MAD #195 — December 1977

"Credit cards are what people use after they discover that money can't buy everything!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Harry North, Esq. art from #187
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Jack Rickard's recollection of Kate Jackson
  2
• Ad for History Gone MAD and Swinging MAD Paperbacks
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Presenting Another Mad Double Feature (movie satires)

  Terrorflying Experiences Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  • Blimp Sunday
  • Airplot '77
  4–11
• Here's A Look at The Carter Administration Speaking From Pictures

  Plains Talk Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Photos by UPI
  12–14
• Early One Morning In South America

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  15
• Handicaps in Other Fields

  Balancing Acts Dept.

  Idea by Adam Garst / Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  16–17 sample
• The MAD Like...Love...Hate Book

  Progressive Razz Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Marylyn Ippolito / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  18–21
• Spy vs. Spy — pivoting plane wing guns

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  22
• How Come You Worry About...When...

  Waste Measurements Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  23–25
• The Lighter Side of Gadgets

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  26–30
• One Afternoon in Downtown Lourdes

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  • 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
  31
• The MAD Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis — The Paranoiac's Seven Day Tour of Japan

  Sic Transit Gloriously Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  32–33
• Zappy Endings We'd Like to See

  Revenge is Mime Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  34–37 sample
• Decision Making Dart Boards for Celebrities

  What's in an Aim? Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and William McCole / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  38–40
• Blarney Miller (TV satire)

  From Badge to Worse Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  41–46 sample
• One Evening on a Rooftop in Texas

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • 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
  47
• MAD Warranty

  Guarantease Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  48
• Fold-In — What's the one thing oil rich sheiks have no intention of fueling in their own lands?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — A Fairy Tale

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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