MAD #161 — September 1973

"You know the Honeymoon is over when your dog brings your slippers, and your wife barks at you!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD's Cradle to Grave Primer and MAD's Don Martin Carries On Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (dressed as a deer during hunting season — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Poopsidedown Adventure (movie satire)

  Tidal Wave of Nausea Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  4–11 sample
• More MAD Photoons

  Photo-Finishes Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke / Idea by Max Brandel / Photos by World Wide and UPI
  12–13
• Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen

  Props and Robbers Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 14 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • Super MAD — 1979 (Paperback #51)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD Special #88 — July 1993
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  • MAD Kids #14 — March 2009 (excerpt)
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #23 — February 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  14–19 sample
• An Offer They Could Refuse!

  Money Squawks Dept.

  Written by Ronnie Nathan
  20
• One Morning in Marrakesh

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• Fairy Tales Continued or "What Happened After They Lived Happily Ever After"

  Twice Upon a Time Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 1978
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  22–25
• A MAD Look at Tarzan

  Lord of the Bungle Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  26–29 sample
• The Lighter Side of Fun in the Sun

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  • The Abominable Snow MAD — 1979 (Paperback #52)
  30–34
• One Afternoon in Switzerland

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Don Martin — 2014
  35 sample
• Protest Songs for Life's Everyday Complaints

  Refrain in the Neck Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  36–39 sample
• What's in a Name? Part One: People

  Letter Openers Dept.

  Max Brandel
  40–41
• The Old Ball Game

  Fortune Kookie Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  42 sample
• Idjit Loves Ernie (TV satire)

  Ecchnic Humor Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–47
• One Evening in Spain

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #23 — Winter 1977
  • MAD About The Buoy — 1980 (Paperback #53)
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  • 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
  48
• Fold-In — What is the worst form of capital punishment?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #22 — Fall 1977
  • MAD Special #103 — April 1995
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Nixon — 1968, 1972, and Today

  Written by Larry Gore / Photos by UPI
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