MAD #65 — September 1961

"Some people are like blisters, they show up right after the work is done!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Gulp Says the Oil Corporations

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 - 1962 Annual
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept. — reader uses Alfred picture as MAD address

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions - "I'd be sunk..." (Lester Krauss photo of Al Feldstein as boat captain), Alfred E. Neuman portrait and bust, Anthologies, The Ides of MAD paperback
  2–3 sample
• Special License Plates For Special People

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs
  (various places around the magazine)
• A Realistic Children's Book for Realistic Children

  Going Through a Phrase Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin and Pearl Belkin / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  4–7
• The Inventor

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin - 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  8–9
• How Madison Avenue Could Sell America to the World

  Buy the Way Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • MADvertising — 2005
  10–12 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — spy sausage / violin playing as weapon

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #1 - 1963 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises - 1978
  • Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete Casebook - Antonio Prohias - 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy - Omnibus - Antonio Prohias - 2011
  13
• Television Programs Aimed at Late, Late, Late Audiences

  Morning Becomes Electric Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood
  14–17
• A MAD Look at The Beach

  They Also Surf Who Only Sand and Wade Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  18–21
• A MAD Guide to Classified Advertising Abbreviations

  Vowel Play Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  22–23
• MAD's Custom Career-Designed European Tours

  On-The-Job Craning Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by Jack Rickard
  24–27
• TV Commercials With Suspense

  Brand X Marks the Spot Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  28–30
• Medical Illustrated (magazine parody)

  Inside Joke Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  31–35
• MAD's Auto Travel Games

  Fun for the Road Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #7 - 1964 Annual
  36–37
• Spy Vs. Spy — desert magnifying glass / woodpecker morse code overkill

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #1 - 1963 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises - 1978
  • Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete Casebook - Antonio Prohias - 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy - Omnibus - Antonio Prohias - 2011
  38
• Karate

  Chop Sticks Dept.

  Written by Jack Mendelsohn / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  • Raving MAD — 1966 (Paperback #20)
  • MAD Special #47 Summer 1984
  39–43
• The Good Doctor in Africa

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 - 1964 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin - 1974 Big Book
  • MAD XL #23 August 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die - 2009
  • Horrifyingly MAD - 2011
  • MAD's Greatest Artists - Don Martin - 2014
  44
• The Jack Kennedy Show

  Capitol Punishment Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #6 — 1963 Annual
  45–48
• Ad for Fourth Annual Edition of The Worst From MAD featuring Sunday Comic Section

  Art by Wally Wood
  C3
• Back Cover — Cadillac Jewelry

  Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD #9 October 2019
  C4