Sergio Aragonés Drawn-Out Dramas

A chronological list of his marginals in MAD Magazine

sorted by regular issue as they're compiled

Sergio Aragones

For nearly sixty years Sergio Aragonés produced little drawings to fill the margins
in the pages of MAD Magazine beginning with issue #76, January 1963.
Thousands of examples later, a few lost souls are trying to organize it all!

Welcome to the project!
Looking forward to collaborating with you.
If you'd like to be involved let me know through email (madcoversite@yahoo.com).

Do one issue. Do one hundred issues. Whatever you want to do. Complete issues only.
Put together a list like the examples below and email me, preferably in a spreadsheet format, but whatever works for you.
I'll put your name below the issue list as the compiler for any issues you want to take responsibility for.

There is no real order to this. As I get an issue, I'll insert it where it belongs in the chronological flow of things.
Brevity in descriptions is a plus, but detail wins in the end for future searches (CTRL-F).
When possible, try to describe things happening in the present tense.
I will edit for clarity and I invite others to offer better descriptions if they have them.
The page orientation descriptions should be simple. Don't worry about being too exact here.
Use the word "side" when the marginal runs vertically on a page side, otherwise we'll assume it runs horizonally.
Use the word "vertical" in cases when it's not placed on a page side (happened a lot within The Lighter Side of...).
In later issues, Sergio did a lot of "spot" illustrations in the contents and letters pages.
These weren't necessarily "marginals" in the truest sense. Their inclusion will be determined on an issue by issue basis.

Each issue page will have a link to the corresponding entry on this list!

Thanks to:
Matthew D'Elia / Desmond Devlin / Raj Kaup / Tom Lewis / Jerry Moore / Glen Shoemark / Bradford N. Smith / John H. Wilson / Yoni
for their work so far on the following issues:

(click issue number to see its marginal descriptions down this long page -- latest entry in red)
#76, #77, #78, #79, #80, #81, #82, #83, #84, #85, #86, #87, #88, #90, #91, #92, #93, #95, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, #103, #104,
#105, #106, #109, #110, #112, #113, #114, #115, #116, #117, #118, #119, #120, #124, #125, #126, #127, #128, #129, #130, #131, #132,
#133, #134, #135, #136, #137, #138, #139, #140, #141, #142, #143, #144, #145, #146, #150, #151, #155, #156, #158, #160, #161, #162,
#164, #165, #166, #167, #169, #170, #171, #174, #177, #178, #179, #180, #181, #184, #188, #193, #195, #198, #200, #202, #205, #209,
#210, #211, #212, #213, #214, #215, #216, #220, #223, #225, #226, #227, #229, #230, #233, #238, #239, #243, #250, #251, #253, #254,
#257, #261, #262, #263, #264, #265, #266, #267, #268, #269, #270, #273, #274, #278, #285, #286, #287, #289, #292, #297, #306, #309,
#314, #319, #328, #329, #339, #344, #350, #351, #353, #354, #366, #372, #376, #381, #395, #396, #397, #398, #399, #400, #401, #402,
#403, #404, #405, #406, #407, #408, #409, #412, #414, #417, #418, #426, #432, #447, #452, #453, #462, #463, #467, #470, #479, #482,
#488, #511, #513, #520, #521, #522, #524, #533, #536, #542, #544, #545, #546, #547, #548, #549, #550, #001, #002, #005, #011
201 down --- 301 to go --- 40.04% of issues completed

Tom Lewis finished and is waiting for me to list: #89, #94, #96, #107, #108
Raj Kaup is done with #147, #148, #149, #152, #153, #154, #159, #163, #168, #172, #173, #175, #176, #182, #183,
#185, #186, #187, #189, #190, #191, #192, #194, #196, #197, #199, #201, #203, #204, #206, #207, #208, #217, #218, #219, #221,
#222, #224, #228, #231, #232, #234, #235, #236, #240, #241, #242, #244, #245, #247, #248, #249, #252, #256, #258, #259, #260
and is working on #237, #246, #255, #283, #321, #367
Bradford N. Smith finished the new #3-#4, #6-#10.

Mad #76 - January 1963
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Black cat crosses putter's path 3 Letters top right side

Pole vaulter loses shorts 4 If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys top left side

Firefighters prepare to catch bomb with life net 6 If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys top right side

Woodsman chops down utility pole 8 Alfred's Poor Almanac bottom right

Umpire yells "Strike!" before baseball arrives 14 President Kennedy and the Washington Crowd
Speaking From Pictures bottom right

Indian rope trick climber's rope burns 16 TV Pilot Films That Never Made It bottom left side

Arthur plant in pot falls from sky toward guitarist 23 Seeing Isn't Always Believing When You Look
at Newspaper Photos top right side

Snake swallows Alfred E. Neuman, burps 26 The Lighter Side of Winter middle right

Worm escapes apple shot with arrow 33 The Assassination top right

Footprint tracks splits under investigation 34 When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completely middle right

Knife thrower removes assistant's bikini top 35 When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completely top right

Worker carrying end of beam falls through manhole 37 Mad's Modern Aids to Happier Living middle right

Snake rounds rock, sees man trapping snake's rattle 38 Mad's Modern Aids to Happier Living top right

Woodsman chops down tree, stops hanging suicide 41 Mad's "Movie Theater Owner of the Year" top right

Olympic torch runner pursued by firefighter 45 Mad's Merry Christmas Happy New Year Alphabet Book top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #77 - March 1963
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man attempts to hang himself with rising railroad crossing gate 9 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde top right

Cannon shoots ball chained to leg of happy flying convict 11 Hollywood Surplus Sale top right

Man in bottle builds ship outside bottle 15 Speaking From Pictures top right

Man chops down lone desert island tree 15 Speaking From Pictures bottom left

Fireman battles flames to save woman who won't give up phone 16 If Five Comic Strip Cartoonists Interpreted the Age-
Old Riddle: "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?" bottom left

Owners of caged cat, dog, and bird are
followed by rattlesnake owner with long cage 18 If Five Comic Strip Cartoonists Interpreted the Age-
Old Riddle: "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?" bottom right

Hanging bulb lights up though cut cord is tied together 19 Spy vs Spy bottom right side

Finger of God takes the side of the angels in tug of war with devils 21 Letters That Cross in the Mail top right

Firehouse pole leads straight into toilet bowl 26 The Defensers bottom right side

Staff of musical notes pours onto vocalist in shower 30 Spy vs Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Dozing fisherman's line hovers above low-tide 31 The Mad Guide to Astrology top right side

Mermaid comes upon her opposite: fish head / human legs 33 The Mad Guide to Astrology top right

Man attempts to hang himself tied to ascending hot air balloon 34 The Mad Guide to Astrology center bottom
vertical

Magician pursues his tricks and props scattered in the wind 37 The Lighter Side of Women top right

Pin is thrown at set of bowling balls 43 A Mad Look at Travel top right

Lion eats safari haulers following hunter 45 A Mad Look at Travel bottom left

Projectile from flute doubling as pea
shooter bonks head of cymbal player 48 A Mad Look at Travel bottom

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #78 - April 1963
(14 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man thrown out of house with open suitcase,
clothes spill out behind 13 The Suicide bottom left

Men pass buckets of water
while one man sneaks a drink from one 15 How Parents Guess Wrong
About Their Kids' Future Careers top right

Submarine periscope pops up in waterskier's path 17 Spy vs Spy bottom right side

Men carrying glass pane dodge airborne baseball 19 Future Group-Comparison Tests top right

Easter egg sprouts chicken legs, walks away from group 21 Future Group-Comparison Tests middle left

Man driving racecar with toy winder leads race 23 Speaking From Pictures top right

Guitar player sees birds form musical notes on powerlines 25 The Daily Monopoly top right

Elephants play jump rope with their trunks 27 In A Men's Haberdashery top right

Single castaway on tiny island reads leaflets dropped by plane 33 The Darker Side of Telstar left side

Man in firing squad shoots rabbit instead of prisoner 36 Modern Chess top right

From castle window below Rapunzel, scissors reach out
to cut her hair a man is climbing to reach her 40 Spy vs Spy vs Spy bottom right side

Passenger bids farewell to group on platform
from unhitched train car being left behind 43 The MAD College Primer middle left

Men pass bricks to overloaded man trying to hold them all 47 If "Mardy" Were Made
in Hollywood Today top right

Firemen find themselves on opposite ends of the same hose 48 If "Mardy" Were Made
in Hollywood Today middle right

-- compiled by Matthew D'Elia
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Mad #79 - June 1963
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Painter looks through keyhole to paint nude portrait of woman 9 Look Before You Leap! bottom left

Pelican flies away with fish that a fisherman still has on the line 11 Speaking From Pictures bottom left

Knight uses his lance as a fishing pole 15 The High Dive top right

Octopus wraps itself around and looks into periscope of submarine 21 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Man lays in a hammock which has one end supported by a flying kite 22 Spy vs Spy bottom right corner

Human head tossed into basketball hoop bounces on court 25 Tax Time U.S.A. bottom left side

From the top of a telephone pole, powerline repairman
notes fire burning up toward him from below 27 How to Turn Your Dumpy City
Into an Attractive Tourist Trap bottom right side

Fisherman struggles to reel in enormous fish caught between this story's panels 29 How to Turn Your Dumpy City
Into an Attractive Tourist Trap top middle vertical

Man on one end of a two-man crosscut logging saw gets pulled into tree 32 The First Echo top right

Pogo-sticking child bounces down a road's freshly-painted center line 41 The Rise and Fall of a Recording Star top right

Man setting animal trap walks backwards into the open mouth of an alligator 43 Mad's "Discount Center"
Owner of the Year top right

Baseball player looks up to catch fly ball accompanied by 22 other balls 45 Mad's "Discount Center"
Owner of the Year bottom left side

Motorists fall asleep in cars while waiting for sheep to cross road 47 Mad's "Discount Center"
Owner of the Year top right

Football player is naked because every defender who
tried to tackle him only removed a piece of clothing 48 The Inventor at the Novelty Company bottom left

Man stabs woman with giant pin which injures voodoo doll
(may not be a marginal due to size and placement within an ad) 49 Ad for 'The Voodoo MAD' paperback bottom right

-- compiled by Matthew D'Elia
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Mad #80 - July 1963
(14 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Puzzled security guard in egyptian museum holds end of mummy roll 13 Cherished Pages From
Old Autograph Items top left

Distracted financial chartmaker's graph line
goes off chart as he follows pretty girl 14 Cherished Pages From
Old Autograph Items top left

Executioner's axe blade slips off into midair 16 Look What's Talking! bottom mid
vertical

Jockey tries to pull his horse out of a gate after race has started 17 Look What's Talking! bottom right

Viking ship's figurehead bites the stern of
another ship whose figurehead yells Ouch! 19 The Lighter Side
of Dog Owners top right

Ravenous bird devours larger predator, leaves behind bones and footprints 22 It's About Time! top right

Man in crow's nest of ship, crashing into steep coast cliff,
yells "Land Ho!" to native American 25 Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog top right side

Military regimen marches toward woman watering flowers 27 Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog top right

Eleven soldiers count down to zero, with zero blasting off like a rocket
(turned 90 degrees left) 29 How a Best-Seller Is Born top right

Firemen bucket brigade use funnel to add water to end of fire hose 37 Father's Day Cards
From Special People top right

Cowboy's pants drop in western shootout when his gun gets stuck to his belt 41 On The Beach top right

Man crawls thru desert, sees a scarecrow (turned 90 degrees left) 43 The Tenth Hour top right side

Multicar fender bender occurs where traffic-directing woman holds stop sign 44 The Tenth Hour bottom right

Smokey The Bear douses fire eater 47 The Tenth Hour top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #81
Sept 1963
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Paper hat ship drops anchor held by paper clips 5 Labels We Should've Seen bottom right side

Majorette's baton catches in power lines 6 Labels We Should've Seen left side

Shark or whale flirts with a submarine 7 Labels We Should've Seen top right

Jouster on horseback charges pole vaulter prior to vaulter's jump 15 If Modern Comedians Performed
for Civilizations in the Past middle right

Firemen with long ladder ask to hold crowded elevator 17 If Modern Comedians Performed
for Civilizations in the Past top right

Father lights rocket attached to child's kite 17 If Modern Comedians Performed
for Civilizations in the Past middle right

Sandwich board ad man with stilts lies down in bed 18 If Modern Comedians Performed
for Civilizations in the Past top right

Men try to pull giraffe under cartoon panel 19 Spy vs. Spy bottom left corner

Vampire bat delivers baby to Dracula and wife 27 The Mad Plan For Beating
TV Commercial Breaks top right side

Native American's arrow punctures strongman's barbell 29 The Mad Plan For Beating
TV Commercial Breaks top left

VIPs shoot it out from sedan chairs during chase 35 If Comic Strip Characters Behaved
Like Ordinary People top right

At a stop sign, army truck with missile launcher
points at driver traveling behind, who raises his hands 36 If Comic Strip Characters Behaved
Like Ordinary People bottom right

Two trapeze artists spin towards each other, neither one taking the role of catcher 39 A Mad Look At Motorcycle Cops top right

Military formation meets circus formation, stare each other down 40 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom left

Lead mountaineer sneezes himself off the side of a
mountain as three other roped climbers realize their fate 41 Popular Scientific Mechanics bottom left side

Descending air-supplied diver's helmet pulls
off as tether comes up short from sea bottom 43 Popular Scientific Mechanics bottom right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #82 - October 1963
(14 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man emerges from outhouse, loses toilet paper over side of article 8 The Nurtzes top right
corner

Army driver transports giant toy firework rocket complete with fuse 11 The Nurtzes top left

Passengers and car fly off of "under construction" area of roller coaster 11 The Nurtzes bottom

Wooden duck ship deploys troops on beach 13 Mad's Report
On Progress top right

Man on deserted island hangs himself because the water
between him and an island with girls in bikinis is shark infested 16 The Masterpiece top left

Left side of 3-column military formation follows pretty woman 23 Spy vs. Spy right side
and right

Dump truck empties sand containing beachgoer and umbrella 25 The Lighter Side
of Parents
(of Little Kids) top right

Fat spelunker gets push assist from behind into skinny cave section 27 The Lighter Side
of Parents
(of Little Kids) near bottom
left corner

Canoer braces for avalanche of rocks 33 The Trend Toward
Swimming Pools as a
New "Status Symbol" left side

Four men give passenger in a human-sized
paper airplane a running start towards a cliff 37 Wheelers and Dealers top right

Manager run with shorts to boxer about to enter ring 38 Wheelers and Dealers bottom

Rocket from Coca-Cola bunker blows up skywriting plane spelling "Pepsi" 40 New Opportunities
for Recent Grads top left side
and bottom

Jail breaker hangs from cell window by too-short, tied-together sheets 41 New Opportunities
for Recent Grads top right side

Airplane gets caught in giant flypaper along with giant flies 42 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Mort Drucker drew a number of Sergio Aragones-like
marginals featuring various birds (not counted in Sergio's totals) 44 For the Birds bottom and
right side

(repeat of page 44) Mort Drucker drew a number of Sergio Aragones
-like marginals featuring various birds (not counted in Sergio's totals) 46 For the Birds right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #83
Dec 1963
(14 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Page snorts into a king's robe as a handkerchief 3 Letters Page bottom left

Baby uses tied-up sheets to escape from mother's shopping cart 5 Stupidity On Television top right

Cleaning woman puts contents of vacuum bag under the rug 6 Stupidity On Television near bottom right

One worker shimmies on the end of a pole while the rest of the group carries it 7 Stupidity On Television top right

Eight Spanish men stand on each other's shoulders, reaching up to a lady
in the window, where they all serenade her, playing different instruments 16 A Mad Guide To Art Films bottom left side

Patient gets launched into chandelier after doctor gives him a knee reflex test 18 A Mad Guide To Art Films bottom right side

Man raises safe with rope on pulley, sees his pants fall down 19 Spy vs. Spy bottom right side

Man pulls wagon of "Timber!" word balloons behind lumberjacks 21 Government Greeting Cards top right

Two tugboats going in opposite directions split a ship in half 31 Spy vs. Spy bottom

Salsa band member uses the ends of live rattle snakes as maracas 33 The Lighter Side
of Car Owners top right

Lady sweeps up after untidy sanitation workers 36 Scenes We'd Like To See bottom

Submarine cuts a rowing crew's boat in two 43 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom

Perplexed traffic cop looks at witch's hat
and broom leaning against a parking meter 44 Rule Number One top right

Policeman chases a man who's drilled holes in a nudist camp fence 47 "Hood"! The "Sick"
Western Movie top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #84 - January 1964
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Visiting outsider sits with Native Americans around campfire,
blows soap bubbles from peace pipe 5 Future Singing TV
Commercials Adapted
from the Works of
Famous Songwriters mid right

Soldier is so surprised by reveille he bursts through top of tent 7 Future Singing TV
Commercials Adapted
from the Works of
Famous Songwriters mid right

One of two porters transporting royal in
sedan chair falls through uncovered manhole 10 Some Mad Hints for the
Coming Xmas Season mid right

Viking saws horns from cow to put on his helmet 15 More Movie Dialogue
We'd Like to Hear bottom left

Lady uses iron plugged into chandelier socket 16 Trademarks Resulting
from Future Mergers bottom right side

High diver plunges toward tiny pool with shark fin 17 Trademarks Resulting
from Future Mergers mid bottom vertical

Big crane gets stuck in regular-sized birdcage 20 A Mad Guide
to Hypnotism bottom left side

Dinosaur falls in ❤ with a truck crane 22 A Mad Guide
to Hypnotism bottom left

Lion roars at hunter removing gun propped in alligator's mouth 23 A Mad Guide
to Hypnotism top right

Man trying to attach barbed wire to fence posts,
runs as it detaches and spools toward him 25 Spy vs. Spy bottom left

Men carrying canoe fall off edge of column 29 The Lighter Side of Cops mid left corner

Mechanics with a propeller run after taxiing
airplane missing one of its four propellers 31 3 Sure-Fire Methods
of Getting A Job top right

Robbers hold up front of bank,
while separate gang makes its getaway at rear of bank 32 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Man falls past and peers into windows
of scantily clad women in YWCA highrise 40 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Man shoots down flying stork that's carrying a baby 41 Modern Teacher Magazine bottom left side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #85 - March 1964
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

While hanging on a long ladder out of a
helicopter, man orders food from a street vendor 12 Famous Protest
Campaigns bottom right side

Clapper falls out of bell, strikes man in head below 16 Mad Beastlies top left side

Man with target tries to intercept ball shot from cannon 17 Mad Beastlies top right

Fireman waters lady's plants while partner douses real flames 19 The Minute After
That TV Show is Over top right

Tender sends drink down long bar, knocks drinker off his stool 21 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Surface supplied diver climbs through
air hose toward boat to avoid octopus crushing 22 The Lighter Side of
The College Crowd mid right side

Museum cop runs after fleeing man with pen who
fills in letters on painting as if it was a crossword puzzle 23 The Lighter Side of
The College Crowd top right

Bystanders scatter as fisherman on pier reels in naval mine 30 Spy vs Spy top corner right

Oven worker jabs baker with back end of peel,
causes him to drop baked goods 31 Future Educational
Comic Pamphlets top right

Motorcycle cop rams face into trucker's load of lumber at stop sign 32 Future Educational
Comic Pamphlets bottom left

Native American Indian talks on phone
in booth as smoke signals rise above him 33 Future Educational
Comic Pamphlets bottom right side

Egyptian explorer wraps injured leg of
partner with cloth strip from mummy in tomb 34 Future Educational
Comic Pamphlets bottom right

Inmate in electric chair spared the
switch as lighting bolt fries executioner 35 Future Educational
Comic Pamphlets bottom right corner

Discoverer of giant egg on post unaware
of huge bird's claw descending from above 44 Spy vs Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Snake charmer uses audio tape of flute during his act 45 Strange Interlude
with Hazey top right

Growling dog won't let fireman connect hose to hydrant 46 Strange Interlude
with Hazey top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #86
April 1964
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Custodian sweeps away notes after orchestra performance 2 Letters Page bottom left

Bowling ball crashes through upper wall of alley, kills pedestrian walking below 13 Mad Beastlies top right side

Man holds butt in pain after sitting on seatless bar stool pole 14 When This Trend
Toward "Understanding"
Gets Out of Hand near top right

Paramedics holding man on stretcher hitch a ride because their ambulance has a flat 17 When This Trend
Toward "Understanding"
Gets Out of Hand near top

Natives carry trussed-up woman dressed in fur coat on pole 19 New School Letters for
Unheralded Achievements near top right

Boy on one end of phone made of can and string listens to firecracker go off on the other end 20 New School Letters for
Unheralded Achievements top right

Woman on balcony kisses man while dropping rose to seranader below 21 Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Lady on dock runs with garbage can toward recently-departed garbage scow 22 The Lighter Side
of Married Men top right

Parachutist collides with person jumping on trampoline 25 The Lighter Side
of Married Men left side

Officer commandeers bumper car to chase a burglar in another bumper car 31 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Man faints from looking at spider in long-range telescope 37 The Mad Plan for
Fighting the War
Against Junk Mail top right side

Advertising skywriter's plane circles downward after writing "PEPS.O.S." 39 The Mad Plan for
Fighting the War
Against Junk Mail left side

Someone leaves dirty footprints halfway down bride's extra long wedding dress train 41 Future Quickie Vacations top right side

Pinball player plunges ball through back of machine, bonks another gamer in head 42 Future Quickie Vacations near top right

The path of an elephant with a howdah on its back is blocked by power lines 43 Flawrence of Arabia right side

Howling housewife holds two ends of filled clothesline 44 Flawrence of Arabia bottom right side

Rocket on pad tips and launches horizontally, causing onlookers to run for their lives 46 Flawrence of Arabia top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #87 - June 1964
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

A line of workers leave their Yuban Company office
to try what the lady's serving from her beverage pushcart 5 Kids' Versions
of Adult Films top right

Older woman with octopus wrapped around her leg crawls
up beach yelling for help while lifeguard ogles babes in bikinis 11 At the Mask Store top right

Sport rowing crew rows over waterfall edge,
airborne member gazes down at the plunge pool below 11 At the Mask Store interior upper
left corner

Man walking on one side of fence switches out his top hat for a
bishop's hat to deter kids from throwing snowballs from the other side 13 Watch That Price
With an Asterisk* top right

Tarzan swings on vine, realizes he's about to grab a snake instead of another vine 15 Spy vs. Spy bottom
right side

Surfer rides the crest of a tsunami wave while beachgoers flee 17 TV Ads We'd
Like to See top right corner

Operator for a surface-supplied diver, distracted by babes in
bikinis on pier, over-inflates and causes diver to project out of water 17 TV Ads We'd
Like to See interior corner

Rooster glares at hen for laying turtle eggs 19 A Mad Look
at the Circus top right

Elderly couple revisit tree decades later where they carved their initials,
marvel over how far their marks traveled up the growing tree 23 Fake Record Jackets bottom
right side

Huge rocket on transport can't fit through the 15' tunnel clearance 24 Spy vs. Spy bottom
right corner

Prisoner in cell trips warden in view of other prisoners laughing in their cells 27 The Lighter Side
of Homeowners top left

Skyscraper window cleaner breaks through office window 30 Ending on a
Sour Note top right

Stretch rack victim with creepy, spidery limbs, chases torturers 33 The Great Cigarette
Filter Tip War right side

Wallpaper installer gets stuck in the middle of roll spinning up the wall 37 Pre-Recorded
Phone Messages bottom left side

Police chase car with guns firing as they come upon
two lines of bumper to bumper traffic blocking their path 37 Pre-Recorded
Phone Messages top right side

Boy on pogo stick sees stars after bouncing into a tree branch 38 Mad Beastlies bottom right

Trash collector runs from man on park bench
he's accidentally stuck with a pointed stick 41 Angry Magazine bottom right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #88 - July 1964
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man looks relieved when his
(neck tied to millstone thrown into water) suicide attempt fails 5 Movie Ads with Behind the Scenes Gossip top right side

Egyptian foreman directs pyramidion carriers to tipless pyramid 11 MAD Visits the Producer of "Charades" top right

Barber covers patron with hot towel, picks his hanging jacket pocket 17 The Long Range Effects
of Products On People top right

Hardhat's jackhammer ruins long necks on glassblowers' fresh bottles 19 Spy Vs Spy bottom mid-right

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria head toward big waterfall ("Gulp!") 21 The Lighter Side of Little League corner top left,
top side middle

Ancient king, stifled by his harem, dreams of secluded island 27 The Swampview Terrace Weekly top right

Spy Vs Spy corner panel snags hose of surface supplied diver,
halts his advance toward mermaid 30 Spy Vs Spy corner bottom right

One of four airmen manually turning propellers,
gets caught up in spinning blade (MAD Zeppelin cameo) 32 MAD's Caterer of the Year top

Marathon runners try to beat oncoming train at crossing 35 MAD's Caterer of the Year bottom

Huge bird hogs birdbath 40 Comics For Publications
That Don't Have Comics near center within title

Hardhats use Indians' totem pole while running power lines 41 Comics For Publications
That Don't Have Comics above 2nd row mid-right

Large snake smiles like all but one of his 14 zoo-handlers 42 Comics For Publications
That Don't Have Comics top right

Leapfrog exercises end with man falling over comic strip panel 43 Comics For Publications
That Don't Have Comics corner above 2nd row left,
middle side 1/3 from left

Man anchors his mountain climbing team down to follow passing lady 44 Spy Vs Spy corner bottom right

Birds perch on vaulter's pole mid-run 46 Buck'$ Law bottom right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #90
October 1964
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Three "peeping Toms" crash through the angled loft windows
of an artist's studio while he paints his female nude model 5 If Celebrities Ran
For Political Office right

Guy at end of climbing team's rope attempts suicide noose-like as they start up mountain 7 If Celebrities Ran
For Political Office right

Snake charmer playing his flute outside causes
upstairs tenant's toothpaste to levitate out of its tube 13 Strange Interludes
In Everyday Life top right side

Guy in middle of Chinese parade dragon stops at flashing "DON'T WALK" light,
tears costume in half 15 Strange Interludes
In Everyday Life right

Sergio curses aircraft crop-dusting over field where he makes out with lady 16 Spy vs Spy bottom

Artist paints candy-cane swirl around lighthouse,
falls from scaffolding, paints messy streak on his way down 21 Misleading TV Titles right side

Man can't start outboard motor boat as big toothy fish charges toward him 25 The Sight and Sounds of
the USA: Las Vegas Nevada top right

Indian riders fall from elephant when tethered carriage gives way 29 Scenes We'd Like to See:
After the Ball top right

Mechanic frantically rushes down track to
stopped rabbit which has halted a greyhound race 31 The Lighter Side
of Summer Romances top right

Two men attempt waterskiing by rowboat 34 MAD "Celebrity-Feature"
Merchandising Gimmicks right

One small umbrella sticks out in middle of large
procession of marching soldiers during rainstorm 35 MAD "Celebrity-Feature"
Merchandising Gimmicks right

Hunter goes for unexpected ride, pulled by rope attached to whale he harpooned 36 An Incident at a Red Light top right

Cannon-shooter and bowler wrestle over same ball 39 Auto Accessories
We'd Like to See top right

Crane operator sheepishly retrieves wrecking ball that broke off and landed on man's car 42 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Lumberjack chopping tree causes Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah to fall from log platform above 43 MAD's Teenage Idol
Promoter of the Year top right side

Giraffe startles stilt and sandwich board-wearing ad-man with a lick to the back of his neck 45 MAD's Teenage Idol
Promoter of the Year bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #91 - December 1964
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Angry man with cut up hose approaches farmer on tractor tiller 4 Some Mad Devices
for Safer Smoking top right

Native American smoke signaler spells out PEPSI 5 Some Mad Devices
for Safer Smoking bottom right side

Baseball fan with lump on head throws home run ball at outfielder 7 Some Mad Devices
for Safer Smoking right

Native American chases off beavers who have gnawed down totem pole 8 Movie Heroes Are Finks bottom left

Man diga a hole to plant a tree, unaware he's standing above a sinkhole 9 Movie Heroes Are Finks middle T-shape

Tree falls on head of logger who has just yelled "TIMB…" 17 Little-Known Jobs
in Television top right

Eagle with a kite wrapped around him glaries at a boy 18 Little-Known Jobs
in Television middle

Rattle snake flirts with garden hose 21 New Movie Monsters
from the Business World top right

Racing bicyclists round a corner toward road workers in a ditch 23 Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Escaped prisoner tunnels toward the ocean 27 When Today's
Celebrities Become bottom right

Players look for football that wound up in a sausage rendering machine 31 When Today's
Celebrities Become top right

Mugger about to rob man rounding corner,
unaware of group of policemen behind man 32 When Today's
Celebrities Become center bottom corner

Street line painter cries after sanitation vehicle drives over his work 33 How Bad Childhood
Habits Can Help top right corner

Boy squirts water from fountain up to man on stilts 35 How Bad Childhood
Habits Can Help bottom left side

Soldier in training camp roasts a hot dog while under a flame thrower 37 Why Not Warnings
on All Packages! top right

Unblocked cannon ejects through left of ship as cannonball fires right 39 The Lighter Side of
Going to the Movies top right

Porcupine laughs at snake's misery after it swallows another porcupine 43 Twisted Mad Tales near middle

Undersea rocket blasts through fishermen's nets 44 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Woman protecting her garden is at the ready
with pitchfork as parachutist descends 46 Mr. Nudnik vertical

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #92
January 1965
(17 entries)

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Sad child with a bandaged head sits on rope swing held on one end by a rope tied in a bow 6 The Carpetsweepers right corner
near bottom

Burgler picks the pocket of the bottom man of a six-man circus balancing act 8 The Carpetsweepers right side

Race cars approach finish line while men play chess on the checkered flag they're supposed to be waving 10 The Mad In
and Out Book top left

Boy stares at bird and bee he's trapped in a jar 17 Shakespeare
Up-To-Date right near center

Two teams of paramedics fight over who gets to transport patient, tugging at him in opposite directions 20 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Snake swallows plugged-in light, unhappy when it glows midway down 21 Children's Safety Songs right near bottom

Irritated wife irons a stiltwalker's pants 25 Sights and Sounds
of the U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois top right

Indian man and porcupine each lie on beds of nails, as spiky blowfish floats in bowl 27 Everyday Life
Olympic Games top right

Man makes paper dolls from stock ticker tape 30 Mad "Get-Well" Cards top right

Balloon takes off, leaves basket bottom and overweight balloonist behind 31 Mad "Get-Well" Cards top right side

Five spiders race each other down their web strands to the
floor where another spider waits to wave a checkered flag 33 Spy vs. Spy bottom right side

Cowboy brander pulls off bull's horn with rope as it runs away 36 The Lighter Side
of Adult Parties top right

Railroad workers curve track around outhouse 37 The Lighter Side
of Adult Parties left side

Circus high diver aims for small pool that has an octopus 38 The Lighter Side
of Adult Parties right side

Excited guy boards boat with lady at carnival entrance to tunnel of love,
as Candid Camera crew prepares to film 40 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Rocket from nudist camp shoots toward Mad Zeppelin spying from overhead 41 Phony Magazine bottom left side

Wife uses the feathery top of a roman gladiator's helmet to clean floor 45 Phony Magazine bottom left

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #93 - March 1965
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Three assistants try to keep a snake straight for a sculptor using it as a model 3 Letters top left

Man looks at spider hanging from mobile 5 A Child's View of
Newspaper Headlines top right side

Pickpocket from upper story-window takes
wallet from stilt walker leaning against a wall 9 Mad Looks at a
Typical Kiddie TV Show top right side

Medieval knight calling out fire patrol to douse
fire-breathing dragon who is menacing maiden 13 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Movers carry psychiatrist, patient and furniture into moving van 15 I Got All the
Finks I Need top right

Member of orchestra audience taps cigar ashes into tuba 17 In a Las Vegas Lobby top right

Sewer worker holds head in pain after getting bounced by child on pogo stick 19 The Lighter Side
of Teenage Parties top right

Boy tightrope walks on string of yarn, while mother knits from batch father holds 23 Space Magazines bottom

Two men in crane's dump bucket look over fence of nudist camp 26 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Man on stilts photographs pole vaulter about to clear bar 31 A Mad Look at
Signs of the Times left side

Hunter and dog discover they've shot down a witch and her broom 35 Football Foto-Plays mid left

Burglar sticks up balloon seller, causes him to release his balloons 36 Football Foto-Plays bottom middle
vertical

Natives carry trussed-up giraffe that's too
long to fit on poles while one bearer balances his head 37 The Finish top right

Umpire's bad tooth tied to bat of batter awaiting a pitch 38 When They Advertise
Liquor on TV mid right

Lady in nightgown jumps from burning
building toward firemen who shield their eyes 39 When They Advertise
Liquor on TV top right side

Angels with harps & violins look worried as angel with drumset approaches 40 When They Advertise
Liquor on TV mid right

Bride stops short of revolving door,
her long dress train flow out behind, held by two boys 41 When They Advertise
Liquor on TV mid right

Nesting stork blocks factory smokestack,
causes employees to run from smoked-filled building 42 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #95 - June 1965
(12 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Heavy rider at back end of quad
tandem bike lifts his partners in a wheelie 4 A TV Scene We'd Like to See -
Mr. Novak right top

Flying guy repairs his magic carpet like mechanic under car 5 Mad Visits a Typical
Teenage Beach Movie right top

British flyer deflates German bi-plane tires mid-flight during WWI 6 Mad Visits a Typical
Teenage Beach Movie bottom right side

Drunken railroad workers make mess of laying tracks 8 Mad Visits a Typical
Teenage Beach Movie bottom right side

Roller skaters, hand in hand, lose partner to pole 21 Mad Magazine Introduces
43-Man Squamish top right

Indian's wife furious because he burned
a hole in her rug making smoke signals 23 Mad Magazine Introduces
43-Man Squamish bottom left side

Man throws WW1 German soldiers
wearing spiked helmets like darts at target 26 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Oblivious coal miner dumps worker and his lady
over steep cliff from a cart that had shielded their hanky-panky 27 The Modern Highwayman top right corner

Recuers paddle from ship to unhappy man stranded on island,
irritated he was close to finishing a dugout canoe 32 The Mad Gun Owners
and Other Small Bores Primer mid right

Guys try to dislodge the feet of an ice-skater
from the last in a line of barrels he was jumping 33 The Mad Gun Owners
and Other Small Bores Primer mid right

Kite-flying boy brings down small plane 37 The Lighter Side of Spring top right

"Good Luck" bar sign drops, smashes guy on sidewalk 38 The Lighter Side of Spring bottom right side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #97 - September 1965
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Burglar holds up pizza maker in the middle of a dough toss 5 Being Rich Is Better
Than a Warm Puppy top right side

Army man shoots bazooka the opposite
way of a tank and wounds soldier behind him 9 Mad Goes To a Screening
of Cheyenne Awful top right

Man gets electric shock after his transistor radio is struck by lightning 11 Mad Goes To a Screening
of Cheyenne Awful bottom left side

Drowning man yells for help to man on dock with horn in ear 13 Mad Goes To a Screening
of Cheyenne Awful bottom left side

Couple interrupted at dinner by man who knocks down
part of adjoining wall by hammering a nail too hard 15 A Mad Look
at Garbagemen top right

Bump in the road cause egg truck driver's load to scramble. 18 Spy vs. Spy top right

Mexican group protests while one member attempts to sell a poncho to tourists 18 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Man on safari mistakes roar of jeep engine starting for nearby lion's roar 19 The Walt Cronkite Show top right

Spider at the bottom of thread flirts with paddleball at end of string 20 The Walt Cronkite Show bottom right side

People run for shelter after mistaking bagpipes for an air-raid signal 23 Load & Crash Magazine top right

Items fall out of back of station wagon after car jack is applied to the front of it 29 What They Say… and
What it Really Means bottom left

Dog retrieves a wired stick of dynamite
for workers as the plunger is being pushed 32 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Man fishes using a mobile with many hooks 37 Mad's Modern
Believe it Or Nuts! top right side

Doomsayer with "prepare to meet thy maker"
sign doesn't see he's about to be flattened by a bomb 37 Mad's Modern
Believe it Or Nuts! bottom right side

Standing packed together, rowing crew of tribesmen get directed
by a coxswain sitting comfortably in the stern of the canoe 39 The Lighter Side
of Employees top right

Five men link hands to feet on a frozen pond to save a man who's
fallen through the ice, closest rescuer opts to film flailing victim 42 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Dog runs with leg bone from model skeleton as doctor chases him 43 The Rooks top right

Launch tower blasts off while rocket stays on pad 44 The Rooks bottom right side

About to shoot a can he's thrown in the air,
man gets slopped with contents instead 46 The Rooks bottom right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #98
October 1965
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Surfer gets yanked off his surfboard by an octopus tentacle poking through the wave 7 Surfing mid top right

Man on ladder, about to elope with woman on 2nd floor,
gets distracted by TV program on 1st floor 15 Flapper bottom left side

Singing bird sends droppings into ear horn of man listening to it 16 Flapper bottom right side

Group of squirrels and birds chase peanut vendor 19 Mad's Snappy Answers
to Stupid Questions top right

Hot dog vendor takes refuge under his cart's umbrella during a rainstorm 21 Spy vs. Spy bottom right side

Out at sea, knock comes from door that castaway's raft is made from 23 Fight Songs for
the Common Man top right

On a bicycle built for three, man in front pedals hard
while man lounges in middle, flirts with woman at rear 25 "Camp Alfeeneumahaha" mid right

Ducks crawl at bottom of high grass, avoid duck hunter aiming gun at the sky 27 "Camp Alfeeneumahaha" top right

Man with camel in desert looks on as frustrated
golfer tries to hit ball in world's largest sandtrap 29 The Mad Academy Awards
for Small Businessmen top right

Man in highrise uses sheet on clothesline as Kleenex (AH-CHOO!!) 30 The Mad Academy Awards
for Small Businessmen right side
near bottom

Leg with stocking sticks out of parading military regiment 33 The Mad Academy Awards
for Small Businessmen bottom left side

Minature mechanic's feet poke out from under a skateboard
he's repairing as normal-sized person looks on 34 Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Executioner tries to stuff fat man thru hangman's trapdoor 35 The Mad United States
Foreign Policy Primer top right side

Robber digs toward basement of bank from below,
unaware that it's just been robbed by two other guys 36 The Mad United States
Foreign Policy Primer middle right

Man on ladder in library accidentally knocks over bookshelves,
causing other bookshelves to fall like dominos 37 The Mad United States
Foreign Policy Primer middle right

Artist glares at wife who has used his mobile to hang clothes on to dry 38 The Lighter Side of
Summer Evenings top left side

Tractor veers from his plowing patterns to follow a pretty woman 42 Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Spider builds a web in the shape of a suspension bridge 43 Lord Jump top right

Man sneezes, accidently releases a handful of balloons (Gesundheit!) 45 Lord Jump bottom left side

Rocks squash man right before he's finished painting a "falling rock" warning sign 47 Lord Jump bottom left side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #99 - December 1965
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Death row convict gets his hair and nails done before his long walk 4 When Politicians
Do TV Commercials mid left

Ping pong player holds paddle up to
protect his face from opponent's return slam 5 When Politicians
Do TV Commercials mid right

Church bell deliverers unloading at Synagogue
get directed to Christian church across the way 6 When Politicians
Do TV Commercials mid right

Teacher's hand count of students outside of zoo includes one raised ape arm 7 When Politicians
Do TV Commercials mid right

Handcuffed to cop, thief still picks pocket of guy he passes on sidewalk 10 Mad's Snappy Answers
to Those Old Clichés mid right

Guy throws "O" from "BOATHOUSE" sign to drowning man 11 Mad's Snappy Answers
to Those Old Clichés mid right

Away from group, two protestors use signs as badminton rackets 12 Mad's Snappy Answers
to Those Old Clichés mid right

Horse shoer applies his craft to lady centaur 13 The Virginiaham top right

Engineer stops his train at bridge edge,
walks down long hill to retrieve his cap 17 The Virginiaham bottom left side

Kids gather to peek behind stage as puppeteer perform his act 18 Boxing Foto-Plays mid bottom
vertical

Lady in park is stunned by large leaf covering male
statue's privates joining smaller leaves on the ground 19 Boxing Foto-Plays mid left

Embarrassed group of guys on the beach
hand bikini top they found back to little girl 20 Boxing Foto-Plays mid right

Glove flies off of boxer's fist during punch, beans referee 21 Mad Interviews the Greeting
Card Manufacturer of the Year top right

Safe on pulley rig being delivered outside highrise,
gets safecracker's attention mid journey 23 Mad Interviews the Greeting
Card Manufacturer of the Year bottom left side

Pirate with net prepares to catch blindfolded maiden walking the plank 25 Spy vs Spy right corner
bottom

Man with swatter thinks better of using it on freakishly large fly 27 Let's Humanize Those
Automated Machines top right

Angel harpists reluctant to welcome drummer to heavenly group 34 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Water stream takes on its hose's coiled state 40 Spy vs Spy vs Spy bottom right

Park groundskeeper accidentally sprays canoodling couple in high grass 45 Football "In Depth" top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #100 - January 1966
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Hovering UFO's visitor descends into quicksand from unfurled ladder 7 Future Broadway Musicals
Based on Famous Literary Classics bottom left side

Gondolier gets trapped on stuck row above water in canal,
yells for help at passengers sailing away 9 The Wonderful World
of Re-Packaging bottom right

Protesters for "Peace" attack each other with signs 11 The Wonderful World
of Re-Packaging middle right

Parade float drivers argue after crash 12 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Rain soaks speeding coach driver, occupants, and horse 13 The Nilson Family top right

With clapper lying useless below, man scales ladder,
clangs bell manually with hammer 16 The Nilson Family bottom right side

Road center-line painter arcs around mangled car wreckage 18 The Return of the Mad Beastlies bottom right side

Patrons rave over cleaning supplies in art gallery
as maintenance man comes to collect them 21 The Lighter Side of Sleep top right

Baffled wood-cutter hand-sawing little log sections works
his way down to damsel in distress tied by black-clad villian 27 Shirley Finster's New York top right

Hobnobbing wedding guest flicks cigarette on bride's dress train 31 Mad's Puzzle Page top left

Disgruntled employees look on as boss
rolls on the floor laughing, suggestion from box in his hand 32 Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts! top right

Treasure hunters dig everywhere but where loot stays hidden 38 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Snail falls for Scotch tape dispenser 39 The Swan Song of a Modern Hiawatha top right

