Mad #46 April 1959

• Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman
• "This is the end of Mad. Mainly, this is the back cover!
  For the beginning of Mad, turn the magazine upside
  down and start at the front, stupid! April Fool!"

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• Samforized (ad parody) (Kelly Freas art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "MAD expresses the teenagers' cynicism about the world of mass media that their elders have created… as… a Romanized barbarian might have rebelled against the decadence of Rome." -- The New Yorker Magazine (Nov. 29, 1958)
• Mad Daffynitions **various obscure places around the magazine
• Letters (ads for alfred E. Neuman portrait,
  The Brothers Mad, Musically Mad Hi-Fi LP Album,
  Don't look like an April Fool -
  Subscribe to Mad (George Woodbridge art)) (2-3)
• Sunday Evening Television Roulette
  (written by Gary Belkin / Mort Drucker art) (4-7)
• The Suicide (Don Martin) (8-9)
• Authentic Sounds in Stereo
  (written by Tom Koch / Wally Wood art) (10-11)
• Modern Auto Accidents
  (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art) (12-14)
• How High-Class Magazines Can Use Low-Class Pictures
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Joe Orlando art) (15-17)
• Western Weapons of the Future
  (written by Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge art) (18-19)
• The Hip Persuaders
  (written by Gary Belkin / Wally Wood art) (20-22)
• How to Choose and Train Your Master
  (written by Frank Jacobs and Robert Margroff)
  (George Woodbridge art) (23-26)
• Mad's Modern Handy Phrase
  Book For the American Tourist
  (written by Sy Reit / George Woodbridge art) (27-29)
• Modern Architecture
  (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art) (30-32)
• On Choosing a Book (Don Martin) (33)
• If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Wally Wood art) (34-37)
• Mad's Cut-Rate Success Symbols
  (written by Sy Reit / Joe Orlando art) (38-39)
• Movies are Emptier Than Ever (Dave Berg) (40-42)
• TV Ads We'd Like To See - The Vicejoy Ad
  (Mort Drucker art) (43)
• The Happy Endings Weren't So Happy
  (written by Sy Reit / Bob Clarke art) (44-47)
• On Picking Flowers (Don Martin) (48)
• Ad for the Mad Straight Jacket - $4.95 (C3)
  (pictured: Jerry DeFuccio, Lenny Brenner, and one other)
• Back Cover -- RGA Victim Color TV
  (written by Al Jaffee / Kelly Freas art)