MAD #185 — September 1976

“What goes up — must come down…except, it seems these days, the cost of living!” — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• More Scenes We’d Like to See — The Frog Prince

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • A Paul Coker, Jr. “unwedding cake” drawing, Norman Mingo’s Madde Alfred takes a bow, Ads for Hooked on MAD Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (posing as a sheep in a slaughterhouse — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Borey Lyndon (movie satire)

  Kubrick-a-Brac Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–10 sample
• One Day on the Highway

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • Eternally MAD — 1983 (Paperback #62)
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11–12
• Whatever Became of…?

  Old Folks Tome Dept.

  (Stars of the 1970s in 1996)

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  13–15 sample
• The Lighter Side of The Summer Scene

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  16–20
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at the Major Oil Companies

  Fuel's Gold Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  21–23
• Where Else But on TV…?

  Telly Like It Is Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #35 — Summer 1981
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  • MAD Special #106 — August 1995
  • MAD #49 — June 2026
  24–27 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — drilled-out bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD 50 Years of Stupidity! — 2002
  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • 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
• More Lawsuits We’d Like to See

  Docket to ‘Em Dept. Part II

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  29–31
• A MAD Look at the Beach

  Sights for Shore Eyes Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #33 — Winter 1980
  • MAD Barfs — 1982 (Paperback #61)
  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • MAD 50 Years of Stupidity! — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  32–35
• Some Useful MAD Gadgets for Slob-Proofing Your Home

  Mess Hysteria Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • MAD Barfs — 1982 (Paperback #61)
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • MAD #14 — August 2020
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  36–39
• A MAD Guide to The Modern American Class System

  Status Quotients Dept.

  Idea by Marylin D'Amico / Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • The Explosive MAD — 1982 (Paperback #60)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  40–42 sample
• Harsky & Stutch (TV satire)

  Blunder-Cover Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  43–47
• An Advertisement

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #32 — Fall 1980
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What abused old timer needs more tender loving care than ever lately?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Sorry State U.S.A. Political Directory 1976

  Art by Jack Rickard
  C4