Ladder becomes zipper with fireman at top
carrying fat lady down from burning building 45 Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been or... bottom left side

Paratrooper, in static line jump, is shocked
to see bomb strapped to parachute next to him 46 Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been or... bottom right side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #101 - March 1966
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Woman mistakenly sprays can of husband's shaving cream toward fly 5 The Mad
Suburban Primer right

Suicidal man ties a noose to the shovel of an excavator
construction vehicle and a string to its controls 8 When Teenagers Take
Over TV Completely right

Man with "Love Thy Neighbor" sign laughs at man lying on
ground who's just been hit in the head with a flowerpot 9 When Teenagers Take
Over TV Completely top right

Igor confused by the fuse box while Dr Frankenstein waits impatiently to flip the switch 10 When Teenagers Take
Over TV Completely right

Beggar sits outside of U.N. with multilingual
"We speak..." signs on the wall beside him 11 At the Elevators top right

Grocery store manager tells dim-witted clerk to
stack cans in a pyramid instead of on top of each other 15 Voyage to See
What's on the Bottom bottom left side

Rocket shell drops out of back of missle launcher as casing fires 17 Voyage to See
What's on the Bottom bottom left side

Castaway almost finishes writing "HELP" in the
sand before chasing two topless island native ladies 19 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Native American gets kicked out of "Adobe Bar" 22 The Lighter Side
Of Shopping top left side

Patient in hospital bed uses can and string phone to talk to another patient,
to the annoyance of other patients between them in the room 23 The Lighter Side
Of Shopping top right

Alligator picks up log with tail to whack the
head of strongman who is prying his mouth open 26 One Day in
the Pasture top right

Person reaches in high grass for golf ball that's dangerously close to a porcupine 27 Badge & Billy
Magazine top right

Nudist sprays DDT thru knotholes in fence to ward off peeping toms 35 Intimidations...
and Antidotes top right

Homeowner yells at construction foreman who
has mixed up the sizes of his house and a doghouse 36 Intimidations...
and Antidotes top right

Armored truck guard holds burst money bag over city sidewalk grate outside of bank 37 Intimidations...
and Antidotes top right

Prisoner's escape tunnel overshoots lower ground, digs below a very large hill 38 Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

"Hospital" sign drops toward recently discharged patient 39 College Programs
to Develop Masters
of Mediocrity top right side

Burglar about to dynamite one side of wall safe while
unsuspecting burglar on other side tries to figure out the combination 43 The Sinpiper top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #102
April 1966
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Old-timey, large format photographer falls asleep under sheet on the job 7 BrandXed top right

As tough man prepares to beat up circus truck driver for crashing into him,
circus worker leads giant ape out of back end of truck 12 Achieving Personal Success In Crime bottom left

Santa can't fit inside Indian teepee 13 Achieving Personal Success In Crime middle vertical

Parachutist falls inside factory chimney, exits building covered in soot 18 Spy Vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Escaped convict in stripes hides from cops
in pop art museum, blends into painting 19 National Perspirer top right

Garbageman dumps trash on ground, distracted by pretty woman 26 In The Optometrist's Waiting Room top right

Big fish waits with mouth open while little fish swim up waterfall into it 27 abc-tv's wild world of sports top right
corner

Indian snake charmer pranks angry tourists with fake snake 33 New Board Games
We'd Really Like to See top right

Tug-of-war players tie rope to tree 35 In The Haberdashery top right

Large ship sails into rope between boater pulling waterskier 37 The Typical Luxury Apartment House top right

Grocery shopper looking at pretty woman
about to crash into just-stacked cans with his cart 38 The Typical Luxury Apartment House near mid right

Rope attaching climbers falls with lower climber
and pulls upper climber's clothes off 39 The Typical Luxury Apartment House top left side

Snake attempts to swallow elephant back leg first 39 The Typical Luxury Apartment House near mid right

Both armies surrender after both sides' artillery is destroyed 41 Boy Scouts vs. Little Old Ladies top right

Anchor gets tied to top of submarine, drags small boat and fishermen with it 42 Spy Vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Car body separates from chasis via mechanic's single post lift 47 Bubby Lake Missed (By A Mile) bottom left side

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #103 - June 1966
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Tow truck races toward train tracks just ahead of oncoming locomotive,
terrifying driver of car being towed 3 Letters Page bottom right
corner

Rescue chopper saves woman from desert island, leaves man behind 7 The Agony and The Agony bottom left side

Frustrated person tries to plug the male end of
a lamp cord into the male end of an extension cord 10 Fathers Are Two-
Time Losers top right

Man struggles through psychiatry session with
his battle-axe wife sitting on the foot of his couch 11 Fathers Are Two-
Time Losers mid right

Quarterback falls asleep on center preparing to hike during a football game 13 The Haircut… top right

Wobbling drunk walks a straight line past cop 15 Mad's "Share The Wealth"
Income Tax Form top left side

Computer programmers clock into and enter the side of a giant computer 21 The Lighter Side
of Junior High top right

Swim meet official's starter gun "click"s instead of fires,
throwing entrants off their marks into the pool 24 Some "Purchase tags" Few
People Ever Get To See near top
right side

Two Native Americans carve on either end a totem pole,
each not realizing the other has created the top of it 26 The Face on the
Town Square Walk top right

Two bank robbers do a song and dance in front of a security camera 29 The Face on the
Town Square Walk bottom right

While an Indian levitates during a rope trick,
a boy ties the other end of the rope to a car 30 A "Comics" Scene
We'd Like To See bottom right
corner

Eye doctor makes out with patient's wife
while patient is reading from eye chart 31 A "Comics" Scene
We'd Like To See middle left

Two soldiers attempt to start their flamethrower
while the opposing army charges toward them 35 Honey Waste top right

Baker on ladder falls toward top of very tall wedding cake 36 Honey Waste bottom right side

Hangman's victim avoids death by spreading out
his legs on sides of trapdoor as floor opens 40 Horrifying Cliches near top
right side

Office workers steal some drinks from an office cart,
while one guy romances the distracted female server 42 A Boy and His Chemistry Set top right

Runners race around a track chasing a mechanical pretty woman as a lure 43 Fraternity Quarterly top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #104 - July 1966
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Painter inmate sights line details on canvas amongst his other paintings of jail bars 4 Advertising Campaigns
With Ulterior Motives mid bottom left

Man waters his lawn, notices that his wife has put a hole in his hose with a rake 8 Another Mad Peek
Through the Microscope bottom left

Rider muffles motorcycle engine as it passes a "Hospital Zone - Quiet" sign 9 Another Mad Peek
Through the Microscope bottom center
vertical

Part of small plane's "Fly TWA" advertising banner gets torn away by passenger jet 15 Mixing Personal
Politics With Careers top right

Driver of Good Humor vehicle smiles and shakes
hand of truck driver who has just rear-ended him 17 Mixing Personal
Politics With Careers top right

Traffic cop gives the Batmobile a parking ticket 21 The American
Mediocrity Academy top right

Robber picks the pocket of a man as he's being chased by a policeman-led mob 23 The American
Mediocrity Academy bottom left side

Man travels cable between two ships as third bears down on him between the others 27 A Portfolio of
Shape-ly Mad Verse top right

A mermaid and a centaur meet in the water,
each hoping their bottom halves look like each other when they get out of the water 33 Road Signs We'd
Really Like to See near center

Distracted mother talks to friend at zoo as elephant
reaches through cage to get peanut offered by baby 35 Postage Stamp
Advertising top right

Man surprised as giant fly-swatter crashes through his wall 37 The "Voice Typewriter" bottom right side

Boss looks at closed-circuit TV of person,
wary of camera, about to drop a slip in suggestion box 40 Track & Field
Foto-Plays mid-bottom right

Man holds foot in pain after Alfred E. Neuman spikes it while running 41 Track & Field
Foto-Plays top right corner

Man with "Ban The Bomb" sign startled when kids throw firecracker at him 43 Loused Up In Space top right

Plow lines curve with each hiccup from the farmer on his tractor 44 Loused Up In Space bottom right side

Construction man drops hammer from girder, bounces off another
girder below held by two men, causing it and them to reverberate 46 Loused Up In Space bottom right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #105
September 1966
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Bowler curves ball to make a strike by raising up edge of lane 4 A Portfolio of Mad Photos
that Prove West is
West & East is East bottom left side

Suspension-platform painters join revelers in party after partly painting side of a building 5 A Portfolio of Mad Photos
that Prove West is
West & East is East bottom right side

U.S. submarine pokes through ice and impales an igloo 6 A Portfolio of Mad Photos
that Prove West is
West & East is East bottom right side

As military officer inspects a regiment of troops, the men behind him make faces 9 Bats-Man bottom left side

Lumberjack accidentally falls tree across picnickers' blanket 11 Bats-Man top left side

Swimmer makes way to surface of water as another man unknowingly dives toward him 14 Future National
Television Tests bottom left side

Ship's radio room operator shushes ping pong ball players
as it sounds too much like his radio signals 15 Future National
Television Tests bottom right

Supervisor rushes to wake sleeping man in car assembly line 17 The Lighter Side
Of Traveling top right

Customs checker eyes suspiciously coy man's pet
dachshund whose belly seems to conceal contraband 20 Mad Licenses left near bottom

Child with group of "end war" protestors plays with toy gun 21 Mad Licenses top right

Cook prepares to karate chop long spaghetti strands in half 22 Mad Licenses near bottom left

Dog sledder realizes he's about to fall into chasm as dogs run on either side of it 27 If Other Publications Used
Those Sensational Movie
Mag Cover Gimmicks right side

Fat person sits on stool and sinks to floor at one end of a bar,
causes guy to go flying off his rising stool on the opposite end of bar 30 Horrifying Cliches top right

Cop whose car has a football thru its windshield watches helmeted boys play baseball 38 Specialized Cookbooks top right

Group of children follows teacher from art museum while smuggling the arm of a statue 39 Specialized Cookbooks center

Artist on top of roof with half-finished painting of skyscraper waits for it to be completed 41 A Mad Look At Shut-Ins top left

Photographer at bottom of lovers leap waits with camera pointed upwards 43 The Spy That
Came in for the Gold top right corner

Trick shooter mistakenly throws gun in air and holds on to can 45 The Spy That
Came in for the Gold bottom left side

Building demolisher paints bullseye on building 46 The Spy That
Came in for the Gold mid near bottom

Ballerina jumps in pose from a burning building toward firemen holding a tarp 47 The Spy That
Came in for the Gold bottom left side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #106 - October 1966
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Water skier gets tied up in tugboat line 11 A Mad Look at Trademarks top right

Man with "thin ice" signs walks toward lake
with people who have fallen through the ice 12 A Mad Look at Trademarks bottom right

Eskimos use tusks from live walrus to open beer cans 13 Late One Night... top right

Railroad worker distracted by pretty woman
accidently hits coworker in head with mallet 14 Golf Foto-Plays mid vertical

Biker's Mom forces him to walk the dog,
causes other gang members to laugh at him 15 Golf Foto-Plays right near bottom

Fire eater performs directly under tightrope walker,
accidently burns his rope 17 The Lighter Side
of Music Lovers top right

Circus elephants chase peanut vendor 20 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Partygoer sneezes, drops pants (Gesundheit!) 21 The Mad Air Travel Primer middle left

About to be executed, man runs off with
noose and scaffolding before he gets hung 23 The Mad Air Travel Primer middle right

Man washes off "Yankee Go Home" graffiti
on fence after seeing pretty women walk near 25 A Mad Look at the
Joys of Scuba Diving top right

Cameraman films high-platform diver,
precedes him backwards on the way down 26 A Mad Look at the
of Scuba Diving bottom right side

Caveman holds woman's hair while another
caveman with scissors has carried woman away 32 Spy vs. Spy bottom right

Sad man attaches a noose to the end of a long log on a flatbed truck 34 Mad Visits a Typical
Johnson Howard's Restaurant top right

Artist's model for painting eagle coat of arms gets attacked by an actual eagle 35 Mad Visits a Typical
Johnson Howard's Restaurant bottom right

Opponent leaps over ping-pong table net to congratulate victor 39 Obituaries for
Comic Strip Characters left side

Parachutist trys to land on cliff to avoid shark-infested waters below 41 12 O'Crocked High top right side

Theatre prompter guides performers on stage with hand puppets
(probably drawn by Mort Drucker) 43 12 O'Crocked High bottom

Boy's kite with eye on it surprises woman in building's upper-story shower 46 12 O'Crocked High bottom right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #109 - March 1967
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Noose breaks weak tree branch, brings it
down on the head of guy attempting suicide 5 Who in Heck is
Virginia Woolfe? mid left side

Bird perches itself on end of guy's long transistor radio antenna 11 Correspondence Schools
for Repulsive People bottom left side

Picnickers choose area near rocks about to be blasted by demolition crew 17 The Lighter Side of Arguments top right

Boxer waits in ring for opponent, sees lion-tamer and assistant bringing on fighter 20 Announcements for Everything mid left

Handcuffed con pulls cop on callbox phone with him to give lady a light 21 Announcements for Everything near top right

Leaf-raker brings shotgun to get the last stubborn leaf on a tree 23 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Exterminator surprises client by only bringing large fly swatter to her house 24 The Preamble Revisited bottom left

Alleyway dice game ends when player rolls them into street grate 25 The Preamble Revisited top right side

Man's dog growls at his master's uncovered feet at end of bed 27 Idiot-Proof Products top right

Fancy restaurant chef steps out for hotdog from street vendor 28 Idiot-Proof Products top left

Mexican cock fight interrupted when one lays an egg 29 Idiot-Proof Products top right

Lady leaves line of kicker dancers to retrieve shoe from patron's soup 32 Horrifying Cliches top right

Coxswain irritates rowing crew, steers boat into buoy
when distracted by pretty lady in smaller rowboat 34 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Walking around corner, man receives a poke in the eye from
a guy carrying large EXIT sign crafted with pointing index finger 36 Mad School Songs for
Everyday Activities near mid left

Sheepdog falls in love with string mop 37 Mad School Songs for
Everyday Activities near middle

Man refuses to stop trying to pull-start the motor on his boat,
wife drives off, towing him and boat away from lake 38 How Various Magazines
Might Handle the
Same Cartoon Situation bottom left

Unable to pole vault over high bar, athlete scooches down supporting upright 40 Advertising Endorsements
We'll Probably Never Get to See mid left side

With one of his porters collapsed on the ground,
royal guy hitchhikes, waits for another sedan chair 41 Advertising Endorsements
We'll Probably Never Get to See mid right

Angry rooster chases after hen that laid ducks instead of chickens 42 Advertising Endorsements
We'll Probably Never Get to See mid vertical
near bottom

Man watches tiny guy walk away with a sardine
thrown over his shoulder from freshly opened tin 48 Cop Art top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #110 - April 1967
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Boat capsizes in background as castaway's
overweight friend capsizes their deserted island 5 The MAD Hate Book top right

Hardhats' jackhammers shake the petal off flower peddler's wares 9 Ads We'd Like To See middle right

Batter slips, pitcher knocked out by bat 13 Songs of Food top right

Nurse steps out of hospital to shush man being beaten 15 The Life of Your Run top right

Man pushed away from falling flowerpot in front of moving car 16 The Life of Your Run bottom right side

Two men argue on top of 6-man-levitating-unicycle-tightrope act 18 The Life of Your Run top right side

Snake swallows wooden duck from moving pull toy 21 Spy Vs Spy bottom right

Pistols at dawn for two nurse-guided wheerchair elders 22 A Portfoilo of MAD Zoo-lulus top left under title

Chef tries to nab fleeing lobster in restaurant dining area 23 A Portfoilo of MAD Zoo-lulus top right

Man's carved heart on tree for love
takes a more intricate totum pole design 27 The Lighter Side of Camera-Bugs top right side

Prison escapee tunnels just below pipe tower construction 30 Spy Vs Spy corner bottom right

One man's throw at dartboard downs another man 31 The Television Network
President of the Year top right

Hardhat with blowtorch dashes
welding job to light passing lady's cigarette 32 The Television Network
President of the Year bottom right side

Psychiatrist's knitting interrupts session 40 Winter Sports Foto-Plays bottom left

Spider falls for crack on mirror (heart) 41 Winter Sports Foto-Plays top right

Railroad engineer tries to "matador" cow off train tracks 41 Winter Sports Foto-Plays bottom left

Ladder holding fireman carrying rescued woman catches on fire 43 Fantastecch Voyage top right side

Driver stops to pick up dollar bill, causing rear end pile-up 45 Fantastecch Voyage bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #112 - July 1967
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Men run up fire escape to join bikini clad woman on roof 5 The MAD Song Textbook bottom left side

Man playing radio on catwalk distracts ballerina during performance 5 The MAD Song Textbook right side

Surfer runs out of water after shark bites surfboard 7 The MAD Song Textbook bottom right

Bride falls down open manhole while being escorted
as boys continue holding on to train of her dress 16 The Ten Commandments -
Revisited top left

Very tall woman falls in love with man advertising on stilts 19 TVarzan bottom left side

Tow truck driver lifts car body off chassis 20 TVarzan right 1/3 up

Castle guards drop entire cauldron of hot oil over side of tower, misses target 20 TVarzan bottom right side

Troop leader sings and marches past confused people,
unaware his boy scouts have stopped at a toy store 23 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Priest, cops and coroner wait as inmate headed to electric chair uses restroom 26 The Lighter Side of Eating top right

Man standing behind woman in heaven loses wings and halo, falls to hell 29 The Lighter Side of Eating left side

Men get upset as they read the ticker tape numbers
working its way down the line of them 33 The MAD Psycho-Analysis Primer right middle

Robbers exit bank to discover their getaway car's been towed 39 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Several hunters hide out around a "Deer Crossing" sign 40 Historical Events As Covered
By Modern News Feature Writers top left side

Trapeze artist snaps photo of his partner in mid-air, instead of catching him 41 Historical Events As Covered
By Modern News Feature Writers right middle

Nun's extended veil visor protects man from rain 42 Historical Events As Covered
By Modern News Feature Writers right middle

Man climbs up stack of furniture to swat at fly 44 The Amateurs bottom right side

Fisherman on pier catches a large, angry fish
which stares the man down as it hangs from the hook 47 The Amateurs bottom left side

Nearly finished building painter is surprised by "Condemned" sign being put up 48 The Pa'le.on.tol'o.gist top left side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #113
September 1967
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Criminal waits, handcuffed to pole outside of men's room 5 Some Mad Auto
Safety Features top right

Woman on back of boyfriend's motorcycle waves to a group of bikers traveling behind 8 Water Sports
Foto-Plays right

Police in boat dispose of contraband by throwing it overboard,
much to the delight of scuba divers directly below 9 Water Sports
Foto-Plays mid bottom
vertical

Rich kid's chauffeur drives his bumper car 10 Water Sports
Foto-Plays right

Middle of fireman's safety net gets raised by sidewalk service lift
as unwitting survivor of building fire falls toward it from window above 13 The Iron Horselaff bottom left side

Two angry tennis players glare at man using net as a hammock 13 The Iron Horselaff mid right

Hungry hawk swoops down to grab nature photographer dressed in a giant rabbit suit 15 The Iron Horselaff bottom left side

Speedboater skips across water toward a mine 18 Horrifying Cliches top right

Sculptor's statue crashes through floors in apartment building after one tap too many 20 If Famous Poets
Had Written
"Mother Goose" mid vertical

Man walks in snow past fence filled with advertisements and,
as his footprints show, pays close attention to a bikini ad 23 Spy vs. Spy bottom left

Artist cries in anguish as his wife swats a bug on his newly-finished painting 24 All-Inclusive
Vietnam
Newspaper Story top right

World War I pilot flies beneath The Red Baron's plane, sets the back of it on fire with a cigarette lighter 25 All-Inclusive
Vietnam
Newspaper Story top right corner

Sneeze comes from inside a Trojan horse as it's being led into Troy 26 The Lighter Side
of Going Steady top right

Deep sea diver shines flashlight into ribcage of giant sea beast as he realizes he's been swallowed by it 27 The Lighter Side
of Going Steady top right

Little bird pulls on string of sunbather's bathing suit as he lies on the beach 31 Everyday Guts
Magazine top right

Man on ground level exchanges curses with another man in a 3rd story window,
to the horror of a mom in the second floor window, whose child gleefully listens 34 Everyday Guts
Magazine bottom left side

Prisoner artist scales ladder to look out cell window to paint a farm scene 35 Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Couple who were making out in a hayfield get trapped in a bale after thresher moves through 37 America, The
Beautiful, Revisited top right

Footprints in snow show path of blind man and his dog walking and pausing near a tree 38 America, The
Beautiful, Revisited right side

Two billiards players fence with cue sticks 39 One Morning
in the Jungle top right

Batter swings and misses the baseball, but hits the umpire's head,
which flies off toward and gets caught by the pitcher 40 Mad Mini-Movies top right

Sidewalk service lift rises and takes the ladder of a sign painter with it,
causes him to extend the "A" in "SALE" 44 Mad Mini-Movies bottom right side

Circus high diver descends toward empty pool being cleaned by serviceman 47 Mad Mini-Movies bottom left side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #114 - October 1967
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Construction man's pants fall down as he jackhammers a hole in the road 4 President Johnson
on Madison Avenue top left

Frog hides from ugly woman dreaming of prince, not wanting to be kissed by her 4 President Johnson
on Madison Avenue bottom right side

Castaway on deserted island discovers the hard way that
a washed-up crate of cigars are of the exploding variety 6 President Johnson
on Madison Avenue center

Sandwich-board ad man on stilts trips over painters' ladder 7 President Johnson
on Madison Avenue bottom right

Man with huge turtle on leash arrives too late for pet contest 9 Don Martin Turns
on Portable Radios near top right

Excited hunter thinks he has caught an antelope in his trap,
instead of the horn of a very angry rhinoceros 10 So How Come...? top left

Judge accidentally hits lawyer's hand with gavel 11 So How Come...? top right corner

Maître D' shows hobo to a dining room filled with huge man-eating plants 13 Sombre top right

Ship's anchor pulls up dead bodies with rocks tied around their necks 15 Sombre bottom left side

Man tightens woman's girdle, causes her to go airborne 16 Sombre top right side

A fight in the back row of a boxing match
captures the attention of the referee and spectators 19 Spy vs. Spy bottom left

Camera crew films a car driving over a cliff,
not realizing it's about to squash a sunbather 21 The Lighter Side
of The Mating Game top right corner

Housewife drops bag of trash from second story window to
garbageman holding trash can, but it lands on his head instead 23 The Lighter Side
of The Mating Game bottom left side

Waiter emerges from kitchen with flaming kibabs,
accidentally sets diners' tablecloths on fire 25 A Psalm For a
Sabbath Morning top left

Man on city sidewalk corner with "The End Is Near" sign
puts fingers in his ears and closes his eyes, as passerby watches 27 TV Game Shows Based
on Newspaper Headlines top right

Iceman delivers huge block to mortuary that lost power 28 TV Game Shows Based
on Newspaper Headlines near bottom right

Swimmer in ocean returns frantic wave of person on beach,
unaware that he's about to be attacked by sharks 29 TV Game Shows Based
on Newspaper Headlines near bottom right

Doctor accidentally gives himself a shot in his thumb instead of the arm of his patient 30 TV Game Shows Based
on Newspaper Headlines top right

Bomber assassin gets distracted lighting woman's cigarette as king approaches 31 Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Housewife who lives above bar grabs light bulb
from outdoor sign to replace her burned-out bulb 34 Future Complaints top right side

Man on bridge attaches bad tooth with string to bottle bobbing in water below 35 The Cats Are All
Bats, By Dr. Seuss bottom left side

Dozens of pigeons land on top of man's parachute as he descends from the sky 45 Ratpacktrol bottom left side

General sneezes off medals pinned to his suit (Gesundheit!) 47 Ratpacktrol near bottom left

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #115 -
December 1967
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Chivalrous man hangs upside-down from his balcony
by his toes to light cigarette of woman in balcony below 6 Star Blecch bottom right side

Poker player's sneeze knocks opposing player flat on
his back and cards scattered on the floor (Gesundheit!) 9 When The Hertz-Avis
Rivalry Really
Gets Out of Hand bottom left side

Women holding child walks away from towed trailer dejected, unseen occupant points her away. 14 In a Super Market top left

Man serenades woman in canoe while she is being wooed by a scuba diver 15 TV Coverage of an
Off-Year Election top right

Drunk pours alcohol into Capuchin monkey's cup, around corner from oblivious organ grinder 17 TV Coverage of an
Off-Year Election bottom left

Outside "Club Cha-Cha!" seductive balloon dancer asks for some from street merchant 18 Mad Mintlies bottom right corner

Cannon operator emerges from turret holding his eyes after being poked by giant pipe cleaner 20 The Evolution of Dating near bottom right

Bank teller lectures failed bank robber 21 The Evolution of Dating top right

Man walks up hill, picking flowers,
ignores "Don't Pick the Flowers" sign, while an eager cop waits at the bottom of the hill 22 The Evolution of Dating near bottom right

Woman wants shoe salesman's shoes after trying on several pairs 23 The Evolution of Dating near top right

Man's bad tooth is tied by a string to horse in starter's gate as race is about to begin 24 The Evolution of Dating top left

Man racks up big score in pinball by using a magnet 25 The Evolution of Dating top right

Croquet player holds foot in pain after he gets it whacked by a sore loser 29 A Portfolio of
Mad Blooming
Idiosyncrasies top right

Building painter looks remorsefully at paint can that's just
fallen and spilled onto clothes hanging on laundry lines 31 Prodigy Magazine bottom left side

Bunch of men fight for the best look through space in fence marked
"Nudist Colony" while worker approaches carrying a plank with a "T" on it 36 The Lighter Side of
Young Marrieds top right

Reaching the end of the attached rope, man struggles to
pull basket from water well so he can douse his burning car 37 The Lighter Side of
Young Marrieds top right

Woodsman is surprised to see hooded executioner with axe lead his victim to the fresh stump 40 Mad's Pictorial
Political Dictionary near bottom left

Park cleaner with garbage spike slinks off behind man
watering grass after accidentally puncturing his hose 41 Mad's Pictorial
Political Dictionary top right

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #116 - January 1968
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Guy brings spiked ball mace to a chain fight 5 Dirtier By The Dozen near mid right

Scuba diver ties himself to pretty lady's fishing lure 7 Dirtier By The Dozen bottom left side

Lady's pooch, too close to a cage, eaten by lion while she talks to a friend at the zoo 10 Mad's Christmas Cards
to Seasonal Exploiters near top left

Bottom half of horse runs after cowboy who has just branded him at a costume party 11 Mad's Christmas Cards
to Seasonal Exploiters top right

Safari hunter with bad aim shoots through elephant's ear at a tiger 17 Mad's Theatrical Agent
of The Year bottom left side

Scuba diver chases after baby octopus while much larger octopus lies in wait 18 Mad's Theatrical Agent
of The Year bottom right side

Paraglider's line gets caught under arch of bridge
after connected motorboat passes under safely 19 Spy vs. Spy bottom right
corner

Man prepares to swat fly resting on bottom piece of mobile art
installation hanging from the ceiling while woman looks on in horror 23 The Lighter Side
of Friendship top right side

Man falling from roof is offered a first
aid kit form stranger in window on his way down 25 The Lighter Side
of Friendship bottom left side

Man runs off the side of a cliff trying to capture a butterfly 26 You Know You're Really
Getting Old When... near bottom left

Firefighters rescue beautiful lady from first-floor window of burning building,
ignoring dowdy older lady jumping from an upper-story window 27 You Know You're Really
Getting Old When... bottom right
corner

Clueless lady in speedboat waves at drowning man waving for help 31 The Werewolf top right

Glassblower blows teeth inside bowl project 32 Late Night TV Roulette near bottom left

Man walks his girlfriend through a yacht-filled marina visualizing his rowboat,
girlfriend thinks she's being lead to one of the yachts 33 Late Night TV Roulette top right

Boy inquires about his frog as his pants are being pressed in a laundromat 34 Late Night TV Roulette near bottom right

Surprised ground crew react to piece of fuselage with the letters "PA"
having been pierced by fighter jet's nose, most likely from a Pan Am carrier 37 More Announcements
For Everything bottom

Surveyor accidently waves his partner over the edge of a road 39 Songs of Pets top right

Farmer plows his field with a running bull
who sees a picture of a matador tied to his yoke 41 On the Road top right

Magician yanks cloth off of table without knocking over plates and
glasses but elbows waiter in the process, causing him to drop his tray of dishes 45 The Joe Nasty Show top right

Man's kilt falls to his ankles as he's about to perform a caber toss 46 The Joe Nasty Show bottom right side

-- compiled by Tom Lewis
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Mad #117 - March 1968
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Couple sitting on capsized canoe try to hitch ride from passing canoeist 8 Letters to a Congressman That
Were Answered by "Form Letters"
From That Congressman top left-center

Man laughs on apartment balcony with frayed string hanging off his pocket
(**marginal may have been partially cut off on right side) 9 Letters to a Congressman That
Were Answered by "Form Letters"
From That Congressman top middle
right side

House painter reaches top of long ladder before
realizing he left his roller brush on the ground 13 A MAD Look at Skydiving top right side

Arthur plant more glaringly grows marijuana 19 MAD Graffiti Found on
Various Washroom Walls top right side

Tail-end handler of Chinese parade dragon
tears out of costume to follow buxom Asian girl 19 MAD Graffiti Found on
Various Washroom Walls middle right

Man dozes off with his tie snagged in locked safe 21 Honest Comments on TV above 3rd row left

Robber trying to lift hubcaps from car parked in lot fails
to notice muscle-bound owner making out with his girl 21 Honest Comments on TV above 2nd row right

Overweight lady trying on bikini exits changing room, notices clueless sales-
woman laughing about her to co-worker while co-worker tries to stop the laughter 23 Honest Comments on TV above 2nd row right

Bride rides off with motorcyclist as groom tries to fix car 23 Honest Comments on TV above 3rd row right

Game hunter in Asia riding elephant gets strangled by big snake hanging off tree 25 The MAD Library of
Extremely Thin Books middle right side

Construction of railroad track converges with building of
paved road causing fights between both hardhat factions 26 Spy Vs Spy bottom right

Kid riding in the last car of a kiddie-train is the only
one to see a full size train racing full steam behind 27 Air Polution
Problems of the Future top right

Gallery owner makes big bucks on art made from
tethered baby playing in paint rolling around on a canvas 32 The Lighter Side of Clothes top right

Water spills with each pass in a fire-fighting bucket brigade,
leaves the last man throwing just a drop at the fire 37 "Welcome Aboard--" Speeches
in Other Areas of Transportation top right

3-seat tandem bicycling team dumps middle guy for beautiful female hitchhiker 39 MAD's Medical Mother Goose bottom right

Harpoon from boat of whale-hunting team shoots
past target, hits boat of another hunting team 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom left

Seabed-dwelling octopus falls in love with abandoned white glove underwater 43 The "Sam Pebbles" top right

Guy on 4th floor of building opens umbrella out window
to block rain storm from beautiful lady on street 47 The "Sam Pebbles" bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #118 - April 1968
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

As safari explorer sinks in quicksand, his native assistants
bringing up the rear turn the other direction smiling 7 In the Out Exit bottom left

Gardener trimming hedges accidently lops off one of a passing girl's "swiss miss" braids 8 In the Out Exit bottom right

Spear-fisherman with snorkel curses pelican flying off with his catch and gun tethered to it 10 In the Out Exit bottom right side

Passersby shocked to see naked man hop the fence
outside of his nudist camp to retrieve baseball 11 Pro Football middle right

Christopher Columbus lands in America with his crew,
notices the natives cooking food in a viking helmet 18 TV Shows... Recast mid right

Gravedigger rushes the opposite way past a small
funeral procession, yells "Oil! Oil!!" with glee 19 TV Shows... Recast mid right

Naked wet man reaching for towel after bath trips and falls on his face,
topples bathtub to the side, spills all the bathwater out 20 The Lighter Side of Fear top right

Ladybug falls in ❤ with seperated saltshaker lid 21 The Lighter Side of Fear top right

Wealthy wife throws saltshaker across long dinner table, hits wealthy husband on the head 25 MAD Valentines
to Celebrities top right

Row of walking prisoners chained to each other by the neck
choke the shortest one dangling airborne in line 28 Mission: Ridiculous top right

Ostrich buries head in anthill, pulls away and flees, harried by ants infesting his head 31 Mission: Ridiculous top

Painter struggles to finish his building portrait
as the subject is about to be demolished by contractors 34 The Adventures of
the Suburbs for Kids near bottom right

Exhibition of Christians being thrown to the lions in a
crowded arena includes Roman holding "APPLAUSE" sign 35 The Adventures of
the Suburbs for Kids top right

Swimmer sees friend neck deep in water, takes a dive,
unaware his point of impact is much shallower than friends deep area 37 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Myopic farmer attempts to milk a horse mixed in with a herd of cows, gets kicked away 39 MAD's Snappy Answers
to Stupid Questions near top

Man nailing "CONDEMNED" sign onto building
jostles loose corbel from roof falling over his head 41 Hippie Magazine bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #119 - June 1968
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Bird pulls hair from man sitting under tree to make nest 5 Balmy and Clod top right side

Fireman sews up holes in life net 6 Balmy and Clod bottom right

Shadow puppets made on lighthouse beam 12 MAD's "Minor Personal Loss" Income Tax Return bottom right

Traveling newlyweds can't find vacant hotel or motel at night 13 MAD's "Minor Personal Loss" Income Tax Return top right

Military official adorned with medals scowls
at passing hippie adorned with peace flowers 15 "Me and My Big Mouth" top right
under title

Unicyclist on tightrope holding four guys hears tire spring a leak 16 The MAD "Fad and Fetish" Primer top-mid right side

Dangling spiders curse each other after their webs tangle 19 MAD's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams middle left side

Peace pipe leaves Native American's head full of psychedelia 20 MAD's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams bottom left

Driver blows a tire, shocks explosives truck driver in front of him 21 MAD's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams top left
under title

Walking through pond, shorter soldier in line of taller ones,
suffers full-body drench 22 MAD's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams top right
under title

Student pogo sticks out 2nd floor window of
burning school onto firemen's life net, hops away 23 MAD's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams corner bottom
middle

Patient distressed by dentist's return from unclogging toilet 26 The Lighter Side of Hobbies top right

Fisherman off tall edge of pier catches naval mine 29 The Lighter Side of Hobbies top left side

Like a mechanic under a car, witch repairs her broom 32 Songs of Wealth, Possessions, Greed,
Property and Creeping Materialism bottom right

Men surf from house to house on wave of torrential rainstorm 33 Songs of Wealth, Possessions, Greed,
Property and Creeping Materialism top right

Archeologist tells hole-digging peer "time to call it quits"
inches away from buried treasure 35 A MAD Portfolio of Some Famous "Protest Buttons"
We'd Like to See Worn By Some Famous People top right side

Hippies and long-hairs walk by lethargic barber
with "FOR SALE" sign in his shop window 37 A MAD Portfolio of Some Famous "Protest Buttons"
We'd Like to See Worn By Some Famous People bottom left

Widow stews in funeral procession
as several crying young blondes follow her 38 A MAD Portfolio of Some Famous "Protest Buttons"
We'd Like to See Worn By Some Famous People bottom left

Sports car driver blows nose in warning flag
hanging from back of lumber truck 39 A MAD Portfolio of Some Famous "Protest Buttons"
We'd Like to See Worn By Some Famous People bottom left

Driver stops car near end of cliff-like road with
ladder top visible, direction sign points downward 40 Personalized Absence Notes above 2nd
row left

Weathered tennis racket's string repaired by spider web 43 The Invasioners top right

Knight sheepishly flees from tied-up damsel-in-distress
with several fire-breathing dragons guarding 45 The Invasioners top right

Paint bucket drops from high scaffolding, covers mailman's full bag 47 The Invasioners bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #120 - July 1968
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Skydiver's chute snags atop caboose ladder of
moving train, drags him against the tracks 4 Blue-Eyed Kook top right

Cat burglar slides across clothesline pulley
between buildings for next apartment to break into 5 Blue-Eyed Kook bottom right

Two lady employees of Bell Telephone gab from their
desks several feet apart with tin can and string telephone 9 Blue-Eyed Kook top right

Man with a black eye walks his dog away as muscly man scrapes poo off his shoe 20 The Lighter Side of Driving top right

Male angel's thoughts about shapely female angel passing by
make him lose his halo and wings and drop downward from the cloud 21 The Lighter Side of Driving top right corner

Man holds "NO" protest sign, sheepishly turns around
as he approaches throng of protesters holding "YES" signs 24 MAD's 1968 Poltical Olympics bottom left

Two apes smile at the giant ape standing behind
Tarzan as he battle-cries for his current ape kill 25 MAD's 1968 Poltical Olympics bottom right
corner

Surface-supplied diver peels off his uniform snagged
on the mouth of a giant clam and walks away naked 26 MAD's Simplified ABC
Method of Bulling Your
Way Through Final Exams below title right

Man chases a fly with a swatter, approaches
corner where a huge fly, bigger than him, waits 27 MAD's Simplified ABC
Method of Bulling Your
Way Through Final Exams top right corner

Man opens sidewalk manhole in path of lady
carrying several packages obscuring her view 28 MAD's Simplified ABC
Method of Bulling Your
Way Through Final Exams bottom right

Man leaving optician's storefront with new glasses crashes through glass doors 34 Some MAD Articles
You Never Got To See top left

Eskimo breaks out ice block in back of igloo and
burrows under snow as polar bear paws through entrance 35 Some MAD Articles
You Never Got To See top right

Snail falls in ❤ with tape measure 37 Some MAD Articles
You Never Got To See top right

Young patrons leer scornfully at ice cream truck vendor
who gave bigger softserve to kid with shapely mother 40 Some MAD Articles
You Never Got To See top right

Blind man with cane touching wall to lead him down the
street can't stop blushing and grinning after feeling a lady 44 The "Great Society"
Alphabet Book bottom vertical

Retro plane aviator flies upside down to shield from rainstorm 45 The "Great Society"
Alphabet Book near mid right

Acme Tacks truck driver finds back door open scattering tacks all over the road 46 The "Great Society"
Alphabet Book bottom left side

Dumb alligator handler told to jam stick in gator's mouth vertically 47 The "Great Society"
Alphabet Book near mid left

Man snags foot to toehold of canoe and grabs tree branch
to keep him and his girl from going down waterfall 48 The "Great Society"
Alphabet Book bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #124 - January 1969
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Snake charmer brought his wife's basket of knitting supplies,
left his snake in the basket with her 5 Rosemia's Boo-Boo top right

Superstitious pedestrian crosses street to avoid going under ladder,
about to veer around corner where mugger's standing by 7 Rosemia's Boo-Boo bottom
left side

Inmate uses his prison outfit as drapes on his cell window,
stands nude looking at it with delight 11 One Day in Baghdad top right

Surfer rides the barrel of the wave, about to hit sea mine 12 MAD's Follow-up
Report on Progress middle right

Shepherds shearing their flock of sheep goof on one of them with a poodle look 13 MAD's Follow-up
Report on Progress top right

Groom tries to escape his wedding ceremony
by crawling under his bride's long train 15 Spy Vs Spy bottom left

Overweight man using vibrating belt machine makes rest of the gym room shake 16 A MAD Look at Bugs
'N Worms 'N Things top right

Man with alligator kicked out of pet show after it
eats other participants and wreaks havoc in the room 17 A MAD Look at Bugs
'N Worms 'N Things top right

Man is next in line at carnival kissing booth with beautiful woman,
when his homely wife intercedes and takes him away
(possibly among the men in line: Jerry De Fuccio,
Len Brenner, John Putnum, Nick Meglin, and Al Jaffee) 19 Casey at the Dice top right

Car speeds by as man gets poked in the eye by his
hitchhiking partner's thumb on side of a deserted road 20 Casey at the Dice top right

Scuba swimmer pranks submarine by placing image of "above sea
level sunny backdrop" over their below-level view through periscope 22 If Polls and Surveys
Had Been Used
Through History top left side

Front colonial sedan chair carrier runs into tree when
both carriers are distracted by passing buxom lady 23 If Polls and Surveys
Had Been Used
Through History top right

Woman's sneeze blows ashes out of ashtray onto face
of smoker she's seated across from (GESUNDHEIT!) 28 Songs of Crime, Violence,
War, Hate, Bigotry,
The Lunatic Fringe, and
All-Around Ecchiness mid top right

Line of men passing bricks stops short when one steps out for water fountain break 29 Songs of Crime, Violence,
War, Hate, Bigotry,
The Lunatic Fringe, and
All-Around Ecchiness top right

Man wearing "LEARN KARATE" sandwich board ad
walks down street karate-chopping everyone he passes 31 Spy Vs Spy bottom
right side

Robber breaking into bank safe in dark office makes rabbit
shadow puppet in spotlight the night security guard flashes at him 32 The Lighter Side of
Physical Fitness top right

Escaped convict hides Christ-like behind cross
tombstone from policemen looking for him 33 The Lighter Side of
Physical Fitness top left

Man waits coyly while his bags are checked at customs
with his son carrying a helium balloon filled with contraband 35 The Lighter Side of
Physical Fitness mid left side

A piece of sculpture sticks out from the back of school kids
bunched together filing behind their teacher as they leave museum 38 Christmas Is... near mid right

Protesting lady runs after and bashes hippie guy
in the head with her "Make Love Not War" sign 40 Christmas Is... near mid right

Doctor listens on phone as woman puts
receiver to her husband's bare back as he coughs 41 MafiaCo's 1968
Annual Report top right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #125
March 1969
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Restaurant owner swats a fly on the storefront window, leaves a huge crack 5 201 Min. of
a Space Idiocy mid right

Christians point out the fattest member of the group to the hungry lion in the arena 9 201 Min. of
a Space Idiocy bottom right

Native woman hiccups, drops jug of water on top of her head, smashes on ground below 13 Don Martin on
the Golf Course mid right

As the warden with a signed pardon races over to convict in a guillotine,
the rope tied to the blade snaps off 14 A Portfolio of
MAD Portraits bottom mid
corner

White furry critter falls in ❤ with powder puff near compact 15 A Portfolio of
MAD Portraits middle left

Since their battering ram broke in to two,
soldiers attempt to storm castle with a live, scared ram 16 A Portfolio of
MAD Portraits bottom left

Man follows unconscious fiance on stretcher after
she falls from broken ladder during elopement attempt 17 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Lady whacks her croquet ball straight in direction
of opponent's head as he peers down to figure his next shot 19 The Lighter Side
of Teenage Dances top right

