MAD #81 — September 1963

"You never know how many friends you have until you rent a Summer place!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Nationwide Warning — Beware of Crazy Insurance Companies

  Lester Krauss photo
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman bust, Fink Along With MAD L.P., MAD “Twists” Rock 'N' Roll L.P., Subscriptions — “Teed off” (sculpture by Giuseppe Baggi), Alfred E. Neuman portrait, The Voodoo MAD
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Labels We Should've Seen

  And the Brand Played On Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Lester Krauss photos

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD's MADdest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  4–7
• New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life

  Horror Things By You? Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #33 — October 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  8–10 sample
• The Class Program

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Some MAD Observations Made While on the Beach in the Technology of the “Cold War”

  Term Warfare Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  12–13 sample
• If Modern Comedians Performed for Civilizations in the Past

  Jest in Time Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  14–18
• Spy vs. Spy — camera thrown shoots plans / helicopter stirs up secrets

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  • 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
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  19
• The Lighter Side of Summer Camp

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  20–23
• Another Brain Operation

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  24
• The MAD Plan for Beating TV Commercial-Breaks

  Stepping Away from the Pitch Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  25–29
• MAD's Wonder Drugs for Common Teenage Ailments

  A Cure for the Common Clod Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  30–32
• Off the Deep End

  Oy-vay All Boats Dept.

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #3 — 1965 Annual
  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  33 sample
• If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People

  What Mortals These Fools Be Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Follies #3 — 1965 Annual
  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • MAD XL #12 — November 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34–37 sample
• A MAD Look at Motorcycle Cops

  Where's the Fire Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • Burning MAD — 1968 (Paperback #25)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  38–39
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — steamrolled spies / dual wall-safe press

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  40
• Popular Scientific Mechanics (magazine satire)

  For Whom the Fools Tool Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  41–47 sample
• A Domestic Scene

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Ad for Sixth Annual Edition of The Worst From MAD featuring a selection from Fink Along With MAD L.P.
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• Back Cover — The 1963 3/4 Edsel

  Swedowsky & Weiss photo
  C4