Jaffee / Idea by Marc Bilgrey

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Special #106 — August 1995
  14–19 sample
• A MAD Look at Movie Making

  Film-Flam Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  20–23
• Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages

  Fone-Bonus Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  24–25
• One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 13 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #47 — February 2026
  26 sample
• More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland

  The Joke's on U.S. Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  27–29
• The MAD Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis —
  The Hypochondriac's Seven Day Tour of Europe

  Sick Transit Gloriously Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #91 — January 1994
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  30–31
• The Lighter Side of Afternoons

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Color Classics #3 — April 2001
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  32–36
• When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union

  Look for the “Union” Army Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Color Classics #3 — April 2001
  37–38
• Casey at the Talks

  How Much is on First? Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis
  (based on the Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem)

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  39–41
• Spy vs. Spy — spy inside tree

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
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• Churlie's Angles (TV satire)

  Private-Eyefuls Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • MAD About Town — 1983 (Paperback #63)
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  43–47
• Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Fold-In — Where are some of the world's greatest oil deposits?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — More Scenes We'd Like to See — The Frog Prince

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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