Man throws his garbage overboard from big ship, lands on castaway on his makeshift raft 22 The Lighter Side
of Teenage Dances bottom right side

Fox being chased by hounds and hunters on horseback
climbs up tree where escaped convict is hiding 23 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Confused workman watch unoccupied bicycle roll by
as rider spins around long pole they are carrying 27 A MAD Look at
Sex Education
in the Schools top middle

Hardhat jackhammers a deep hole, drops him into an underground subway stop 29 MAD's Book Publisher
of the Year top right side

Hunter shoots at dead deer caught by another hunter,
perched on the front of his truck, gives him a flat tire 31 MAD's Book Publisher
of the Year bottom right

The next vine Tarzan grabs is actually a noose tied around a dead man 32 MAD's Book Publisher
of the Year bottom right side

Crane operator's wrecking ball topples wall
onto prisoner waiting to be executed by firing squad 37 "Me and My Big Mouth" top right

Collector prepares to throw his net on a butterfly,
unaware it has perched itself on a sleeping skunk 39 The MAD Poetry
Round Robin top right

Farmer picks from big mound of hay,
pokes through to hit hind of man making out with woman on other side 43 You Know You've
Really Made It When... top right

Man gets poked in the eye running into white Spy vs Spy agent's nose on street corner 44 If Comic Characters
Were Psychoanalyzed top left

As man plays shutterbug on their gondola ride through Italy,
his wife flirts with the gondolier 45 If Comic Characters
Were Psychoanalyzed top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #126 - April 1969
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Long line to phonebooth where sleeping man holds phone 4 A MAD Look at
the Diseases of
Our Sick Society bottom left

Man asks whereabouts of his shaving cream to chef
thinking he's spraying frosting on wedding cake 5 A MAD Look at
the Diseases of
Our Sick Society near bottom
mid vertical

Ball slips off bowler's hand at his back swing and injures everyone in its path 6 A MAD Look at
the Diseases of
Our Sick Society bottom left

Handicapped man miraculously gets up from his wheelchair
after traffic signal lights "WALK", dances to his nurse's shock 7 Familiar Affair top right

Hippie angel's halo shaped like peace symbol 9 Familiar Affair bottom left side

As militiary tank is parachuted out of plane,
bottom loosens off of supported turret and plunges faster 10 Familiar Affair bottom right side

Aurally traumatized townsfolk beg repairman to rush
to top of clock tower to fix the non-stop "DONG"-ing 14 Outside a
Novelty Shop bottom right
corner

Vampire bat plays "stork" in delivering baby to Batman and wife 15 MAD's 1968-'69
Football Lowlights mid top vertical

Surface supplied diver springs leaks in the
foot of his wetsuit from stepping on blowfish 17 MAD's 1968-'69
Football Lowlights near top
right side

Man shakes suicide victim hanging off tree for apples to fall down 18 MAD's 1968-'69
Football Lowlights bottom right side

Fire emergency waits for obese firefighter wedged in hole entrance of fire pole 19 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

German soldier pranks peer by replacing his spiked-
helmeted head for cover of seat he's about to sit on 20 If Comic Strips
Covered the Burning
Issues of the Day top left

Camper pops his head out of tent to see head
light of train in tunnel running straight toward him 21 If Comic Strips
Covered the Burning
Issues of the Day below title right

The way the eye doctor has his pointer touching bottom of "F"
letter on top of eye chart has patient respond with weird "E" sound 22 If Comic Strips
Covered the Burning
Issues of the Day below first
row right

Native American woman breaks from traveling through desert, bends down to
drink from pond, and her baby slips out of her back pouch and dunks into water 27 You're in Trouble...
When They Smile top right

As Moses leads his people through the parted waters,
one of them "pockets" the fish stranded on dry land 35 The Lighter Side of
American Tourists top right

Policemen and engineer of stopped train confront
cattle farmer who lifted railroad tracks to use as fencing 39 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man at winery struggles to reach cork to close full barrel while
concocting his own shirt-sleeve-to-pant-leg reservoir to salvage spilling wine 40 A MAD Look
at Frustration top right

Motorcycle cop distracted by bikini lady on billboard
gets knocked off and hangs onto lowered railroad crossing gate 41 A MAD Look
at Frustration top right

Man peeping through shrubbery at back of nude
bather unaware it's a long haired male hippie 45 The Typical "Success
Story" Movie... top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #127 - June 1969
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Petrified passenger clings to biker walking to
food stand, after long, curvy mountainside ride 5 Signs of Status top right

Man spins pottery wheel too fast, wet clay hits his peer from behind 8 Further Adventures
of the Red Baron below title left

Shorts drop down exposing weightlifter before crowded arena 9 Further Adventures
of the Red Baron below title right

Fleeing bankrobbers' bag of loot unfurls reel
of wire connected to teller's blasting detonator 11 Odd Squad top right

Distracted fireman smiling for press camera sprays
hose on peer saving woman from burning building 13 Odd Squad bottom left

Man with reel mower runs over head of man lounging on beach, flees 15 Odd Squad bottom left

Man finds big lumbering bird busting from inside little birdhouse 19 Specific Income Tax Forms
For Specific Professions top right side

Worker too late to post "DANGER" sign as man and ledge fall off mountain 22 Spy vs Spy corner top right

Patent attorney tries fake bird wings to fly out of burning building 23 If the Presidents Were
Chosen Like "Miss America" top right side

Woman points her lecherous male partner, who's paddling their
surfboard out to sea, to the other tandem surfers in the waves 25 If the Presidents Were
Chosen Like "Miss America" top right

Kid on store canopy steals off top of stacked
Christmas gifts carried by passersby 26 If the Presidents Were
Chosen Like "Miss America" bottom right

Jack's father breaks ax trying to chop down beanstalk as giant climbs down 29 A MAD Look at
Realistic Dolls top right side

Golfer sheepishly retrieves his ball which landed
in punchbowl of outdoor party, drenching lady's gown 33 The Lighter Side of
The Generation Gap top right

Homeplate umpire dozes off during game, leaning on catcher 37 The MAD Plan of Combatting
the Boredom of Baseball top right

Baseman with base glued to his cleat, yanks leg so batter misses it sliding in 40 Horrifying Cliches top right

Mobsters' victim plunges underwater in cement shoes, about to meet scuba-
suited merchant hocking "AQUALUNG RENTALS, $500.00 (per) HOUR" 42 Horrifying Cliches center corner

Bride marrying fireman not thrilled exiting church
through arch of firemen spraying hoses 45 Bullbit bottom mid right

Couple's ladder-exiting plan to elope marred by their car getting towed 46 Bullbit corner bottom right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #128 - July 1969
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Engineers of two trains that converge on same track from
opposite directions settle who moves forward with a coin flip 5 The Guru of Ours top right

Lumberjack chops down giant redwood tree, falls and blocks railroad
tunnel to the disgruntlement of engineer whose train wants to enter 6 The Guru of Ours bottom right
corner

Deer tracks beside the road show law-abiding deer
walked along and crossed at the "DEER CROSSING" sign 9 The Guru of Ours bottom left side

Army commander stops his procession of marching soldiers out in
middle of rainstorm, while he stays dry under a tree waiting for it to stop 10 The Guru of Ours bottom right side

Cook flips pizza dough, covers head of waiter stewing behind him 11 On A Saturday Afternoon top right

Native shoots blowgun face-to-face at lion,
realizes he packed the dart the wrong way 12 A MAD Nature Study Guide near mid left

Handyman at circus has six-man acrobat
team help patch tear high up on the Big Top 13 A MAD Nature Study Guide right side

Mexican lady being serenaded on her upper balcony by a
guitarist continually wonders who's under that big sombrero 14 A MAD Nature Study Guide near top
vertical

Bank robber flees, gets head caught on ladder outside entrance,
drags "BANK" sign painter along 15 The Heart Transplant top right

Three discs on one side of tractor plough hit a rock
and run noticably crooked, off-balancing the plow lines 19 MAD's "Foreign Film
Producer of the Year" bottom left side

Life preserver the man on port throws conks drowning victim on head,
who then plummets to the sea bottom 20 MAD's "Foreign Film
Producer of the Year" bottom right side

Amphibious militiary invasion held up by school of
sharks swimming in front of soldiers on landing craft 21 One Day In A Hospital top right

Native entering Asian hotel gets his turban
unraveled and tangled when he uses revolving door 23 You Know You're Really
Overweight When... top

As hunter crouches down to feel for his dropped glasses,
game pigeon picks them up and walks away 24 MAD's All-Inclusive
Do-It-Yourself
Protest Newspaper Story top left

Patron can't leave taxidermy shop because
his stuffed giraffe can't fit through the exit 25 MAD's All-Inclusive
Do-It-Yourself
Protest Newspaper Story top right

Prospector finds gold in rocky desert
area about to be dynamited by hardhats 27 The Lighter Side of
Amusement Parks top right

The noise of a prisoner being whipped above him sets another prisioner,
shackled in the basement below, to broom-tap his complaint to the torturer 28 The Lighter Side of
Amusement Parks bottom near
right vertical

Sudden problem with oxygen pump has controller
feverishly breathing air into surface-supplied diver's hose 31 Spy Vs Spy top right corner

Monkey buys peanuts from street vendor from change
in tin cup without his organ grinding owner's knowledge 32 Some "Greeting Cards to the
Newlyweds" We'd Like to See top left

Sandwich board ad man uses front board as shield from rainstorm 33 Some "Greeting Cards to the
Newlyweds" We'd Like to See top right

Mountaineering team nears top of cliff where unknowing
bulldozer operator is about to push boulders over them 35 One Day In A Sawmill top right corner

Tug-of-war team fall to ground when mugger forces
their opponents to release rope and put their hands up 37 A MAD Peek Behind the
Scenes: At a Laundry
and Dry Cleaners top right

Elephant blows trunk to inflate snake trying to swallow him 39 Apporopriate Comic
Strip Sound Effects below title center

Driver flummoxed at 'ninety degree downward turn'
traffic sign as he flies off the edge of the road 43 A MAD Look at Two
College Generations top right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #129 - September 1969
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Thieves steal cut of meat from lion-feeding zookeeper's cart 4 Mad Origami Zoo
of Cliche Creatures bottom left

Prankster boys lower railroad crossing gates,
stop driver who exits car to stare down track at nothing coming 5 Mad Origami Zoo
of Cliche Creatures top right

Somebody shakes their rug out from a highrise window,
debris falls on sidewalk cafe eaters below 6 Mad Origami Zoo
of Cliche Creatures top right side

Crosswalk sign painter makes his sign an easel,
uses three children holding hands his subjects 7 The Brother Hoods top right

Woman sweeps roof water into downspout,
trickles into milk urn on woman's head on street below 9 The Brother Hoods bottom left side

As theatre-goers grumble, projectionist dozes
through film playing upside down on screen 11 The Brother Hoods bottom left

Woman shocked to see three kids with their pets following a fourth with a guillotine 18 The Mad Approach Toward
Bridging The Generation Gap mid right

Woman throws floral centerpiece in face of man
sitting with the other woman in a restaurant 19 The Mad Approach Toward
Bridging The Generation Gap near middle

Sailboats drift from shore on water line, a literal line tied together with a knot 20 The Mad Approach Toward
Bridging The Generation Gap near middle

Desert island's only plane-wreck inhabitant welcomes another crashed pilot ashore 21 The Mad Approach Toward
Bridging The Generation Gap mid right

"Love Thy Neighbor" sign holder tells "Ban The Bomb" sign holder to scram 23 The Anatomy of a
Movie Ad Campaign top right

Pothead in dreamland is oblivious to his pad going up in flames, firefighters rush in 25 The Lighter Side
of Status Seeking top right

Satisfied guy walks off with female half of painting
he bought from the painter of mermaids, saw in hand 26 The Lighter Side
of Status Seeking bottom right side

Sidewalk doomsayers fight over which day the world will actually end 27 The Lighter Side
of Status Seeking mid vertical

Elephant rider comfortably navigates below tree
branches because of attached height clearance signs 28 The Lighter Side
of Status Seeking bottom right side

Painter gets an abbey monk's wrath for painting
his tower instead of the lighthouse down the shore line 29 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Bird makes nest using horsehair from Roman soldier's helmet crest 33 A Mad Gray Paper -
"The State of Our Cities" top right side

Using his rig's roof, catcher nabs dog in first floor highrise window 34 A Mad Gray Paper -
"The State of Our Cities" bottom right side

Park bench bird feeder is surprised by vulture 37 A Mad Gray Paper -
"The State of Our Cities" bottom left side

Boy visualizes its engine, man fantasizes about
its cute female driver, as sportscar whizes by 39 Dr. Benjamin Spock
- Teenage Care top right

During car race, woman helps herself to part of checkered flag for head scarf 43 Jewelia top right

Trombonist accidentally launches hand slide toward conductor 45 Jewelia top left

City kite flier falls into manhole 47 Jewelia bottom left

WWII era fighter plane with shark teeth nose art
takes a bite out of another plane's tail 48 A Dove's-Eye View of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #130 - October 1969
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Octopus latches onto hose and closes off air from surface supplied diver 4 If This "Nudity" Trend
in Movies Ever
Spreads to the Comics left side

Waterskier shreiks as he's about to run into
three motorboats racing perpendicularly across his path 5 If This "Nudity" Trend
in Movies Ever
Spreads to the Comics top right

Couple strolls away after winning all the teddy bears at the carnival game,
unaware the operator retaliates with a fastball throw at them 8 Television Shows
That Didn't Make It near mid right

Man spins 'hunting' yarn to friends looking at mounted moose head,
as wife tells ladies about hitting it with their car 9 Television Shows
That Didn't Make It near mid right

Mother feverishly dials the phone after a showgirl in
pasties pops out of her young son's birthday party cake 11 MAD's 1969 College
Riot Preview top right side

Artist painting a country landscape mural on the sidewalk does
not notice the oncoming street cleaning water truck 16 You Know You're Really
a Nobody When... left side

Matador and bull walk into the vet's waiting room,
surprises people with their pets 17 You Know You're Really
a Nobody When... top right

Parachutist snags himself on branches of cliff edge,
leaves him hanging over railroad tunnel opening as locomotive approaches 21 Land of the Giant Bores left side

Truck tows gloomy newlyweds sitting in
their "JUST MARRIED" car through the moonlit street 22 Land of the Giant Bores top right

Two beach guys fishing bikini top off sunbathing woman angers
her muscle-y boyfriend behind them returning with ice cream cones 26 The Lighter Side
of Summer Jobs right side

Birdwatchers sneak behind pond foliage following
the quack sounds of a hunter about to shoot a duck 27 The Lighter Side
of Summer Jobs top right

Man at sea has trouble starting his motorboat to flee oncoming tornado 28 The Lighter Side
of Summer Jobs right side

Salesman pays little mind to the "BEWARE OF DOG" sign, doesn't notice
the huge dog as big as its two-story house, peeping from behind 30 The Lighter Side
of Summer Jobs mid bottom
right side

Workman decides to wait behind the long line for the
public water fountain before planting the "POLLUTED" sign 31 The MAD Plan
for Halting the
Hijacking of Planes top right

Karate assistant returns with saw to help student
release his arm stuck in the board he was chopping 33 One Night In
a Restaurant top right

"FIGHT AIR POLLUTION" sound truck's engine overheats,
blows excessive smoke exhaust, while the driver smokes a cigarette 41 A MAD Peek Behind
the Scenes:
At the Pentagon top right

Distracted by a sexy milk maid on the roadside,
motorcycle cop veers his partner in the side-car straight into a tree 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

While a town flooding has his neighbors sitting patiently atop their roofs,
one man hangs awkwardly, regrets lining his roof ridge with iron gate finials 43 Where Vultures Fare top right

Woman beating dust out of her big blanket hanging from backyard
clothesline forces out couple using it as a make-out tent 44 Where Vultures Fare top right

Goose hunter questions the V formation he shot
at as one falls down leaving a smoke trail 46 Where Vultures Fare top right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #131
December 1969
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Parachutist claws his way up his parachute to avoid dropping into lion enclosure of zoo 4 A MAD Look
at Modern
College Courses bottom left side

Executioner uses blunt side of axe on prisoner, giving him a neck ache instead of beheading 5 A MAD Look
at Modern
College Courses top right

Hunters quickly pretend they're golfing with their guns
as park ranger passes through in "NO HUNTING" zone 8 On a Cruise to
a South Sea Island bottom right

Pirates digging in a far-off desert island to hide their stolen treasure
chest are dumbfounded to discover a previously buried treasure chest 9 Boredom-12 top right

Man driving through mountainside "FALLING ROCKS"
area encounters a mountain climber falling as well 10 Boredom-12 bottom right side

Both cop and robber add silencers to their guns when
passing "SILENCE HOSPITAL" sign during footchase 11 Boredom-12 top right

Owner of "last chance" desert gas station changes price of 23 cents
to 75 cents as desperate man walking with gas tank approaches 13 Boredom-12 top right

Male castaway cries after running out of tree wood,
building bridge half way to island of bikini-clad women in shark-infested waters 15 You Know
You're Really In
Trouble When... top right

David doesn't know that Goliath has a bigger stone-and-sling 16 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Muscley man goes to save his kid in above ground pool,
who's clutching tree swing seat, snapped off from his dad's pushes 17 Passionate Gun
Love Magazine top right

Gardener trims top of hedge wall lower for better view of sunbathing lady,
reverts back to normal when faced with angry boyfriend beside her 28 If Everyone Talked
Like Don Rickles right

Multiple toothpaste streams explode out the back of a Colgate
truck after getting smashed by lumberjack's chopped tree
(repeated in #156 January 1973) 29 If Everyone Talked
Like Don Rickles right

Parents dance with glee when daughter leaves
with fiance in classic ladder-elopement scenario 32 A Nostalgic
Look at Dogs top left side

Monk is shaken to his core when church bell he rings
is pulled off ceiling and drops inches away from him 33 A Nostalgic
Look at Dogs top right

During photo-op, snake giggles uncontrollably when
the middle man of eight zoo handlers starts tickling him 35 The Lighter
Side of Wheels top right

Two escaped convicts burrowing out of prison surface
in the middle of road where truck is oncoming 39 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Several wrecked ships pile up abandoned off coast of
lighthouse location near "WANTED LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER" sign 43 Hoo-boy, Columbus! top right

Baker accidentally jabs handle of long oven peel into storefront window, causes large crack 45 Hoo-boy, Columbus! top right

Mother grabs her kid's end of tin can telephone,
shocked by words coming from kid on other end 47 Hoo-boy, Columbus! top right

Park ranger stays quiet watching bear by river piling up fish under "NO FISHING" sign 48 One Day On a Hike top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #132 - January 1970
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

"OUCH!" is heard from inside big package
as postal worker throws it into hamper cart 4 Peace On Earth,
Good Will Toward
All Men! mid left

Airplane engine sucks uniform off flight attendant
as she chats with two guys on the tarmac 5 Peace On Earth,
Good Will Toward
All Men! bottom right

Medics carry away water skier on stretcher,
his ski rope is wrapped around wooden pole in water where skis float beside 6 Peace On Earth,
Good Will Toward
All Men! bottom right side

Rich couple seated on different ends of long
dining table communicate via walkie-talkies 8 On the Trail
With a Zoologist bottom left

Man peeps over nudist colony fence,
sees everyone's naughty parts covered by censor boxes 9 The Academy
Awards Show We'd
Like to See top right

Man uses old-fashioned toilet,
yanks too hard on chain dropping high tank on his head 10 The Academy
Awards Show We'd
Like to See bottom right side

Hippie driving psychedelic "LOVE" van curses out elder
driver who rear-ended him (***turned 90 degrees left) 11 The Academy
Awards Show We'd
Like to See bottom right side

Drunk man "tsk-tsk's"/finger-wags kid smoking a cigarette 13 The Academy
Awards Show We'd
Like to See bottom left side

Wealthy old man's bell pull attached around neck of butler 15 Nixon's the One top right

Fisherman who caught big swordfish and photographer are
dumbstruck seeing kid wrestling larger swordfish bill from water 21 The Lighter Side
of Birthdays top right corner

Hotel staff lined outside entrance with their hands out
disappointedly get handshakes from departing hotel guest 22 The Lighter Side
of Birthdays mid right side

Tires in tire truck too big for drivers to replace flat (***turned 90 degrees left) 23 The Lighter Side
of Birthdays bottom left side

Europeon royal guard uses fringe shoulder epaulette to dust off rest of uniform 24 The Lighter Side
of Birthdays bottom right side

Hippie walks straight and rigid while passing beat cop,
rounds the corner, lets his high trace a crooked path 25 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Bat slips out of batter's hand during swing, hits pitcher in his pitching hand 26 Playthings Based on
TV Commercials mid top
below title

Hippie tears off necklace, lets beads fall on ground
for beat cops to slip and fall on during foot chase 30 The High Diver top right

Gas station attendant chatting up lady driver doesn't
notice big blockage swelling in hose during pump 34 A MAD Peek Behind
the Scenes at
the Phone Company bottom left

Lady in bathroom mistakes her husband's shaving cream for hairspray 35 A MAD Peek Behind
the Scenes at
the Phone Company top right

Newlywed bride's sneeze blows top two layers
of wedding cake all over groom's face (GESUNDHEIT!) 38 Horrifying Cliches under title
top right

Astronaut rips the seat of his spacesuit pants stepping down from the hatch 39 Horrifying Cliches near mid
vertical

Man pranks swim race with "BANG!" flag starter pistol,
all competitors stumble off their dive 40 Horrifying Cliches mid top
right side

Burly man pokes out castle window under Rapunzel's window,
uses her flowing hair to look like his hair to confront/deter climbing suitor 41 Condemner Reports
Magazine bottom left side

Bikini-wearing lady on one side of desert island readies starter pistol for three
male castaways to race toward her from the other end (***turned 90 degrees left) 47 Spy Vs Spy bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #133
March 1970
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man answers his dutch door, opens top part, misses short kid below trick-or-treating 4 True Fat near top
vertical

To stop the prankster kids ringing their highrise doorbells,
residents pour pails of water out their windows, dousing neighbors below 6 True Fat right side

Safari explorer takes film of African lion "in natural surroundings,"
actually on leashed exhibit by native zoo-keeping business 7 True Fat top right

In the middle of his wedding ceremony,
groom flees his bride to retrieve handkerchief dropped by buxom lady 8 True Fat right side

Man coming up empty on a slot machine is dumbstruck
by coins pouring out of change slot for man using payphone 9 True Fat top right

Kindergarten kids file in to offer their teacher a flower or leaf they found,
including hippie kid with marijuana leaf 11 The Facts of Life (& Death) top right

Cowboy on horse drawn wagon thinks he's escaping Native Americans chasing him,
is about to knock his head on a low tree branch 12 If TV Shows Were Actually Like
Their "Capsuled Descriptions" mid right

Scientists flee Seismographic Institute offices with hastily-packed briefcases as bystanders watch 13 If TV Shows Were Actually Like
Their "Capsuled Descriptions" mid right

Prankster with starter gun trips one of the competing runners out the gate 14 If TV Shows Were Actually Like
Their "Capsuled Descriptions" mid right

Mugger robs ticking package from mad bomber, thinks it's an antique cuckoo clock 18 The Lighter Side
of Family Gatherings near top
right side

Police officer receives marijuana joint passed down the line between hippies lounging behind a rock 19 The Lighter Side
of Family Gatherings top right

Chef hangs himself with cooked strands of spaghetti noodles 20 The Lighter Side
of Family Gatherings near top
right side

Runners continue racing past sheepish men late in unraveling "FINISH" banner poles 27 MAD's Lifetime Chart
of Attitudes and Behavior top right

Man's sneeze blows boat his friend is painting off its supports (GESUNDHEIT!) 28 MAD's Lifetime Chart
of Attitudes and Behavior right

Little league dad retrieves out-of-bounds ball which messed up chessboard, angering its players 29 MAD's Lifetime Chart
of Attitudes and Behavior near bottom right

Cute lady at bus top distracts hedge trimmer who clips off the flower on another guy's garden cart 30 Future Instant Predictions near bottom
mid page

Astronaut hears balloon-puncturing 'SSSSSS' sound after planting flag on moon 31 Future Instant Predictions near bottom right

Venetian woman throws her garbage out her waterfront
apartment window onto couple on a romantic gondola ride 32 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Cowboy shoots hole in water tower just to take a shower 33 A MAD Look at
Antiques of the Future left side

Man entering his house with packages trips over
cord of living room phone his wife extends across to the kitchen 35 A MAD Look at
Antiques of the Future bottom right

New dad changing his baby accidently sticks diaper safety pin to his tie 36 A MAD Peek Behind the
Scenes at the US Congress top left side

Water line up to their necks at beach reveals short man saying hello to tall woman 38 Celebrities in Real-Life Situations top left

Golfer scratches head over a skunk sleeping around his ball at play 39 Celebrities in Real-Life Situations top right side

Photographer has Batman "watch the (vampire) bat-tie!" 40 Celebrities in Real-Life Situations mid right

Beach tides washes garbage ashore where sanitation man cleaned up a few yards ago 41 Spy Vs Spy bottom
left side

Prankster kid connects seatbelts across aisle to trip approaching flight attendant 47 MAD Green Paper
"The State of Our Suburbs" bottom

Hospital worker rushes with bottle of blood to
bedridden patient mistakenly transfused with tomato juice 48 MAD Green Paper
"The State of Our Suburbs" bottom
right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #134 - April 1970
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Dim fireman distracted by lady rescued from burning
building in her nightie sprays his hose on bystanders 5 Midnight Wowboy top right

Of the three glassblowers at work,
the one leering at buxom lady produces hourglass shape 6 Midnight Wowboy top right

One of mischievous kids' snowballs knocks top hat
off magicians head releasing his doves and rabbits 8 Midnight Wowboy top right

Big bushy tree blocks man's flower bed from rainstorm,
forcing him to come out with umbrella and take a hose to the flowers 11 The Fitting bottom

Mountaineer plummets when pickaxe separates
(duplicated in MAD #158 p.24) 12 MAD's Frozen Foods
That Fake-out Fresh bottom left side

Safari traveler clearing through under-
brush blindly heads toward edge of cliff 13 MAD's Frozen Foods
That Fake-out Fresh top right corner

Bull knocks matador skyward and all the clothes off his body 14 MAD's Frozen Foods
That Fake-out Fresh bottom left side

Shotgun-holding man and priest stand waiting as couple exit Tunnel of Love 15 Progress top right

Hunter is delighted to see his dog
retrieve clothes of woman nude bathing in pond 19 The Lighter Side of Money top right

Factory smoke clouds offend Native American
(duplicated in #158, p.12) 22 The Lighter Side of Money right side

Billboard ad painter bawls as lady driver on street knocks
down fire hydrant spraying water onto his work-in-progress 23 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Patient is stunned by the number of doctors being called in to check
out something in his torso region x-rayed through the fluoroscope 27 "The Ghost and Mrs." Misses top right

Eye doctor steps into his examination room to finding his next appointment,
a myopic man, discussing his problem with the skeleton model 29 "The Ghost and Mrs." Misses top left

Park ranger lures a hunter into a "NO HUNTING"
zone by pulling a rabbit decoy on a string 31 "The Ghost and Mrs." Misses top right

Four tenants, each from a different floor, jump out the window of their
burning building in unison stunning the firemen holding the life net 32 "The Ghost and Mrs." Misses bottom side
right

Angry spider spins web around beak of tall bird 33 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man opens suggestion box, sucker-punched by a spring-loaded boxing glove 35 Hints for Special Occasion Gifts top right

Kid with pet skunk kicked out of pet show after
smelling up the room and riling up the other participants 37 You Know You're Really
On Your Own When... top right

Man hammers nail to hang last of eight framed pictures,
the other seven fall off the wall 39 Ads We Can Look For After the
Next Successful Space Mission top right

Picnicking couple waves at motioning cowhand across the fence,
misread his warning of a bull charging toward them 43 MAD's Up-dated Modern
Day Mother Goose top right

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Mad #135
June 1970
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Safari tourists run out of their tour bus to take pictures of hunter caught in the coils of a big snake 4 Sleazy Riders bottom right

Street mugger drops his gun, holds his hands up at sound of whistle
which is actually a hotel doorman summoning a taxi around the corner 7 Sleazy Riders top right

Among horse race spectators seated on point-ended standing stools,
obese man struggles to pry up his stool which plunged underground 9 Sleazy Riders bottom

Mischievous kid chains his dog to organ grinder's chain and leaves with monkey 13 US Folksy Income
Tax Return 1969 top right

Mopey hippie sits around with a "FOR RENT" sticker on his blank protest sign 14 US Folksy Income
Tax Return 1969 bottom right side

Astronaut ladders down to moon surface, surprised to see a welcome mat 15 Life from
the Broadside! top right side

Nurse outside hospital shushes young hippie listening
to transister radio near "SILENCE HOSPITAL" sign 18 MAD Book of Magic
& Other Dirty Tricks under title left

Man shaking broom out window pushes ladder of man
trying to elope with his daughter, knocking him to the ground 19 MAD Book of Magic
& Other Dirty Tricks right corner
under title

Jockey pulling up boot tears open seam of sole 22 Behind the Scenes at
a Fancy Restaurant top left

Ladybug sneezes spots off its wings (GESUNDHEIT!) 23 Behind the Scenes at
a Fancy Restaurant top right

Mother drops her dishes in horror seeing her kids play
magic show, in the middle of "sawing a man in half" trick 25 The Lighter
Side of Worry right near top

Man high up on ladder in bookstore drops a hardbound
copy of "HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS" on a man's head 27 The Lighter
Side of Worry bottom left side

Woman on third floor shakes her broom out window,
knocks dust on face of tall-stilted sandwich board man 28 The Lighter
Side of Worry bottom right side

Hunter gives money to art delivery driver for
"deer in nature" portrait in back of truck he shot at 31 A MAD Look
at Footprints top right

Train conductor distracted by sexy lady waiting at
station forgot to grab side of caboose as it rolls away 33 Health and Safety
Songs for Children top right

Antique store owner rushes to flip "CLOSED" sign as a
mother with four kids, one baby, and one dog approach 37 Then Came Bombsome bottom right

Bald man gets "hair" professionally tattooed on his skull 39 Then Came Bombsome bottom right

British guard has transister radio hidden under his bearskin cap 41 You Know You're
Really a Bore When... bottom right side

As father kicks his daughter with baby out in the winter cold,
a big patch of snow falls off roof over his head 43 MAD's Modernized
College Entrance Exam top right corner

Woman loses wishbone pull during dinner, drops backward
knocked unconcious, with man smiling like his wish came true 45 The Richard M Nixon
Presidential Primer top right

Street cleaning truck ignores "MEN WORKING" sign, drenches workers in open manhole 48 The Richard M Nixon
Presidential Primer top right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #136 - July 1970
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Dad playing baseball with his kids assures them he'll retrieve ball which
broke through neighbor's window and destroyed his intricate model boat 5 Botch Casually
and the
Somedunce Kid top right

Soldier takes aim at advancing tank with unloaded shoulder-fired missile,
as buddy notes missile on the ground and flees 7 Botch Casually
and the
Somedunce Kid top right

Man leaves trail from his leaky gas can for 10 miles from station to his empty car 9 Botch Casually
and the
Somedunce Kid top right

Fireman curses painter who put a fresh coat over pole he slid down 11 If There Were Only
Two Survivors of
World War III
Left on Earth left side
near bottom

Sherlock Holmes follows footprints until he finds cleaning lady sweeping them off 12 If There Were Only
Two Survivors of
World War III
Left on Earth top right

Kid pogo-sticks holes through garden soil for farmer to sow his seeds 15 MAD Condolence
Cards for Life's
Other Tragedies top right

Prison guards follow their hounds' sniffings to a passing dog food truck 16 The Lighter
Side of Sex top right

Rescue plane parachutes big first aid package which crushes castaway on life raft 19 The Lighter
Side of Sex bottom left side

Prison guard shines spotlight down on passing lady as a light flirt 20 The Lighter
Side of Sex bottom right side

Protesting hippie curses out a confused beat cop with a billy club
after a construction man on a high girder drops a wrench on his head 21 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Superman returns to a phone booth to find a street
bum walking off with his "Clark Kent" clothing 23 Feature by Feature
Advertising top right

Line of ants march to couple having a picnic, return to anthill carrying some food and the lady 25 A MAD Look
at College top right

Line of cars in a funeral procession wait behind the
hearse driver ordering from a drive-in hamburger stand 28 Obituaries for
Traditions... mid bottom
right corner

Soldiers at target practice thrown by white flag waving under one of the target stands 33 Vice President
of the Year top right

One of the smoking birds among research animals in a
"CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE" coughs incessantly 35 Vice President
of the Year top right

Boy hides his big lollipop behind his back from passing kids, gets it licked by stray dog 37 More "So How
Comes...?" top right

Prison guards fry a pan of eggs over the electric chair 39 The MAD Sex
Education Primer top right

Woman storms off ankle-deep through the water out the
"TUNNEL OF LOVE" leaving her man in the canoe with a black eye 41 The MAD Sex
Education Primer middle center

Woman shrieks upon seeing her pet dog she was
curbing run over and carried away by street sweeper 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Woman tells neighbor kids to take their volleyball net off her backyard clothesline 45 Room 222ZZ
ZZZZZzzzz top right

Driver crashes his head through the roof of his car after hitting one bump on the road 47 Room 222ZZ
ZZZZZzzzz top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #137 - September 1970
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Boat driver turns a complete 180 degrees to flirt with lady in another boat,
throws his water skier on shore against a metal post 13 TV Scenes We'd
Like to See top right

Native American finishing an intricately designed totem pole
cries when one of his last mallet swipes splits it entirely in half 15 The Lighter Side
of Summer Resorts top right

Elevator car ejects through the roof of apartment building,
shocking its occupant who ignored the "OUT OF ORDER" sign 17 The Lighter Side
of Summer Resorts left side

Bird makes nest using horsehair from Roman soldier's helmet crest
(repeated from MAD #129 September 1969) 18 The Lighter Side
of Summer Resorts bottom
right side

Discus flies up off the backhand of the famous Myron sculpture 23 Behind the Scenes
of Home Services top right side

"HEADACHES? TAKE (ASPIRIN)!" billboard falls
off roof of building, hits man on street on the head 24 Sports Cars We'd
Like to See bottom left side

Archeologist calls it quits after his deepest of
digs still is inches away from buried ancient architecture 27 Spy Vs Spy top right
corner

Tarzan finds himself swinging on a noose tied around a dead man's neck 28 If the World's
Great Painters
Drew the Comics left side

Shoeprints show shoes with holes in soles
walk into shoe store, leave with fully intact soles 29 If the World's
Great Painters
Drew the Comics bottom right

Hardhat's jackhammering ruins plants at nearby flower show 30 If the World's
Great Painters
Drew the Comics mid to top left

Barbeque host assures guests what's on the grill will be ready soon,
unaware it's now on the ground being eaten by a group of dogs 31 If the World's
Great Painters
Drew the Comics mid to
bottom right

Debris from broom being shaken out by woman
on top floor falls on man having a meal at outdoor cafe 32 Spy vs Spy bottom
right corner

All the prehistoric animals laugh at dinosaur holding up "THE END IS NEAR" sign 33 21st Century
Outdoors Magazine near top
right side

Grocery store clerk rushes to help woman
brought down by toppled pyramid display of canned food 39 What They Say...
And What It
Really Means bottom left

Mother shocked by her kid coming home with "measles",
actually red paint spots done by his fellow prankster friends 42 While Hanging
Around the Corner top right

Submarine gets snagged beneath netting
between two fishing boats, ticking both parties off 45 Makeus Sickby M.D. top right

Fishing line snagged on buoy pulls fisherman off his boat 47 Makeus Sickby M.D. top right

Four tenants, each from a different floor, jump out the window of their
burning building in unison stunning the firemen holding the life net
(repeat from MAD #134 April 1970) 48 Makeus Sickby M.D. right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #138 October 1970
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Tribesman playing drums hears favorable response, actually a big gorilla behind him thumping his chest 5 Moroned top right side

Boy scout tries to scare off woodpecker pecking away at pole with American flag 6 Moroned bottom
right side

Woman parallel parks into egg delivery truck,
knocks the back door open, letting loose eggs fall on driver 8 Moroned top right

Farmer stops tractor to hammer straight a disc on the plow which had plowed a crooked row 10 Moroned bottom
right side

Skinny spineless man shakes hand of street mugger who knocked his battle axe wife unconscious 12 A Sports Fan's
Garden of Verses top left

Burglar melts down when cracking open a bank safe leads to a Russian-doll procession of smaller safes 13 A Sports Fan's
Garden of Verses top right

Michievous kid kinks hose, confused gardener can't water his flowers 13 A Sports Fan's
Garden of Verses bottom right
side/corners

Sandwich board ad man pulls off his pants and slides down
stilt leg like firepole after getting stuck in quick drying cement 17 How to Read
a Resort Ad bottom
left side

Woman gets an end of her bandana scarf stuck in closed subway doors,
runs feverishly along with running train 20 If "Peanuts" Were
a Weekly TV Series right near bottom

Escaped convict burrows underground, right under dynamite used for construction blast site 21 If "Peanuts" Were
a Weekly TV Series right near bottom

Police tow truck driver uses tire from car he's hauling to fix his flat 22 If "Peanuts" Were
a Weekly TV Series right near bottom

Workmen use big pencil sharpener to sharpen bottoms of wooden posts used to make barbed-wire fence 23 If "Peanuts" Were
a Weekly TV Series top right

Men veer away from their fellow female birdwatcher leader to watch nude woman bathing in pond 24 Do-It-Yourself
TV Premiere
Newspaper Story top right

Man posting "DANGER AVALANCHE" sign drops down with the falling boulders 25 Do-It-Yourself
TV Premiere
Newspaper Story right side

Woman at zoo finds her pet dog slip into lion cage and bites lion's tail 27 The Lighter Side
of Transportation top right

Men watching bikini lady demonstrate vibrating belt
machine in window display are easy targets for pickpocket 29 The Lighter Side
of Transportation left side

Two hippies, each being chased by two cops, come toward each other for a crash around street corner 31 Spy Vs Spy bottom
right corner

Bulldozer smashes wall that drops on and crushes firing squad to the delight of condemned prisoner 33 The MAD Love Book top right

Hawk struggles to carry away man in rabbit suit on his way to costume ball 34 The MAD Love Book right side

Hardhat's jackhammering shakes the camera tripod of photographer trying to take a big wedding picture 37 Those Wonderful
Sixties! top right

Museum curator complains to wrecking ball operator who knocked
out a piece of his building that he wants the condemned building next door 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Lion's roar makes zebra flee so fast he leaves his stripes behind 44 M*I*S*H*M*O*S*H bottom right

Wealthy old man's bell pull is attached around neck of suicidal butler 47 M*I*S*H*M*O*S*H bottom left

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #139 - December 1970
(22 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Cruise ship captain steps out on deck to find
all the recliners thrown overboard by a kid 5 Airplot top right

Acme Insurance employee tries to slip CLOSED sign on door as
injured and disheveled man holding a steering wheel approaches 7 Airplot top right

Man hammering one end of long piece of lumber on two sawhorses
teeters other end, smacking the nose of man attempting to saw 9 Airplot top right

Farmer drives tractor around a bunch of four flowers 10 Airplot bottom right side

Thug escapes cop by hiding within Salvation Army Band,
plays machine gun like a wind instrument 11 A MAD Look at
"Tokenism" of the Future top right

Aladdin rubs lamp, Genie comes out feet first 12 A MAD Look at
"Tokenism" of the Future left side

Sailboater drops anchor right over a moored naval mine 13 A MAD Look at
"Tokenism" of the Future bottom left side

Suicidal man jumps out of small aircraft unreeling a rope tied around his neck 16 The Lighter Side of the
Revolutionary Movement bottom right side

Hippie demonstrator uses his "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR"
sign as stepstool to peep at woman through her window 18 The Lighter Side of the
Revolutionary Movement near mid
right side

The edge of Lover's Leap breaks off, falls toward a romantic couple below 20 The Lighter Side of the
Revolutionary Movement bottom right side

Male angel envisions female angel in less clothes,
loses halo and wings, drops through cloud 22 Deceptive Money-
Saving Labels left side

Street bum makes a trap for pigeons using a mesh
public trash basket and string attached to pull stick 23 Deceptive Money-
Saving Labels middle right

Doctor pulls something out of patient's tongue (possible hand grenade) 27 Still Life top

Army officer flummoxed at the site of a "PEACE" sign
popping up out of his procession of marching soldiers 29 Silent Majority Magazine top right

Reclining patient recounts being the victim of an exploding cigar
as psychiatrist leans over and lights patient's shoe in hot foot prank 35 A MAD Peek Behind the
Scenes at an Ad Agency top right

Man leans over river's edge, picks up one of many
"FIGHT POLLUTION" leaflets thrown from aircraft 37 Ads For Movie Revivals top right

Bug crawls in and out of head of toilet plunger saying "YECCCCH!" 39 A MAD Look at Two
High School Generations top right

Prospecter runs out of cave yelling he's struck gold, runs blindly off a high cliff 40 A MAD Look at Two
High School Generations mid right corner

Two robbers exit bank, find their getaway
driver in middle of changing car's tire 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Bakers seem reluctant to make wedding cake
decorated with two grooms on top for homosexual patron 43 Ironride top right

Escaped three-man chain-gang position themselves on track for
oncoming locomotive to breaks chains but run over middle man 45 Ironride bottom left side

Family rush to complain to maid who
unplugged TV from single outlet for her vacuum 47 Ironride top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #140
January 1971
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Thirsty man crawls through desert,
dumbstruck to see folks leisurely driving through on dune buggies 6 PUT*ON top right

Ants bite cowboy trying to keep quiet, hiding behind dune from tribe of Native Americans chasing him 9 PUT*ON top left

Man pulls tree branch over fence to connect to one end of his hammock as angry neighbor approaches 12 One Day On Location top right

Tropical tourist lays in bed protected by mosquito netting, pictures a toilet in his mind 13 The MAD Blow-Your-
Mind Drug Primer top right

Castaway on tiny desert island can't avoid getting
bonked on the head by coconuts from the island's only tree 15 The MAD Blow-Your-
Mind Drug Primer top left side

Man questions funny taste of well water, not able to see dead animal floating below 16 The Lighter Side
of Bad Habits bottom right side

Lady powers her appliances from lightbulb sockets bordering the "BAR" sign outside her apartment 17 The Lighter Side
of Bad Habits top right

