Mad #193 September 1977

• Cover Artist: Jack Rickard

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• Ad for Subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself? (Angelo Torres art)
• Contents Page
• Letters (Bob Clarke draws himself held hostage at Mad)
• Ads for A. E. Neuman portraits, A Mad Scramble Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• A Star's a Bomb (movie satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art)
• One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelery Store
  (Don Martin)
• Mad Products With Paired Names That Tell What It's
  Supposed to Do (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art)
• Welcome to Mad Magazine's Reality World (amusement park)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Al Jaffee art / idea by Marc Bilgrey)
• A Mad Look at Movie Making (Sergio Aragones)
• Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages
  (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room
  (Don Martin)
• More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and
  Your Neurosis - The Hypochondriac's Seven Day Tour of Europe (written by Stan Hart / Harry North, Esq. art)
• The Lighter Side of Afternoons (Dave Berg)
• When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union
  (written by Lou Silverstone / George Woodbridge art)
• Casey at the Talks (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art)
  (based on the Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem)
• Spy vs. Spy (Antonio Prohias)
• Churlie's Angles (TV satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art)
• Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner
  (Don Martin)
• Fold-In -- Where are some of the world's greatest oil deposits?
  (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- More Scenes We'd Like to See - The Frog Prince
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)