MAD #207 — June 1979

"The trouble with some people who don't have very much to say is that you have to listen so long to find out!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  Hiding in a garbage can on trash collection day

  Art by Jack Davis
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Ad for The MAD Guide to Self-Improvement Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Abominal House (movie satire)

  The Frat's in the Fire Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen and Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MAD Color Classics #6 — September 2002
  4–10 sample
• Early One Morning South of the Border

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  11
• Money Talks

  Phrasing a Coin Dept.

  Written by Henry Clark / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  12–13
• Parents are Unconstitutional

  The Bull of Rights Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD Color Classics #7 — April 2003
  • MAD #514 — April 2012 (MAD Vault)
  14–16
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Teachers

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  17
• The Lighter Side of Neighbors

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MAD Color Classics #7 — April 2003
  18–22
• One Afternoon Downtown on Main Street

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  23
• A MAD Look at Half-Truths in TV Ads

  Crock-in-Spiels Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MADvertising — 2005
  24–26
• Tax Returns for Teenagers

  The Eyes of Taxe Are Upon Youth! Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  27–28
• Academy Awards for Union Leaders

  Lilying the Guild Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  29–33
• Didja Ever Notice That...

  Double-Standard-Bearers Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  34–36
• The MAD Success Primer of the '70's

  Sleazy Does It! Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  37–39 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — roll-away bridge embankment

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • 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 Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  40 sample
• Reject UFO's (TV satire)

  Gross Encounters of the Worst Kind Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  41–47
• One Evening in a Georgia Bus Terminal

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48
• Fold-In — What heavy drinker should be kept off the road?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Werewolf In Dog-Catcher's Truck

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
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