From his second floor window, Hippie paints peace
symbols on all the helium balloons a street vendor is peddling 18 The Lighter Side
of Bad Habits bottom right side

Birds flying away with all his worms leaves fisherman confused 23 That'll Be the Day! top right

Dim kid caddy carrying golfer's bag upside down leaves a trail of his clubs through the course 25 Christmas Carols for
the 1970 Holiday Season top right

Young castaway seeing high waves around him carves a surfboard from one of his desert island trees 29 Advice Columns
Throughout History top right

Hunter hides from park ranger by blending in atop totem pole 36 You Know You're Really
a Football Fan When... right side

Crew wheels away dead body from operating table following surgeon's sneeze (GESUNDHEIT!) 37 You Know You're Really
a Football Fan When... top right

Two devils in Hell interlock their pointy tails so the kid devil can use it as jump rope 38 MAD Christmas
Cards From Celebrities near middle

Fly curses after getting his pair of gloves and two pair of shoes stuck in flypaper 39 MAD Christmas
Cards From Celebrities top right side

Safari tourists in a jeep mock elephant chasing them unaware they're about to drive off a cliff 41 Spy Vs Spy top right
corner

ACME Anti-Pollution Devices factory emits heavy smoke out
of smoke stacks as their trucks depart spewing more exhaust smoke 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

"Pirate" at costume party notices no legs coming out from under "ghost" costume 43 The Doris Daze Show top right

Astronaut posts "DANGER QUICKSAND AREA" sign
on moon because his spacecraft is close to entirely sinking 44 The Doris Daze Show top right

Tiny Martians land their tiny craft on a tree branch only to be chased away by a small bird 46 The Doris Daze Show top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #141 - March 1971
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Neglected hotel guests crowd below canopy during rainstorm,
watch as doorman escorts buxum lady on walk shielded by his umbrella 5 Catch-All-22 top right

Furry insect mistakes powder puff within
foundation compact mirror for limp body of a peer 7 Catch-All-22 top right

Man turns on ceiling fan in room to find suicide
victim hanged from one of its blades swinging around 8 Catch-All-22 bottom right side

Dorky man drops mini-parachuted heart love-note from balcony one flight
below to woman, who thinks it's from suave handsome man two flights up 10 Catch-All-22 bottom right side

Castaway on makeshift raft drifts toward coast of city,
digustedly turns around after seeing its pollution and litter 11 On A Streetcorner Downtown top right

Man walks in public pantsless,
confused why there's a string around his finger 12 MAD Clippings To
Leave Lying Around top left side

Houseguests sitting through host's home movies
delighted to see projecter stuck and film unraveling 13 MAD Clippings To
Leave Lying Around top right

Race stops as cyclists drop down grate opening, as two men approach
with "DANGER, MEN WORKING" sign from around the corner 14 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Stunned man in tail-side of horse costume looks down at
open manhole where his horse-head partner dropped down 15 Get-It-Out-Of-
Your-System-Land top right

Old West sheriff uses butt-end of gun to hammer wanted poster to tree,
but it goes off, putting hole through brim of his hat and his boot 19 A MAD Look at
Obedience Training top right side

Parachutist's harness releases from him as his chute goes off,
ends with his body-shaped hole in the ground 20 Marching Songs For Crusaders,
Militants, and Assorted,
Sundry Non-Conformists middle left side

Crowd exits elevator, including woman with sharp umbrella,
leaves man who clutches abdomen in pain from poking 25 A MAD Peek Behind The
Scenes At A Shopping Center top right

Vendor climbs up leg of long-stilted advertising
sandwich-board person to deliver his hot dog 27 A MAD Look at
Tropical Fish top left side

Counterfeiter opens door on partner,
letting in draft, makes money fly out window 35 The Lighter Side of
Clubs and Organizations top right

Fisherman pulls up a small fish with at least four preying fish following,
one bigger behind another, in a food chain fashion 38 The Lighter Side of
Clubs and Organizations bottom right side

Two deliverymen carry a huge candle into wax museum 41 The Psychology of Snoring top right

Anchor from huge navy ship snags net of small fishing boat,
spills the catch of angry fishermen 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Two doctors play darts with hypodermic needles 43 How-Are-You Five O? top right

Woman blushes, sees her hat looks like
the lampshade on display in a storefront window 45 How-Are-You Five O? bottom left

Man curses bicycling paperboy who throws
newspaper into his outdoor swimming pool 47 How-Are-You Five O? bottom right

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Mad #142
April 1971
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Every office employee goes from goofing around to being busy as their cigar-chomping boss walks by 5 West Coast Story top right

As middle guy in mountaineering team struggles to hold broken rope tied to dangling bottom guy,
a bear comes out of cliff cave and licks his face 7 West Coast Story bottom left side

Man swimming in pool toward bikini girl on beach
towel does a 180 when her muscley boyfriend returns with drinks 9 West Coast Story bottom

Safari hunter imagines a mounted tiger's head, his wife imagines a tiger fur coat,
the tiger behind them imagines both of them dead on a serving tray 10 West Coast Story top right

Host at elegant dinner party slips while carving turkey, drumsticks flies off, lodges in the eye of a guest 12 Communism
Revisited top right

The pot giving a hippie psychadelic visions gives the blind hippie a pure black picture 13 Communism
Revisited top right

Normal looking white guy passes normal looking black guy, thinks he must be Black Panther member,
while the black guy things the white guy must be a KKK member 14 Communism
Revisited top left

Mailman nervously tiptoes away after dropping off a destroyed "FRAGILE" parcel on a doorstep 15 Hawks & Doves top right

Man distracted by scantily clad lady in her bathroom across
from his bathroom window, squeezes toothpaste all over himself 16 Violent TV Commercials top left

Blank canvases get sent through a conveyor belt system for painters,
like a factory assembly line for abstract portraits, working their way into a modern art gallery 17 Violent TV Commercials top right

Man hurts his chin with yo-yo 20 Horrifying Cliches near top
right side

Stuck rabbit pokes head out of construction pipe,
with dog's lower half stuck in the other end like a "pig in a blanket" 22 Horrifying Cliches top right

Apex deliveryman pushes long load into the back
of his driver's head when he's distracted by passing lady 24 What is a Parent? inset bottom right

Hippie's "DOWN WITH COPS" placard is covered by drapes when walking past cops,
which he pulls open with drawstring for citizens 26 Telephone Taps
We'd Like to Hear bottom middle
vertical

Rollerskates help servant serve wealthy couple dining at opposite ends on a long table 30 The Lighter
Side of Love top right

Inmate throws a line out the window of his upper
floor prison cell fishing a rifle from guard dozing on the ground 31 The Lighter
Side of Love bottom left side

Fox being chased by pack of hounds climbs up a giraffe's neck 33 The Lighter
Side of Love left side

Workers frantically run toward dim skywriting pilot,
who stops mid-way through "DRINK COCA-..." 34 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Boot flies off Russian squat-dancer's foot, hits other dancer in the face 37 "Dirty Old Man"
of the Year top right

Several eskimos try to pull their obese friend out of the small opening of a kayak 39 "Dirty Old Man"
of the Year bottom left

Skiiers go downhill, about to cross railroad tracks where oncoming train approaches 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man finds a bunch of frogs playing "LeapFrog" in the grass 45 My Three
Sonny Boys top right

Elephant at tail end of tail & trunk chain gets distracted by
passing female elephant, gores peer in front of him in the rear 47 My Three
Sonny Boys top left

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Mad #143 - June 1971
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man on scooter steals woman's polka-dot umbrella on a stormy day 6 On a Clear Day You
Can See a Funny Girl bottom left

"FIGHT POLLUTION" propaganda sound car irritates
people on the street with its excessive noise and smoke exhaust 8 On a Clear Day You
Can See a Funny Girl bottom right

Man passing by battle axe woman in hair salon
dryer chair imagines her on the electric chair 10 On a Clear Day You
Can See a Funny Girl bottom
right side

About to take her out for a walk,
owner hears his furry dog yapping from the end he didn't leash 11 Ordure of the Day top right

Prankster kids attach fake udder on a bull as nearsighted farmer approaches to milk 12 Nixon & Agnew
as Seen By... bottom right

Fireman gets knocked off a fire truck, left hanging onto a
too-long board atop a lumber truck as the two cross paths 13 Nixon & Agnew
as Seen By... bottom right
corner

Birds pick from Beefeater's helmet to build nest 17 Specialized Camp Ads
We're Bound to See right side
near bottom

Cowboy confused by sound he hears on train
tracks as a stampede of cattle runs towards him 20 The Lighter Side
of Babysitting right side

Beachcomber gets pinched in the ear by a crayfish in the seashell he's listening to 21 The Lighter Side
of Babysitting top right side

Guard lights bottom of ladder on fire of
the opposing soldiers climbing to storm his castle 23 The Lighter Side
of Babysitting top left side

Redwood tree interlocked with branches above just hangs there after lumberjack chops it 24 The Lighter Side
of Babysitting bottom right
side

Fireman struggles to carry a wheelchaired resident down a ladder from a burning building 26 Mother's Day Cards
from the "NOW"
Generation bottom left
side

Medical staff pause carrying a sick patient on a stretcher
into a room where surprise party's about to be thrown 27 Mother's Day Cards
from the "NOW"
Generation top right

Smiling boxer pulled his trunks up to his armpits at the start of a match 28 Mother's Day Cards
from the "NOW"
Generation bottom right

Farmer feverishly trying to repair his tractor pines for the days of a cattle-drawn-plow 29 Altar Ego top right

Man perform guitar serendade for his girlfriend,
floats speaker with helium balloons to her top floor window 30 Altar Ego bottom
right side

Subway doors close on convict's handcuff chain attached to policeman
frantically running alongside car with the prisoner watching him from inside smiling 31 The Game Is Inane top right

Man coyly passes by lady whose rear was tapped by his horizontal yo-yo playing 33 The Game Is Inane bottom left

Ambulance driver going through a bumpy road hears a lot of "OUCH!" from the back 35 The Game Is Inane bottom

Two sets of rock musician(s) being chased by hordes of female
fans are about to crash into each other around a street corner 37 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Two lumberjacks argue after their chopped trees hit each other and remain elevated 39 You Know it's
Really Over When... top right

Beat cop continues to swing his billy club dispite sustaining a black eye 41 ABC's "Campus
Riot of the Week" top right side

Bank robber is stopped mid-robbery by nagging wife for
stealing her pantyhose off her clothesline for a facemask 42 ABC's "Campus
Riot of the Week" top right

Police chase after one-legged prisoner who left
his prosthetic leg chained with his chain gang 44 ABC's "Campus
Riot of the Week" top right

Vendor's sneeze releases all his helium balloons up in the air (GESUNDHEIT!) 44 ABC's "Campus
Riot of the Week" bottom
right side

Fisherman thinking he caught a big one
actually pulls up a dead mafia victim in cement shoes 46 ABC's "Campus
Riot of the Week" right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #144 - July 1971
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Dog took dump in musician's hat 5 Shmoe top right

Man covering ears runs past Salvation Army Band 9 Shmoe bottom left

Astronaut hits golf ball around the moon 11 The MAD non-Smokers Hate Book top right

Soot-covered parachutist leaves house after landing in chimney 18 The Lighter Side Of… Sound Equipment bottom right side

While man tries to start boat to pull his lady waterskier,
she flirts with man zooming by on another boat 19 The Lighter Side Of… Sound Equipment top right

Man climbs electric pole to jump start car battery 22 The Lighter Side Of… Sound Equipment bottom right side

Hunter unaware he's climbing the coils of a snake up a tree 24 Make love...Not War bottom left side

Women's lib protester points anti-war protester to the correct group 25 Make love...Not War top right

Farmer readies pitchfork above gopher hole as gopher
pops up in a hole behind him, ready to bite farmer's leg 27 A Collection Of MAD X-RAYvings top right side

Man on stilts with "Fight Air Pollution" sign is above city air pollution 28 Spy vs Spy bottom right corner

Cop gives alien a spaceship parking ticket 29 The F.I.B. top right

Man lowers huge, oversized top half of armor onto man 30 The F.I.B. bottom right side

Man flirting with girl over fence unaware of
short, mean-looking man walking with her 31 The F.I.B. top left

Teacher leads kids through art gallery who are all stopping at nude painting 33 The F.I.B. top right

Space-bound astronaut sees "Atlantic Ocean" written on Atlantic Ocean 34 The F.I.B. bottom right side

Soldiers jump out of tank and flee bees because gun jabs hive in tree 35 Modern Art top right

Ballet director in prompt box shows ballerina dance moves with fingers 36 TV…As Viewed By The Animal Kingdom bottom left side

Scuba diver emerges on beach after tying jetty fishermen's lines together 37 TV…As Viewed By The Animal Kingdom top right

Man picks up false teeth on ground after sneeze (Gesundheit!) 39 A MAD Peek Behind The Scenes
At A Recording Studio top right

Drag racer ejected after parachute opens 41 Incredible Occult Magazine top right

-- compiled by John H. Wilson
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Mad #145 - September 1971
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

American soldiers paint 'Yankee Go Home!' on Vietnamese wall 5 Five Easy Pages
(and two hard ones) top middle

Escaping prisoner hides in a den of skunks 7 Five Easy Pages
(and two hard ones) top right

Dumbfounded man sees tiny woman
tied to pencil in sharpener yelling 'Halp!' 9 Five Easy Pages
(and two hard ones) top right

Kid falls off skateboard after hitting fresh cement 11 Very Early One Morning bottom right

Hippie on acid trip flies higher than Indian rope climber 12 A MAD Look At Then And Now middle left side

Painter on scaffold gets caught peeking at couple 13 A MAD Look At Then And Now bottom right side

Blind man smiles after passing woman adjusting her stocking 14 A MAD Look At Then And Now middle right side

Chicken hatches dinosaur bursting feet through its egg shell 17 The Lighter Side Of Boating top right side

Kids laugh as dad hits himself in nose with Klick-Klacks 18 The Lighter Side Of Boating bottom right side

Parachutist hangs from tree inches above quicksand 19 The Lighter Side Of Boating top left side

Man gets tangled up in Rapunzel's hair 20 The Lighter Side Of Boating bottom right side

Nurse silences Good Humor icecream truck outside hospital 22 The MAD Orthodontia Primer middle left

Last boy to be leap-frogged sets himself near wall 23 The MAD Orthodontia Primer middle right

Ambulance takes away high diver after he hits iced-over pool 26 Spy vs Spy bottom right corner

Janitor gets caught up in tumbling musical notes
after he opens recording studio door 27 What Coaches Say
In Public And Private top right

Delivery man uses pizza box as an umbrella 30 Greeting Cards for
The Sexual Revolution bottom left side

Audience is more interested in sexy assistant than magician 31 Greeting Cards for
The Sexual Revolution top right

Prisoner in horizontal striped uniform
dreams of himself in vertical pin-striped suit 32 Greeting Cards for
The Sexual Revolution bottom left side

Hunter with dead moose in truck unaware of
animal rights protesters approaching from around corner 36 Spy vs Spy bottom right corner

Protester lights woman's cigarette with Molotov cocktail 37 Excuses, Excuses Past And Present top right

Half of a group of riot police stop for a 'Don't Walk' sign 40 Prison Record Albums Of The Future bottom left

Mickey Mouse dies in mouse trap 43 The Foul And The Prissy Cats top right

Woman yacks away on disconnected phone 44 The Foul And The Prissy Cats bottom right

During a coed match, tennis watchers sit in
the stands on the cute lady's side of the court 45 The Foul And The Prissy Cats top right

Cars blocked on overpass when electrical lines are strung too low 46 The Foul And The Prissy Cats bottom right

Man uses only palm tree to sail away from fat lady on desert island 47 The Foul And The Prissy Cats top right

-- compiled by John H. Wilson
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Mad #146 - October 1971
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Tiny men dance with tophats under miner's flashlight 6 Lover's Story bottom right side

Rowing coach arrives carrying cat o' nine tails 7 Lover's Story top right

Trapeze artist falls on stack of tight-rope walkers 8 Lover's Story bottom right side

Man's dog likes other man's dog instead of the pretty girl's dog 9 Lover's Story top right

Tarzan swings toward vine that has been tied to a boulder by jungle natives 10 Lover's Story top right side

Shoeshine boy grumbles about having to shine clowns giant shoes 13 This Is America… bottom right corner

Man about to strike Hell while digging for buried treasure 14 This Is America… top right side

Man retrievs golf ball from hole after dog used it as a bathroom 15 This Is America… right near top

Man smacked other man in eye with elbow after opening wine bottle 16 The Lighter Side of the "Now Look" right side

Man runs to save switchboard operator who's entangled in wires 17 The Lighter Side of the "Now Look" top left

Scotsman marching band drummer's underpants fall down 18 The Lighter Side of the "Now Look" bottom right side

Every voting man in line goes to "Si" box stationed by pretty girl,
avoiding the "No" box stationed by military men 20 The Lighter Side of the "Now Look" bottom right side

Scared of the huge waves, man clutches his surfboard,
carried away by two men as if on a stretcher 26 Spy vs Spy bottom right

Man carries portable TV to outhouse 27 MAD Interviews a Typical
"Middle America" Family top right

News cameraman films pretty girl instead of police beating protestors 28 MAD Interviews a Typical
"Middle America" Family bottom right

Man empties garbage can from big ship onto little sail boat with angry sailor 29 MAD Interviews a Typical
"Middle America" Family top left side

Man swims up to island from sinking ship, swims away after seeing ugly woman,
misses the pretty girls behind sand dune 30 MAD Interviews a Typical
"Middle America" Family bottom right

God plugs up polluting smokestack with a cork 31 MAD Interviews a Typical
"Middle America" Family top left side

Policeman leaves ticket on car parked in a
No Parking zone while man works underneath the car 32 Recruiting Posters Through History bottom left

Lumber trucks loses load after stopping at stop sign and knocks out pedestrian 33 Recruiting Posters Through History bottom right

A pelican explains why his bill looks horrible
is because he tried to eat a spiky puffer fish 35 A MAD Peek Behind The
Scenes at a Resort Hotel top right

Man walks away thinking he won the Ping Pong game,
as his opponent dives and throws paddle, returning ball for the win 43 Reality Street top right

Man gets dragged underwater after throwing out
anchor because of line wrapped around his leg 44 Reality Street bottom right side

Beauty contestants wait backstage to attack winner 45 Reality Street top right

Several men on a flatbed truck go through a group shotgun wedding in Mexico 46 Reality Street bottom right

Two birds with clams in beaks watch as their friend tries to shake clam off beak 47 Reality Street top right

-- compiled by John H. Wilson
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Mad #150 - April 1972
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Cat smacks ceiling, expelled from tuba 4 The White House Follies of 1972 mid left side

God clubs baby seal killer 6 The White House Follies of 1972 bottom right
corner

Stranded tank driver rolls wheel down road 7 The White House Follies of 1972 top right

Ants pepper hill causing anteater to have a sneezing fit 8 The White House Follies of 1972 bottom right

Master of the house pulls elephant trunk,
among other mounted wildlife trophy heads, to call butler 9 The White House Follies of 1972 top right

Spiked blowfish falls in love with spiked
ball on a medieval flail next to treasure chest 10 The White House Follies of 1972 bottom right

Shoe shine boy all grown up confronts
old man about his days of verbal abuse 11 The White House Follies of 1972 top left side

Large dog cowers, crushes owner against wall, in fear of little barking dog 13 Ads That Turn People Off top right

Flashed by a topless woman in chalet window, skier plows into tree 17 More Snappy Answers
to Stupid Questions top right

Chickens escape from cages of wrecked farm truck
(Sergio drew them on opposite page also) 20,21 Love Letters From Celebrities bottom right
corner

Father-of-the-bride tackles groom trying to escape wedding ceremony 22 A Mad Message to the Leading
Democrat Candidates for President... mid left side

A Lilliputian steals the wallet of tied up giant Gulliver 23 A Mad Message to the Leading
Democrat Candidates for President... right top

Horses flee from fat lady rider 25 When TV Makes Full
Use of Howard Cosell right top

Chopper rider cusses at motorist who ran over his tire and extended forks 27 When TV Makes Full
Use of Howard Cosell right top

Man struggles to reach his lit match to the end of his Bavarian long pipe 28 When TV Makes Full
Use of Howard Cosell middle right

Magician's various tricks and props
scatter around during airport customs check 29 A Mad Look at Snowmobiles top right

Boy in stands catches baseball, stealing outfielder's potential catch 32 The Lighter Side of Air Travel mid right side

Plane crashes into solidified factory smoke (klonk!) 33 The Lighter Side of Air Travel right top corner

Window washer falls and hangs off scaffolding while
ogling girl in bikini, gets whacked by her broom for it 34 The Lighter Side of Air Travel mid vertical

Stalactite falls through back of man's sweater, pins him to ground 35 The Lighter Side of Air Travel bottom left side

Falcon pulls handler attached to glove into air off horseback 36 The Lighter Side of Air Travel bottom right side

Duelists' pistols click but don't fire, pranksters roll around laughing 37 If Other Magazines Copied
Cosmopolitan's "Sex" Formula top right

Roman footracers have Roman numerals on their backs 41 You Know You're
Really Divorced When... top right

Surf fisherman with bite on his line tramples sunbathers
and a sandcastle-builder in his pursuit down shore 43 The Putrid Family top right side

Drag racer at start of race burns more
than rubber sinking through pavement 44 The Putrid Family bottom right

One man in a line of saluting military personnel tries
to maintain composure as ants from hill bite his feet 45 The Putrid Family top right

Man skips opportunities to ogle women on different floors of a YWCA
highrise in favor of TV on floor directly across from his building window 46 The Putrid Family top right side

Someone runs eyeglasses out to an aircraft carrier
landing safety officer after multiple plane crashes occur 46 The Putrid Family bottom right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #151 - June 1972
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Archeological explorer opens tomb in necropolis to find mummy with "Smiley" face 13 Miracle Center top right

Government VIPs walk by procession of saluting soldiers that turn out to be 2-D cutouts,
which workmen put in back of trailer after the dignitaries have passed 14 Miracle Center bottom right

Island castaway readies to bust open what he thinks are turtle eggs,
as mother alligator preys behind him 15 Miracle Center top right

A play in a doubles tennis match results in one partner choking on tennis ball 16 Miracle Center bottom right

"FOR RENT" sign hangs on business buiding window right under tapdance studio 17 Miracle Center top left side

Patron arrested during porno shop police raid is dragged along clutching peep show arcade machine 21 A MAD Look at TV
Sports Interviews top right

Tourist gets picture taken in Egypt, dismayed she's sitting on wooden cut-out of camel 23 A MAD Look at TV
Sports Interviews bottom left side

Passing man on street notices sidewalk scaffold light
turned upward to spotlight window of lady pretending to perform 26 The Lighter Side of
Modern Technology bottom right side

"Watch Factory" worker in Ancient Rome stops his ox-drawn cart to collect sand for hourglasses 27 The Lighter Side of
Modern Technology top right

Sailor aboard his ship drops anchor, unaware it will hit naval mines floating underwater 28 The Lighter Side of
Modern Technology near middle
right side

Karate man's attempt to chop through wood boards causes
him to fall through floor over downstairs neighbor lounging with a newspaper 29 The Lighter Side of
Modern Technology bottom left side

Asian Indian royalty riding on carriage elephant enjoys playing with toy steering wheel 30 The Lighter Side of
Modern Technology bottom right side

Jungle explorer mocks tiger chasing him as he jumps off cliff into water,
unaware hungry alligator is waiting for him underwater 33 When Somebody Says...
He's Almost Sure to Say top right corner

Astronaut yells "OOPS!" as entire space rocket dismantles upon launch 34 When Somebody Says...
He's Almost Sure to Say bottom right side

Waiter distracted by buxom lady at party continues
pouring wine on floor as man with filled glass walks away 36 MAD's Auto Manu-
facturer Of The Year bottom right

Colonial sedan chair carriers raise their arms when held up at gunpoint,
as their passenger missteps at raised elevation and falls out the door 37 MAD's Auto Manu-
facturer Of The Year top right

Bomb bay doors open and bomb falls from aircraft
along with airman inscribing personal message on bomb 38 MAD's Auto Manu-
facturer Of The Year bottom right side

Mexican banditos laugh at scorned peer who left his bandoliers on while showering 39 MAD's Auto Manu-
facturer Of The Year top right

Beachcomber dreams of buried treasure when his metal
detector is triggered, doesn't see the nearby "DANGER MINES" sign 41 You Know Your
DAYS ARE
NUMBERED When... top right

Beachcomber delighted to find a modest size seashell,
doesn't see the huge tidal wave coming toward him 43 Carnival Knowledge top right corner

Circus lion tamer describes what he's looking for to a shaken "LOST and FOUND" staff, including a
man with scratches and torn clothes holding back the ferociously vibrating door to their storage room 44 Carnival Knowledge bottom right

Painter throws brush to ground, furious that his apple tree still life is marred by a fatal car accident 45 Carnival Knowledge top right

Beads fall off a monk's rosary belt causing man to slip off the floor and fall 46 Carnival Knowledge bottom right

Bus driver's abrupt traffic stop throws all the passengers
crashing through his windshield and falling stunned on the street 47 Carnival Knowledge top right

Pastor shaking hands at doorway after church service
gets used lollipop stuck on his hand from sloppy kid 48 Carnival Knowledge bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #155 - December 1972
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man finishes bedside reading and reaches
out to pull hanging spider confusing it for a lamp chain 6 The Odd Father bottom right side

Frustrated factory hole-punch operator
vents by punching "I QUIT" on a metal sheet 7 The Odd Father top right

Umbrella protects man from rainstorm but
not sports car speeding by splashing him on the side 8 The Odd Father bottom
right corner

Man about to purchase from cigarette vending machine
flinches at machine next to it offering free x-rays 9 The Odd Father top right

Commanding officer fumes over his soldiers hitting
golf balls with the butts of their rifles in training camp 10 The Odd Father bottom right

Tarzan grabs a monkey's tail instead of a swinging vine,
leaves them untethered and airborne 11 The Odd Father top right

Genie pops out of man's lit pipe 12 The Odd Father bottom right side

Noticing his predecessor sustaining hand injury, rail worker uses
long wooden stick with forked end to hold spike for dim hammerer 16 Protesting MAD
Co-Signers left

Man shakes apple tree, hopes for apple to fall,
causes whole heavy heavy branch to fall over his head 17 Behind the Scenes
at Your Local Power
& Light Company top right side

Corporate boss takes away "THINK" sign hanging
in factory when workers conspire to turn against him 20 Bulling Your
Way Through
Election Campaigns near mid right

Man thinks he's grabbing a seashell in the
shallow water when it's a snout of a live alligator 21 Bulling Your
Way Through
Election Campaigns top right

Painter working on a "DRINK" billboard ad stumbles off ladder,
drags paintbrush across ad, wall, sidewalk, street to follow buxom lady passing by 23 Spy Vs Spy bottom left side

Tattooist walks away after his hiccups disrupts
and ruins muscley navy client's "MOM" back tattoo 28 The Lighter Side
of Commuting top left side

Feminist stands on her chair screaming at mouse
from the back of a crowded Women's Lib meeting 29 The Lighter Side
of Commuting top right corner

Freshly dead angel flies up to gates of
heaven to find St. Peter shrugging "NO VACANCIES" 30 The Lighter Side
of Commuting bottom right side

Crowd of men on beach rush up behind someone topless holding
out bikini top, turns out to be laughing long-hair male hippie prankster 31 The Lighter Side
of Commuting near mid
left side

Upset woman takes broom and beats King Kong's
paw grabbing her window as he climbs up building 32 The Lighter Side
of Commuting bottom right side

Fisherman sitting at the dock watches his
worm bait squirm back up the line to escape biting fish 33 A Typical
"Mail Order
Gift Catalogue" bottom right side

Handyman at flight station confused by stray hexnut,
doesn't see it dropped off helicopter propeller about to fall over him 39 Howard at the Mike top right side

Football referee hops around in pain after
lineman spikes the 3rd down marker on his foot 43 The Mary Tailor-
Made Show top right

Driver of truck that fell through wooden bridge
angrily marks the bridge's sign down from "10" TONS" to "7" 44 The Mary Tailor-
Made Show bottom right

Dog grabbing wooden sticks for his outdoorsy owner's
kindling drags amputee by his peg leg from behind bush 45 The Mary Tailor-
Made Show top right

Little bird mistakes man's shoelace for a worm,
pulls him airborne thousands of feet above ground 47 The Mary Tailor-
Made Show bottom left side

Erratic mother runs out to sons playing "firemen" in their
yard by taking a garden hose to a dollhouse they set on fire 47 The Mary Tailor-
Made Show top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #156
January 1973
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Camper in the woods knifes through bottom of his
sleeping bag to escape bear sniffing the zipped up top 5 Antenna on the Roof top left

Man in netted hammock gets stung in the rear by a passing porcupine 6 Antenna on the Roof bottom right

Man pays a coin to grocery boy to carry buxom lady's bags to her car 7 Antenna on the Roof top right

Hardhat worker's loud whistle to partner in cave causes
huge stalactite to break off and fall over his head 8 Antenna on the Roof bottom right
corner

Multiple toothpaste streams explode out the back of a Colgate
truck after getting smashed by lumberjack's chopped tree
(repeated from #131 December 1969) 9 Antenna on the Roof top right

Prankster hardhats reach their crane out to sidewalk, pull floral hat off passing lady 10 Antenna on the Roof bottom right side

Care assistant trips at top of spiral staircase,
lets go of old man in wheelchair who rolls two flights to bottom 11 "Realistic" MAD Model Car Kits top right corner

Native American woman beats up on carver who added
her unflattering likeness to his latest totem pole creation 12 "Realistic" MAD Model Car Kits bottom left side

Dirty rat pines over his pin-up of Minnie Mouse 13 A MAD Peek Behind The Scenes in a
Department Store at Christmastime top right side

Hockey player enters rink during scrimmage
with a caddy carrying a golfbag of hockey sticks 17 You Know You've Really
Got a Problem When... top right

Woman leading mountain-climbing rope team slaps man behind her after they
settle at the top, while three remaining climbers think they hear the rope snap 21 If Today's Celebrities Answered
Virginia's Letter About Santa Claus top right
corner

Woman about to christen ship finds champagne bottle
emptied as a drunken bum stumbles away from under stand 25 The Lighter Side of Week-ends mid left side

Sue dives off rowboat her beau named after her,
swims over to another man who named his yacht after her 25 The Lighter Side of Week-ends top right

Parachutist at free fall thrown by geese flying by upside-down 26 The Lighter Side of Week-ends top right side

Monk yells for help, hangs upside-down with rope
tied around his ankle in bizarre bell-ringing incident 27 The Lighter Side of Week-ends bottom left side

Priest shocked seeing dim painter on scaffold covering
intricate ceiling mural with one solid dull coat 28 The Lighter Side of Week-ends bottom right side

Stray ox falls in ❤ with helmeted viking slumbering under a pile of hay 37 The MAD Christmas Hate Book top right

High-diver dreams of Olympic-like form as he flails his arms and legs in panic mid-dive 38 The MAD Christmas Hate Book bottom right side

Jack stops chopping beanstalk upon seeing giant feminine
legs in fishnet stockings and high heels climbing down 39 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Coal miners turn on their hardhat lights to enjoy one of their own perform a little soft-shoe 42 Clodumbo bottom right

Local farmer about to post "DANGER PIRHANA FISH"
sign near pond as three fun-loving men jump into the water 43 Clodumbo top right

Opposing cowboys weep as their longhorn cattle herds cross paths and blend together 44 Clodumbo bottom right

To get his "DANGER THIN ICE" sign to the middle of a frozen pond,
man shuffleboard-slides it sitting on a puck-shaped base 45 Clodumbo top right

Man can barely reach bottom of string to balloon
lodged between two branches of tree for weepy kid 46 Clodumbo middle right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #158 - April 1973
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Bird watchers upset by hunting dog's dead bird 5 The New Comedians top right

Safari needlessly dismantles jeep 6 The New Comedians bottom left side

Whale belches out deep sea diver 7 The New Comedians top right

Highway painter runs out of paint 8 The New Comedians bottom right

Unhappy frog snags cigarette butt with tongue 9 The New Comedians top right

Bald man's head mistaken for bowling ball 10 The New Comedians bottom right

Genie in rum bottle gets drunk 11 The New Comedians top left side

Factory smoke clouds offend Native American 12 The MAD TV Viewers Hate Book middle left

Crying boy can't convince mom about buried treasure 13 The MAD TV Viewers Hate Book top right

Outgoing tide leaves trysting couple's boat beached 17 Rewriting Your Way to a Ph.D top right

Man hangs self on Indian rope trick 20 The Lighter Side of Reading bottom right

Fish griller needs umbrella due to seagull poop 22 The Lighter Side of Reading bottom right

Merchant's grabber stick breaks bag of flour 23 The Lighter Side of Reading top left

Mountaineer plummets when pickaxe separates 24 The Lighter Side of Reading bottom right

Dumb bricklayer cements vertical brick pattern 27 Why Does It Always Happen That… top right

Beaver chews pirate's wooden leg 28 Why Does It Always Happen That… top right

Ornate candle drips onto diner's head 29 MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family top right

Rude graffiti kid misspells "sex" 30 MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family bottom right

Coffee cart swerves to serve cute woman 31 MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family top right

Toy cannon blasts hole in store wall 32 MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family bottom right

Pranksters paint farmer's egg golden 33 MAD Interviews a Typical Liberal Family top right

Fireman pauses on ladder to ogle woman 34 Spy v Spy bottom right corner

Denture mix-up leaves teeth in fish's mouth 35 A "Head Shop Supplies" Catalogue top right

African warrior stabs own foot with spear 40 Patterns of Speech top left

Bird's beak tied shut by worm 44 When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time right middle

Space launch filmed with unplugged camera 45 When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time right middle

Man drills balcony hole to peep at woman below 47 When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time bottom left

Successful prison escape foiled by falling iron bars 48 When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time bottom right

-- compiled by Desmond Devlin
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Mad #160 - July 1973
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Surface supplied diver catches smoke from the boat operator's cigar 7 Cannonball top right side

Fire-fighting bucket brigade ends with
dimwit throwing in the actual buckets 8 Cannonball bottom right

Women throws coin a few stories to panhandler, hitting his head 9 Cannonball top left side

First-floor window hippie sticks flowers in the rifles of marching soldiers 10 Cannonball bottom right

Ice skater runs over foot of unprepared bystander 11 Cannonball mid-top left side

Greeting line of foreign dignitaries includes Egyptian in hieroglyphic pose 12 Cannonball bottom right

At picnic, man mistakes lady's tickling finger for spider,
grabs tree-branch 13 Cannonball top right

Wealthy lounger grabs monocle of another close-by to read bill 15 Distinctive Wedding Annoucements top right

Prankster proposes to girl with jack-in-the-ring-box 19 The Lighter Side of Leisure Time top right

The god Neptune catches most of sailor's overboard garbage dump 21 The Lighter Side of Leisure Time bottom left side

Beach-going family pitch their towels under cliff-jutting outhouse 22 The Lighter Side of Leisure Time bottom right side

Gold medalist's arms rest on heads of silver and bronze medalists 23 A MAD Look at Sheet Music middle left

Innocent man happens upon bunch of
cop-bashing signs while cops loom around the corner 26 Spy Vs Spy corner bottom right

Painter uses exercise belt to shake paintcans 28 MAD's Corporate Ecologist of the Year bottom right

Bar patron sneezes all the others off their stools ("Gesundheit!") 29 MAD's Corporate Ecologist of the Year top right

One of the streetside Hare Krishnas solicits priest passing by 30 MAD's Corporate Ecologist of the Year bottom right side

Knife-thrower and his bandaged-up female
assistant join line at unemployment office 31 A High School Yearbook
That Tells it Like it Really Is top right

While back to back,
pistol duelist shoves dynamite stick down waist of other 43 Going Thy Way top right

Centaur smittenly mistakens lady hanging
with horse by tree as one of his own 44 Going Thy Way bottom right

Kid with sandcastle near net stubbornly
inconveniences beach volleyball players 45 Going Thy Way top left side

Sheepherder's flock steps through couple's picnic blanket 47 Going Thy Way bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #161 - September 1973
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Firing squad commander wags finger at
prisoner peeking through blindfold during execution 5 The Poopsidedown Adventure top right

Rapunzel's new stylized pixie cut dissappoints prince waiting for hair to come down 6 The Poopsidedown Adventure bottom right side

Hunter awaits return of dog abducted by three ducks 7 The Poopsidedown Adventure top right

Women's clothing saleslady scrambles to help
myopic old lady asking mannequin about a dress 8 The Poopsidedown Adventure top left

Flailing firehose nozzle bashes roofs of cars traveling behind firetruck 9 The Poopsidedown Adventure bottom left

Sow feeding her piglets catches puppy walking away nourished 10 The Poopsidedown Adventure bottom right

Driver of car carrier stunned to see cars have
rolled off top, crashed into trees and a building 11 The Poopsidedown Adventure top right

Stagecoach driver rides horses away, leaves unhitched coach
to fend off Native American pursuit during shootout/chase 13 More MAD Photoons top left-middle

Lounging smoker detects poop in his pipe from birds perched in tree above 15 Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen top right side

Man opening sardine tin curls lid around his tie 20 An Offer They Could Refuse! top right side

Following jousting charge, knight leaves horse,
runs to knock rival from behind with his lance 23 Fairy Tales Continued top right

As his wife sleeps with rollers on her head, Sergio sleeps with a couple on his mustache 27 A MAD Look at Tarzan top right

Bum with violin laying on celler hatch doors,
stunned when they open, elevating him with piping between his legs 30 The Lighter Side of Fun In The Sun middle left

Man stuck in back of art class forced to include other
students' canvas tops covering nude model in his painting 32 The Lighter Side of Fun In The Sun middle right side

Demonstrator unaware "LOVE" sign falls off his pole, confuses everybody he passes 33 The Lighter Side of Fun In The Sun above 2nd row right

Snake slithers away aching after trying to bite man's wooden peg-leg 34 The Lighter Side of Fun In The Sun above 3rd row right

Bike-thief leaves front wheel chained to tree, wheelies away 37 Protest Songs For
Life's Everyday Complaints top right

Bird gets sheepish when worm it's grabbing from ground is disgruntled mole's tail 40 What's In A Name? top left of title

During steam locomotive's stop,
engineer accidently pokes other's eye with long-nose oil can 43 Idjit Loves Ernie top right

Guard and warden too late to deliver pardon to death row inmate hung in jail cell 44 Idjit Loves Ernie bottom right

Circus shallow-diver climbs ladder nearly to platform,
falls when rung comes loose in his hand 45 Idjit Loves Ernie top left side

White safari hunter followed by eight native assistants,
parcels on their heads knocked off by low tree branch 46 Idjit Loves Ernie bottom right

Parallel-parking wife crashes as husband's
hand directions distracted by buxom young lady 47 Idjit Loves Ernie top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #162 - October 1973
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Sullen man freaks out wife with nail through his finger
from trying to hammer a frame to the wall 5 The Heartburn Kid top right

Scared cleaner plunges off scaffold after prankster kid
flashes goriila mask out window of hi-rise building 6 The Heartburn Kid bottom right side

To help "KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN", hardhat dumps hippie in trashcan 7 The Heartburn Kid top right

Victim drops on his head when an orderly trips and releases his end of a stretcher 8 The Heartburn Kid bottom right

Logging elephant stops suddenly as it catches load on two trees,
Asian rider catapults off 9 The Heartburn Kid top right

Businessman coyly uses his hat to cover dog's fresh poo
as cop walks closer in "CURB YOUR DOG" zone 10 The Heartburn Kid bottom right side

Artist uses paddle ball toy to slap paint against canvas, makes abstract work 11 The MAD Motorists
Guide to American Wildlife top right side

"DB Cooper" hijacking ends with briefcase opening,
money fluttering away during parachuting 17 Fortune Cookies
that Are Relevant top right side

During ballet class group leg stretch,
one student kicks other in the face to the ground 19 You Know It's
Really Summer When... top right

Airborne surfer at top of massive wave
is prepared with a parachute, unlike his buddies 21 Spy Vs Spy corner
bottom right

Overweight William Gaines holds on to a bunch of
helium balloons to get better results on the weight scale 22 The Lighter Side of
Crime In the Streets middle left side

Happy cowboy picks four-leaf clover as a cattle stampede charges toward him 25 The Lighter Side of
Crime In the Streets middle left side

Native American frustrated from several failed attempts
to push boulders off cliff to hit cowboy on mule 26 The Lighter Side of
Crime In the Streets middle right side

One of three Western gold-panners finds more success catching fish 29 Magazines For
Neglected Sports bottom
left-middle

Jack frantically wipes "JACK LOVES PATRICIA" graffiti
off fence as she walks nearer with her new muscly beau 34 MAD's Summer Camp
Owner of the Year top right

Cops raid a massage parlor, turns out to be legit business with male masseuses 35 MAD's Summer Camp
Owner of the Year bottom left

Lady takes broom to perching birds whose droppings stain her hanging linen 36 MAD's Summer Camp
Owner of the Year bottom right

In between rainstorm scene takes, hose handler,
distracted by lovely actress, soaks film crew 37 MAD's Summer Camp
Owner of the Year top right

Bottom falls off ledge of mountain where
climber reaches end of his rope pulley system 38 MAD's Summer Camp
Owner of the Year bottom right side

Prompter boxed in apron of stage
finger-dances along with pro ballet performers 43 Bawde top right side

Women's lover goes out on building ledge from bedroom
when her husband shows up, finds three other guys hanging out 44 Bawde top right

Various animals boo Tarzan celebrating his recent kill 45 Bawde bottom right

Man gets nervous as "BLACK POWER" rally
marches toward his watermelon stand 46 Bawde bottom right

Dirtbike racers head toward quicksand pond with some helmets floating on top 47 Bawde top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #164 - January 1974
(21 entries)

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Man blowing his silent dog whistle outside the antique
glass shop shatters all the items in the display window 4 Kung Fool mid right

Dogwalkers strangely notice a matador walking his bull 7 Kung Fool top right

Campground ranger curses while unraveling the tangled American flag pole string 9 Kung Fool bottom left side

Tiger nervously hides under elephant holding safari game hunter in a carriage on his back 19 Customized
Mobile Homes top right side

Tinkerbell gets caught on a pest strip with a bunch of flies 22 The Lighter Side of
the Holiday Season bottom right side

