MAD #191 — June 1977

"Out of the mouths of babies oft come gems… not to mention germs… and undigested food!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  hiding in a garbage can on trash collection day

  Art by Jack Davis
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Harry North, Esq. art depicts "Demon" from The Omenous riding on Jimmy Carter's shoulders; ads for Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Incurably Mad! by Sergio Aragones Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Marathon Mess (movie satire)

  Thou Shalt Not Drill Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  4–10 sample
• One Day in Egypt

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • 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
  11–12
• More Original MAD Covers and One MAD Moment Later!

  Seconding Our Notion Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Mort Drucker, Norman Mingo, Bob Clarke, Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • MAD #600 — August 2026 (excerpt)
  13–15 sample
• The Lighter Side of Health Nuts

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • The Endangered MAD — 1984 (Paperback #65)
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD #42 — April 2025
  16–20
• What if a Newsletter Came With Every Bill?

  Padding the Bill Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo
  21–23
• You Don't Give a %#*&!*? What Other People Think When...

  Up Theirs! Dept.

  Idea by Marc Bilgrey / Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Classics #1 — August 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–25 sample
• The MAD Guide to Parental Hang-Ups

  Home Groan Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #39 — Summer 1982
  • MAD About Town — 1983 (Paperback #63)
  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  26–29 sample
• A MAD Treasury of Shakespeare's Lesser Known Quotations

  Going Over Bard Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  30
• The Jazzyslums (TV satire)

  A Credit to Their Ratings Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Plaid MAD — 1985 (Paperback #69)
  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  31–36
• Spy vs. Spy — rafter shark bait

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  37
• Distinctive MAD Epitaphs

  Shticks on Stones Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Qwerty MAD — 1986 (Paperback #71)
  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • Hardee's Giveaways — 1989
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  38–39
• We'd Like to See the Day When...

  We Should Live So Long Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #37 — Winter 1981
  • Big MAD On Campus — 1983 (Paperback #64)
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  40–41
• Another Day in Egypt

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Son of MAD Sucks — 1985 (Paperback #70)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  42
• Sobsession (movie satire)

  Seeing is Bereaving Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  43–48
• Fold-In — What remarkable magic trick will the East be looking for this fall?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — One Day in Alaska

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  C4