MAD #156 — January 1973

"Men don't marry women on $75.00 a week any more! A girl's gotta be earning at least twice that much!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Christmas Greedings

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  • MAD #11 — February 2020
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  Art by George Woodbridge, from MAD #116
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Antenna on the Roof (movie satire)

  Fiddler Made a Goof Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  4–10
• "Realistic" MAD Model Car Kits

  Plashtick Dept.

  Dave Gantz

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD #501 — October 2009 (excerpt in MAD Vault)
  11–12
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes in a Department Store at Christmastime

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — 1999
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  13–15
• You Know You've Really Got a Problem When...

  Plight Gags Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  • MAD #501 — October 2009 (excerpt in MAD Vault)
  16–17 sample
• Don Martin's Personal Experiences With New Power Tools for the Home Craftsman

  There's No Tool Like an Old Tool Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD #548 — December 2017 (MAD Vault)
  18–20
• If Today's Celebrities Answered Virginia's Letter About Santa Claus

  Ask a Stupid Question... Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  21–23
• The Lighter Side of Week-Ends

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  24–28
• PRO-fitable Football News Magazine

  Field Gold Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  29–33
• A MAD Look at Service Stations

  Pump and Circumstance Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  34–35
• The MAD Christmas Hate Book

  Yule-o-gee! Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD Kids #5 — December 2006 (excerpt)
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  36–38
• Spy vs. Spy — vampire bat in butterfly costume

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  • 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 #23 — February 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  39
• Clodumbo (TV satire)

  Knifin' Falk Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  40–46
• Visiting Day

  Mother Load Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  47 sample
• Ad for MAD About Sports Paperback
  48
• Fold-In — What special gift is still in short supply this year?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — MAD Salutes the Modern Christmas Spirit

  Photo by Irving Schild
  C4