Nervous cross-eyed circus high diver sees two small
pools of water down below in a Venn diagram formation 23 The Lighter Side of
the Holiday Season left side

Trunks fly off gymnast as he's swinging on rings 24 The Lighter Side of
the Holiday Season bottom right side

Seeing-eye dog struggles with tension of his taut leash
when his blind owner falls in an open manhole and hangs on 25 An Architectural
Triumph top right

Tourist interrupts a nun during her ritual candlelight vigil asking for a light for his cigarette 27 Yecch top right

Movers fail to hoist a piano up to fifth floor building window, as one mover
dangles from top pulley, and the piano smashes on the ground over another man 28 Yecch bottom right side

Ship occupant dumps garbage overboard, covers man applying boat name to stern 30 Yecch bottom right side

Surface supplied diver collects coral from seabed, unaware of gaping hole in his bag 31 Yecch bottom

Top shoulder-standing member of six-man circus acrobat
team jumps toward teeterboard but misses, crashes through floor 33 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Colony of park ants swarm into man's leg cast instead of the couple's picnic 35 MAD's 1973
Christmas Poem top right

As mythical faun pines for siren, the goat behind him throws him love eyes 37 MAD Rattlers top right

Gopher steps out of his treehouse to curse out woodpecker making a racket up top 42 Caper Goon bottom right side

Man with leg cast uses crutches to cleverly levitate over
flooded street following rainstorm, while passersby tread ankle-deep 43 Caper Goon top right

Farmer cursese and walks back to his plough which fell off his tractor several yards behind 44 Caper Goon bottom right side

Fisherman pulls in disgruntled water skier who gets tangled up on his line 45 Caper Goon top right

Guillotine operator gets reprimanded for putting condemned man in feet first 46 Caper Goon bottom right
corner

Gravediggers gloat over ancient columns they
discovered in plot dug during funeral procession 47 Caper Goon top left

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #165 - March 1974
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Dr. Frankenstein chastises Igor for bringing the
brain of a rabbit causing the monster to hop around 5 8 "James Bomb"
Bomb Movies top right

Man and women strapped helplessly to pole in cave while dynamite is set to go off,
man tries to diffuse dynamite fuse with projectile spitting 7 8 "James Bomb"
Bomb Movies top right

Chef brings ladder to peel spatula-tossed pancakes off the ceiling 8 8 "James Bomb"
Bomb Movies bottom right side

Soldiers prank peer during demoliton training
by placing ticking alarm clock near inactive bomb 10 8 "James Bomb"
Bomb Movies bottom right side

Man covers wife's eyes while strolling past a Woman's Lib demonstration 13 The MAD Bowling Primer top right

Man making and flying paper airplanes sees
nuns approaching with cornettes of similiar design 14 The MAD Bowling Primer middle left

Commanding officer enjoys interrupting sailors sitting on park
benches with their dates, obligating them to stand and salute as he passes 15 The MAD Bowling Primer middle right

Pistols at dawn take a turn when duelist,
back to back with adversary, goes to hold other's hand 16 A MAD Look at Tyrants middle right

Man on capsized sailboat gives hitchhiker thumb to passing tugboat 17 A MAD Look at Tyrants top right

Lady in movie theater giggles as two men on each side of her
think they're holding her hand, but are holding each other's 19 The Lighter Side
of Cold Weather bottom right

Mischievous dangling spider scissor-cuts peer's web knocking him to the ground 21 The Lighter Side
of Cold Weather bottom left side

Skater feverishly skates away from huge fault-like crack in the ice 22 The Lighter Side
of Cold Weather bottom right side

Patron takes bite of his spaghetti to find out his tie was snagged on the fork 25 Sure-Fire Ticket Deter-
rents For Frustrated Drivers top right side

The suave mustached man the palmist reads that will enter lady
patron's life looks a lot like the guy waiting behind the curtain 27 MAD Sequels to Famous Poems top right

The rocket launched in China's space program uses same design as their fireworks 32 "I Want You" Posters Star-
ring Today's Celebrities bottom left side

Cobra falls in ❤ with walking stick 35 MAD Visits the "Realistic
School of Medicine" top right side

Mountain-climber's last spike on edge of cliff knocks
off the piece both he and his partner were attached to 37 MAD Visits the "Realistic
School of Medicine" bottom left side

Actor dressed as a Nazi officer,
away from war movie set, gets chased after by angry mob 39 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Scamming Egyptian peddles Pyramids to American tourists 41 Unavoidable Exercises
For the Urban Dweller top right

Man tricks woman as they jump off Lovers Leap by opening his parachute 43 The Dulltons top right side

Ostritch hides from chasing native hunter by burrowing head in kangaroo's pouch 44 The Dulltons bottom right

Man's shoelace gets caught on weather balloon setting him afloat over the ocean 45 The Dulltons top left side

Man wins wishbone pull over dinner table, woman turns into frog 46 The Dulltons bottom right

Rain storming over running Bromo Seltzer truck leaves fizzy effervescent trail 47 The Dulltons top right

Museum patron defies "DON'T TOUCH" sign with
a slight tap and crumbles entire Statue of David 48 The Dulltons bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #166 - April 1974
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Apartment tenant notices roots from trees growing from upstair-neighbor's balcony 5 American Confetti top right side

Damsel-in-distress tied to rollercoaster tracks 7 American Confetti bottom left side

Missing hex nut, keeping man from repairing bottling
conveyor belt, found further down in one of the bottles 8 American Confetti bottom left

Desert dweller ready to quench thirst, unaware his
peer's canteen carried upside-down with spout unplugged 9 American Confetti top left

Man sets up tripod camera for his suicide-by-hanging "selfie" 10 American Confetti top right side

According to stickers in his spot, street panhandler accepts all major credit cards 13 A MAD Look at Miss Liberty top right

As football player runs to placekick,
holder has mischievous thoughts of Charlie Brown's fall 15 Gambler Magazine bottom right

Castle counterattacks soldiers' battering ram with actual charging ram 24 The Lighter Side of Polarization top middle

Man disturbed by tape-recorder falling out of payphone he's using 25 The Lighter Side of Polarization middle, right
side of title

Dangling spider misreads hanging thread from spool,
frantically searches for fallen friend 26 The Lighter Side of Polarization bottom right side

Living right under tapdance studio and over karate gym and
bowling alley, man stews through his day wearing noise-cancelling earmuffs 27 The Lighter Side of Polarization top left side

Kid raises stand-curtain during puppet show to find no one underneath 28 The Lighter Side of Polarization bottom right side

Centaur curses flying horse for dropping poo under him 29 Spy Vs Spy corner bottom right

Street-cleaning truck sprays under car to hit curbside cop, to delight of ticketed driver 31 If People Were Labeled Like Products top right

Bowling pin from tightrope juggler drops toward sword in swallower's mouth 33 MAD Acadamy Awards for Best
Performances in Everyday Situations top right side

Bird picks from Beefeater's helmet to construct nest 39 Clean Ads For Dirty Movies top right side

Roman sculptor told to keep his intricate column top design simpler 41 M*A*S*H*UGA top right

Tenant under karate gym points man from plastering service to his ceiling 42 M*A*S*H*UGA corner bottom right

Fly-nabbing frog about to be eaten by bird, about to be eaten by alligator 43 M*A*S*H*UGA top right

Lounging man can't get signal on his outdoor phone; gardener's lawnmower ran over cord 44 M*A*S*H*UGA bottom mid-right

Downed airman, parachuted safely atop war balloon,
uses hitchhiking thumb on passing aircraft 45 M*A*S*H*UGA bottom left side

Cart of naked female mannequins pulled past window of club, shocking its members 46 M*A*S*H*UGA bottom right

Patron reacts to walked dog urinating on hedge bordering restaurant 47 M*A*S*H*UGA top right

Jungle natives stand on shoulders three-high to carry trophy hunter's prized elephant 48 Eat Out and Lose Weight bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #167 - June 1974
(22 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Hanging laundry on tall building soiled by smoke from bum's garbage fire 6 My Fair Laddie bottom right side

Rickshaw pullers transport Asian cop and robber in "high speed" chase/shootout 8 My Fair Laddie bottom right

Helicopter with long rope ladder hanging down hovers over an occupied outhouse 9 My Fair Laddie top-mid left side

Escaping prisoner tunnels out to midway edge of cliff 10 My Fair Laddie bottom right side

Businessman loses shoes and socks walking through "FRESH CEMENT" 16 MAD's "Karate Movie"
Producer of the Year bottom right

Hot oil dumped from turret onto fleeing castle attackers
reaches clueless King popping out of window first 17 MAD's "Karate Movie"
Producer of the Year top left side

High branch from redwood used for gallows 18 MAD's "Karate Movie"
Producer of the Year bottom right side

Like mechanic under a car, mailman repairs rolling mailbag 21 You Know There's
Something Fishy When... top right

Frowning boy wears smiley face button 24 The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments middle left side

Repairman arrives to free man's hand stuck in a vending machine 25 The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments bottom right

Gem hanging from chandelier drops into guy's soup 26 The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments vertical mid-bottom

Cleaner's ladder breaks big glass window, tries to placate owner by shining a shard 27 The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments top left side

Rowing team's water ripple pattern mirrors one of four oars being bladeless 28 The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments bottom right side

Matador wears uniform with "Coke" product placement while bullfighting 29 On a Safari top right side

Man misaligns underarm deodorant, sprays on face 31 The MAD Game of Basebrawl top left side

Wine tasters go through line of casks, end up drunk and dragged out the exit door 39 A MAD Look at the Gas Shortage top right

Golfer cries as his ball rolls into an oil pipeline during construction 41 Bussing in Other Areas top right

Man doffs hat to ladies, unaware his toupee is stuck underneath 43 The "Straights" of San Francisco top-mid right side

Mountain-climber's "snow-capped" top turns out to be one huge burning candle 44 The "Straights" of San Francisco bottom right side

Funeral service bring full casket to shocked taxidermist's door 45 The "Straights" of San Francisco top left

Hardhat throws kindling into campfire as another
wonders what happened to the missing stick of dynamite 46 The "Straights" of San Francisco bottom right

Dealer goes after dice thrown off craps table with dice stick 46 The "Straights" of San Francisco top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #169 - September 1974
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Castaways from a shipwreck bypass stray life
preservers and swim toward lone buxon lady on a plank 5 Serpicool top right

Popcorn supply truck driver goes through the blazing hot desert,
feels the abundant "POP" noises inside the box 6 Serpicool bottom right

Wealthy patron finds hatcheck girls playing card toss with his bowler hat 7 Serpicool top right

Golfer's putt knocks opponent's ball billiard-style into the hole 8 Serpicool bottom right side

Army tanker soldier laugh at his peers in tanks behind him
choking on his dust as enemy aims grenade launcher in front of him 9 Serpicool top right

As firefighter is raised very high up in ladder to fight blazes,
body of the his hose falls off of nozzle 10 Serpicool bottom right side

Bar patron's dart hits thread hanging dartboard, drops it to the ground 11 Serpicool top right

Golfer stuffs himself under his golf bag during rainstorm, curses walking off 13 Trademark Graffiti top right

Artilliary gun carried on flatbed truck goes off on the road,
shoots off all the rooves of vehicles behind it 17 A MAD History of Sex top right

Man throws exit door open where army procession marches,
knocks out the soldiers in the middle 24 The Lighter Side of
The High Cost of Living bottom right side

Guards flee away from musketeer who's unaware of lion being set free behind him 25 The Lighter Side of
The High Cost of Living right

Man hammering on railroad sneezes,
burrows spike-holder's head into ground (GESUNDHEIT!) 26 The Lighter Side of
The High Cost of Living right side

After rope to cathedral bell breaks off,
monk climbs ladder to window perch and takes hammer to bell 27 The Lighter Side of
The High Cost of Living bottom left side

While pacing his steps, duelist throws away his pistol and pulls shotgun from his pants 28 The Lighter Side of
The High Cost of Living bottom right side

Grocer reprimands his dim stockboy for pyramid-stacking canned produce on its side 29 A MAD Guide
to State Symbols top right

God oversees his angels creating the curvature of a mountain exterior using a spool of thread 33 A MAD Look at Funerals top right

Seeing his opponent winding up a strong swing,
ping-pong player panics and ducks under the table 37 Follow-up Letters
to Advertisers near mid vertical

Amputee street bum's dolly is designed like a dragster 39 The MAD Tennis Primer top right

Kid aims toy gun with suction cup bullet at rocking horse with broken-off rail 40 The MAD Tennis Primer left

Prankster kids in church put ink in the holy water 41 The MAD Tennis Primer right

Bankrobbers work conjoined, each head covered by one of the two-legged pantyhose 43 McClod top right

Nudist brushes coat of black paint over the
peepholes drilled through the fence surrounding his camp 44 McClod bottom right

Cleaning lady sweeps away pieces of Morse code
symbols cluttering the floor of a telegraph office 45 McClod top right

Technicians wheel their large panel UNIVAC computer to a psychatrist's couch 46 McClod bottom right

Acrobat grasping on to trapeze gets a foot of his costume
tights snagged on an exposed piece of the high platform 47 McClod top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #170 - October 1974
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Snail sneezes causing his shell to roll away (gesundheit!) 5 The Ecchorcist top left

Man walks tightrope over waterfall, warned by bystander (also on the rope) that his shoelace is untied 6 The Ecchorcist bottom right side

Bugs use flower petals as surfboards to ride the waves 7 The Ecchorcist top right

Individual street cleaner with cart and broom steamed to see street cleaning vehicle drive around him 8 The Ecchorcist bottom right side

Army trainer frustrated to see dim soldier throwing pin after pulling it from grenade 9 The Ecchorcist top right

Maid shakes out her broom from a second floor window,
breaks it through a big glass panel carried by two deliverymen 10 The Ecchorcist bottom right side

Male tennis players wary of female who approaches them carrying racket shaped like feminist symbol 11 The Ecchorcist top

TV repairmen notices family's eyes glued to activity in front-load washer while he works on their set 13 Wishful Thinking top right

Medieval knight leaves group carrying battering ram to retrieve ram's head that fell off 14 Wishful Thinking bottom right side

Vendor chases after patron whose hot dog is still connected to multiple links 18 MAD's "Singles Only"
Resort Owner of the Year bottom

Native American man cuts up log approaching wood carver was planning to make a totem pole out of 19 MAD's "Singles Only"
Resort Owner of the Year top right

Like an irritated downstairs neighbor,
rat bangs bottom of conga player's drum with a small broomstick 25 MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-
Yourself Impeachment
Newspaper Story top right side

One soldier deters opposing Roman army's charging elephants by pulling out a single mouse 28 The Lighter Side of
Hot Weather top right side

Spider shocked as its web hits exposed electrical cord 29 The Lighter Side of
Hot Weather left side

On a group fall, a parachutist's improper harnessing leaves him hanging upside-down after pull 30 The Lighter Side of
Hot Weather bottom right side

Musician in pain as bottom spike of his cello hits his foot 32 If Other Celebrities Hosted
"The Miss America Pageant" top left side

Golfers sift thoroughly through field of tall grass as
the missing golfball slipped under their electric golf cart 33 If Other Celebrities Hosted
"The Miss America Pageant" top right

Technical advisor with a long tail with a spiked end,
sits between the director and star on the set of "The Exorcist" 37 1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue top right

Driver waiting in long line of cars for drive-in movie thinks he's in a waiting line for gas 41 Spy Vs Spy bottom right corner

Mexican soldier steps out of his army marching closely in line to chat up a chica,
so close his sombrero floats away with the others 43 Popicorn top right

Roman emperor complains to architect that building is too short compared to others 44 Popicorn bottom right corner

Mugger "sticks up" victim with broomstick balanced on garbage can, flees with the money 45 Popicorn top right

Aristocratic fox hunters on horses plead with stubborn
dogcatcher to free their hunting dogs from his truck 46 Popicorn bottom right

Dog in yard motions to "MEAN DOG" sign as salesman approaches 47 Popicorn top left

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #171 - December 1974
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Restaurant server's stack of plates too tall for entrance he's going through 5 The Zing top right side

One safari service worker shoulders the hunter's load after the other wins a dice game 6 The Zing bottom right side

Mischievous bumper car driver knocks other's hairpiece off during his date 7 The Zing top right

Husband sprays DDT on wife's false eyelash, thinking it's a roach 8 The Zing bottom left

Cobras follow radio player out of outraged snakecharmers' baskets 9 The Zing top right

Two gold prospectors find each other tunneling from opposite ends 10 The Zing bottom right

Prankster cowboy at costume party lassos horse separating two men in costume 11 The Zing top right

Janitor dusting floor of mortuary disposes waste on crematory belt 19 We're Losing Our
War Against Computers corner top right

Lumberjack downs tree into quick sand 20 The Lighter Side of Dieting top right

Group of people steals hotel canopy for traveling rain protection 21 The Lighter Side of Dieting bottom right

Men raising a safe up a 7-floor building smash every window on its way up 22 The Lighter Side of Dieting bottom right side

Operators frantically try to fix speeding merry-go-round 23 The Lighter Side of Dieting middle left side

Footie of surface-supplied diver's suit snags between rocks, stretching as he goes up 24 The Lighter Side of Dieting bottom right side

"PRIVATE BEACH" sign turns away castaway on makeshift raft 30 MAD's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers above 2nd row right

One of the 20 mules in the Borax team raises legs and glides as the rest sweat 31 MAD's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers top right

Man hammering nail to put up framed piece
pops all the corks from neighbor's mounted wine rack 32 MAD's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers above 3rd row right

Sculptor slips on last marble column, causes them to topple like dominos 33 MAD's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers top right

Leading animal mates with their offspring off
Noah's ark are a tiger and horse with baby zebra 34 Spy vs Spy corner bottom right

Man provides mute, holding on to bottom of Swiss man's tall alphorn from edge of cliff 35 Bible Rave bottom right side

Old West Mexican militiary officer discovers bottle below soldier's sombrero 40 You Have Reached a
State of Apathy When... top left

Long-nosed Pinocchio walks to plastic surgery clinic 41 You Have Reached a
State of Apathy When... top right

Pet shop owner discovers tropical fish aquariums empty,
while a full pelican burps, walks away 44 The Rookers bottom right

Among prisoners with four-digit numbered
uniforms is elderly cane-walker with number "1" 45 The Rookers top left side

Dr. Frankenstein steamed at old lady using
his monster's stiff arms to hold yarn for her knitting 46 The Rookers bottom right

Blind man waves cane frenetically causing injuries to those he passes by 47 The Rookers top left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #174 - April 1975
(29 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Upper-case "R" tells lower-case "r" it was brought by a "stork" in the form of a fountain pen with wings 4 Death-Wishers left side

Woman's sneeze causes pot she's head-carrying to break at base
and slip through covering her face (Gesundheit!) 5 Death-Wishers right side

Fishing boat's net catches bulbous head of octopus,
spells out S.O.S. with its tentacles as it raises from the seafloor 6 Death-Wishers right side

Nearsighted circus knife-thrower wipes his glasses,
limp body lies off target board trickling blood through to other side 7 Death-Wishers top right

Desperate man living in arctic region in bathroom tries to
chip away block of ice the water in his toilet has become 8 Death-Wishers bottom right

Frustrated William Tell attempts another arrow-through-apple
on kid's head as dead bodies pile up and others wait in line 9 Death-Wishers top right

Soldiers aim one of their enemy airplane searchlights at a pretty lady strutting by 15 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Castaway stranded on small deserted island gabs with his own reflection in the water 16 More "Modern" Fairy Tales bottom left side

Myopic Mexican army official salutes desert cactus with contorted "saluting" branch 17 More "Modern" Fairy Tales top right

Man races down empty escalator, mocks people on other crowded escalator,
unaware of "Out of Order" sign and big gaping hole at the bottom 18 More "Modern" Fairy Tales left side

Man comes down from ladder where he changed a theater marquee, gets hit by a car 19 More "Modern" Fairy Tales right side
bottom

Railroad track builders mistakenly place crossties over the rails 20 Some Real Life Scenes
We Like to See left side

Hunchbback of Notre Dame smitten by passing lady's bell-shaped dress 24 A Second MAD Collection
of Extremely Thin Books top

Pueblo Indian leaves neighbor's cliff-house unaware tall ladder he needed has been brought down for repair 25 A Second MAD Collection
of Extremely Thin Books right side

Dazed waiter lays on kitchen floor with tray and broken plates,
watches chef mark "IN" and "OUT" on swinging doors 26 The Lighter Side of Anxiety top right

Fakir dozes off on his flute during Indian rope trick, causes climber to fall 28 The Lighter Side of Anxiety top right side

Tarzan plucks on stiff snake like bass cello 29 The Lighter Side of Anxiety left side

Crane throws wrecking ball too hard on tall building, causes domino effect on neighboring buildings 33 A White House "Garage Sale" top right

Gardener complains to realtor, greenhouse not tall enough because tall plants break through glass roof 35 The MAD "Good News-
Bad News" Book top right corner

Zeus brings his lightning bolts in for a blade sharpening 38 It Almost Restores
Your Faith When... top left

Man leans his smiling head on headless snowman spooking kid building it 39 It Almost Restores
Your Faith When... top right

Guy steals bunch of freshly-watered flowers from an unsuspecting neighbor to give to his gal 41 Additions to the Dictionary top right

Young couple push baby in carriage with dragster frame and wheels 42 The Tommy-Red Seed top right

Moviegoers leave screening of "Earthquake" to find surrounding buildings toppled over 43 The Tommy-Red Seed top right

Eskimo couple pull dogsled with igloo trailer-attachment 44 The Tommy-Red Seed bottom right

Acupuncture doctors play darts with their needles 45 The Tommy-Red Seed top right

Gondola rower curses lady dumping trash outside her building's window onto his riding couple 46 The Tommy-Red Seed bottom right
corner

Fisherman's reel cast pulls head-net off of beekeeper checking his hive 47 The Tommy-Red Seed top right

Building tenant uses rainstorm during dish-washing to rinse plates out his window 48 The Tommy-Red Seed right side
bottom

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Mad #177 - September 1975
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Fisherman on beach dozes off long enough to not notice
the tide lower greatly, his line far from touching the water 7 The Towering Sterno top right

Professional knife-thrower Sergio lets go of knife during backswing, impales audience member 8 The Towering Sterno bottom right side

Colonial man checks out a sedan chair for sale, giving a "tire-kick" to a leg of one of the porters 9 The Towering Sterno top right

Several birds perch on the long frame forks of a moving chopper motorcycle 10 The Towering Sterno bottom right

Jester juggling distracts and stops young servants
carrying train of king's robe, causing him to choke and fall 11 The Towering Sterno top left

All cowfolk and animals at the rodeo are stunned
as to how the cowboy ended up leg-tied like a steer 13 A Collection of
MAD X-RAYvings top right

Panhandler uses his blind dog wearing dark glasses to beg 15 Young Sports Illustrated bottom left

Key shop owner struggles through his empty pockets, locked out of his store 21 A MAD Look
at Super Heroes top right side

Young tree branch sprouts out of Pinocchio's leg 24 How Many Mistakes
Can You Find
in This Picture? top left side

Strolling man's peg-leg slips through sewer grate and breaks off, causing him to fall 26 The Lighter Side
of Summer Hazards bottom

Posse of policeman trying to bust hillbilly's moonshine
operations gets chased away by his guard-skunks 27 The Lighter Side
of Summer Hazards top right

Man approaches his sail boat, held airborne by ropes off the deck due to very low tide 28 The Lighter Side
of Summer Hazards right side

Dim road painter gets reprimanded for marking
lane lines in parallel instead of aligned end to end 29 The Lighter Side
of Summer Hazards top left side

Several snake charmers along the alley are jealous
their snakes gravitate toward the trumpet player in the middle 30 The Lighter Side
of Summer Hazards bottom right side

Strolling man with leg cast and crutch falls through sewer grate in pain 33 It Ain't Fair When... near center

Cook's sneeze makes him throw his sunny side up eggs off the pan onto his face like goggles
(GESUNDHEIT!) 34 MAD Devices Designed
to Solve Our Smoker Vs.
Non-Smoker Problems bottom right

Native Americans offer peace pipe to visiting cavalry in form of more modern communal bong 35 MAD Devices Designed
to Solve Our Smoker Vs.
Non-Smoker Problems top right

Ancient king, bored by his harem, dreams of the male guard outside 41 MAD Devices Designed
to Solve Our Smoker Vs.
Non-Smoker Problems top right

To get around broken light, woman on fourth floor hangs table
lamp connected to extension cord out window, so man can see to let himself in 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom left side

Lighthouse on tiny island has "ROOM TO LET" sign attached 43 Cheeko and the Ham top right side

At evening party, cork popped from man's champagne opening hits his woman in the eye 44 Cheeko and the Ham bottom right

Ringleader has everyone in his circus parade silent and marching in tiptoe as they pass a hospital 45 Cheeko and the Ham top right

Lonely castaway fills the sandy ground of a tiny desert island with several five-line tally marks 46 Cheeko and the Ham bottom right

Man in leg cast with crutches staggers far behind
the hordes of Israelites who crossed the parted Red Sea 47 Cheeko and the Ham top left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #178
October 1975
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Kid pranksters put flour in their mother's pancake makeup 5 The Odd Father Part, Too! top right side

Angry beekeeper, stung on his nose, patches his mesh veil hood 6 The Odd Father Part, Too! bottom

Row of horses sweat bullets as obese jockey walk by their barns, the ones he passes sigh with relief 7 The Odd Father Part, Too! bottom left side

Skier finishes run through trees, turns head and mocks tree he
avoided crashing into, slides off cliff because he wasn't looking 8 The Odd Father Part, Too! bottom
right corner

Ancient Roman waits patiently, rests against his horse drawn chariot with a taxi-like meter running 10 The Odd Father Part, Too! bottom right

Mannequin builder's assistant carries box of fake arms,
the hand of one inadvertently pats the rear of a female dresser 11 The Odd Father Part, Too! top right

As carrier takes a knee on a street corner to tie his shoe,
his female mannequin is confronted by a nearsighted mugger 12 The MAD Circus top left

As mountaineer's pickaxe breaks at the handle, he falls and regrets buying it from the bargain bin 17 The MAD Economics Primer bottom left side

Falling row of dominoes started by the first piece's sneeze (GESUNDHEIT!) 22 Zappers That History Forgot right

Doctor panics seeing spot on patient's lung during chest x-ray,
unaware his peer pranked, painting a black spot on his fluoroscope 23 Zappers That History Forgot top right

Two peasants travel with a long line of parcel-carrying donkeys,
curse each other as they converge in the middle of a narrow mountain path 25 Spy Vs Spy bottom
right corner

After man's attempted karate chop ends in pain, his partner pulls a nail from the wooden board 27 Business and Social Cards top right

Two of three cowboys ride away from robbing a bank, the third has trouble untying his horse 28 The "All in the Family" Tree top right

Male banana follows a female banana, envisions her peeled 29 The "All in the Family" Tree top right

Sly male flower tries to flirt with passing female bee 30 The Lighter Side of Indoor
and Outdoor Gardening bottom right

Mouse walks across a "bridge", actually a snake laying across two edges ready to prey 31 The Lighter Side of Indoor
and Outdoor Gardening top right

Man juicing oranges on the street distracted by shapely lady passing by, crunches own hand 32 The Lighter Side of Indoor
and Outdoor Gardening bottom right side

Leak from ceiling over mounted moose head makes it look like
it's drooling onto man reading from his sofa chair 33 The Lighter Side of Indoor
and Outdoor Gardening top left side

Plane pilot close to landing on aircraft carrier sees man holding up a "SORRY FULL" sign 34 The Lighter Side of Indoor
and Outdoor Gardening bottom right side

Southern sheriff, about to hang Sergio, berates his posse for playing jumprope with the noose 35 A TV Ad We'd Like to See top right

Peeping tom at a drive-in movie theater likes to peek through keyholes of parked cars 37 Some Well Kept
Celebrities' Secrets top right

Mosquito bites into an Alka Seltzer tablet, confused by the effervescence in his mouth 39 MAD's Recession
Mother Goose top right

Jungle native pranks Tarzan, puts oil on his vine, giggles as he slides down 40 MAD's Recession
Mother Goose bottom right side

Line of priests walk down the street,
cover their eyes as they pass by windows of peep shows and porn shops 41 Muddle on the
Orient Express top right

Hippie drops his joint down an anthill, gives every ant hallucinations 42 Muddle on the
Orient Express bottom right side

During skyscraper/fighter pilot scene of King Kong film shoot,
marker with clapboard is perched atop the big ape's head 44 Muddle on the
Orient Express bottom right side

Painter stomps and curses as black oil gushes out of his freshly painted white tower 47 Muddle on the
Orient Express bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #179 - December 1975
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Bird beak and frog tongue wrestle over a passing fly 5 Fun Lady top right

Eye doctor motions bespectacled patient to step back while reading eyechart,
too close to open window with view of city below 6 Fun Lady bottom

Rollercoaster riders roll off rails toward brick wall
past construction man posting "OUT OF ORDER" sign 7 Fun Lady top right

Party attendee lights man's cigarette but singes off most of one side of his full mustache 8 Fun Lady bottom right

Frisbee throwing hippie envisions himself as the Discobolus statue 9 Fun Lady top right

Bowler's accelerated windmill ramp-up has everyone behind him scrambling to flee the area 10 Fun Lady bottom right side

While the newlyweds wait on the city street,
groom uses bride's train to wipe whatever he stepped on off his shoe 12 Future "No-Frills Air
Travel" Gimmicks top left

Players from both football teams in middle of running play, smile for TV camera as they pass by 13 Future "No-Frills Air
Travel" Gimmicks top right corner

Man's beard is so long, it jams through the entire zipper of his winter coat 14 Future "No-Frills Air
Travel" Gimmicks top left side

Everyone in bar shocked to see billiards player's pool
cue fly out of his hand and hit bullseye on the dartboard 16 The Lighter Side of
the Fast-Food Craze bottom right

Gambler's slot machine hits a huge jackpot,
spits out enough coins to bury him in a huge mound as paramedics arrive 17 The Lighter Side of
the Fast-Food Craze top right

Gardener uses trimmer to drill big peephole in hedge wall looking out to woman sunbathing,
walks away with a black eye 18 The Lighter Side of
the Fast-Food Craze right side

Man decides to ignore the signals from his metal detector, thinks it's just a few coins,
misses ancient Roman statues and architecture buried underneath 19 The Lighter Side of
the Fast-Food Craze bottom left side

Hanging spider flirts with female peer by spinning romantic flowery designs on his web 20 The Lighter Side of
the Fast-Food Craze right side

Swimmers flee a "shark fin," revealed to be a slanted floating wooden piece from a soap crate 21 Broken Homes and
Gardens Magazine top right

Castaway fleeing from sunken ship disappointed
to land on a desert island inhabited by three homosexual men 28 MAD's Obnoxious
Sports Spectator
of the Year bottom right

Man slips off high cliff, grabs onto hanging branch with an active beehive attached 29 MAD's Obnoxious
Sports Spectator
of the Year top left side

Long-stilted sandwich board ad man nonchalantly hangs outside
stadium with clear view of baseball game to police guard's chagrin 30 MAD's Obnoxious
Sports Spectator
of the Year bottom right side

Police helicopter uses propellers to split ladder a prisoner is hanging off of from his escape copter 37 US Commemorative
Stamps That We'll
Never Get to See top left side

Mountaineer stands on top of peak, glorifies in being first with flag firmly planted,
ignores his roped partner still hanging off side of cliff 38 US Commemorative
Stamps That We'll
Never Get to See right side

Street peddler of wind-up dolls notices his businessman dolls are lining up,
rounding the corner following a prostitute doll 39 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Disgusted prisoner about to be executed,
leans against tree waiting for sheriff posse to finish playing tug-of-war with his noose rope 41 Footnotes
to Football top right

Man at party doesn't pay attention to where he's putting out his cigarette,
on the back of the hand of another man putting out his cigarette in the same ashtray 44 Shampooped bottom right

Man walking down deserted road with empty gas can is relieved to see a "gas station,"
doesn't see it's an "MGM FILM LOCATION" stage prop 45 Shampooped top right

Medieval soldier strays from his troop, uses his spear to pick fruit off a tree 47 Shampooped bottom left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #180 -
January 1976
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Castaway on deserted island bends palm trees in the shape of cursive "help" 5 Jaw'd top right side

Two combative pole-vaulters engage in a running jousting grudge match 6 Jaw'd bottom right

White man stews over black man with big afro seated in front of him in otherwise empty movie theater 7 Jaw'd top right

Superman blows smoke in the form of Coca-Cola lettering for skywritten ad 8 Jaw'd bottom right

Dim railroad engineer's bungled rail car arrangement, caboose as second car, brings his superior to tears 9 Jaw'd top right

Godzilla prowls big city during Chinese parade, falls in ❤ with six-manned dragon costume 10 Jaw'd bottom right
corner

Native-America bowhunter realizes he wore his quiver upside-down
leaving behind a trail of arrows as buffalo charges toward him 11 Jaw'd top right

As a good deed, a boy scout rushes over with his flicked lighter to
a Tibetan monk having trouble striking his match to self-immolate 13 Contemporary
Horror Scenes top right

Mexican farmer working his melon crop notices a man
passing by with weird bulbous melon-shape in his sombrero 16 TV Dsclaimers
We'd Like to See mid right

Native American riding through the desert lying on a
horse-drawn-cot bears the brunt of cactus in its path 18 TV Dsclaimers
We'd Like to See mid right

Firefighters handling fire hose becomes tug-of-war between
two struggling to reach hydrant and two getting closer to fire 19 TV Dsclaimers
We'd Like to See top right

Motorcyclist realizes he lost his woman passenger riding sidecar after squeezing in between two trucks 23 Restaurant Supply
Catalogue bottom right side

Hardhat prankster kinks hose to jackhammer confusing the operators trying to work it 26 The Lighter Side
of Change bottom right

Among the skiers checking in is an Arab sheikh with curled toe skis 27 The Lighter Side
of Change bottom right

Partner on boat above yells "gesundheit!" as surface-supplied-
diver on bottom of sea sneezes, cracks open his helmet 28 The Lighter Side
of Change bottom right side

Astronaut in orbit hears "slam" in confusion, which is the door on his capsule shutting on his hose 29 The Lighter Side
of Change left side

Dim wood cutter chastised for splitting vertically down the middle of a tree 30 The Lighter Side
of Change right side

Annoyed woman at party dumps her drink in man's smelly smoking pipe 36 MAD's CIA Agent
of the Year bottom right

Asian official in campground has his elephant hold flashlight for his night reading 37 MAD's CIA Agent
of the Year top left side

Airborne high diver in tropics notices man fishing in small boat right below him 38 MAD's CIA Agent
of the Year bottom right side

Terrorist setting up mailbomb with dynamite, scared by alarm clock ringing 40 Time Drags...
Time Flies... top left

Lifeguard too glued to TV playing on beach doesn't notice people drowning 41 Time Drags...
Time Flies... top right

Flagman bows long neck of racing dragster, as he perches foot on it to tie his shoe 43 Mirthquake top

Man at party notices model boat dropping anchor, cracking through bottom of bottle and leaking 44 Mirthquake bottom right

Punk kid finger-bends stream from drinking fountain to spritz man behind him 46 Mirthquake bottom left

Exasperated termite exterminator makes housecall to man with infested wooden peg-leg 47 Mirthquake top right

Bedpan is poured out of second floor window into vase being head-carried by native woman passing by 48 Mirthquake bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #181 - March 1976
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man plans to out-size his date by wearing platform shoes, unaware of her platform shoes 5 Rollerbrawl top right

Body-painting ladybug turns his friends' spots into flowers, spiders,... 7 Rollerbrawl top right

Marathon runner about to cross finish line first,
turns around to retrieve his dropped number bib 8 Rollerbrawl bottom right

Two ladybugs approach a full ice cube tray carrying their ice skates 8 Rollerbrawl top right

Flies enjoy friend playing matador with cape to frog's preying whip-like tongue 10 Rollerbrawl bottom right

Naked man is too short to reach shower head spraying too far over him 11 Rollerbrawl top left side

Mix-up between two 2-piece billboard ads shows smooth but peculiar sync between
upper and lower halves of bikini-clad model and bandaged-up man in hospital bed 13 Great Poems Written To
Reflect the Freaky, Greedy,
Rotten World of Today top center

Prisoner about to be executed by military firing squad
surprised to see them bringing a cannon to the scene 16 The Lighter Side of Handicrafts bottom mid-left

Lady dumbfounds attendant at self-service station by filling gas in her car's oil reservoir 17 The Lighter Side of Handicrafts bottom mid-right

Football player crosses goal line with opponent's helmet instead of ball 18 The Lighter Side of Handicrafts middle right side

Driver of car plunging off cliff remembers the accurate and disturbing down-arrow sign 19 The Lighter Side of Handicrafts bottom left side

Hot-air balloonist lands, approaches house with anchor-size
hole in roof and man stepping out with a head-injury 20 The Lighter Side of Handicrafts bottom right side

Man, caught in middle of two converging lines of men passing bricks, wears an eyepatch 21 MAD's First Reader's Survey top right

Bartender sends a glass of beer airborne when he passes
it down the bar over a patron's ramp-like open book 23 Some MAD Energy-
Saving Devices top right

Guest at celebratory banquet warns cutter of large cake,
"A lady's gonna pop out of there!" 24 A Collection of Paired
MAD Thick and Thin Books bottom right

Worker guiding log through water romances a lady with a gondolier-style ride 25 A Collection of Paired
MAD Thick and Thin Books top right

Pilots flying over Atlantic Ocean startled by its big map-like label 27 Meet Jan Van Wessum top right

"PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DOOM" sign lays on the street near an open manhole 29 Exciting Abbreviations
For Low Glamor Jobs middle left side

"Just Married" couple jumps out of burning building to
firemen's life net, groom carrying bride "over the threshold" 32 Spy Vs Spy corner
bottom right

Convict breaks through window cell bars, scales down
prison side with rope and knotted prison uniform, flees naked 33 The Alfred E Neuman University
"Hard Sell" Catalogue mid-bottom
right corner

Kid gets stuck slipping butt-first through tire swing 40 Historical Scenes We'd
Like To See Reenacted top left side

As tide rises, kid at beach tells mother he can't
find submerged father he buried under sand 41 Historical Scenes We'd
Like To See Reenacted top right

Heavily muscled man rows rowing machine across gymnasium floor 44 If TV Commercials
Told Us Everything near center

Crying boy points out to his father a "Pollyanna-like" girl
with glasses holding a doll as the bully who gave him his black eye 45 If TV Commercials
Told Us Everything top right

Worker draining pond gets an earful from kids sailing their model boats 46 If TV Commercials
Told Us Everything near center

As they iceskate, woman tracks a straight line while
her male partner with hiccups leaves dashed marks 47 If TV Commercials
Told Us Everything near center

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #184 - July 1976
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Very decorated army general receives another medal from inside a cereal box 5 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest top right side

Scottish man walks his dog, both wearing kilts 6 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest bottom left

Man returns to auto shop to find two mechanics swinging in circles from his car up on a lift 7 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest top right

Patient's wary that his eye doctor's eye chart is upside down 8 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest bottom
right side

Businessman on street nonchalantly leans foot on legless begger's shoulder to tie shoe while chatting with peer 9 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest top right

Painter working on scaffold over railroad tunnel curses steam
locomotive passing through covering him with soot from the smoke exhaust 10 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest bottom
right corner

Driver returns to where he illegally parked his multi-car carrier to find it ticketed along with all five cars on board 11 One Cuckoo Flew
Over the Rest top right

Harpoonist on hunting crew's rowboat gets sprayed by whale aiming his blowhole at him 13 Unpunished Criminals top right

Tenant of high-rise building King Kong is climbing slams his window on the ape's fingers 17 Disaster Magazine near top
right side

Kid pranksters drag dog-and-puppy decoy on wheels across street causing several cars to pile-up 23 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Sweating bench painter paints on either side of big, brutish dozing man, moves onto other benches 26 The Lighter Side
of Annoyances bottom right

Man confronts his karate opponent's high kick by biting his foot 27 The Lighter Side
of Annoyances top right

Procession of soldiers marching single file stops short when leading officer bends down to tie his shoe 28 The Lighter Side
of Annoyances bottom right side

Street vendor selling umbrellas struggles to open one when rain pours down 29 The Lighter Side
of Annoyances left side

Crowd runs down pier to stop a man appearing to attempt suicide, when actually the rock is tied to his bad tooth 30 The Lighter Side
of Annoyances bottom right side

Mother confronts her kids playing marbles with the missing pearls from her neckplace 34 MAD Solutions
to Big City
Parking Problems top left side

Circus elephant balancing on a teeter-totter shifts, causing one end to drop on trainer's foot 39 MAD's "Nice" Graffiti top right side

Pilot's hang glider get snagged in the string of a kite a kid is flying 40 Footnotes to
Great Lovers bottom
left side

Young autograph seekers follow townsperson carted off to face public execution by guillotine 41 Footnotes to
Great Lovers top right

Peddler drills through distillary wall to tap full barrel of wine to sell to street public 44 Rhota bottom right

Lion motions to Roman to come pull thorn out of his paw, bones of lion's previous victims lie behind bushes 45 Rhota top right

Passing drivers stop to pick up apples dropped out of an apple tree,
ignoring dead motorist in car that crashed into tree 46 Rhota bottom right

Flies buzz around the drinks of all the divey barstool patrons except one with them buzzing around his greasy hair 47 Rhota top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #188 - January 1977
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Prisoner on rock-breaking duty discovers diamond mine 6 The Moronic Woman bottom right

Girl cries to her mother that brother is using toy bulldozer on her dollhouse 7 The Moronic Woman top right

Elephant walking in trunk-to-tail line sustains hind injuries from tusks of blind elephant behind him 8 The Moronic Woman bottom right

Kid wearing Mickey Mouse hat walks past kid wearing the same, but also has a tail 9 The Moronic Woman top right

Man with bandaged head returns up tall ladder with rung to fill the missing holes 10 The Moronic Woman bottom right

Lady night janitor in museum feels the ferocious stuffed animals are inching towards her as she mops 12 No Wonder We're
All Screwed Up! top left side

Dog's wagging tail knocks against lady's rump as she is gardening 13 No Wonder We're
All Screwed Up! top right

Posh city residents glare at garments hanging off clothesline between their highrises 15 A MAD History of Medicine right side

Bird struggling to pull worm from ground unaware it's an outgrown tree root 23 What's the Story...? top right side

Father playing catch with his kids assures no worries of retrieving ball that broke a window,
and landed in brutish homeowner's mouth 24 The Lighter Side
of Consumers bottom

