MAD #201 — September 1978

"Falling in love is like eating mushrooms: You're never sure it's the real thing until it's too late!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  Last day of school trampling — Angelo Torres art
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Ad for MAD Clowns Around Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Saturday Night Feeble (movie satire)

  High Travoltage Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD #506 — December 2010 — MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  4–11 sample
• Trademark Graffiti

  The Brandwriting is on the Wall Dept.

  Al Jaffee / Jim Ruth photos

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  12–14
• One Friday Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • MAD Kids #7 — May 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #35 — February 2024
  15
• The Lighter Side of Summer Problems

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  16–20
• One Saturday Afternoon

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• A MAD Look at The Changing Face of Crime

  As the Underworld Turns Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Forbidden MAD — 1984 (Paperback #67)
  22–23
• Discount Coupons We Really Need

  Redeeming Feature Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  24–27
• MAD Goes to a Buffet Supper

  Lapping It Up Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • Stamp Out MAD — 1984 (Paperback #66)
  28–30
• How to Teenage

  Adolessons Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  31–36
• A MAD Look at Discos

  Tripping With the Lights is Fantastic Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  37–39
• How Can You Trust...

  No Confidence Game Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–41
• Spy vs. Spy — double-vision periscope slice

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • Monster MAD — 1985 (Paperback #68)
  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  42 sample
• Eight is Too Rough (TV satire)

  Brood Force Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–47 sample
• One Sunday Evening

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What colorful, spectacular creature is still being exploited... even after it has wiggled and died?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — One Thursday Afternoon at the Edge of a Meadow

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • MAD Kids #6 — March 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
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