MAD #155 — December 1972

“Many of our politicians who were swept into office should have been brushed aside!” — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• A Grim Fairy Tale

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for The Non-Violent MAD Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (theatre princess — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Odd Father (movie satire)

  The Family That Preys Together Slays Together Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 13 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Mort Drucker — 2012
  • MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  4–12 sample
• One Tuesday Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  13
• A Parade of Protesting MAD Co-Signers

  Rabble-Scrabble Dept.

  Concept by Max Brandel / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  14–16 sample
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at Your Local Power & Light Company

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  17–19
• MAD's Simplified ABC Method of Bulling Your Way Through Election Campaigns

  Speech-Easy Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  20–22
• Spy vs. Spy — rattlesnake arms

  Joke & Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  23
• A MAD Look at Hunting

  The Forest's Prime Evil Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  24–27
• The Lighter Side of Commuting

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  28–32
• The House of Krudd — Mail Order Gift Catalogue

  Post Waste Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  33–37
• One Day at the Photographer's

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  38 sample
• Howard at the Mike

  Sports-Blaster Dept.

  (with apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer)

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  39–41 sample
• One Day at a Seance

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  42
• The Mary Tailor-Made Show (TV satire)

  Moore of the Same Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  43–48 sample
• Fold-In — What special spirit seems to inspire today's nutty fashions?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  C3
• Back Cover — Election Day 1972

  Idea by Max Brandel / Photo by Irving Schild
  C4