Man notices native posting "DANGER PIHRANAS" sign as he dives into sea 25 The Lighter Side
of Consumers bottom right

So many performers and crewmembers are used to put together a puppet show for one kid in attendance 26 The Lighter Side
of Consumers right side

Fireman uses Indian rope trick to climb up to floor of flames 27 The Lighter Side
of Consumers top left side

Ferocious shark eats through dock chasing man 28 The Lighter Side
of Consumers bottom right side

Pelican perches atop and blocks passageway from snorkel of scuba swimmer 30 Year-End Family
Greeting Letters
We'd Like to See top left side

Short vampire uses step ladder to reach neck level of tall lady about to round the corner 31 Year-End Family
Greeting Letters
We'd Like to See top right side

Two housewives race their full shopping carts to an open checkout area 33 Christmas Carols
for the 1976
Holiday Season top left

Line of opposums hang from their tails upside down from a too limber tree branch,
causing the last one to touch the ground 35 Clearance Catalogue of
Unwanted Articles, Features,
Gimmicks, and Premises top right

Boss chef stews over kitchen help playing tennis with pans 39 A MAD Look at
The Tennis Set top right

Mounted lion's head falls off wall, drops over head of lounging man,
which in turn spooks his wife bringing tray of drinks 40 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Apartment tenant notices roots from trees growing from upstair neighbor's balcony 41 A MAD Double Feature top right side

Spacecraft landing on another planet strikes oil when grabbing for samples 42 The Bad Mouth Bears bottom right side

Man dragging cement shoe limps out of water and attempts to hitch a ride 44 The Bad Mouth Bears bottom right side

Nervous golfer pushed by peer to approach muscley black man whose big afro is where his golfball landed 45 The Misery Breaks top right

One inmate secretly helps his peer pass psychiatric wooden shape puzzle test 46 The Misery Breaks bottom right

Artist uses paddle ball toy to slap paint against canvas, makes abstract work 47 The Misery Breaks top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #193 - September 1977
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

A hole from a sneeze sinks a submarine (gesundheit!) 5 A Star's A Bomb top right side

Pelicans land on a water skier's line 7 A Star's A Bomb top right

Man asks taxidermist if he can apply his craft to the rhino pursuing him 8 A Star's A Bomb bottom right

Man cuts off lion's tail in tall grass 9 A Star's A Bomb top right

As flood waters rumble down canyon,
cowboy thinks the sound is approaching horse he intends to trap 10 A Star's A Bomb bottom right side

Rain washes off giraffe's spots 12 MAD Products with Paired Names bottom right side

Beggar busks with pipe organ on sidewalk 13 MAD Products with Paired Names bottom right
corner

Tornado diverts path around church 15 Welcome to MAD
Magazine's Reality World bottom left side

Kids use dress form for football practice 25 Famous People's Telephone
Answering Machine Messages top right

Movie crew filming staged mugging see a real one happening behind them 27 More American Jokes
They're Telling in Poland top right

Blind man thinks folding chair backrest top is seeing eye dog's harness handle 30 The MAD Travel Agency's Specialized
Tours for You and Your Neurosis left side

Nero mad he's given trumpet, not fiddle, as Rome burns 31 The MAD Travel Agency's Specialized
Tours for You and Your Neurosis top right

Man holding heavy bag for boxer,
crushed against wall when boxer punches bag off chain 32 The Lighter Side of Afternoons bottom

Man takes guillotine blade to tool sharpener 33 The Lighter Side of Afternoons bottom right

House price repeatedly reduced as boulder sits perched above on cliff 34 The Lighter Side of Afternoons top right side

Man gets in last taxi in a row of six empty ones waiting at a taxi stop 35 The Lighter Side of Afternoons left side

Pole vaulter's pole collapses on itself like a snake mid-jump 36 The Lighter Side of Afternoons bottom right side

Crashed tanker fills water around man on island with oil 37 When Members of our
Armed Forces Join a Union top right

Man explains to worker that building windows should have been installed vertically 39 Casey at the Talks top right side

Mosquito sucks blood from vampire's head (slurp!) 40 Casey at the Talks right side

Man standing over murder victim describes culprit, hiding around corner,
to cops, description matches a different approaching man 42 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Waiter strains to reach handle on long pepper grinder 43 Churlie's Angles right side

Smoker's smoke rings morph into funeral wreath 44 Churlie's Angles bottom right

Man within line of fellow workers juggles bricks instead of passing them 45 Churlie's Angles top right

Submarine diverts path to look at sunbathing woman on shore 46 Churlie's Angles bottom right

Repairman searches for gear of tower clock in the dark 47 Churlie's Angles left side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #195 - December 1977
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Circus elephants flee from owners, break through
fence to couple's swimming pool to quench their thirsts 6 Blimp Sunday bottom right

Line of marching Mexican soldiers breaks as each stops to tip their sombrero to passing lady 7 Blimp Sunday top left side

Obese tightrope walker bends both ladders dips line down to where he touches the ground 10 Airplot '77 bottom right

Beaver yells at his kid for chomping down "PROTECT THE BEAVERS" sign 11 Airplot '77 top right

Kids take their mother's electric mixer out to the front yard to make some mudpies 13 The Carter Admin
-istration "Speaking
From Pictures" top right

Hanging shower head stops due to leaks around the arm as man finishes lathering up 14 The Carter Admin
-istration "Speaking
From Pictures" near middle
vertical

British guard complains to painter his cabin should be in bordered diagonal stripes, not polka dots 16 Handicaps in
Other Fields bottom left

Attendant pumps gas, allows leak in hose to stream in his bucket without driver's knowledge 17 Handicaps in
Other Fields top right

Tuxedoed man shakes champagne bottle with cork tied by string to his bad tooth 18 The MAD Like...
Love... Hate Book top left side

Southwest sheriff complains to barbeque cook that carcass
should be threaded lengthwise on spit, not gored through the side 19 The MAD Like...
Love... Hate Book top right

Kids enjoy jumping onto firemen's lifenet so much they go back up to burning building for seconds 22 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man on bridge fishes out package from back of pickup truck 23 How Come You
Worry About...
When... bottom left

Nurse about to give a shot paints bullseye on patient's rear 26 The Lighter Side
of Gadgets bottom

More modern mother walks her baby in a dragster-framed carriage 27 The Lighter Side
of Gadgets right

Mountain climbing team reaches peak to find spider hanging from above 28 The Lighter Side
of Gadgets bottom right side

Pirate thrown by wind-up lever on side of his ship 29 The Lighter Side
of Gadgets left side

Road painter curses crazy driver steering right through his fresh lane markings 30 The Lighter Side
of Gadgets right side

Hot air balloon anchors over outhouse, ladder straight down to entrance 32 Specialized Tours
For You and
Your Neurosis bottom left side

Saddle cloth snagged on post throws knight off his horse during jousting match 33 Specialized Tours
For You and
Your Neurosis top right

Tennis player's scissor-arm racket head helps his reach 34 Zappy Endings
We'd Like to See left side

Sheik's limo ride has camels packed with full gas cans racing behind 39 Decision-Making
Dartboards
for Celebrities top right

Snake charmer works rope into tight spiral over his head during rainstorm 41 Blarney Miller top right side

Car drives along sandy beach pulling waterskiier on ocean 42 Blarney Miller bottom

Archeologists find sarchophogus with smiley face 43 Blarney Miller top right

Pedestrians take measured tiptoes between freshly painted crosswalk lines 44 Blarney Miller bottom

Dim Native American uses modern hair clippers to scalp cavalry soldier 45 Blarney Miller top right

Male and female ski partners make stop behind trees, come out a little shaky in the legs 46 Blarney Miller bottom right side

One of the tanks in a parade shoots tank in front (OOPS!) 48 A MAD Warranty top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #198 - April 1978
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Sea hunter stretches and hitches roped harpoon from gun to hang his laundry 6 The Dip bottom right

While one duelist is set to take twenty paces, his opponent is in starting position to sprint 7 The Dip top right

Golfer's club slips out his hands mid-swing, surprisingly goes in the targeted hole 9 The Dip top right

Palm reader Madame Lilia dozes off while reading man's hand 10 The Dip bottom right

Duck pranks his peers down the pond by floating a fascimile with a Donald Duck head toward them 13 Food For Thought top right

Man takes picture tube out of TV set, placed in front of his apartment window to enjoy the city skyline on TV 15 When the "UPC" Symbol
Takes Over Completely top right

Tall ladder seems to curve out at bottom bringing painter on top swooping down 17 School Supplies
Unlimited 1978-79
Wholesale Catalogue bottom right side

Ostrich gets black eye from angry gopher whose hole he buried his head in 22 Kids' Fresh New
Comebacks to Parents'
Tired Old Comments top left side

At the end of lumberjack's wedding, couple march through arch of his peers holding curving crosscut saws 23 Kids' Fresh New
Comebacks to Parents'
Tired Old Comments top right side

Man finds his flowerpot on his apartment balcony empty and a familiar
bouquet in a vase on the neighboring balcony within armsreach across from him 24 Kids' Fresh New
Comebacks to Parents'
Tired Old Comments bottom right side

Hi-rise painter falling off a broken scaffolding frantically paints "HELP" on side of building 25 Spy Vs Spy bottom right side

One soldier from the firing squad shoots the prisoner prematurely 27 Some Legendary
Wire Hangers top right

Barber tending to bald man motions for shoe-shine boy's assistance 28 The Lighter Side of Fire bottom

Arab sheikhs grab their skates and skis as an iceberg gets pulled ashore by two oil ships 29 The Lighter Side of Fire bottom right

Beachcombers begrudgingly trudge a long distance to get
hot dogs from a vendor parked near a bikinied lady sunbathing 30 The Lighter Side of Fire right side

Tightrope walker perplexed when the wire becomes a spider's thread 31 The Lighter Side of Fire top left side

Medieval official motions to competitive jouster he's in the wrong lane 32 The Lighter Side of Fire bottom right side

Angry audience member comes up onstage to confront jugglers with bowling pin that conked him on the head 33 Warranty Questionnaire
from the
Purchasing Public top right

Tourist baffled by Mickey Mouse head sitting within native totem pole carvings 34 You Can't Beat the System top left side

Water stream retains same knotted pattern as it's knotted garden hose source 35 You Can't Beat the System top right

Rain falling on Mexican sleeping on street makes his sombrero an occupied birdbath 38 Ten Little Businessmen near top left side

Marching bandleader calls in percussionist to replace obese
bass-drummer with belly so big his short arms can't reach the skins 41 MAD One-Time
Use Products top right

Chimney breaks off house being hauled by truck, falls on and flattens car driving behind 42 MAD One-Time
Use Products right side

Nurse draws line on sick patient's bedside medical chart tracking downward to hospital floor 43 Alas top right

Nurse directs blind man in veterinarian waiting room to doctor's office next door 44 Alas bottom

Mailman lugs postal-wrapped heavy barbell to muscley man's doorstep 45 Alas top right

Castaway occupies his time on desert island making a community of sand castles with mini-palm-trees 46 Alas bottom right

Man on fire rushing to hospital gets turned away by nurse pointing to "NO SMOKING" sign 47 Alas top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #200 - July 1978
(30 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Overweight angel gets stuck in cloud 6 Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind bottom right

Film set sound-man flirts with lady off camera,
hits another film crewman with boom mic 7 Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind top right

Cop loses suspect after he gets Musketeer costume from shop 8 Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind bottom middle

Skunk sleeps atop a man in a sleeping bag out in the forest 9 Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind top right

Ahab goes to Lost and Found counter for Moby Dick 11 The Rime of the Modern Skateboarder top right

Castaway on island writes out O.S.O. instead of S.O.S. 12 The Rime of the Modern Skateboarder bottom right side

Man drops boat motor pull-cord into water 14 The Rime of the Modern Skateboarder middle right side

Man walking tightrope is actually walking on light bulb cord 15 You Can Never Escape From Stress top right side

Stoned man enjoys watching static on television 17 You Can Never Escape From Stress near middle

Clown on unicycle is about to run over tail of lion with tamer's head in its mouth 18 The Lighter Side of Fads bottom middle

Locals run after hunter carrying supplies after extra truck gets flat tire 19 The Lighter Side of Fads top right

Short building between large buildings needs extra long antennae 20 The Lighter Side of Fads bottom right side

Fisherman catches unexploded mine, thinking it's a fish 21 The Lighter Side of Fads left middle side

Painter discovers hole in paint can has left trail behind him 22 The Lighter Side of Fads bottom right side

Blind man takes vision test by looking at all-black sign 23 Graduating Class Pictures As Staged By Some
of the World's Best-Known Picture-Makers top right

Restaurant owner removes "All You Can Eat"
sign from window as an overweight couple enters 26 When Those "Old Line" Comic Strips Follow
the New Wave, Cerebral "Doonesbury" Trend mid right

Man with finger stuck in gun waits in doctor's office 27 When Those "Old Line" Comic Strips Follow
the New Wave, Cerebral "Doonesbury" Trend top right

Dart flies out of man's flute 29 MAD's College Concert Comic of the Year top right

Hot dog vendor begrudgingly removes clothes to work at nude beach 30 MAD's College Concert Comic of the Year bottom right

Space capsule top from rocket being transported
on flatbed truck falls onto car trailing behind 31 MAD's College Concert Comic of the Year top right

Kid skis straight down steep mountain past surprised climber 32 MAD's College Concert Comic of the Year bottom right side

Attempting to climb a tree, Tarzan's vine breaks as Natives close in on him 33 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man sinks in quick sand and sees sunken warning sign 34 The MAD Book of Odds top left side

Man sprays after shave at bug instead of poison 35 The MAD Book of Odds top right side

Woman uses viking's horned helmet to hold yarn as she knits 37 How to Read Between the Lines top right

Giraffe's mounted head extends through hole in ceiling, into upstairs room 41 A MAD Look at the Moment Before the Disaster top right side

Soldier with flamethrower called over to roast pig 44 The Dummy & Mareek Show bottom middle

Man at end of row of spectators only receives
hot dog bun as kid ate hot dog passing it down 45 The Dummy & Mareek Show top middle

Birds form an orderly line to collect bird seed from man on park bench 46 The Dummy & Mareek Show bottom middle

Gorilla waits in line to buy ticket to Tarzan film 47 The Dummy & Mareek Show top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #202
October 1978
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Venus fly trap plant wears special fly bib 4 Coma-Toast top left side

Circus lion tamer dumbstruck as two lions crash into one
another attempting to jump through same hoop from opposite ends 5 Coma-Toast top right

Man interested in a nose job turns away from plastic surgeon with the same nose as his 6 Coma-Toast bottom right

Tropical natives perform firing squad execution with blowguns 7 Coma-Toast top right

Dinosaur drags tail spikes to plow soil for caveman to seed 8 Coma-Toast bottom right

Street vagrants use cat puppet "perched" on fence with loud
"meow" imitation to collect and peddle the shoes thrown at them 9 Coma-Toast top right

Dracula's toothbrush has raised bristles at the ends for his side-fangs 10 Recycling Your
Throw-Aways top left side

Workman carries leaking bag of soybeans that causes other bag carriers to slip on loose pellets and fall 11 Recycling Your
Throw-Aways top right

Sea captain puts his uniform on a mannequin torso stand for the appearance of
"bravely going down" with his sinking ship while he jumps off with a life preserver 13 "Uncle" - Magazine
For Camp Counselors bottom left side

Tortoise appears to have turbo engine under his shell as hare rushes to finish second place 21 A MAD Look at Some
Unfinished Sentences top right

Glassblower sneezes, busting his glass balloon into an exploded glob ("GESUNDHEIT!") 26 The Lighter Side
of Over-Reacting bottom left

To get to its owner chatting with friend, a dog tied to the leg of fruit-table stand,
breaks it off, spills fruit all over, as grocer looks on scornfully. 27 The Lighter Side
of Over-Reacting bottom right

Mover gets hit by a rain of loose piano keys while hoisting the piano on a rope and pulley 28 The Lighter Side
of Over-Reacting right side

Shipmates pull up their ship's anchor to find a big fish hooked on it 28 The Lighter Side
of Over-Reacting bottom right side

Circus shallow-diver climbs ladder nearly to platform, falls when rung comes loose in his hand
(simmilar drawing to #161 - September 1973 p 45) 30 The Lighter Side
of Over-Reacting bottom right side

Man slyly steals "O" from "CUSTOMS" sign past airport checker 35 "American Recrea-
tional & Resort
Facilities Wholesale
Supply Catalogue" top right

Ventriloquist's dummy wets his pants 43 Lust Boat top right side

King Kong spits out a chunk of large scale hot dog replica atop roadside food stand he passes 44 Lust Boat bottom right corner

Blind man asks dog pound attendant about his seeing-eye dog they got locked up 45 Lust Boat top right

Crew shocked when they remove surface-supplied diver's helmet with his head still inside 46 Lust Boat bottom right

"B" pops out of "BLAM!" sound effect exclamation during
dynamite blast which conks nearby hardhat off his feet 47 Lust Boat top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #205 - March 1979
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Paramedics leave their ambulance stuck in traffic
and carry their patient on stretcher by foot 5 Cease top right side

As nearsighted acupuncturist works on his pained patient,
a harried lady asks if he's seen her knitting needles 6 Cease bottom right

Man takes his buxom lady to a "CLONING LAB" 7 Cease top right

Dim counterfeiter is berated for cutting the dollar bills smaller than the real 8 Cease bottom right

Soldiers aligned at attention with left arm extended out to next man's shoulder,
one man stands 180 degrees from the rest since his left arm's in a sling 9 Cease top right

Skier sustains foot injury with his right ski stuck on the tree stump he ran into 10 Cease right side

The line of bushy trees ends with one with very few leaves right next to the outhouse 15 "Consumer Reports"
Magazine for
Government
Purchasing Agencies top right

Painter high up on building scaffolding with broken protective bar
screams down to ground level at his partner out of view "GESUNDHEIT!" 19 Mad Medals to
be Presented to
Deserving Doctors bottom right side

Armadillo falls in ♥ with a baseball cap 20 The Lighter
Side of Snow bottom left

One of the hillbillies making moonshine uses a sommelier tastevin for tasting 21 The Lighter
Side of Snow right

Showerhead falls off, leaves piping to spray like a hose over naked man's head 22 The Lighter
Side of Snow bottom right side

Flight inspector spots a witch's broom lodged in
a jet engine of a commercial airplane post-flight 23 The Lighter
Side of Snow left side

Mountaineer's pickaxe breaks off at its handle,
he falls regretting buying it with the "SALE CHEAP" tag 24 The Lighter
Side of Snow bottom right side

Bee goes "YEACH!!" trying to cross-pollinate with a gag squirting flower 27 Recycled Magazine
Articles top left

Priest sternly approaches kid floating his paper boat on the holy water font 29 Some Really Dangerous
Stunts We'd Like
to See Evel Knievel
Do on TV top right

Bank robber turns the corner during footchase with police,
drops his loot in the hat of a smiling street bum 31 Other Election
Campaign Acts mid right corner

Ferry assistant runs to stop peer directing cars into rear of boat,
as cars emerge through the front and fall into the water 34 Mad Greeting Cards
for Very
Special Occasions top right

Woman beating dust out of her big butterfly-pattern blanket hanging
from backyard clothesline causes actual butterflies to fly off of it 35 Mad Greeting Cards
for Very
Special Occasions top right corner

Man hanging his hat and coat on barber shop rack
can't help but notice king's crown hanging off it 38 Some "Joy of..."
Books We Could
Really Use top left side

Painter slips on banana peel,
splashes can of black paint on banana-eating man in front of him 39 Some "Joy of..."
Books We Could
Really Use top right

Leopard loincloth falls off blushing Tarzan while he's hanging on a vine 42 Kid's Letters to
Santa After Xmas bottom right side

As hunter shoots at "flying V" bird formation,
curvy "V"-shape stick figure (as it looks far away) falls to the ground 43 Lou Grouch top right side

Pizza shop owner fires dim cook who sticks five
flat circular pieces of raw dough to the ceiling 44 Lou Grouch bottom right

Painter yells at policemen for having criminal's
hands on his "WET PAINT" wall while frisking him 45 Lou Grouch top right

Blowfish falls in ♥ with flail ball that sank to the seabed 46 Lou Grouch bottom right

Noah's Ark tows a pair of skunks on a small wooden boat tied with long rope to the back 47 Lou Grouch top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #209
September 1979
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut floating in space
argue with each other when their support hoses get tangled together 5 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers top right

A castaway on a deserted island gloomily pines for city life while someone
in a city high-rise dreams of escaping to a desert island 6 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers bottom right

Man complains about airship moored to mast upside-down, passengers unable to get off 7 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers top left

One of the racehorses at the starting gate is turned
the opposite direction with tail hanging over door 8 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers bottom right

Hunter driving with dead deer hitched to his car hood passes
soldier with a dead enemy soldier hitched to the hood of his jeep 9 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers top right

The sorceress lights Rapunzel's hair on fire from
bottom of tower as prince climbs up it to save her 10 Invasion of the
Booty Snatchers bottom
right side

Store clerk presses cash register key too hard, shoots
the pointed "NO SALE" sign out, sticks it to the ceiling 15 Guarantees We'd
Like to See top right side

Boxing glove flies off on of boxer's hands and conks a spectator on the head 18 The Lighter Side
of Inadequacy bottom right

Kids play skeet shooting with a bb gun and toast popping out of toaster 19 The Lighter Side
of Inadequacy top right

Lumberjack harnessed high up on redwood tree pulls off and drops starting cord from chainsaw 20 The Lighter Side
of Inadequacy right side

Big muscley man picks up skinny pip-squeak holding umbrella to walk through a rainstorm 21 The Lighter Side
of Inadequacy top left side

Lady in high-rise building hangs her wet undergarments on window clothesline,
attracts all the male residents to their windows in the building on the other side 22 The Lighter Side
of Inadequacy bottom
right side

Ice skater's path on frozen pond becomes more zig-zag after drinking from wino's bottle 24 Future "Famous
Collector's Series" top left side

Patron at diner counter cutting his steak elbows eye of muscley man seated beside him 25 Future "Famous
Collector's Series" top right

Suave man romancing his girl by roaring fire pours champagne into
her open-toed slipper, in turn pouring out to her nightgown-exposed cleavage 28 MAD's "Judge
of the Year" bottom right

Chess player pondering a move for so long
didn't notice his opponent died clutching his heart 29 MAD's "Judge
of the Year" top right

Helicopter flies too close to the clouds, its propeller blades clip an angel on his rear 31 The Turtle top right side

Ancient Greek man curses up to flying Pegasus for pooping on his head 35 Other Household
Security Alarm Systems mid page
right corner

Some of the bees from the hive are able pull the beekeeper's headnet off 37 Spy Vs Spy bottom
right corner

Man going up stairs dumbstruck seeing man going
up inversed side of stairs in an M.C. Escheresque style 38 When "Truth-In-
Advertising" Laws
Apply to Classified Ads top left

Beachcomber reading under a palm tree uses an umbrella to protect from falling coconuts 39 When "Truth-In-
Advertising" Laws
Apply to Classified Ads top right side

Mexican farmhand grabs "JUMPING BEAN" bag instead of feedbag,
leaves his tended chickens involuntarily hopping about 41 A MAD Assortment
of Exposed "Jocks" right corner
under title

Fisherman on canoe lights his pipe and throws out match
unaware an oil tanker broke in two nearby leaving a massive spill 45 Shmork & Windy top right

Archer practicing on target curses goose catching and flying off with arrow 46 Shmork & Windy bottom right

Huge lady bowler uses a hammerthrow-like windup,
clears out the entire alley of bowlers 47 Shmork & Windy top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #210
October 1979
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Old-timey photographer parks his tripod in middle of western duel to shoot one of the gunfighters 4 The Ring and I top left side

Grocery store customer realizes he left his wallet home on a
side table while his large volume of items are being checked out 7 The Ring and I top right

Hat store manager is shocked to see horse pulling junkman's cart
wearing same feather band western hat as the ones he has on window display 8 The Ring and I bottom left

Nurse steps out to shush worker who's hammering "SILENCE HOSPITAL" sign post too loudly 9 The Ring and I top right

While lady visits full body bandaged man in hospital with bouquet of flowers,
bee buzzes out of flowers and stings man on his nose, the only unbandaged area 11 The MAD
Nasty Book top right

Farmer scything field clean for bushels of wheat leaves a lone area where surly bull grazes 15 Sixty Seconds top right side

Sporting goods store employee notices disheveled couple
exit camping tent on showroom display after makeout session 16 Sixty Seconds bottom right

Dim muscley man's idea of flying a kite is grabbing its middle and running,
pulling spool out of dumbstruck kid's hand 17 Sixty Seconds top right

Man walks on sidewalk still singing and grooving to portable
radio by earphone unaware of bank safe that fell inches away from him 18 Sixty Seconds bottom right side

Waiter serving at costume party notices back half
of two-person horse costume has actual horse legs and tail 19 MAD Medals
to Deserving
Professional Athletes top right

Sergio opens can of cat food and pulls out one dead mouse 24 Do-It-Yourself
"Dear John Letter" left side

Picnic ants struggle in carrying their piece of foraged food
while clever one whizzes past them barrel-roll walking on an olive 25 Do-It-Yourself
"Dear John Letter" top right

Young Clark Kent running with train accidently crashes in
and out of back of box truck stopped at railroad crossing 26 The Lighter Side
of Cooling Off bottom left

Suicidal man ties noosed rope to arrow and aims bow to high tree branch 27 The Lighter Side
of Cooling Off mid-top left side

Two mountain climbers reach top of cliff, take one last swing of pick axe over edge,
causes long fault-like crack down the side of cliff, likely to peel like a banana 28 The Lighter Side
of Cooling Off right side

Tarzan's vine-swing snaps off and aggravates a live beehive hanging from tall tree branch 29 The Lighter Side
of Cooling Off bottom left side

Stampede of cattle crosses path of a marathon race leaving their droppings for runners to track 31 Spy Vs Spy bottom

Gym patron drops dead-lift barbell which rolls, injures others in its path 32 MAD's Table of
Useless Weights,
Measures & Distances top left side

Gardener plants joke squirting flower, connected to buried hose,
among real flowers, to deter lady picking from his flowerbed 33 MAD's Table of
Useless Weights,
Measures & Distances top right

Police cuts short chase with carload of bank robbers,
bypasses them to go after dirtbag motorcyclist speeding by 34 Why Do We Assume
It Makes Sense? top left

Tall crosier's hook gets snagged on powerline electrocuting bishop 35 Why Do We Assume
It Makes Sense? bottom vertical

Policeman retrieves baseball which smashed his police car windshield and approaches
kids on sidewalk coyly hiding their mitts under sewer vent and playing leapfrog 39 Wait Till You
Get Home and
Find That... top right

Flower says "GESUNDHEIT!" to other flower whose sneeze blew its petals off 43 VAGUE-$ top right

Angry gardening housewife chases after space aliens
who crash-landed their saucer into her front yard flowerbed 44 VAGUE-$ bottom right

Driver crashes car through wall of driving school before a full class 45 VAGUE-$ top right

Woman confronts robber who breaks into her house during a rainy night,
forces him with shotgun to clean up puddles he made while entering 46 VAGUE-$ bottom

Kid pranksters put plastic grapes in container, frustrating foot-stomping winemaker 47 VAGUE-$ top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #211 - December 1979
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Cyclist in bike race curses out competitor behind him when their wheels interlock 6 The China Sin-Dome bottom

Blind man leaves cane marks on freshly painted wood panel fence 7 The China Sin-Dome top right

Construction crew place "FUTURE SITE ATOMIC PLANT" sign post near fault line
(*marginal double printed - offset printing error) 8 The China Sin-Dome bottom right

Fisherman catches windsurfer's sail handle, pulls him toward shore 9 The China Sin-Dome top right

Bottom man of five-man acrobat team needs to go to the bathroom 10 The China Sin-Dome bottom right side

Airplane model-maker can't find glue tube stuck to his behind 12 The MAD Ad-
Man's Sampler top right

Woman mistakenly uses olive oil instead of wax for shining her kitchen floor 13 The MAD Ad-
Man's Sampler top right

Cyclist in bike race curses out competitor behind him when their wheels interlock
(repeated from page 6, publishing error) 18 The Lighter Side of Guilt top left

Blind man leaves cane marks on freshly painted wood panel fence
(repeated from page 7, publishing error) 19 The Lighter Side of Guilt bottom right

Leak from ceiling over mounted moose head has
lounging man thinking moose is lightly drooling on him 20 The Lighter Side of Guilt bottom right side

Pole vaulter's pole slides deep into gopher hole 21 The Lighter Side of Guilt left side

Bottom man of five-man acrobat team needs to go to the bathroom
(repeated from page 10, publishing error) 22 The Lighter Side of Guilt bottom right side

Freshly dumped man in cement shoes struggles to reach active fishing line 24 The Yellow Pages
Through History -
Paleolithic
Telephone Company top left

Arctic man covers dynamite-connected plunger with seal costume,
baits seal-clubber with raised club at the ready 25 The Yellow Pages
Through History -
Paleolithic
Telephone Company top right

Hand of God holding cigar uses Statue of Liberty to light it 26 A MAD Look at Doors top left side

Perched pelican pained by spikes on his beak regrets catching that blowfish 30 When Women Take
Over Movies Completely top left side

Lounging man with wall-shelves filled with
books behind him is glued to the television set 31 When Women Take
Over Movies Completely top right side

Native Americans prank peer with exploding peace pipe 31 When Women Take
Over Movies Completely near mid right

Airplane model-maker can't find glue tube stuck to his behind
(repeated from page 12, publishing error) 33 When Women Take
Over Movies Completely near mid right

Convict tends to baby sawfish with hopes it'll help him escape when it grows up 35 The Gift top right

Baby uses crayons on a side wall to copycat his
artist father's signature 'squiggly tornado' abstracts 37 MAD's Ingenious
Plan for a More
Efficient Government top right

Director of slapstick comedy film catches pie-in-the-face from one of the actors' slip 41 The MAD Overrated-
Underrated Book top right

Mariachi band trying to serenade senorita on balcony
asks guy on ground floor to turn his phonograph down 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Genie curses at Aladdin for rubbing lamp
while he's in the middle of a make-out session 43 CHiMPs top right side

Castaway stranded in water chomps on long floating tree log he's riding 44 CHiMPs bottom right

Hardhat working on long oil pipeline surprised to
find several hunting dogs chase a fox out the opening 45 CHiMPs top right

Robber breaks through door with many locks and
deadbolts by unscrewing the hinges on the other side 46 CHiMPs bottom

Violin playing pours bars and notes into man's
right ear and leaves clean bars exiting out his left 47 CHiMPs top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #212 -
January 1980
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Horseshoe falls on leprechaun holding four leaf clover crushing his head 4 Alias top right

Hippies leave "HEAD SHOP" shaken finding out they provide shrunken heads in the Amazonian tribal sense 6 Alias bottom right

Surfer rides through barrel of wave that leads him to outer space 7 Alias top right

Window washer falls and hangs off broken scaffolding, tries to grab onto
window of naked woman covering with bath towel who keeps punching his hand off 9 Alias left side

Hillbilly musician blowing on jug plays complicated classic music 9 Alias top right

Soldiers prank their peer in action, his mounted military gun shoots off flags that read "RA-TA-TA-TA..." 10 Alias bottom right

Cleaning lady sweeps away the medals that fell off militiary leader after he put on his well-adorned uniform 11 Alias top right

Rainstorm in Wonderland has Absolem take cover with his hookah under his mushroom 13 Don Martin
Looks at Spiderman top right side

Amputee gives palm reader his hook hand 16 The MAD
Running Primer middle

Street hotdog vendor distracted by passing buxom lady
hands patron a bunned weiner still connected to multiple links 17 The MAD
Running Primer near mid right

Man performing backyard puppet show accidently pushes
cumbersome theater stand over, topples over most of the kid audience 18 The Lighter
Side of Toys middle left

Kid perplexed when tire swing he's riding springs a leak 18 The Lighter
Side of Toys bottom right side

Beachcomber trying to move through complicated obstacle of several pail-shaped
sand castles accidently steps on one causing kid builder to cry to his muscley father 20 The Lighter
Side of Toys top right side

Department store customer approaches line to "REFUNDS" booth with a ballpoint pen
handled daintily between thumb and finger and a splotchy black ink stain on his front shirt pocket 23 TV Ads We'd
Like to See below title right

Lumberjack tries to stop mechanical log-splitting table as mustache-twirling
villian ties up damsel-in-distress on log approaching spinning sawblade 25 More Yellow Pages
Through History -
Imperial Roman
Telephone Company top right

Spiderman eats at dinner table wearing bib with "fly" image 27 Your a Victim of
Bad Timing When... near middle

Manager of corner "LICOR STORE" gripes at workman
who put up "DRINK MILK" roof billboard right above him 28 MAD Medals to
be Presented to
Deserving Students bottom right side

Roman warrior bookends hold up set of books (including MAD
paperbacks), the right soldier holds his foot in pain after his spear slipped 29 Appeals From
Charities
Through History top right

One of the Vikings chases after his winged helmet which flies off his head 34 MAD's "Children's
Movie Producer
of the Year" bottom

Prudish old woman traveling through Giza Egypt takes
offense at a couple of pyramids looking like a bra on the floor 35 MAD's "Children's
Movie Producer
of the Year" top right

Barber shop patron catches manicurist handling his hands picking her teeth 37 Newspaper Stories
We'll Never See top left side

Convict tends to baby sawfish with hopes it'll help him escape when it grows up
(repeat from #211-Dec-'79-p35) 41 More How Can
You Trust... top right

Street sanitation man curses having to sweep away "U's" cluttering from
the "UUUUUUUUUUU..." sound blaring from ambulance driving away 43 Taxing top left side

Beachcomber making out with his bikini lady on a towel is
thrown by kid making pail-shaped sand castle right close to his face 44 Taxing bottom right

While nomadic picnic ants struggle carrying food bits on
their back, one rolls his found olive like a barrel easy-breezy 45 Taxing top right

Worker paving fresh cement on sidewalk pushed over the edge by
wind-up dolls from a street vendor around the corner tracking through 46-47 Taxing shared bottom
right corner

Worker ants are distracted by a beetle with mop-top hair
strumming loud rock from his electric guitar through standing speakers 47 Taxing top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #213 - March 1980
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

One of the habitual measured taps on a metal fence from
the beat cop's baton hits the head of a sitting street bum 5 Moneyraker top right

Tourist greeted with a lei around his neck in Hawaii
flees to avoid swarm of bees wanting to pollinate it 6 Moneyraker bottom right

Waiting along with several cars at a filling station during
gas crunch is a man on foot holding an empty gas can 7 Moneyraker top right

Dutch boy plugging his finger in a dike notices flood
of water breaking through the wall feet away from him 8 Moneyraker bottom left

Asian dreads pulling his rickshaw through automatic car wash 9 Moneyraker top right

Porcupine with shaved head describes to peer incident of reel mower running over his hole 10 Moneyraker bottom left

Butterfly hovers around net hanging off tree banch off edge of cliff where hunter has fallen 11 Moneyraker bottom left side

Farmer aghast at seeing William Gaines picking and eating
every cherry as he passes through a line of cherry trees 13 Sure-Fire
Burglar Deterents top right

A trio of percussionist cavemen take different areas
of a full dinosaur skeleton for a xylophone musical jam 18 "Religion" Promoter
of the Year bottom

Unable to see who's behind a line of beach umbrellas,
man finally lays his blanket next to one with sexy legs poking out 19 "Religion" Promoter
of the Year top right

Cat is delighted its myopic lady owner misreads can
labels from the fridge and pours caviar in her cat food bowl 20 "Religion" Promoter
of the Year bottom right

Winnebago driver's abrupt stop projects kid through
the top frontview window, bawling on the ground 21 "Religion" Promoter
of the Year top right

The sun's rays magnify through an abandoned broken pair of glasses, burn a fly's behind 22 Still More
Yellow Pages
Through History top left

Spotted fish sneezes its spots off (GESUNDHEIT!) 23 Still More
Yellow Pages
Through History top right

Father and son looks in confusion at outdoor balloon peddler who has no
balloons around, his balloon bunch floats with the helium tank skyward 27 Changing Tools
of Education top right side

Asian fakir sprays can of DDT at bedbug near his bed of nails 29 Changing Tools
of Education bottom left side

One of the cows in cowhand's herd has butcher diagram cut-lines on its body 30 The Lighter Side
of Competition bottom right

Mountaineer climbing up a narrow stretch between two
cliffs stews over the crushing of the raw eggs in his backpack 31 The Lighter Side
of Competition top left side

Narrow path on side of mountain has fallen rocks everywhere
except area between two "DANGER FALLING ROCK" signs 32 The Lighter Side
of Competition right side

Kid sustains bruised eye when his sligshot fails 39 Surplus Items
We Can Sell
to the Arabs top right side

Convict with head in guillotine glances up at executioner who's
tied string like a pulley between high blade and his bad tooth 42 Rockhead II top left side

Typist snags her pearl necklace around the typewriter roller 43 Rockhead II top right side

Two hunters wrestle over a rifle as a bull charges
toward one and an alligator crawls up to the other 46 Rockhead II bottom

Circus shallow-diver climbs to top of ladder where he spooks
an eagle who has perched its nest with babies on the platform 47 Rockhead II left side

Writer is unsure why ink drips a little off the lead of his sharpened pencil 47 Rockhead II top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #214 - April 1980
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Firing squad awaiting wall to be built 5 The Calamityville Horror top right

One boomarang throw breaks all four house windows 6 The Calamityville Horror bottom mid-right

Marching drill through apple tree fills soldiers' mouths 6 The Calamityville Horror bottom right side

Pole-vaulter caught midway by helicoptered cameraman 9 The Corncorde - Airplot '79 top left side

Tarzan swinging off spider web 10 The Corncorde - Airplot '79 bottom right side

Cleaning lady's vacuum interrupts man's psychiatry session 10 The Corncorde - Airplot '79 bottom middle

Kid debunks William Tell's brag with pumpkin target 16 The Lighter Side of Celebrations bottom right

Circus knife-thrower slips, kills bystander behind him 17 The Lighter Side of Celebrations top right

Mushroom protects bug from rain but not human foot (upside down) 18 The Lighter Side of Celebrations bottom right side

Samurai's dozes Japanese-font Z's 19 The Lighter Side of Celebrations middle left side

Treeclimber mistakes beehive for coconut 21 MAD Medals middle left side

Young pranksters unleash skunk on Beefeater 22 The Jogger top below-title right

Sword swallower chokes on fishbone during meal 23 The Jogger top right

Web-dangling spider lands on weightlifter's barbell 24 The Jogger middle right side

Pelican about to land on lever as man unravels dynamite 26 MAD's "Necromania Agent" of the Year bottom right

Vampire (Dracula?) and his pet bat in vet waiting room 27 MAD's "Necromania Agent" of the Year top right

Kids use tennis player's racket on their mudpile 30 Still More Yellow Pages Throughout History top left

Tightrope walker and lady unspooling wire confuse each other 31 Still More Yellow Pages Throughout History top right

Soccer player's foot punctured ball 32 MAD Laws top left side

Mickey-Mouse-ears-theme in family pose
syncs with mom's shades and dad's bowtie 33 MAD Laws top right side

Narrow mountain road leaves motorcycle sidecar rider hanging 37 MAD's Academy Awards For Dating bottom left side

Smiling giraffe too close to tree nest of birds 39 MAD's Academy Awards For Dating bottom left side

Cavewoman hangs linen on triceratops' horn 40 Comic Strips Cursing Symbols
to Match a Given Situation above 3rd row mid-left

Hand of God sprays repellent on missile defense 44 The White, Shadowed middle right side

Man with hand drill coyly walks away
from cop guarding nudist camp fence 45 The White, Shadowed top right

Militiary procession stops short destroying several tank guns 46 The White, Shadowed bottom right

Migrating birds hitch on flying "Fly South" banner 47 The White, Shadowed top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #215 - June 1980
(26 entries)

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Naval officer curses man in boat whose harpoon lodges in his submarine 6 A Crock O' (BLIP!) Now bottom right

Woman with burnt-out hair violently confronts
electrician who shorted out salon's hair dryer 7 A Crock O' (BLIP!) Now top middle

Myopic shepherd sheers half his sheepdog within his flock of sheep 8 A Crock O' (BLIP!) Now top right

Man runs down banked luge track chasing his sled 9 A Crock O' (BLIP!) Now bottom left side

Ferocious dog at finish line scares hare allowing tortoise to win the race 13 A MAD Look at the Future
With The Energy Crunch top right

Man uses his dog over his head as shield while walking through rainstorm 15 MAD's "TV Guide"
Textbook top left side

Institute For the Deaf located in city building suitably
between flamenco dance studio and bowling alley 21 Signs We'd Like to See top right side

Dinosaur sneezes the spines off his back (Gesundheit!) 22 Signs We'd Like to See mid right

Vultures perch on raised rifle of soldier as his unit travels through water 23 Signs We'd Like to See mid right

Cop yells at mugger assaulting victim to "KEEP OFF THE GRASS" 25 Things You Can Do to
Remember Your Car By mid right

Chef fumes, splattered in stew as kids from little league
enter restaurant kitchen, look for their baseball which landed in his pot 26 The Lighter Side
of the Idiot Box bottom center

Laundry van driver races into theater with a load of top hats
as showgirls dance on stage doffing baseball caps and fedoras 27 The Lighter Side
of the Idiot Box top right

As his ship sinks to the seabed, pirate ponders the cannonball he dropped 28 The Lighter Side
of the Idiot Box bottom right side

Hardhats celebrate striking oil unaware they hit a pipeline 29 The Lighter Side
of the Idiot Box left side

Hardhat high above on girder holding just the handle
watches rest of lunchbox drop on head of passerby 31 MAD's Energy Crisis
Mother Goose top right side

Hunter thinks his pointing dog found a rabbit,
but it's the bunny mascot on cover of discarded Playboy Magazine 34 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Wrecking ball swings back toward crane, knocking operator off driver's seat 35 Six Minutes On the
Return of the Draft top right side

Lumberjack yells "TIMBER!" as measly tree falls down,
barely touching his peer nearby 37 Six Minutes On the
Return of the Draft top right

Blade falls off Jack's ax handle as he attempts to chop beanstalk giant climbs down 38 Six Minutes On the
Return of the Draft bottom right side

During karate match, fighter stumbles, falls over his drooping uniform belt 40 MAD "No Tip" Cards top right

