Mad #104 July 1966

  • Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
  • Cover Writer: Sergio Aragones
  • Ad for The Ninth Annual Edition of The Worst From Mad
    featuring Mad Record - It's a Gas! (Norman Mingo art) (C2)
  • Contents Page (1)
  • "There's one thing we know for sure about the speed of light: It gets here too early in the morning!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
  • Letters Dept. (2-3)
  • Ads for The Mad Show Original "Off-Broadway" Cast AlbumThe MAD Show, Subscriptions - "I could swear I just saw a 'Mad' fly into Mrs. Murphy's kitchen!" (Irving Schild photo of John Putnam as postman), Alfred E. Neuman portraits, paperbacks
  • Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
    **various places around the magazine
  • Advertising Campaigns with Ulterior MotivesUNDERHAND PITCH DEPT.
    (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (4-7)
  • Another Mad Peek Through the MicroscopeMICROFOLK DEPT.
    (written by Phil Hahn / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (8-9)
  • Future Wit & Wisdom BooksFUNNY-BONE-HEADS DEPT. (Mort Drucker art) (10-12)
    (written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan)
  • In the HospitalDON MARTIN DEPT. PART I (Don Martin) (13)
  • Mixing Personal Politics with CareersPARTY POOPERS DEPT.
    (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (14-17)
  • Stereotype-Casting By the NumbersONE-TWO-THREE-FOURMULA DEPT.
    (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (18-20)
  • Mad Visits the American Mediocrity AcademyINSTITUTION FOR THE CRIMINALLY INANE DEPT.
    (written by Larry Siegel / Jack Rickard art) (21-24)
  • Later On In the HospitalDON MARTIN DEPT. PART II (Don Martin) (25)
  • Shape-ly Mad VerseRHYME WITH A VIEW DEPT. (written by William Garvin) (26-27)
  • The Lighter Side of High SchoolBERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT. (Dave Berg) (28-31)
  • Road Signs We'd Really Like to SeeHIGHWAY RIBBERY DEPT. (32-33)
    (written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan / Bob Clarke art)
  • Postage Stamp AdvertisingLICKING THE PROBLEM DEPT. (Al Jaffee) (34-36)
  • Mad Looks at the "Voice-Typewriter"MISS-TAKE-A-LETTER DEPT.
    (written by Stan Hart / Bob Clarke art) (37-39)
  • Track & Field Foto-PlaysRUNNING COMMENTARY DEPT. (written by Arnie Kogen)
    (UPI and World Wide photos) (40-41)
  • Still Later On In the HospitalDON MARTIN DEPT. PART III (Don Martin) (42)
  • Loused Up in SpaceSCIENCE AFFLICTION DEPT. (TV satire)
    (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (43-48)
  • Fold-In -- The Kind of Fireworks Some
    People Would Like to See (Al Jaffee) (C3)
  • Back Cover -- The Day a Gentleman Finally
    Offered a Lady a Tiparillo (Irving Schild photo)

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