Mad #172 January 1975

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Sergio Aragones

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• Yes, Virginia - Due to the high cost of living,
  there is no Santa Claus this year! (Jack Rickard art)
• Contents Page
• Letters (photo of Dennis Weaver reading Mad)
  (Paul Coker, Jr. illustrates reader's Horrifying Cliché)
• Ad for Subscriptions (George Woodbridge art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Great Gasbag (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
• Alfred's Poor Almanac
  (written by Frank Jacobs / John Putnam art)
• Don Martin's Natural History Movies -
  Short Subject #14: Insect Masters of Camouflage and Illusion
• If the World of Yesterday Faced the Conditions of Today
  (written by Frank Jacobs)
• More Powerful than a Locomotive... (Sergio Aragones)
• Picture Road Signs We'd Like to See
  (written by Al Jaffee and Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art)
• A Downer is... (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• The Lighter Side of Staying Young (Dave Berg)
• Don Martin's Natural History Movies -
  Short Subject #27: The Goono Aborigines
• Commemoratives to President Nixon
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art)
• Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems (Al Jaffee)
• Bluff that Mugger!
  (written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Bruce Day art)
• Picture Road Signs for Everyday Situations
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Jack Rickard art)
• Don Martin's Natural History Movies -
  Short Subject #37: The Great Golden Eagle
• The Six Million Dollars, Man! (TV satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art)
• Ad for The Fourth Mad Declassified Papers
  on Spy vs. Spy by (Antonio) Prohias Paperback
• Fold-In -- What simple pastime is fast becoming a luxury
  that many Americans can no longer afford? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- So Why Not Pardon Hitler? (Irving Schild photo)