MAD #197 — March 1978

"Enjoy yourself! It's later on you'll think!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special #24

  featuring the sixth The Nostalgic MAD reprint of assorted MAD comic articles
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD Stew Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (dressed as a banana in an ape cage — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The White House Follies of 1977

  Big Time Operetta Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  4–10 sample
• One Morning in an Old English Forest

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• MAD's "Do-It-Yourself" Job Application Letter

  Hire Flyer Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  12–13
• A MAD Look at "Star Wars"

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Star Wars Spectacular — 1996
  • MAD Star Wars Spectacular — Summer 1999
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  14–16 sample
• Some Minor Medical Research Foundations' Collection Drives

  Charitease Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Bob Clarke
  17–19
• MAD Close-Ups

  Telescopic Eye-Sore Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  20–21
• The Lighter Side of Air

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  22–26
• One Afternoon in a New American Home

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  27
• Instructions for Things that Need Instructions

  Aid-de-chump Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke
  28–30
• MAD Goes to a Preview of an "In Search of..." Movie

  Creature Presentation Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  31–36 sample
• One Evening in a Hollywood TV Studio

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  37
• Staying In Shape

  Hexercise Dept.

  Dean Norman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  38–39
• MAD's "Romance-Love-Relationship" Book

  Heart Failure Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  • MAD #36 — April 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  40–42
• Little House Oh, So Dreary (TV satire)

  Log Cabin Syrup Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  43–48 sample
• Fold-In — What infectious foreign invasion is spreading in epidemic proportions among Americans lately?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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