Pole vaulter hangs over crossbar which kid pranksters nailed to supports 41 Diff'rent Jokes top right side

Nurse uses patient's elevated casted legs to hold yarn as she makes ball for knitting 43 Diff'rent Jokes top right

Zookeeper and kids take snake who swallowed soccerball to vet 44 Diff'rent Jokes bottom center

Thinking puddle was produced from framed picture of a fireman working hose,
man fails to see dog exiting around the corner 45 Diff'rent Jokes top right

Stranded windsurfer uses hitchhiking thumb on passing yacht 46 Diff'rent Jokes bottom right

Mischievous Lilliputians light up tree trunk to play hot foot with tied-up Gulliver 47 Diff'rent Jokes top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #216 - July 1980
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Adam and Eve play jumprope by tying serpent's tail to apple tree 5 Star Blecch:
The (Gacck!)
Motion Picture top right

Artist on cliff edge stops short painting mountain
landscape as canvas and easel break off and fall away 6 Star Blecch:
The (Gacck!)
Motion Picture bottom
right side

Sidewalk ad man leaves his sandwich board and
stilted pants outside as he uses the water closet 8 Star Blecch:
The (Gacck!)
Motion Picture bottom
right side

Bug struggles to climb up toilet paper sheets as it unravels them off the bathroom roller 10 Star Blecch:
The (Gacck!)
Motion Picture bottom
right side

Open box truck full of "NATURAL FERTILIZER" drives down a bumpy road,
dung flings toward all the enraged drivers behind it 11 An Eye-popping
Scene on a Corner top right

A bowling pin is rolled toward a triangle formation of bowling balls 11 An Eye-popping
Scene on a Corner bottom right

Mexican bandito Sergio has hole in large brim of his sombrero for bayonet
attached to his rifle to poke up through when he stands at attention 13 Election Year
Jabberwocky top right side

Robbers wearing roller skates during bank hold-up make a smoother escape 18 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch top left

Deaf person struggles adjusting knobs of hearing
aid and home radio unaware the latter is unplugged 18 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch bottom

Worm falls in ❤ with shoelace hanging off stray boot 19 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch top right

Muscley man pulls cover off street manhole to use over head during rainstorm 20 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch right side

Painter pulls up his end of pullied scaffold for better view of passing buxom lady,
making his partner fall off the other end 21 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch bottom left side

Circus acrobat gets jealous when his female partner
seated on pole balanced on his head flirts with trapeze man 22 The Lighter Side of
Keeping In Touch bottom
right side

Prisoner in high cell motions to peer on ground
to throw him file he dropped from iron bar window 24 Energy Crisis
Newspaper Story left side

Discus thrower is approached by angry bystander with discus stuck in his mouth 28 Congressional
TV Show below first
row center

Lady curbs her average dog near hydrant with scoop,
as boy with big dog approaches carrying a toy bulldozer 29 Congressional
TV Show below second
row center

Pitcher during ballgame prepares to throw ball tied by a string to his bad tooth 31 MAD Laws
2nd Edition top right side

Backstage leg-level POV of Miss Universe pageant, one contestant sneezes
her bikini top off (GESUNDHEIT!) to audience of leering smiling men 35 High School
Yearbook For
Average Clods top right

One of five parachutists forming a midair
circle reaches out a hook hand for partner to grab 41 Snappy Answers
Fishing Incident top right

Monk throws big marble Buddha statue from fourth floor
of burning temple building to firemen below holding lifenet 43 Bentson top right side

Surfers look dumbfounded at man rides with
speedboat engine attached to end of his surfboard 44 Bentson bottom right

Baby ducklings veer away from their mother
and swim in line behind submarine periscope 45 Bentson top right

Picnickers noticing fox run across their blanket
unaware hunters on horses with their hounds follow behind 45 Bentson left side

Man in snowy region walks across frozen pond
with saw to cut out big ice cube for his drink 46 Bentson bottom right

Cleaning lady sweeps sand from beach to ocean across shoreline 47 Bentson left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #220 - January 1981
(22 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Angry man rolls up his sleeve, leaves audience to confront
circus juggler whose slipped bowling pin gave him a black eye 6 Star Bores: The
Empire Strikes Out bottom right

Blind man on sidewalk struggles without
his cane which got snagged on a sewer grate 7 Star Bores: The
Empire Strikes Out top right

One of the struggling dance marathon contestants notices a couple
with a wind-up lever on the man's back dancing without a sweat 8 Star Bores: The
Empire Strikes Out bottom right

Drenched Mexican reluctantly lets his wife wear
his sombrero as they stroll through a rainstorm 9 Star Bores: The
Empire Strikes Out top right

Man crawls backwards to flee from skunk,
is about to get stung by a porcupine from behind 10 Star Bores: The
Empire Strikes Out bottom right

Mountaineering team nears elevated edge jutting
off side which has a full public street garbage can 13 A MAD Auction of
Some Legendary
Celebrities'
Personal Items bottom
right side

Cowboy lets gun go during a spin,
drops in second floor window where kid joyfully picks it up 16 A Mad Guide to
The Double
Standards of Age top left side

Jack climbs beanstalk through the clouds to find St Peter,
with angels, holding the keys in heaven 18 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Butcher distracted by buxom women passing by his
shop window slices up the cutting board along with meat tube 19 Amalgamated Student
Supply Catalogue top right

One of the hanging brass pendulums with spike end
breaks off old-fashioned wall clock and falls on man's foot 24 Everyday Crimes That
Should Be Punished top left side

Rolling die sneezes all its pips off (GESUNDHEIT!) 25 Everyday Crimes That
Should Be Punished top right

Tree climbing lumberjack goes up tall trunk to find sharpened pencil as tip 29 Really Important and
Relevant Life Spans top left side

Stationary exercise-bike riders are confused by competitive
cyclist on third exercise-bike racing to "pass by them" in the gym 32 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

MAD Zeppelin enjoys a drive-in movie parked with the cars 33 The Lighter Side of... top right

Roller skating man gets his skates stuck in "FRESH CEMENT"
along with his socks after getting out of his skates 34 The Lighter Side of... center
near bottom

Nurse steps out to shush worker who's hammering
"SILENCE HOSPITAL" sign post too loudly 35 The Lighter Side of... mid upper right

Tip man on water skiing pyramid team
knocks off and sticks on low bridge as they pass 38 "Is the
Pope Catholic?" bottom left side

Witch "parks" her broom to peer through window
of hi-rise resident watching NBC on television 39 "Is the
Pope Catholic?" mid upper right

Suave man over-presses seltzer bottle toward his
date's cocktail glass, richochets soda right into her face 41 Burning Calories
Without Exercise top right

Drivers nearest ice-cream truck stuck
in long line of traffic have no complaints 44 Queezy bottom right

Walking around scriptorium where monks are copying
texts with quills is a nearly-bald and cursing bird 45 Queezy top right

Last jockey in horse race notices in shock the track
rolling up like a carpet about to envelope all riders and horses 47 Queezy top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #223 - June 1981
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Cat falls in ❤ with Kit-Cat Klock 4 Dullus top left side

Boy asks mother about missing roller skate, which father slipped and fell on down staircase 6 Dullus bottom right
corner

Football kicker wonders why his punt makes a "TINKLE!" noise 7 Dullus top right

Medics rush a gurneyed patient to the emergency room,
get cursed out by custodian lady cleaning the floor 8 Dullus bottom right

MAD Zeppelin in line with commercial planes for take-off 9 Dullus top right

Boy with a bunch of helium balloons keeps from floating away by holding dog's tail 12 T-Shirts Through the Ages top left side

Man on sidewalk gives nurse bandaging his head
the flower from flowerpot that fell from top of building 14 New Inventions to Make
Old inventions Practical top left side

Kids' dog-drawn sled ride stops when dog flees leash and grabs dangling bone on the stick 15 New Inventions to Make
Old inventions Practical top right

Blind bum on sidewalk with donation cup gets no passersby,
"CLOSED FOR REPAIRS" sign blocks off street 18 The Old Gray Line bottom right side

Snake charmer brings dozing snake to snake charmer's complaint booth 20 The New Gray Line top right

Mechanical riding bull in cowboy bar inexplicably has udders 24 The MAD Sale of Expendable
American Properties,
Landmarks and Monuments top left side

Most spectators still look up in the air, unaware human cannonball Zappo overshot safety net 26 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

Patron motions to waiter, boot flew off a Russian squat dancer into his food 27 The Lighter Side of... top right

Man getting mugged in alley leers at his muzzled guard-dog 28 The Lighter Side of... near middle right

Man drags filled gas can a long distance to his car, unaware of leak leaving most of it behind 30 The Lighter Side of... bottom right side

YMCA patron chases after rolling dead-lift barbell tripping others in its path 31 A "Let The Punishment
Fit The Crime" Up-date middle right

Obese boys at either end of seesaw cause it to buckle 32 A "Let The Punishment
Fit The Crime" Up-date middle right

Female undergarments flying out of the middle of a
procession of marching soldiers brings smiles in the back 33 A "Let The Punishment
Fit The Crime" Up-date middle right

Angels baffled by devils lounging up in their clouds 36 Unsung "Crossings" top left side

Giraffe fantasizes partner's neck stripped bare of spots 37 Unsung "Crossings" top right side

Man's attempted suicide-by-hanging thwarted by woman taking his chair for family dinner 42 Extraordinary People bottom right side

Man notices several miniature pairs of animals stepping off his model Noah's Ark in bottle 43 Extraordinary People top right

Bandito handling dynamite lever botches train-robbing plan,
blows up two-man handcar instead of train 44 Extraordinary People bottom right

Traveling down a road, robbers in pickup steal furniture from back of moving truck 45 Extraordinary People top right

During rainstorm, birds use sleeping Mexican bum's sombrero as birdbath 46 Extraordinary People bottom right

Man tells "big fish" story to listeners who aren't buying it 47 Extraordinary People top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #225 - September 1981
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Tattooist runs for his life after misspelling tough guy's tattoo 4 Flopeye bottom

Acrobat on tightrope meets blind man and guide dog 5 Flopeye top right

Headstone falls on loved one leaving flowers 7 Flopeye top right

Man rushes to deliver wheel to construction worker struggling with barrow of bricks 13 If They Can Put a Man on the Moon,
Then Why Can't They... top right

Stunt motorcyclist mid-jump over cars sees barking bulldog on his landing ramp 17 Mad's Airline President of the Year top right

Elephant leaves big hoofprint on snake 19 Mad's Really Relevant Book of Lists upper left side

Patient steals dentist's wallet 21 Mad's Career-Oriented Mother Goose near top left

Sergio paints pretty, naked woman like stick figure 19 Spy vs. Spy lower left side

This marginal closed for repairs 18 The Lighter Side of... lower mid right

Fellow prisoner paints guillotine "out of order" sign so convict won't be executed 17 The Lighter Side of... mid left vertical

Ant carries Alka Seltzer back to anthill 16 The Lighter Side of... top

Painter, appearing to stare through door keyhole, paints a keyhole on canvas 15 The Lighter Side of... top

Mexican fills his friends pants with sweat from his tilted sombrero on a hot day 14 The Lighter Side of... top

S.O.S. messages go through stock market screen 13 William Shakespeare...Social Critic top right

Executioner's clothes dry on clothesline while he sharpens his axe 9 Real Life Madness top right

Patron put off by waiter dumping his dirty dishes
on his table to fish for a light for his cigarette 7 Assaulted State top right

Cleaning lady casually sweeps dirt under 800 kg. weight in a health club 6 Assaulted State bottom right

Naked prisoners wait for clothes to be washed and dried on a clothesline 5 Assaulted State top right

Kid scares customer with lion mask, making his hair spike up so barber can cut it 4 Assaulted State bottom right

Devil in hell wears "I ❤ NY" shirt 3 Assaulted State upper left side

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #226 - October 1981
(29 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man in desert looking for water crosses paths with man looking for gas 5 Superduperman II bottom

A knight in stiff armor is followed by his assistants
who carry a helmet, sword, shield and oil can 6 Superduperman II bottom right

Champagne cork knocks bee hive onto picnicking couple 7 Superduperman II top right

Castaway on island is sad he has no surfboard for waves 8 Superduperman II bottom right

Vikings use a horned helmet in a slingshot game, head Viking not pleased 9 Superduperman II top right

Man walking with wife is embarrassed as they pass smiling prostitutes 10 Superduperman II bottom right

Man chased by natives cuts down tree to cross river, but it sinks 11 Superduperman II top right

Man dreams of sawing logs, sawdust drops out of dream bubble onto wife 13 Superduperman II bottom left side

Man with bandaged head takes son's skateboard to complaints department 13 Superduperman II top right

Man with parachute waits for his turn on high dive 17 S.T.O.P. 1981 Supply Catalogue bottom left side

New Year's partier spills food on his shoes from paper plate on his lap 21 Stuff We Don't Get
to See on the Tube top right side

Worker on skyscraper is unaware coworker fell off due to sneeze (Gesundheit!) 22 Stuff We Don't Get
to See on the Tube bottom right side

Spider pretends to be Tarzan, swinging on web 24 A Pledge The Employees
Can Really Live Up To top right side

Mom watches in horror as boy plays with cowboy and prostitute marionettes 26 The Lighter Side Of... bottom right side

Kid cuts trail for toy cars in grass with dad's electric razor 27 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Mountain climbers realize they're on an active volcano 28 The Lighter Side Of... bottom vertical

Worker is reprimanded for painting crosswalk lines the wrong direction 29 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Baby kangaroo is scolded for going to bathroom in mother's pouch 30 The Lighter Side Of... near mid right

Woman jumps from burning building towards firemens' lifenet,
with baby in stroller 31 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Frog wears "Kiss Me I'm A Prince" t-shirt 32 How Many Mistakes Can You Find
In This Picture (rock concert)? top left side

Man paints canon and runs as it fires towards him 35 Thought Patterns For Assorted
Real-Life Every-Day Situations top right side

Man thinks a man describing a fish is describing a woman 35 Thought Patterns For Assorted
Real-Life Every-Day Situations mid right

Frames fall off man's film reel as he inspects it 37 Still More American Jokes
They're Telling in Poland top right side

Old snail has "Condemned" sign on shell 41 Roadside Plaques …That We Never
Waited Around to Finish Reading top right

Two chess pieces play chess with miniature humans 43 Too Gross For Comfort top right

People take hotel awning with them to walk in the rain 44 Too Gross For Comfort bottom

Snake charmer chases snake that hates his music 45 Too Gross For Comfort top right

Woman wears sombrero to carry two pots on her head,
rather than one like the others 46 Too Gross For Comfort bottom right

A white blind man's cane makes "Tap" sound,
while a Black man's makes a "Jazz" sound 47 Too Gross For Comfort top

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #227 - December 1981
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Angel spirit that left dead body on the street floats up to curse out
the painter on building scaffold who dropped a can of paint on his head 11 The Mad TV
Coroner's Report top left side

Street ventriloquist envisions passing buxon lady without her
clothes while his dummy fantasizes she was originally a tree stump 13 The Mad TV
Coroner's Report top

Parachute catches exhaust, pulls drag racer out of his revving dragster 14 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

Pairs of prehistoric animals file their way toward Noah's Ark 15 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

Helicopter carries big cork to plug up polluting smokestack 16 The Lighter Side of... mid vertical

Men is deep sea diving uniforms march on strike outside lobster restaurant 17 The Lighter Side of... right near middle

Owner slowly walks his sick pet turtle to vet's office only to find it closed 21 MAD Careers for
the Slow and Lazy top right

Mugger boredly waits around the corner for a victim,
unaware a "CLOSED FOR REPAIRS" sign blocks off the other end of the sidewalk 26 Don Martin's
Ecchcaliber bottom right

All the men on the beach pick up their blankets and race
further down where the buxom lady in the bikini decides to sunbathe 27 Don Martin's
Ecchcaliber top right

Mexican chops down tall tree that knocks through side wall and crushes entire firing squad to prisoner's delight 31 A MAD Look
at Teachers top left side

Cupid in Heaven practices his archery on a heart shaped target 31 A MAD Look
at Teachers top right side

One of the kids flying kites notices a vampire kid bring his bat-shaped kite 32 A MAD Look
at Teachers left near middle

Castaway on deserted island ties fishing line to a palm tree and bends its trunk toward the water to catch fish 33 A MAD Look
at Teachers bottom left

Suave man having a romantic dinner date over a long table
uses a stilt dressed in pant leg and shoe to play footsie with his lady 35 More Sub-Divisions
for Public Places under title right

Anteater hides behind bushes and places Groucho glasses on the tip of his snout to confuse his ant prey 37 You Can't Win! under title left

Naked prisoners share a good laugh at the head guard who bark at
them for tying all their uniforms together to escape really high cell window 42 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

Rows behind tractor pulling a disk plow curl like ribbons back at him 44 Magnumb, P.U. bottom right side

Vampires standing back to back prepare to duel on a moonlit night with mallots and stakes at the ready 45 Magnumb, P.U. top right

Dogwalker handles several dogs at once, carries a huge pooper-scooper and broom 46 Magnumb, P.U. bottom

Embarrassed hummingbird pricks bee, occupied in flower pollinating 47 Magnumb, P.U. top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #229 - March 1982
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Glass deliverers bend a pane around street corner 6 For Her Thighs Only right bottom corner

Stalled magic flying carpet gets midair tow 7 For Her Thighs Only mid top

Buzzards perched on roadside hamburger stand sign
wait for customers that never come, owner wonders why 8 For Her Thighs Only bottom right side

Circus parade halts at "Dead End" scrawled on fake fence by prankster kids 9 For Her Thighs Only top right

Lipstick on his cheek, ugly motorcycle cop tears up ticket he was writing
for woman as she speeds away, wipes her mouth and says 'Yeach!!' 10 For Her Thighs Only bottom right side

Gopher pops head out of hole facing away from soccer ball, a player prepares to kick 13 A Mad Report on Progress top right side

Sodom and Gomorrah burn in the background as Lot carries his wife (now a
pillar of salt) in a burlap bag, dreams of the money he'll make filling salt shakers 15 If the Underworld Were
Allowed to Advertise top right side

Truck driver ignores sign, crashes down into ditch where workers pick away at culvert 20 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

As kid does math on chalkboard, teacher prepares
to slingshot a wad at him from back of class 21 The Lighter Side of... top right

Butterfly netter accidentally catches lacrosse ball during match 22 The Lighter Side of... top right

Generals bring cannons to their duel 23 The Lighter Side of... top right

Woman shrieks atop chair at man dressed as mouse at a costume party 24 The Lighter Side of... top right

Fisherman on top of market reels down to fish on sidewalk display 27 A Mad Look at The Idiocy
of Young Athletes Who
Imitate the Pros on TV top right side

Boombox blaring bonehead flips off people warning him about safe falling from above 30 Spy vs Spy bottom right corner

Tarzan swings into shocking power lines 31 Whatever Became of...? middle left

Oblivious whistling headphone wearer doesn't see knife-wielding mugger 35 A Mad Look
At Lousy Kissers top right

Earth-gazing astronaut sees giant dripping tap poking out of Pacific ocean 37 A Mad Guide to
Understanding Statistics top right side

Top of four circus shoulder-standers presents flowers to swinging lady on trapeze 40 Mad's Do-It-Yourself
Comedy Routine mid left corner

Mountain climber stops for traffic light 41 Mad's Do-It-Yourself
Comedy Routine bottom right side

Lady carrying plates of meals prepares to sneeze 43 Family Fools top right side

Two guys vie for last seat in crowded bleachers 45 Family Fools top right

Tracks show path of skier who relieved himself behind tree 45 Family Fools bottom left side

Kids perform shotgun wedding dressed up in oversized clothes 46 Family Fools bottom right side

Rain activates cargo in Alka-Seltzer truck, bubbles trail behind 47 Family Fools top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #230 - April 1982
(23 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Disgruntled man goes to clean up elephant poop at game park 5 Video Games Based On Real Life right

Black squares fall off official's checkered flag during race 10 Questions We'd Like to Ask
Some TV Advertisers top left side

Man gambling on street corner tosses dice down sewer drain 11 Questions We'd Like to Ask
Some TV Advertisers mid below title

Woman searches for child who rides away in near-sighted mailman's carrier 15 The MAD "Cost of Living" Index near middle

Devil brings nuclear atom to others shoveling coal in hell 17 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Woman gives coin to beggar who plans to use it in parking meter 18 The Lighter Side Of... top

Man holds dog over parked cars to "curb" it as cop approaches 19 The Lighter Side Of... right

Overweight man takes up two barstools at busy bar 20 The Lighter Side Of... near middle

Woman sweeps up playing card suits on floor of game room 20 The Lighter Side Of... right side
bottom

Frankenstein's monster smashes shoeshine boy's stand by accident 23 Only A True Rock Fan Would… top right
corner

Beggar plays violin outside Violin School, angering owner 24 Only A True Rock Fan Would… right side
bottom

Water skier is hit straight on by front of large boat, leaving skis on either side 25 The Model Majority Manual top left

Bird catches frog by the tongue which caught a fly 27 The Model Majority Manual near top
vertical

As rocket stages break off in space, Jack in the Box head pops out 34 Spy vs Spy left side
bottom

Mountain climber is stunned by graffiti on mountain top 34 Spy vs Spy right side

Pranksters direct foot race into woman's garden 35 The "Star Wars" Log top right
corner

Logger finds telephone pole in water with logs 36 The "Star Wars" Log left middle

Sergio's pencil drips ink 40 It's A Small Victory! top left side

Prankster draws chalk outline in living room to scare woman 41 It's A Small Victory! top right side

Woman thinks octopus grabbing leg under water is man flirting with foot 44 Degenerate Hospital right side

Men push stuck Goodyear blimp out of building window 45 Degenerate Hospital top right

Sign store's sign is ruined by the rain 46 Degenerate Hospital bottom right
corner

Firing squad kills general on accident 47 Degenerate Hospital top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #233 - September 1982
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man sneezes the contents of his plate across the long dinner table,
soiling dinner guests (GESUNDHEIT!) 4 Ronald Reagan -
Now Starring at
the White House near top right

Mobster's victim in cement shoes requests inflatable
animal head float ring before being thrown in water 5 Ronald Reagan -
Now Starring at
the White House top right side

Dog walker passes another with devil tail jutting out of his longcoat walking three-headed dog 6 Ronald Reagan -
Now Starring at
the White House one-third
down right

Dog in desert walks away pained after urinating on cactus 7 Ronald Reagan -
Now Starring at
the White House one-third
up right

Angry muscley gym patron holding round punching bag that
hit him approaches average patron who knocked it off its tether 8 Ronald Reagan -
Now Starring at
the White House one-third
up right

Man hides from his confused dog holding its walking leash while it's raining hard outside 10 The Mad Overrated
Underrated Book 2 near top

One of Pacman's ghosts hides from hunter in forest 11 The Mad Overrated
Underrated Book 2 top mid right

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion reach Oz
to find a "CLOSED FOR VACATION" sign on the front gates 13 Spy Vs Spy bottom left side

Native American's smoke signals start a full letter to Sitting Bull in cursive 14 Mad's All-Inclusive
Do-It-Yourself
Country Western Song mid top vertical

Drunk shepherd and flock of sheep stagger away from crashed whiskey tanker truck 15 Mad's All-Inclusive
Do-It-Yourself
Country Western Song bottom right
corner

Myopic butterfly catcher chases falling leaf with his net 16 The Lighter Side of... top

Kid blasts horn while cycling on sidewalk past man he leaves clutching his chest 17 The Lighter Side of... bottom left side

Man in straight line of typing pool desks turns his desk and
chair around for face-to-face view of pretty lady co-worker behind him 18 The Lighter Side of... mid vertical

Lady confronts hired painter who painstakingly draws
vertical lines on her wall that she wanted in a dot design 19 The Lighter Side of... top right

Mugger behind a fence awaits his next victim as circus trainer walks his surly bear on a leash 20 The Lighter Side of... bottom right side

Impatient monk taps on front window of shoe store
while his peer takes off his sandals and tries on cowboy boots 22 A 21st Century Guide
to American Wildlife top left side

Gabby lady is eager to use public phonebooth before it's even
dropped into place and installed by Bell Company hardhats 26 Isn't It Suspicious... lower vertical

Line on chart in hi-rise financial office takes deep dive and
plunges further to open window where the broker with marker jumped 27 Isn't It Suspicious... top right

Girl with Walkman rollerskates past wealthy man rollerskating with his
headphones connected to a huge boombox on a dolly pushed by his servant 34 Six Minutes Looks
at Nuclear Power bottom

Film crew full of smokers coughs excessively while shooting a cigarette commercial 35 Six Minutes Looks
at Nuclear Power top right

Onlookers in vet waiting room stare at zookeeper with big snake swallowing most of his left leg 36 Six Minutes Looks
at Nuclear Power bottom right side

Man excitedly follows his divining rod around the corner where a water tanker truck is parked 39 "How Many
Mistakes...?
(Video Game Center)" bottom right
corner

Man lounges on beach with fishing line tied to his big toe,
while prankster kids tie the other end to the legs of a duck 43 The Brawl Guy top right side

Pool hustler pranked by opponent prepares to shoot black round bomb with "8" painted on it 45 The Brawl Guy bottom left side

Bird nervously grasps frayed ends of a wire perched on by several other bird,
as Pacman chomps toward them on a different end 45 The Brawl Guy top right

Passing biker's engine shatters glass panels on a flatbed truck 46 The Brawl Guy bottom right

Wife fantasizes of skiing vacation getaway as her husband points
at poster of bikini-wearing ladies playing on a tropical beach 47 The Brawl Guy top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #238 - April 1983
(21 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Cartoon bomb blends with pellets down Pac-Man's path 5 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman top left side

Organ-grinder's monkey returns from fruit stand
looking like a walking bunch of bananas 5 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman corner top right side,
right of title

Gopher pops out of wheelbarrow surprising hole-digger 6 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman bottom right

Strong wind gives man's kite no vertical lift 7 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman top right

Trapped Pueblo Indians scream for help after their big ladder falls 8 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman mid-top right side

Frantic Moses saws off extra Commandments from his tablets 8 An Officer Ain't No Gentleman bottom left

Man in overcoat plummets down side of city YWCA building,
flashes clad woman on three levels on the way down 16 MAD's X-Reagans bottom left side

Marching soldiers arc their line to avoid fresh dog poo 17 MAD's X-Reagans bottom mid vertical

Photojournalists on beach ogle bikini beauty,
missing several catastrophies in the water 18 MAD's X-Reagans bottom left side

Most of smiling duelist's twenty paces are down stairs 19 MAD's Suggestions For How
Our Cities Can Solve Their Problems top left side

Weightlifter thinks he hears his back snap,
but it's a cleaning lady's broom stick snapping apart 21 MAD's Suggestions For How
Our Cities Can Solve Their Problems bottom middle

Phone cord serves as model for sculptor's big spiral work-in-progress 26 The Lighter Side of... mid-top right side

Boy's soldier doll has real flamethrower, torches girl's dollhouse 27 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

Fabric vender docks on tropical island, tries to sell tartan pattern to natives 29 The Lighter Side of... above 2nd row right

E.T. sits for palmreading 33 You Know He/She is Not For You When... top right

Skateboarder leaps over car, unaware of huge construction hole 40 If Parents and Children Behaved
Like Professional Sports Figures top left side

Balloon vender popular with passersby seeking rain protection 41 If Parents and Children Behaved
Like Professional Sports Figures top right side

King Kong more smitten with his female captive's dress 42 Spy Vs Spy botton left side

Cops find giant can opener involved in armored car heist 45 Private Benjurmind top right

Delivery man stews over walking trees to other side of low tunnel 46 Private Benjurmind bottom right

Excited patrons about to enter Playboy Club unaware of overweight Bunnies 47 Private Benjurmind top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #239
June 1983
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

ET stretches his neck up to second floor window he passes
on the street to peep at naked lady clad with bath towel 4 Simple & Simple top left side

Aborigines spend a leisurely day playing hammer throw with long-haired shrunken heads 6 Simple & Simple bottom

Man driving his sports car finds the road with a big
sardine can key attached peeling back and coiling towards him 7 Simple & Simple left side
near top

Blimp operator stops his craft, deflated at the tip, approaches passing bicyclist for a tire pump 8 Simple & Simple top right corner

Stranded man crawling through desert discovers the sand provided by an operating dump truck 9 Simple & Simple bottom

Circus workers rush with safety net to chase after human cannonball who was overshot 12 Places to Hide
the M-X Missiles mid top
vertical

Passing tornado circles around church 14 Pages from
Celebrities Calendars left side

Snake startles soldier popping out of his leafy camo helmet 15 Pages from
Celebrities Calendars mid vertical

Native American grabs blanket from sleeping tribesman to make smoke signals 16 The Lighter Side of... bottom right
corner

Octopus uses fish puppets on his arms poking out behind a seabed crater to lure other fish 17 The Lighter Side of... top right

Rodeo attendants run out of stadium to chase after cowboy attached to bucking horse 18 The Lighter Side of... top

Bottom man in mountain climbing team carves "S.O.S." on side of cliff as his rope continues fraying 19 The Lighter Side of... near mid vertical

Confused driving tourist can't figure how he ended up in a line of aircraft awaiting takeoff 20 The Lighter Side of... top right

Tennis player Nick Meglin angrily approaches kids using his racket to strain fish out of a pond 23 A Mad Look at
Big-Time TV top right

Nazi officer uses his spiked helmet to carve "FRITZ ❤ HELGA" on a wall for his liebchien (sweetheart) 25 "Defense Contractor"
of the Year left near top

Injured and weathered jungle explorers
ecstatically find a ➕ sign which leads around the corner to a witch doctor 26 and 27 "Defense Contractor"
of the Year combined bottom
right corner

Market keeper outside storefront spots fishing line
descending from higher up the building to his fresh fish stand 27 "Defense Contractor"
of the Year top left side

Astronaut in orbit peers out his craft to find the earth is a helium balloon held by a big baby in the clouds 29 Long Distance Runs
of the Future top right side

Man's guard dog befriends mugger who holds him up 33 More Parental
Non-Sequiturs near mid right

Two romantic ostriches kiss underground from ends where they each bury their heads 37 Personalized
License Plates top right

Anchor drops on hose of surface-supplied diver while he's walking the seabed 40 Spy Vs Spy bottom right side

Prankster musicians in the front of orchestra switch conductor's wand with a limp one 41 The Verdicch top right side

Firemen ask farmer for hydrant to extinguish burning
barn when all he can offer is an old-fashioned water pump 42 The Verdicch bottom right

Surfer riding barrel of wave dumbstruck to find another surfer upside-down above him 44 The Verdicch bottom right

Following a couple of rats is a smaller one wearing Mickey Mouse ears 46 The Verdicch bottom right

Patron pours icecubes down the pants of lounge singer who flirts with his date at their table 47 The Verdicch top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #243
December 1983
(24 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Workman lopping off legs from a vat of dead frogs for a French
restaurant finds he inadvertanty threw frog prince's crown on the conveyor belt 6 Stuporman ZZZ bottom right

Overzealous father runs holding kite to prepare for flight, his son handling the spool drags behind airborne 7 Stuporman ZZZ top right

Myopic groundsworker turns on big marble water fountain, doesn't see custodian cleaning inside it 8 Stuporman ZZZ bottom right

Vendor walks in automatic car wash with umbrella to get his hot dog cart cleaned 9 Stuporman ZZZ top left

Workman for long pipeline keeps his fingers in circle of
correct diameter as he rushes to get replacement for leaking pipe 11 Aptitude Test #1
Will You Make
a Good Doctor? top right side

Asian man finds tiny woodpecker tapping at his table bonsai plant 15 Cosmetics For Kids top right side

Blind man passing through sidewalk enjoyed hitting beat cop on his shin while tapping his cane to building 16 The Lighter Side of... bottom right side

Elderly man in wheelchair curses his nurse assistant for passing him by a storefront peep show/porn shop 17 The Lighter Side of... top right

Two thugs wait for airport customs, curse over the man before them wearing a leg cast,
which will ruin their fake leg casts concealing contraband 18 The Lighter Side of... top right

One of kids sternly accused by farmer for eating off a melon in his patch blame a passing rabbit 19 The Lighter Side of... top right

Terrorist pranked by his peers when bomb he's about to throw at enemy king turns to a "jack-in-a-box" 20 The Lighter Side of... top right

Among the miltiary hats held on a table outside
a "DEPT OF THE NAVY" meeting room is a Donald Duck navy cap 21 The Mad School
of Parenting
Catalogue of Courses left side

Dike along with Dutch boy whose finger is stuck in it ends up riding atop a tidal wave 28 If Certain Celebrities
Married, What Would
Their Children Be Like? bottom left

Pizza chef tosses dough too high, gets stuck on a ceiling pest strip 30 Amending the Rule
Books to Cover
Sportscasters top left side

Ship caller shouts "Land-Ho!" as ship is stuck high atop an ocean rock 31 Amending the Rule
Books to Cover
Sportscasters top right side

Ancient arabic workman uses flying carpet to reach and paint dome top of castle 33 The Book of MAD right side

As harpooned whale races away pulling along a rowboat full of pirate hunters,
one pirate requests trying water-skiing 37 The Book of MAD top right

Skinny street mugger regrets holding up big thug with several weapons dropping out of his jacket 38 Job-Related Injuries in
Non-Athletic Careers near top left

Dentist treats Pac-Man 43 T.S. Shnooker top right side

Man who witnessed a two-car collision with several fatalities fights
over only public telephone with man needing to report burning house 44 T.S. Shnooker bottom mid-left

Museum employee walking toward dinosaur skeletons exhibit
passes cleaning lady leaving with a big bone jutting out her trash cart 45 T.S. Shnooker top right

Worm baited on submerged fishing line desperately tries scaring away fish by holding sign with poison symbol 46 T.S. Shnooker bottom right side

Group of racing cars awaiting competition held back by pace car stopped for repairs 47 T.S. Shnooker top right

King Kong pummels through city buildings to follow big pie model atop pie delivery van 48 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #250 - October 1984
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Boxing glove jack-in-the-boxes out of MAD mailbox, punches mailman off his feet 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Mother returning with groceries stunned to find mailcart where
she left her baby stroller, now pushed away by nearsighted mailman 2 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom right

Pack of elephants confused over Tarzan's yell, actually Scottish man playing babpipes 7 Inbanana Jones
and the
Temple of Goons top right

Eskimo rows through pond perplexed by "CRUNCH!" sound behind him,
a swimming polar bear bites on the stern of his kayak 9 Mad's Modern
Believe It or Nuts! near middle

Delirious sun-drenched foreign legion soldier relieved seeing water crater in
middle of vast desert, unaware pack of Arab's camels drank all the water from it 13 Don Martin
Looks at Greystoke near middle

Mexican vendors run with their tchotchkes and souvenir cart toward
a landing commercial airplane ready to solicit passengers when they exit 14 Don Martin
Looks at Greystoke near middle

Conductor and passengers watch Hand of God
fountain-pen-draw wire connection to their trolley 15 Nasty Book
Volume Five top right

Man hand-cranks the front of his vintage car,
makes the spare wheel hitched in the back spin 18 The Lighter
Side of... top right

Woman on street complains at woman shaking
dust off blanket outside her 15th floor window 19 The Lighter
Side of... bottom
left side

Traveling suitcase sneezes its stickers off (GESUNDHEIT!) 20 The Lighter
Side of... top right

Scorned woman stands on chair pounding broom handle on her ceiling
to quiet barking dog on floor above her, causes it to bark even more 21 The Lighter
Side of... near middle
vertical

All male angels in Heaven wear blindfolds around buxom female angel 26 Some Famous
Advertising Slogans near top
center vertical

Patron at well-stocked winebar orders for the only bottle empty 26 Some Famous
Advertising Slogans middle
near left

Farmers get off their tractors to angrily confront
each other when their plowlines perpendicularly cross 31 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling top right
corner

Zookeepers and vet confused by crying lion
who misses his female companions out in the wild 32 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling bottom right

Passerby believes sitting guru meditates about love when
actually he thinks about getting money in his donation bowl 33 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling top right

Strong wind blows parasailor upward,
pulls motorboat and driver above water, dangling airborne 33 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling left side

As safari explorer pitches camp, one of his native assistants
is perplexed to find blow-up doll in parcel he was carrying 34 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling bottom right

Supervisor eyes one woman in secretarial computer pool playing Pac-Man 35 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling top right

Among the storks delivering babies is an old
myopic stork carrying a loose blanket minus baby 35 Scaredcrow and
Mrs. Kling left side

Confused snake pops head out of basket to look at flute-playing snakecharmer levitating 43 Splash-Dance top right side

Mountaineer cries seeing ram perched on pointed tip of mountain he reached 44 Splash-Dance right side

Elegant restaurant patrons see chef with knives
in hand chase after ornery steer out kitchen doors 44 Splash-Dance bottom right

Father steers nerdy son toward expensive computer he gifted
him gathering dust while he stubbornly builds his model ship 45 Splash-Dance top right

Snorkeling prankster kids tie traveling sea tortoise to sleeping
man on inflatable raft, pulling him further away from shore 46 Splash-Dance bottom right

Duck strapped with a bomb soars down toward hunter who shot it 47 Splash-Dance left side

Rangers flee campsite, leave one ranger dozing by the campfire,
after large Native American army approaches 47 Splash-Dance top right

Competing racecars are about to converge with
competing bicyclists on a mountainside road corner 48 Spy Vs Spy bottom right
corner

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #251
Dec 1984
(35 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Lumberjack reaches top of a redwood to find a giant MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Neighbors of Jack complain of the castle giant
throwing his refuse down the beanstalk onto their grounds 6 Star Blecch III -
The Search For Plot bottom right
corner

Soaked, naked man tries to close his bathroom window after several frogs hop in and disrupt his bath 7 Star Blecch III -
The Search For Plot top right

Scuba diver watches as the ship supplying his air sinks to the bottom of the sea 8 Star Blecch III -
The Search For Plot bottom right
corner

Lumberjack reaches top of a redwood to find a Christmas tree on the tip 8 Star Blecch III -
The Search For Plot top right side

Ladybug's designer wings have Pac-Mans for spots 15 Mad's Baseball
Owner of the Year top right side

Firemen about to fight a blazing building find their
four hoses in a tangled mess nowhere near the water supply 16,17 Mad's Baseball
Owner of the Year shared bottom
right corner

Prisoner slips firing squad soldiers some money as they lead him to the execution wall 17 Mad's Baseball
Owner of the Year top right

Hardhats watch exterior of building construction-in-progress slip down to ground like a loose sock 19 A Mad Look at Airline
Safety Instructions top right side

Bird shakes dirty rug out of birdhouse entrance, surprises woman picking flowers in garden below 20 A Mad Look at Airline
Safety Instructions bottom left side

Man perches himself on bottom skid of airborne helicopter to fish in the middle of the sea 21 A Mad Look at Airline
Safety Instructions top right side

Rows behind farmer on tractor pulling a disk plow curl like
ribbons back at him (simmilar to MAD #270 April 1987 p43) 22 The Lighter Side of... bottom

Supervisor finds lazy cowhand slumbering on a hammock tied between the horns of two steer 23 The Lighter Side of... top right

Forlorn lady angel in heaven visualizes her nebbishy husband suffering
in hell when he's actually enjoying the life of drinks and sexy devil ladies 24 The Lighter Side of... near top
right corner

Matador holds out a checkered cloth, realizes his cape is covering his kitchen table at home, confuses bull 25 The Lighter Side of... top right

Vain psychiatrist mounts his diplomas on ceiling directly above the couch for patients to see 25 The Lighter Side of... near mid page
vertical

Nudists exit camp and casually stroll up to lunch truck, stunning the vendor 26 The Lighter Side of... top

Scotsman thrown seeing woodpecker pecking the top of the caber he's about to toss 26 The Lighter Side of... bottom right side

Native American executive works on his computer showing smoke signals on the monitor 27 Ain't It Great!! mid to top left

Couple is delivered a soaking wet pizza by a bicycle delivery man
who uses a small umbrella to only keep himself dry through a rainstorm 31 Don Martin Looks
at Star Trek III top right

The brick exterior of a construction in-progress comes loose,
falls toward man on street holding "The End Is Near" sign 31 Don Martin Looks
at Star Trek III near center
vertical

Employee confused as to why there's no slot on the suggestion box 33 Mad's Modern
Believe It or Nuts! near top
left side

Stocky horse race spectator has pounded his stool into ground,
causes gopher to burrow out nearby with an aching back 34 What It Will
Be Like When
Every Device "Talks" top left

Sea captain looks out confused from his big ship at a loose propeller piece floating out in the water 35 What It Will
Be Like When
Every Device "Talks" top right side

Man taking his date out to the jacuzzi deck for a romatic
evening is unaware kids are using the tub to wash their dogs 36 Only in the Middle
of the Night... left

Businessman walks in on his nervous wife in bed,
opens closet cabinet to find several eyes staring back 37 Only in the Middle
of the Night... right

Mountain climbing couple reaches near top, strangely find themselves underwater coming
to where their peak becomes a deserted island where a castaway sits staring out to sea 38 Only in the Middle
of the Night... bottom
right side

Bride marrying Greek man not thrilled exiting
through arch of chefs raising flaming skewers of kebabs 39 The Criminals'
Yellow Pages top left side

Man lounging with a newspaper notices handsaw poking out,
circling the base from inside the birdcage above 43 Web*Star top left side

Long line of commercial planes await take-off, wait for first plane with
flat tire to get fixed as crewman rushes toward it with an air pump 44,45 Web*Star shared bottom
right corner

Football referee stops a scrambled play to find a contact lens he just dropped 45 Web*Star top right

Tickled but nervous caveman on mountainside ridge path stares face-to-face
with long-necked dinasaur whose tail is about to be bashed by club of another caveman 46 Web*Star bottom right
corner

Cheetah falls off Tarzan while they were swinging on a vine,
clutches Tarzan's loose trunks which slipped off, leaving Tarzan bare-assed 46 Web*Star top right side

Cops in helicopter try to chase down a crook standing on a hi-rise ledge,
get chewed out by nude woman sunbathing on the roof 48 Spy Vs Spy bottom
left side

Mountainclimber notices a gated tollbooth with operator the next level above his climb 48 Spy Vs Spy top right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #253 March 1985
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Several postal-wrapped bombs are piled under the MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Flyswatters are included in the plate settings along the counter of a greasy diner 6 Ghost-Dusters top right side

Paramedics go through several bandages to cast broken leg of King Kong after he falls off skyscraper 6 Ghost-Dusters bottom right
corner

