MAD #25 — September 1955

Contents

• Ipuna Toothpaste (ad parody)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Art — 2002
  C2
• Contents Page

  Summary written by Harvey Kurtzman
  1 sample
• Radiodetectiveland

  Radio Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  2–3
• Leave Me Or Me Leave (movie scene parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  4
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Editors ask the public to help track down the source of the “What, Me Worry?” picture (which eventually became Alfred E. Neuman)
  5
• the Jack E. Glisten story

  People Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Wally Wood
  6–10
• Very Square Dance

  Music Dept.

  Lyrics by Steve Allen

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #13 — June 2020
  11–12
• Baseball... Science or Skill?

  Sports Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee (first appearance) / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  13–17
• Anyone for Wrist Slashing?

  Magazine Dept.

  Written by Stan Freberg / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  18–21 sample
• Confidential Information

  Confidential Info Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  • Was George Washington “George”?
  • Have You Heard About John Smith and His Indian Princess?
  • Was Snow White Really Snow White?

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  22–27
• The Sleeping Beauty

  Fairy Tale Dept.

  Written by Ernie Kovacs / Gustave Doré painting
  28–29
• MAD Awards for Television Commercials

  MAD Award Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  • Goldsmobile
  • Dialtone Soap
  • Storm Window
  • Colgrate Dental Cream
  • Sarong Wrap

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  30–35
• Newspaper Columns

  Newspaper Dept.

  Written by Bernard Shir-Cliff

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  36–39
• They Built Their Dream-House Singlehanded

  Build-It-Yourself Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Wally Wood
  40–43
• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Corrected by a School Teacher

  Education Dept.

  Corrections by Professor Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver)

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  44
• the Stark Club

  Television Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis
  45–49
• Advice to Young Men on How to Get Into the Army

  Roger Price Dept.

  Roger Price

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  50–52
• Fozless Fooznick Sells Crazyroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic
  through a comic strip (ad satire insert)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  53
• The Blackboard Jumble (movie satire)

  Movie Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Wally Wood
  53–56
• “NDDDS” Chlorophyll Tablets with Gargol (ad parody insert)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  56
• Ad for The MAD Reader and MAD Strikes Back! paperbacks
  56
• Kennt Cigarettes (ad parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder
  C3
• Back Cover — Ol' Craw Whiskey (ad parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
  C4