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Mad Special #20 Winter 1976
Cover Artist
:
Don Martin
A Grim Fairy Tale
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
The Odd Father
(movie satire)
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art)
If Other Magazines Copied Cosmopolitan's "Sex" Formula
(written by
Arnie Kogen
/
Irving Schild
photos)
Don Martin
Looks at Cavemen
The Mad Religion in America Primer
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad Postcards from Mad Vacationers
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
and
Don Epstein
)
The Lighter Side of Air Travel
(
Dave Berg
)
The Enterprising Young Amazon
(
Don Martin
)
You Know You're Really Divorced When...
(
Lloyd Gola
)
Don Martin
"Give 'em Hell" Election Year Stickers
(bonus insert) (introduction page
Don Martin
art)
PRO-fitable Football News Magazine
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Davis
art)
A Mad Look at Hunting
(
Sergio Aragones
)
The Art of Writing Home For Money
(written by
Tom Koch
)
One Busy Day in a Highway Restaurant
(
Don Martin
)
A Mad Guide to "TV Late Show" Cliche Movie Props
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Angelo Torres
art)
Snappy Answers to Stupid TV Commercials
(idea by
Marcelle Pesek
/
Al Jaffee
)
Spy vs. Spy
- glove bombs (
Antonio Prohias
)
Mad's Simplified ABC Method of Bulling Your Way
Through Election Campaigns
(written by
Tom Koch
)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at Your Local Power & Light Company
(
George Woodbridge
art)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
and
Don Epstein
)
One Day at the Bullfights
(
Don Martin
)
Howard at the Mike
- with apologies to
Ernest Lawrence
Thayer
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Davis
art)
A Mad Look at Service Stations
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Lighter Side of Summer Activities
(
Dave Berg
)
Spy vs. Spy
- fake arms carry
wrecking ball (
Antonio Prohias
)
Distinctive Birth Announcements
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Miracle Center
(TV satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Angelo Torres
art)
One Tuesday Morning
(
Don Martin
)
Fold-In --
Whose life would be seriously endangered if pot were legalized?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
America's Final Cigarette Break
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Irving Schild
photo)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
/
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