MAD #39 — May 1958

"Bars are something which if you go into too many of, you're apt to come out singing a few of, and maybe land behind some!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Legend for "Lesser-Known Characters" featured on the cover

  Art by C.C. Beall Jr.
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Movies' Secret Sponsors

  Marginal Thinking Dept.
  (various obscure places around the magazine)
• Typewriters to Fit Your Trade

  The Key to Success Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  2–3
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Test Your Eyes! ...and your judgment! Subscribe to MAD, Ads for "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait, Jewelry
  4–5
• How to Make America's Kids Science Conscious

  Scramble Them Eggheads Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • A Golden Trashery of MAD — 1960
  • The Ides of MAD — 1961 (Paperback #10)
  6–9 sample
• Scratchpad Doodles

  Memo Randoms Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  10–11
• The Suburbs are on Their Way Out!

  Home Is Where the House Is Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  12–14
• Woodman, Spare that Tree!

  Poetry Dept.

  Poem by George Pope Morris / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • A Golden Trashery of MAD — 1960
  • The Ides of MAD — 1961 (Paperback #10)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  15–16
• Shakespeare Up-To-Date

  The Bard of Birdland Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • Fighting Mad — 1961 (Paperback #11)
  17
• Sneaky Advertisements

  Big Brother Is Motivating You Dept.

  Written by Paul Krassner / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • A Golden Trashery of MAD — 1960
  • Fighting Mad — 1961 (Paperback #11)
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  18–19 sample
• TV Scenes We'd Like to See

  Television Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Fighting Mad — 1961 (Paperback #11) (excerpt)
  20–21
• Opera Record Albums

  High "C", Low Neckline Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  22–23
• High School Paper: The Neuman H.S. Black and Blue

  Etaoin Shrdlu Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  24–25 sample
• Commemorative Stamps

  Postage Overdue Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • The Ides of MAD — 1961 (Paperback #10)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  26–27
• Bob & Ray — Big Big Earth

  Bob and Ray Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding / Art by Mort Drucker
  28–30
• Accidental Inventions

  Patent Pending Dept.

  Written by Paul Krassner / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #30 — April 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  31–32 sample
• Party Games

  Inferiority Complex / Super Scavenger Hunt / Chaos

  Play's the Thing Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  33–36
• Why I Changed My Job

  Opportunity Knocks Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  37–38
• The Window Trimmer

  Don Martin Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • A Golden Trashery of MAD — 1960
  • Fighting Mad — 1961 (Paperback #11)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  39
• Mad Dogs and Their Owners

  How Now Bow-Wow Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  40–41
• "Cowznofski" Listings in the Phone Book

  The Line Is Dizzy Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  42
• The Saturday Evening Pest (magazine satire)

  Post-Mortem Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #2 — 1959 Annual
  • The Ides of MAD — 1961 (Paperback #10)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  43–48 sample
• Ad for the MAD T-Shirt — "I like to attract attention and get thrown out of the best places!" — $1.25

  Photo by Larry Maleman of Al Feldstein and Nick Meglin as normally dressed club patrons, Jerry DeFuccio about to get thrown out for wearing a MAD T-shirt
  C3
• Back Cover — Windshield Stickers

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • A Golden Trashery of MAD — 1960
  C4