MAD #122 — October 1968

"A kiss is valid proof that two heads are better than one!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions — convict's cake (Paul Coker, Jr. art) sample, Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3 sample
• "Good Guy" Vs. "Bad Guy" Pennants

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Written by George Hart
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD's Updated Comic Strip Heroes

  Famous Funnies Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke / Production by Max Brandel / UPI & World Wide photos
  4–6
• Genteel Ben (TV satire)

  Trouble Is A-Bruin Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #34 — Spring 1981
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #128 — June 1998
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  7–12 sample
• A CBS-TV Summer Memo to The Smothered Brothers

  Tom, Dick and Harried Dept.

  Written by Ronnie Nathan / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD Special #34 — Spring 1981
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MAD #49 — June 2026
  13
• A MAD Look at Movie Monsters

  Corn on the Macabre Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD Trick-or-Treat Reading — 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD #16 — December 2020
  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  14–17 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — prison window bar gun barrel / ceiling drop

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • 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
  18
• MAD's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year

  Deadly Giveaways Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • MAD Special #34 — Spring 1981
  19–22
• MAD Magazine's Ideal Presidential Candidate

  Piece Candidate Dept.

  Idea by Lou Silverstone / Research by Max Brandel

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and Other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
  23–25
• The Hippie Man — updated version of The Music Man

  76 Sitars Dept.

  Written by Connie Del Vento / Art by George Woodbridge
  26–27
• Spy Vs. Spy — barbed wire rocket fence / dungeon wall shackle pull

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • 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
  28
• When We Have the Future Long-Long Cigarette

  Butt Out! Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #11 — Winter 1973
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  29–33
• Horrifying Cliches

  Spooking from Pictures Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn, Neal Barbera, and May Sakami / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Monster Book of Horrifying Clichés — 2002
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  34–35
• The Lighter Side of Hair

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  36–39
• You May Have Already Read This!

  Win, Place and Snow Dept.

  Written by Eli Stein / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  40–41
• MAD Mini-Movies (movie satires)

  Take Three! Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  • Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner? sample
  • In Cold Blecch!
  • The Post-Graduate sample

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  42–47
• Ad for The 11th Annual Edition of More Trash From MAD — featuring Alfred E. Neuman for President Campaign Poster and Bumper Sticker
  48
• Fold-In — What new source of explosive energy has the United States developed?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #5 — Winter 1971
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — The Day They Fired the Goodrich Girl-Giant

  Irving Schild photo
  C4