MAD #91 — December 1964

"A tree is something that stands in one place for fifty years, and then all of a sudden jumps out in front of a woman driver." — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for The Self-Made Mad Paperback
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Subscription ad — Why Kill Yourself? — church bell clapper (Paul Coker, Jr. art); "Alfred E. Neuman for President" Campaign Kit ad; Christmas Grab Bag paperback ad; Ad for 2nd Annual Mad Follies; Alfred E. Neuman portrait and bust ad
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Some MAD Devices for Safer Smoking

  Inhale-Safe Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  4–7 sample
• Movie Heroes Are Finks

  Viva Villian Dept.

  Written by Harry Purvis / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  8–9
• A MAD Look at the Summer Olympics

  5-Ring Circus Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  10–13
• A Celebrity's Wallet — Ringo Starr

  Drum-Shtick Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke and Frank Frazetta

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  14–15
• A MAD Guide to Little-Known Jobs in Television

  Extra-Ordinary Opportunities Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  16–18 sample
• A Fairy Tale

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  19 sample
• New Movie Monsters from the Business World

  I Got My Blob Through the N.Y. Times Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  20–22 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — shaving cream tube snake / fall through hollow rocket

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • 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
  23
• The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A. — Washington, D.C.

  Talk of the Town Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Larry Siegel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  24–25
• The Nearsighted Voodoo Priest

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  26
• When Today's Celebrities Become Tomorrow's Historical Heroes

  Hysterical Fiction Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  27–32
• How Bad Childhood Habits Can Help in a Congressional Career

  Capitol Punishment Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  33–35 sample
• Why Not Warnings on All Packages!

  Name Your Poison Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  36–37
• The Lighter Side of Going to the Movies

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Portable MAD — 1970 (Paperback #28)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  38–41
• Twisted MAD Tales for Twisted MAD Readers

  Stifling a Yarn Dept.

  Written by Jim Mildon / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  42–43
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy — construction crane spy-setter / train tunnel

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  44
• Mr. Nudnik

  Home Sweet Homeroom Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #2 — Spring 1971
  45–48
• Fold-In — What's really behind South American unrest?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Self-Portrait

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Follies #7 — 1969 Annual
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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