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Mad Special #4 Fall 1971
Cover Artists:
Norman Mingo
and
Jack Rickard
A July 4th Salute
(
Al Jaffee
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
A Fistful of Lasagna
(movie satire)
(written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Jack Davis
art)
Mad Looks at Great Quotations
(designed by
Max Brandel
)
This is the LAND that Sam Built
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Al Jaffee
art)
Out West
(
Don Martin
)
Air Pollution Problems of the Future
(written by
Sy Reit
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Flying Nut
(TV satire)
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Ads We Never Got to See
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Spy Vs. Spy
- jail cell projected exit /
waterfall periscope (
Antonio Prohias
)
The Lighter Side of Clothes
(
Dave Berg
)
16 Mad Mini-Posters
(bonus insert)
Wipe Out Hate
Build Up Your Ego!
The World is Going to Pot!
Warning! This Room is Occupied By a Sex Maniac
Burn, Baby, Burn!
(
Bob Clarke
art)
Where Have All the Statesmen Gone?
(
Norman Mingo
art)
Fight the Population Explosion...
Support Your Local War!
See Evil, Hear Evil, Say Evil
(
Norman Mingo
art)
Smoking Is a drag!
(
Irving Schild
photo)
In Case of Orgy Break Glass!
Fight Pollution
(
Norman Mingo
art)
We're Being Infected By a Spirochete!
(
Jack Rickard
art)
Nixon Was the One in '68...
He'll Be a Bigger One in '72!
My Country... Right On!
(
Bob Clarke
art)
Who Needs You
(
Norman Mingo
art)
Support Mental Illness... Join The Weathermen
A Mad Look at Sky Diving
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Image courtesy of John H. Wilson
Toggle back cover for large/small views
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Jack Davis
art)
Letters to a Congressman That Were Answered
by "Form Letters" From That Congressman
(written by
Peter Andrews
)
A San Francisco Trip
(
Don Martin
)
Mad's Medical Mother Goose
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Al Jaffee
art)
Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Me and My Big Mouth!
(written by
Dean Norman
/
Al Jaffee
art)
Mother's Day Cards Down Through History
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
A Mad Public Service - Letter to a Runaway
(written by
Larry Siegel
)
You Know You're Really Getting Old When...
(written by
Phil Hahn
and
Jack Hanrahan
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad's Simplified ABC Method of Bulling Your Way Through Final Exams
(written by
Tom Koch
)
The Werewolf
(written by
Semi
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Mad Library of Extremely Thin Books
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
The Lighter Side of Friendship
(
Dave Berg
)
Songs of Pets
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Spy Vs. Spy
- chain bomb / embassy cornerstone (
Antonio Prohias
)
(More) Announcements for Everything
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Dirtier by the Dozen
(movie satire) (written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Mort Drucker
art)
On the Road
(
Don Martin
)
Fold-In --
What dedicated group does a lot of planting and yet, nothing ever comes of it?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
The Day the "Show Us Your 'Lark' Pack"
Camera Crew Passed the Wrong Group of Smokers
(
Irving Schild
photo)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
/
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