One of the "Ban the Bomb" street protesters leans his sign closer to nearsighted elderly passerby 8 Purple Acid Rain bottom left

Man at customs desk eyes a passing Mexican whose sombrero seems more stuffed than the others 9 Purple Acid Rain top right

Photographer stands before a picturesque sunset, bawls over forgetting to put film in his camera 10 The Karocky Kid bottom
right side

Man sits on park bench by light post holding bouquet, frantically looks at his watch,
while his date sits by another light post several benches to his left 11 The Karocky Kid top right

Bird notices neighbor bird above him stealing grass from his nest to make his own nest 13 Rottenness in
Comic Strips top right side

Pilot rushes with shotgun toward woodpecker who poked holes in his aircraft's propeller 14 Rottenness in
Comic Strips near middle

Hunter blows his duck whistle, attracts several smitten snakes 15 Rottenness in
Comic Strips near top

Foreman and owner cross wires, construct building on wrong lot 20 The MAD Chain Letter bottom right
corner

Medeival knight travels horseback hoping to win castle damsel's
affection unaware he'll be behind a long line of waiting knights 24 The Lighter Side of... bottom right
corner

Student in painting class is so far behind peers to see the nude
model he can only paint the tops of their canvases and easel stands 26 The Lighter Side of... mid vertical

Shipbuilder joins two lengthwise plates together, bawls realizing they're shifted off by one rivet hole 27 The Lighter Side of... mid vertical

Four riders frustratedly push their broken cart up a rollercoaster slope 28 The Lighter Side of... top

Arctic penguin fantasizes female penguin without her black skin 29 MAD's Lurid
Romantic Textbooks left

Guy climbs between building balconies with available
furniture and ladders to talk up lady three floors above 30 MAD's Lurid
Romantic Textbooks top right side

Giant jack-in-the-box puppet springs out of space shuttle hatch, frightens astronaut in orbit 31 MAD's Lurid
Romantic Textbooks bottom
left side

Next "vine" Tarzan grabs is rope rising up to noosed suicidal man standing on tree branch 32 A Mad Look at
Pets' Back Talk top middle
vertical

Lost man walks a long straight line into only cactus in a vast empty desert, gets pricks all over his body 33 A Mad Look at
Pets' Back Talk top middle
vertical

Tropical native climbs up tall palm tree through clouds to find
a castle giant in tropical trunks approaching him with a club 39 Miracle Velcro near top
left side

Park rangers frantically chase after teenager with blaring
boombox approaching observation cliff at Echo Mountain 43 Supergall top

Winter resort worker berated for chainsawing tall tree down
the wrong direction in the path of several downhill skiers 44,45 Supergall combined
bottom corner

Chef with several pieces of intricate culinary equipment on his counter can't find a simple fork 45 Supergall top right

Craftman elbows peer behind him in the eye while sawing wood 46 Supergall bottom

Tarzan reclines on hammock tied between the horns of two standing rhinos 47 Supergall top right

Cliff breaks off from under Native American about to drop boulder on passing cowboy 47 Supergall bottom
left side

Man flees from a sea serpent, actually a group of mischievous fish
contorting their bodies in and out the water in a serpentine shape 48 Spy Vs Spy bottom right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #254 - April 1985
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman finds himself sucked head first into the MAD mailbox waist-deep 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Mailman makes effort to deliver mail of buxom
lady clad in see-through nighty at her door by hand 2 Letters and Tomatoes right

Keeper delivers "DANGER HIGH TIDES" sign by rowboat to his
lighthouse where water level is just a couple feet below its beacon 5 Rock Video Produced
By Pressure Groups left near top

Leaders of two Roman armies traveling by war elephants converge
on narrow mountainside path corner, settle matters with a coin toss 6 Rock Video Produced
By Pressure Groups bottom right
corner

Artist is shocked seeing rich investor ash his cigar
in round crevice of one of his abstract sculptures 7 Rock Video Produced
By Pressure Groups near top right

Kid manning model airplane by kite handle ends up
playing tug-of-war with angry dog biting on its left wing 9 Rock Video Produced
By Pressure Groups left side

Hardhat chooses spot to drill for oil,
where devils in firey pits of hell are not far beneath 12 Aptitude Test - Will You
Make a Good Rock Star? top right side

End of fishing line gets snagged on raised submarine
periscope pulling along dozing fisherman on canoe 14 Aptitude Test - Will You
Make a Good Rock Star? bottom right

Army commander shushes procession of marching soldiers
on tiptoes while passing "SILENCE HOSPITAL" sign 15 Aptitude Test - Will You
Make a Good Rock Star? top right

Suicidal man curses out bird who pooped on the neck of his noose 17 The Exploitation
of a Rock Death top right side

Lumberjack chops tree, crushes man lounging in tree hammock 18 The Exploitation
of a Rock Death near bottom right

Arabian woman on roof curses street snakecharmer
for causing her full clothesline to levitate upward 19 Where Your Rock
Album Dollar Goes top right side

Man who complete journey up a long spiral
staircase to his apartment feverishly fishes for his missing key 23 Honest Ads That Introduce
New, Improved Products top right side

Duelist finds his opponent slumped on
ground leaning against him in a drunken stupor 26 The Mad Don't Book top left side

Funeral home director stands on a chair and pounds broom handle
on ceiling of upstairs neighbor playing his stereo too loud during ceremony 27 The Mad Don't Book near top
right corner

Children holding bride's train during wedding ceremony make her stumble
when they are distracted by street kids playing stereo and breakdancing 28 The Lighter Side of... bottom right

One of lions thrown into crowded Roman arena gets
his leg bit on from behind by one of the condemned Christians 29 The Lighter Side of... top right

Hiker nears top of mountain in hopes of seeing meditating guru,
while several gurus are actually chatting it up in a cocktail party setting 30 The Lighter Side of... top right corner

Football catcher hears disturbing "THUMP!"
from football flying mid-air towards him from kicker 32 The Lighter Side of... top right

Log driver approaches a hitchhiker down the river path 33 Useful and Practical
Inflight Information bottom left side

WWI German fighter pilot sees a sillouette
behind the clouds of Snoopy/The Red Baron in flight 37 Wanted Posters for
the Real Criminals top left side

Sea crew prank their surface-supplied diver
using a fake mermaid as several real mermaids look on 37 Wanted Posters for
the Real Criminals mid right corner

Egyption kid in sandbox uses pyramid-shaped bucket to make his "sand castle" 43 Rip-Off-Tide top right side

Mailman finishes his rounds on a rundown city block only to find
his mailcart on blocks with its wheels stolen like the car nearby 44 Rip-Off-Tide bottom left

Dazed, grinning man emerges from wreckage of half a motel that plummeted to
the ground off a cliff, leaving his girlfriend looking at him from bed 45 Rip-Off-Tide bottom left side

Associate in business meeting plays a Mickey Mouse cartoon on film projector,
realizes he left his kids watching film of his statistical graphs and charts 45 Rip-Off-Tide top right

A couple of escaping convicts start to burrow underground from their prison,
converge with another couple of prisoners burrowing from the other direction 46 Rip-Off-Tide bottom right
corner

Arabian king peeps in to his harem of wives'
bedroom using its door with several keyholes 47 Rip-Off-Tide top right

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Mad #257 - September 1985
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailbox's personified sneeze blows mailman's load out of his bag, rips handle (Gesundheit!) 2 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

"Keep Off The Grass" sign deters mailman from mailbox in middle of lawn 3 Letters and Tomatoes top left

Mailman covers head with mailbag while strolling through rainstorm 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Smoker finds little Native American making smoke signals on top of his pipe 4 Witless top left side

Scuba diver sees school of plate-mounted fish swimming about 4 Witless top right

Hunter with butterfly net carries long ladder 6 Witless bottom

Surprised picnickers find their young son with his toy ax near massive chopped tree's trunk,
as real lumberjacks walk away out of their view 7 Witless top right

Hunter riding atop carriage elephant, can't find game as animals hide under elephant 10 Relevant Fortune Cookies
For Other Dining Spots top left side

Jack climbs up beanstalk to find castle condemned, sign for new condos 11 Relevant Fortune Cookies
For Other Dining Spots top right
corner

Spider finds his peer's web broken off and spider seeing stars on the ground below 13 Woodstock Revisited bottom left side

Sherlock Holmes follows footprints until he finds housemaid sweeping them off 16 The Lighter Side Of... bottom vertical

Barber gazes at hairstyles of punks passing by his storefront, considers the guillotine 17 The Lighter Side Of... bottom right

Man attempts drowning suicide with millstone tied to neck,
feels cheated he accidently slipped on a banana peel 17 The Lighter Side Of... top left side

Unsuspecting man repeatedly loses his gambling shell game because kid
leaning out 2nd floor window points out the correct shell to players 18 The Lighter Side Of... mid interior
right corner

Painter designing billboard ad atop roof of tall building takes one wrong step back 19 The Lighter Side Of... top left side

Butterfly tries on new wings with assistance from "clothing store" attendant 19 The Lighter Side Of... mid right

Fisherman fights with a walrus tusk-locked on his fresh catch 20 The Lighter Side Of... bottom right side

Kid struggles to make his dog sleep on the roof of his doghouse ŕ la Snoopy 30 Celebrity Silhouettes top left

Lady turns spigot for drinking water to find two nuclear atom shapes drop from the faucet 31 Celebrity Silhouettes top right
vertical

Kid cries to his mother that his duck pull-toy ran through dog poo from the street 39 Truly Logical Transformers right side

As one surfboarder runs toward big wave,
another runs the other way toward lady in bikini laying out blanket 39 Truly Logical Transformers bottom left

Native assistants carry trophy hunter's prized snake,
a lengthy tethered display 43 Mate & Ali-mony bottom left side

Escaped convict eludes search party underwater with a snorkel straw,
unaware of hungry alligators swimming toward him 43 Mate & Ali-mony bottom right
corner

Restaurant patron offers huge flame from his lighter to light cigarette
of lady at next table while her date stumbles through a matchbook 44 Mate & Ali-mony top right

Snow on side of mountain travelled through by climbing team tears off like old wallpaper 45 Mate & Ali-mony left side

Sitting street bum falls for shapely legs of otherwise portly battle-ax lady passing by 45 Mate & Ali-mony bottom

Sasquatch hunters follow foot trail,
unaware two kids hop on pogosticks capped with creature feet 46,47 Mate & Ali-mony shared bottom
right corner

Painter realizes wall he's working on is intended for militiary firing squad session 47 Mate & Ali-mony top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup

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Mad #261 - March 1986
(30 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Postal workers laugh as mailman approaches MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Small dog chases overconfident mailman
as four larger dogs wait for him around the corner 2 Letters and Tomatoes center page

Mine shaft rat wears headlamp 4 Miami Price left side

Man "curbs" dog over trashcan as patrolman approaches 7 Miami Price left side

Penguin is frozen in an ice block 7 Miami Price top right

Milk comes out of an oil well 8 Miami Price right side

Man shields himself under pall-beared coffin in the rain 10 MAD's DIY Indiana Jones Sequel left below title

Excited diver finds the MGM Titanic 11 MAD's DIY Indiana Jones Sequel top right side

Beach girl plays in sand with woman's bikini top 14 Some American Express Card Commercials
We'd Like to See bottom left of title

Birds ruin TV reception for building's occupants 14 Some American Express Card Commercials
We'd Like to See top center right

Girl steals sweater string for kite 16 The Lighter Side of … bottom right

Nearsighted sheep farmer with shears
walks toward fox hunter hiding under sheepskin 17 The Lighter Side of … top right

Bandaged nose resulted from man hitting fly on his nose with hammer 18 The Lighter Side of … top center

Short-haired woman provides nothing to grab for confused caveman 19 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page right

Dry cleaner tries to deliver KKK robe to black man 20 The Lighter Side of … top center

Man stands on stool, hand-paints cruise ship in drydock 20 The Lighter Side of … right side

Spider-Man has webbed toilet paper 24 Camouflage Tricks of City Animals bottom right

Boy with broken slingshot cries about his black eye 25 Camouflage Tricks of City Animals bottom right

Sneeze blows apart airplane - Gesundheit! 27 Camouflage Tricks of City Animals bottom right side

Woman changes tire on baby carriage 29 MAD's 14 Rules of Good Behavior center below title

Boy in candy store wants candy from only empty jar 30 Spy vs. Spy left side

Two fishermen catch same fish 31 New Uses for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda bottom right side

Horse racers meet fox hunters 38-39 MAD's Human Equivalency Scale below title

Man ties blimp to ground with a bow 39 MAD's Human Equivalency Scale top right corner

Worker lays bricks vertically instead of horizontally 41 The MAD Guide to … top right

Suicide jump is from tall circus ladder into pool 42 One Thursday Morning in the Dungeon right side

Fire crew packs up with fireman still on ladder 44 Murder She Hopes bottom right corner

Boy hits tall British guard hat with snowball, causes domino effect 45 Murder She Hopes top right

Marathon runners take detour off cliff 46 Murder She Hopes bottom right corner

Policeman arrests hooker at costume party 47 Murder She Hopes top right

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #262 - April 1986
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman brings new post for mailbox chewed-up by termites 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman carries an umbrella while mail gets soaked 2 Letters and Tomatoes two-thirds page right

Octopus lures rowboaters with puppet 6 Rockhead IV bottom

Birds build nest on soldier's helmet 7 Rockhead IV left side center

Oil truck loses the "o" from "Mobil" 7 Rockhead IV top

Flowers grow around a pipeline leak 9 Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums bottom left side

Rival attaches his signs to stilts of restaurant sandwich board wearer 10 Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums bottom left side

Giant sky scissors make rain for man with umbrella 11 Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums top right side

Banished from The Garden of Eden,
Adam and Eve look on as angel guards fail to light sword 14 The Lighter Side of … bottom

Giraffe bites/bursts kid's helium balloon at the zoo 15 The Lighter Side of … mid-top left side

Monkey holds a vine away from Tarzan 15 The Lighter Side of … top right

Whale recounts getting hit by an anchor 16 The Lighter Side of … left center corner

Man throws money, disrupts marching regiment 17 The Lighter Side of … center page side

Cannon launches circus performer straight up instead of to net 18 The Lighter Side of … right top,
one-third corner

Man looks at aircraft carrier in a bottle 26 Reprieve It For Beaver one-third page

People on ferry boat sail away from destination 29 Extinct Sporting Events from days gone by … one-third page

Man cannot hear his radio because of his afro 33 The Real-Life Tell-It-Like-It-Is Dr. Seuss bottom left side

Coffin hangs below funeral home sign 33 The Real-Life Tell-It-Like-It-Is Dr. Seuss top right side

Old spider weaves a crooked web 35 The Real-Life Tell-It-Like-It-Is Dr. Seuss top right

Bell-tower dwelling birds wear hearing protection 37 Spy vs. Spy top left side

Bulldozer plows up illegally parked cars 37 Spy vs. Spy bottom

Groo chases a bear cub toward a den of bears 39 Mad's Dual Purpose Clothing Accessories one-third page

Bartender unaware patron blacked out and fell from stool 45 Highway to Heaving top right side

Cannon bookend blew hole through book 46 Highway to Heaving bottom

Alligator would like bag made out of zoogoer 47 Highway to Heaving top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #263 - June 1986
(30 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman replaces mailbox that was bombed 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Mailman on skateboard zips past walking mailman 3 Letters and Tomatoes center left

Prison search party discovers sneezing convict in tree (Gesundheit!) 4 The Fool on the Nile bottom right side

Short water carrier has containers wedged between line of others 5 The Fool on the Nile top right

Man trying to push woman off cliff falls instead with cliff section 6 Young Sureschlock Homely bottom right side

Cowboy heats brand handles in fire, burns partner 7 Young Sureschlock Homely top right

Mugger awaits Karate-Judo instructor rounding corner 8 Young Sureschlock Homely right side

Woman in art gallery looks like modern art statue 8 Young Sureschlock Homely bottom right corner

Man's hair looks like a penguin's 9 Young Sureschlock Homely top right

Tractor driver falls asleep, plows erratically 11 You'd Be Rich If You Had a Nickel … right center corner

Smoke from barbecue party drifts up to three diet/exercise businesses 22 The Lighter Side of … bottom right corner

Marijuana plant falls out of window, hits cop on the street 22 The Lighter Side of … top right side

Stork struggles with triplets among other storks flying with one baby each 23 The Lighter Side of … top right

Three men of different generations contemplate
young man with spiked hair punk attire 24 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page

Diver finds a pearl in the middle of a giant fish's mouth 25 The Lighter Side of … mid-page corner

Snake cries at the sight of a cane with a skeleton head 25 The Lighter Side of … top right

Angry woman confronts man watering her flowers on high pressure setting 26 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page right

Pig suckling three piglets has the fourth piglet biting her tail 27 The Lighter Side of … top right

Tow truck pulls axle off of stalled car 32 MAD's I.R.S. Agent of the Year bottom

Mountain climber's rope becomes the mountain line 33 MAD's I.R.S. Agent of the Year right side center

Turtle looks for eggs laid under sunbathers 33 MAD's I.R.S. Agent of the Year top right

Prison window bar cut by convict falls on policeman's head 38 Customized Academy Awards
for Current Movie Trends top left side

Man's loud boombox music silences as he passes a hospital 39 Customized Academy Awards
for Current Movie Trends center below title

Man catches fly with frog puppet 39 Customized Academy Awards
for Current Movie Trends right side

Dog drinks out of punch bowl 44 The Olden Girls bottom

Blind man with cane taps head of worker coming out of manhole 45 The Olden Girls left side

Man fishing from shore catches a boat's net full of fish 45 The Olden Girls top right

Boy with popgun and thick glasses mistakes skunk for cat 46 The Olden Girls bottom left

Mountaineer discovers he's been under water upon meeting fish 47 The Olden Girls left side

Man and woman with different wishes struggle pulling on a wishbone 47 The Olden Girls top right

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #264 - July 1986
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Poison ivy grows around MAD mailbox, mail piles up on ground 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Possible Bill Gaines wears "FRAGILE" pants 2 Letters and Tomatoes center below first letter

Mailroom worker's lunch pail is missing 2 Letters and Tomatoes two-thirds page

Mailman delivers bag full of rocks to rock collector 3 Letters and Tomatoes two-thirds page left

Sheriff and chain gang forced to hitchhike
when vehicle breaks down 4 Moon-Fighting top right

In "King Kong" switch, giant man threatens smaller apes 6 & 7 Moon-Fighting bottom right corner

Desert people give conflicting directions to Legionnaires 7 Moon-Fighting top right

Encircling snake surprised to see rabbit as cane head 8 Moon-Fighting right side

Mexican men line up to vote "SI" for pretty woman 9 Moon-Fighting top

Natives dive without gear to show shells to tourist in scuba gear 14 MAD's Pro Wrestling Predictions top center vertical

During ship-christening woman falls off platform 15 MAD's Pro Wrestling Predictions top center vertical

Antartic workers use penguins as bowling pins 18 The Lighter Side of … top

Man erases SOS in sand as pretty woman writes it 19 The Lighter Side of … bottom left side

Water from umbrella drips on child on mother's back 20 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page

Devil gives directions to heaven to angel in hell 21 The Lighter Side of … top right

God contemplates the design of man 22 The Lighter Side of … top

Outnumbered "NO" protester burns his sign 23 Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Man jumping out of burning building hits hotel sign
before reaching firefighters with life net 26 MAD's Sure Signs of Insanity top right side

Woman wants punk to return safety pin to baby's diaper 29 When the Rambo Influence Spreads Everywhere top right below title

Groo has a baby dinosaur with angry mother behind him 34 Rocky V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI or,
The Italian Scalion vs
The Great Hollywood Villains center right of
title vertical

Man with "The End is Near" sign
walks toward the end of an alley 36 One Grim Afternoon over the Mediterranean bottom right

Natives grease Tarzan's vine with lion waiting below him 37 When The Coke/Pepsi Rivalry Gets Out Of Hand right top side

Man on pier wants to add his rope
to the rock tied to a suicidal man's neck 38 & 39 When The Coke/Pepsi Rivalry Gets Out Of Hand one-third page right/left

Attendant halts horse-drawn cart at entrance to car wash 39 When The Coke/Pepsi Rivalry Gets Out Of Hand top right

Marathon runners approach wet cement 42 MAD's Wrestling Promoter of the Year bottom right corner

During chess game, man thinks about jousting
while child thinks about watching TV 43 MAD's Wrestling Promoter of the Year top right

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #265 - September 1986
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman discovers that the mailbox door is missing 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman with pardon, distracted by woman, fails to stop firing squad shooting 2 Letters and Tomatoes mid-page right

Woman loses her necklace in garbage scow 4 Henna and Her Sickos top left of title

Mountaineer discovers his missing ice axe killed man being carried on stretcher 6 Henna and Her Sickos bottom right corner

Robber realizes he's holding gun on childhood friend 7 Henna and Her Sickos top right

Sherlock follows his own footsteps around in a circle 12 The MAD Sports Fan Hate Book top left side

Dog poops on tennis court, angry players send dog and owner away 13 The MAD Sports Fan Hate Book center below title

Gleeful postal worker closes door ahead of customer running late 14 MAD's Rock Music Predictions bottom center

Baby carriage hits bump, sends baby through canopy 15 MAD's Rock Music Predictions top right below title

Dog puppet poops on puppeteer's arm 18 Cat Thoughts center page vertical

Broken crown spike of Statue of Liberty falls, barely misses terrified man 20 Spy vs. Spy left side

Man sweeps debris under lifted corner of Statue of Liberty,
World Trade Center appears in background 20 Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Man sprays "TOM" on wall as second man sprays "JULIO" on first man 21 Are You a Good Driver? top left side

Prankster boys plant "SILENCE HOSPITAL" signs, quiet marching band 26 The Lighter Side of … bottom right corner

Taxis passes three people to pick up pretty woman 27 The Lighter Side of … top left side

Castaway climbs tall tree to find a house in the clouds 28 The Lighter Side of … center page corner

Boy on beach pours sand into man's foot cast 30 The Lighter Side of … one-third page

Burglar robs distracted couple, stops to watch what they're watching on TV 30 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page

Parachutist plugs chimney 36 Other Much Needed Rules Named
for the Irksome People Who Inspired Them left side

Miner looks up to see giant drill bit coming down 37 Other Much Needed Rules Named
for the Irksome People Who Inspired Them bottom left side

Men deliver coffin to restaurant instead of funeral home 42 Clown and Lout in Beverly Hills bottom

Man grounds his ship before second man can plant "LOW TIDES" sign 43 Clown and Lout in Beverly Hills top

Painter sneezes himself off scaffolding as partner continues on (Gesundheit) 43 Clown and Lout in Beverly Hills top

Man wanders off after his umbrella hits woman in the face 46 How To Pick Up Guys center below title

God lights the torch on the Statue of Liberty 46 How To Pick Up Guys bottom left side

Disappointed seekers miss treasure chest below discarded pipe found by metal detector 47 How To Pick Up Guys right side

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #266 - October 1986
(35 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Men in protective clothing deliver radioactive mail to the MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

"Ouch!" comes from a package thrown into a cart in the mailroom 2 Letters and Tomatoes mid-page

TV host interviews gang members while his crew runs away 4 Boob's the Boss? top below intro

Man lowers dog in basket to poop in the window box below him 4 Boob's the Boss? bottom left side

Two women are wearing the same dress in Hands Across America line,
and one guy avoids holding hands with another for some reason 5 Boob's the Boss? top

Scuba diver, spy among others are in Hands Across America line 7 Boob's the Boss? top

Swami's rope spells 'I Love You' to woman on balcony 7 Boob's the Boss? left side

Frankenstein's monster, Scottish Popeye and upside down guy
part of Hands Across America line 9 One Thursday Morning
on East 12th Street top

Little Leaguer, boy scout, fireman and others are in Hands Across America line 11 MAD's Cable TV Roulette top

Jump-roping girl and Hare Krishna among others in Hands Across America line 17 The Cosby Show Nasty File top

Tarzan grabs monkey's tail instead of banana 18 The Lighter Side of … right side

Tarzan and Jane look on as their boy celebrates defeating turtle 19 The Lighter Side of … bottom

Boater pulls skier up a waterfall 20 The Lighter Side of … mid right corner

Military inductees pass eye exam easily, identify a giant "A" on doctor's eye chart 20 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page

Empty shirt and "Out To Lunch" sign seen in Hands Across America line 21 The Lighter Side of … top

Desperate "DIET FARM" compound members
fish for tastier items from food cart vendor 22 The Lighter Side of … one-third page

Hands Across America line turns the page corner 23 Spy vs. Spy top right corner

Oil driller hits atomic waste barrels 23 Spy vs. Spy left bottom

Garbage man who is watching a pretty girl misses his truck with trash 26 We'll Make a Fortune bottom

TV crew films telephone booth-stuffers while real tragedies occur nearby 27 We'll Make a Fortune top right

Man sells chainsaw to executioner with axe 29 MAD's Whatever Became of … ? right of title

Fat kid tips Merry-go-round 30 MAD's Whatever Became of … ? mid-right corner

One ant in line carries fork instead of food 31 MAD's Whatever Became of … ? top

Nick Meglin hits a bird with his tennis racket 33 How PBS Really Differs
From Commercial TV right top side

Cavemen dragging their women wait for them to stop talking 35 TV Theme Songs mid-page

Policeman in second story window sees mugger on the street 36 TV Emmy Awards We'd Like To See left top side

Painter used black instead of white on tall building 37 TV Emmy Awards We'd Like To See right bottom side

Fireman's hose is repaired with a knot 39 Groaning Pains left top

Natives are confused by smoke signals from a train 40 Groaning Pains bottom right corner

Chess pieces fall from chessboard fabric on clothesline 41 Groaning Pains top right

Lovers on boat have forgotten diver 43 Upcoming TV Cop "Teams" right side of title

Man sneezes and falls through ladder rungs (Gesundheit!) 44 Upcoming TV Cop "Teams" left side

Guillotine blade installed upside down 45 Upcoming TV Cop "Teams" left side

Supplies fall out of mountain climber's backpack 46 MAD's Reader Opinion Poll left top side

TV camera crew prefer watching pretty woman on monitor 47 MAD's Reader Opinion Poll mid-page

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #267 - December 1986
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mail is stuck on newly painted MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Stamps are labeled "LENNY" and "GORDITO" 2 Letters and Tomatoes center page

Cactus limb falls on man in its shade 4 Top Gunk top left side

Duelers bring sword and gun 4 Top Gunk top right

Volleyballers lose ball in the ocean 6 Top Gunk bottom right corner

Distracted man at boat launch backs van into water as he watches a pretty woman 7 Top Gunk top right

Fireman's hose spells "I Love You" to pretty woman in window of burning building 14 Spy vs. Spy left side

Worm on hook wearing monster mask scares fish 14 Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Fat penguin tips ice sheet 15 Mr. Jolly Rogers' Neighborhood top right

Man sharpens God's lightning bolt 16 Mr. Jolly Rogers' Neighborhood right side

Mid-air motorcyclist sees skateboarder on landing ramp of car-jumping stunt 16 Mr. Jolly Rogers' Neighborhood bottom center

Duck wears a people hat at carnival 17 Mr. Jolly Rogers' Neighborhood top

Horse poops on small dog 19 Horrifying Crime Cliches … right of title

Prankster kids stop cars with fake crossing guard 26 The Lighter Side of … bottom right corner

Bottom man of circus acrobat team sneezes (Gesundheit!) 27 The Lighter Side of … top right

Middle person in Hands Across America line is out to lunch 28 The Lighter Side of … top

Climber comes upon woman covered by towel in mountainside window 28 The Lighter Side of … center panel right side

Gasoline truck driver is out of gas 29 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page

All of the animals in the jungle hide in one tree from the hunter 30 The Lighter Side of … right side

Chick emerges from Humpty Dumpty cracked egg 38 Those Ridiculous Little Things
TV Commercials Say! top

Woman calls for child hidden by groceries in her cart 39 Those Ridiculous Little Things
TV Commercials Say! top

Man on desert island sits under a martini flag on palm tree 43 Grabme & Spacey top left side

Man in window knock on passing coffin with a broomstick, creeps out bearers 44 Grabme & Spacey bottom right corner

Glass-blower notes ship within glass he is blowing 45 Grabme & Spacey top right

Surfers' leg ropes entangle 46 Grabme & Spacey bottom

Vulture buddies cackle as crawling vulture mocks doomed man in the desert 47 Grabme & Spacey top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #268 - January 1987
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mail piles around unused mailbox with spider web inside 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman left his pouch in the men's room 2 Letters and Tomatoes mid-page right

On desert island, old man's daydream about naked woman fades 4 Fearless Buller's Day Off below title

Boy is told to be quiet while people in hospital are partying 6 Fearless Buller's Day Off bottom right corner

Nick Meglin flirts with girls on tennis court while his
opponent uses the net to slingshot a racquet at him 7 Fearless Buller's Day Off top right

McDonalds worker smitten by girl working at Burger King 8 Fearless Buller's Day Off bottom

Garbage truck on bumpy road throws trash at convertible traveling behind 9 Fearless Buller's Day Off top

Astronaut sitting in TV satellite dish blocks couple's signal 13 If Society's Unwritten Rules of
Behavior Were Actually Written Down top right

Chef can't get oven door open on live TV show, burns food 14 The Lighter Side of … top

Man rides bicycle toward sewer grate
as his attention wanders to pretty woman 15 The Lighter Side of … bottom center
vertical

Bottom lumberjack saws off top of tree with top lumberjack on it 16 The Lighter Side of … mid-page vertical

Office worker looks at out-of-reach "Sugestions" [sic] box on flagpole 17 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page right

Diver lands on a large octopus 20 Typewri-Toons left side of title

Whistling man causes a mountain ledge he and friend are walking on to fall 20 Typewri-Toons right of title

Fairy dust falls out of fairy's wand 29 The Karocky Kid Part II left side of title

People from karate school intervene with gang harrassing boy member 30 The Karocky Kid Part II bottom

Skateboarder dips hand in dog poop during trick 31 The Karocky Kid Part II top

Cowboy's lasso accidentally wraps around corral post 32 The Karocky Kid Part II bottom

Boy building regular sand castle stunned
as other kid builds Great Wall of China 33 The Karocky Kid Part II top

Nurse with hospital food tray surprised to
see man delivering McDonalds to a room 36 Spy vs. Spy top left side

Mountaineers climb a connect-the-dots mountainside 36 Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Kayaker tips out of the water, weighted down by anchor he's carrying 42 One Delightful January Morning top right

Boys prank monks with falling pieces from stained-glass window 44 & 45 Alienators bottom right &
bottom left side

Jockey ties opponent horse's legs together 45 Alienators top

Birds poop on drive-in theatre screen as movie plays 46 Alienators bottom right corner

Monkey imitates lion as a real lion watches, other monkeys scatter 47 Alienators top

Mother and boy carrying vessels on their heads, boy's is a chamber pot 48 Santa Claus As Seen By … bottom right side

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #269 - March 1987
(30 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

The MAD mailbox is mounted on Arthur the avocado tree 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman soaks his feet in an estate fountain 2 Letters and Tomatoes one-third page

Alfred E. Neuman rolls on the floor laughing 2 Letters and Tomatoes two-thirds page

Wind blows mail everywhere 3 Letters and Tomatoes under last letter

Music teacher stops class, boy plays odd violin note due to fly 5 Stand But Me top

Daughter caught up in music, unaware parents are escaping/eloping 6 Stand But Me right side

Hatchet wielding native charges as Spaniard fails to light musket 9 Hidden Details in Art bottom

Diamond mine closes just as trapped miner discovers more diamonds 10 Hidden Details in Art center page
corner right

One elephant in line grabs partner's trunk instead of tail 10 Hidden Details in Art bottom

Angry artist ship-painting interrupted when ship sinks 11 Hidden Details in Art center page right

Exercising woman knocks man down giving him a black eye 16 MAD Mini-Movies Featuring
the Fickle Finger of Fate below title

White hunter with black natives meets black hunter with white natives 16 & 17 MAD Mini-Movies Featuring
the Fickle Finger of Fate bottom right &
bottom left

Drunk man climbs long ladder to light cigarette with hanging lightbulb 20 I Love Luny left side of intro

Beefeater stabs gun blade through bearskin hat 21 I Love Luny right side

Mailmen fool friend into thinking pretty woman resides at the next house 24 The Lighter Side of … bottom

Bicyclists race into fresh cement 25 The Lighter Side of … top

Salesman enters into fenced yard, ignores "BEWARE OF DOG" sign,
underestimates dog with ninja tactics 26 The Lighter Side of … two-thirds page
right corner

During photo, door slams on tail of snake being held by six zookeepers 27 The Lighter Side of … top

Man on stilts wants to get into an elevator 27 The Lighter Side of … one-third
page corner

Three men think about a pretty woman's legs
while the fourth thinks about her hat 28 The Lighter Side of … top

Convict hiding in tree shushes lady in arms of her unaware lover below 28 The Lighter Side of … right side

Woman posing for photo falls off cliff 35 The Mess Commission
Report on Pornography left side of title

Humpty Dumpty sneezes his top off as man below says "Gesundheit!" 39 Odes to Appliances, Gadgets
and Other Modern Conveniences right side of title

Alarmed fish notices its bowl is leaking 40 Odes to Appliances, Gadgets
and Other Modern Conveniences mid-page

Low bridge takes out mast of boat towed by surprised driver 42 How Do You Rate as a Yuppie right side of title

Sign arrives too late for drenched man emerging
from out-of-order water closet (flush toilet) 44 Spy vs. Spy left side

Man builds barbed-wire fence west-to-east instead of south-to-north 44 Spy vs. Spy bottom right corner

Oven worker skewers baker's cake with back end of peel 45 TV Spin-Offs Yet To Come two-thirds page left

Ship full of people meets animal-filled Noah's Ark 46 TV Spin-Offs Yet To Come two-thirds page left

Boy on skateboard propelled by dog-chasing-cat rig 47 TV Spin-Offs Yet To Come one-third page

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #270 - April 1987
(28 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Repairman Alfred E. Neuman puts back door
and flag upside-down on MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Letters fly out a post office window with a sneeze (Gesundheit!) 2 Letters and Tomatoes mid-page

Mailman's mail pouch falls down a manhole 2 Letters and Tomatoes right

Alfred in stamp flies a kite in stamp 3 Letters and Tomatoes left

Homeless man has a garage sale around block
from where woman describes stolen items to policeman 6 & 7 Jumbled Joke Flash bottom & left side

Fly leaves footprints on the page 8 The Color of Monotony right side

Man follows and reads newsboy's newspaper 14 MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself
Rock Concert Newspaper Story below title

Pac-Man drinks Alka Seltzer, burps 15 MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself
Rock Concert Newspaper Story two-thirds page
vertical

Substituting for a Saint Bernard,
penguin with keg tied to neck rescues fallen snowshoer 16 The Lighter Side of … top

Woman paddles away when she realizes
seven men are lost on a desert island 17 The Lighter Side of … bottom

As female body-builder rounds corner to meet date,
man with flowers envisions beauty queen 18 The Lighter Side of … mid-page corner

Bird pecks at man covered with sand on the beach 19 The Lighter Side of … top

Guy on skateboard elevates off ramp
to peep at woman through her bathroom window 19 The Lighter Side of … bottom left side

Mugger waits around corner to attack... a Ninja 20 The Lighter Side of … right side

Drunk skier lifts off slope with every hiccough 21 More Badly-Needed Warning
Labels for Rock Albums right side

Man in trenchcoat entertains himself flashing in a house of mirrors 22 More Badly-Needed Warning
Labels for Rock Albums right

Spider on marijuana plant weaves a psychedelic web 23 More Badly-Needed Warning
Labels for Rock Albums one-third page
vertical

Snowplow is out of gas, causes traffic jam 25 A MAD Look at … People Even
Lonelier than the Maytag Repairman top

Low tide saves relieved man with feet set in cement bucket,
but a giant octopus gets ready to grab him 26 MAD's Record Book for
Televised Sports - Vol. I left side of title

Truck driver with a flat tire wants to borrow a bicyclist's pump 27 MAD's Record Book for
Televised Sports - Vol. I top

Alligator waits for a duck as three ducks stand on its back out of view 29 Other Dangers of Smoking two-thirds
page right

Unhitched dogs watch as musher
drives dogsled and rest of team over cliff 30 Spy vs. Spy top right corner

Paddle-boating man runs up on beach, flees shark 30 Spy vs. Spy bottom

Prisoner chained to wall wishes he had a stepstool 32 Banana Republic President/
Dictator of the Year right side

Missing his glasses, wheat farmer driving combine
misses trailer with his unloader, spilling harvest 32 Banana Republic President/
Dictator of the Year bottom

Honeymoon surprise: man has "just married" a sado-masochist 37 State of the Art Is … below title

Workers with moving vans simultaneously
load and unload furniture in the same house 43 Perfectly Strange top

Rows behind farmer on tractor pulling a
disk plow curl like ribbons back at him 43 Perfectly Strange left

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #273 - September 1987
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Busted post holding MAD mailbox aims it skyward, turns it into a birdbath 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Man shows off the "Fragile" written on rear end 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Woman shouts at man about "Thin Ice" sign as their car sinks 7 Crock O'Dull Dummee top left side

Champagne bottle lodges itself into ship during christening 7 Crock O'Dull Dummee top right side

Pilot holds goose to drive aircraft 8 Crock O'Dull Dummee bottom right

Water skier splashes sunbathers along beach 9 Crock O'Dull Dummee left side

Man in desert sees an oasis, but another man approaches with "Mirage" sign 9 Crock O'Dull Dummee top right

One of the boys holding the king's robe leaves for the restroom 11 Don Martin
Visits the Morgue left below title

Atlas is confused by satellites circling the Earth he holds 11 Don Martin
Visits the Morgue right above title

Beggar is unaware he's sitting on a sidewalk of wet cement 12 Don Martin
Visits the Morgue near middle

Man's dog ignores thrown stick for another man's divining rod 13 Don Martin
Visits the Morgue near middle

Baseball unravels and falls apart after being hit 17 Summer Has
Arrived When... bottom

Naval captain approaches Lost and Found counter for large cannon 18 Summer Has
Arrived When... bottom left

Man adrift pokes hole in raft when raising a white flag 21 The Andy Grinning Show top mid vertical

Fox hunters are knocked off horses by new telephone wire 26 The Lighter Side Of... bottom right
corner

Letter carrier keeps her distance from tough
looking men by throwing a brick with their mail attached 27 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Birdwatcher is mistaken for Peeping Tom by nude woman and angry man 28 The Lighter Side Of... mid corner

Skateboarder holding onto back of truck is
unaware driver is heading over an open manhole 29 The Lighter Side Of... mid right

Golfer mistakes gopher hole for actual hole 30 The Lighter Side Of... mid right corner

Crook holds up man while he's handcuffed to cop on a payphone 32 Amends near top left

Painter writes "I Love You" in the line down
center of road as he passes woman at a roadside cafe 32 Amends right side

Ram head falls off soldier's battering ram as they head towards castle door 34 Amends bottom

Bull fighter is distracted by woman leaning over to wave at him as bull charges 35 Amends top right

Magician chases rabbit up the audience aisle 43 Feature-By-Feature
Advertising top right side

Photographer takes snapshot of flower as
mountain climbers and boulders fall towards him 44 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Woman's radio falls off balcony and smashes store window 44 Spy vs Spy top right side

Mailman works under mail carrier like a mechanic 47 Celebrities in Space mid right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #274 - October 1987
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman with "Judge" letter sticks head in MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Postal worker smashes boxes with "Fragile" stamp 2 Letters and Tomatoes center

Mailman tosses letter in a bottle off pier 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Dog pulls string, unravels woman's woven blanket 6 LA Lewd bottom middle

Surgeon sews arm of his scrubs into patient at close of operation 7 LA Lewd top right

Diver encounters fish that was mutated by nuclear waste 8 LA Lewd bottom left

Sculptor weeps when nose falls off giant statue 8 LA Lewd bottom right
corner

Ventriloquist performs for audience of dummies 9 LA Lewd top right

Painter throws brush to ground, furious over his
depiction of peaceful mountain ruined by its eruption 10 Ultimate Accessories
for Personal Stereos center vertical

Heavyset skier leaves a thicker trail than the skinny skier beside him 11 Ultimate Accessories
for Personal Stereos left side near top

Angel asking for a light for cigarette is directed towards hell 13 Obituaries for
Merchandising Characters center vertical

Astronaut sees the Earth is a balloon complete with ribbon tie 14 Obituaries for
Merchandising Characters right middle side

Tip falls off African native's spear as lion approaches 27 Clever Ways to Get Out
of Embarrassing Situations center left

Thinking they got away from the Indians, cowboys driving wagon laugh as they head off cliff 28 The Lighter Side Of… top right corner

Dinosaur accidentally hits T-Rex in the head with tail 28 The Lighter Side Of… bottom left

Woman walking with man down a sidewalk wears
an "I ❤" shirt with an arrow pointing at the man 29 The Lighter Side Of… bottom left side

Waiter leads smoker past other restaurant customers to table outside 30 The Lighter Side Of… top right

Pelican dives after fish, heading towards mouth of larger fish 30 The Lighter Side Of… middle corner

Bull fighter, afraid of three healthy, mean bulls asks to use skinny bull with cobwebs in horns 31 The Lighter Side Of… right near middle

People buy speech bubbles from street vendor 32 The Lighter Side Of… top middle

Hot dog vendor pushes cart after jogging women who try to ignore him 32 The Lighter Side Of… near middle

Gondola falls off blimp after man mentions removing bolts 36 Spy vs Spy left side

Man leads emergency personnel towards mannequins washed up on shore 36 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Man speaks lovingly to woman and holds umbrella just over himself as they walk in the rain 42 Legal Wreckin' right side

Man in desert is confused by trail of luggage which has fallen from plane 42 Legal Wreckin' bottom right
corner

Guitarist leaves stage, shushes audience member as his rock band looks on. 43 Legal Wreckin' top right

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Mad #278 - April 1988
(22 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman approaches mailbox with prank squirting
flower inside connected by hose to the ground 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman Lenny Brenner delivers by surfboard 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle center

While man brags to buddies how he hunted, caught, mounted a
moose head, his wife tells the wives he bought it at a garage sale 5 Dorky Dancing near top right

Painter bawls as rain smears out his fresh road center line markings 6 Dorky Dancing middle right side

Island castaway realizes he forgot the cork as he throws message-in-bottle out to sea 7 Dorky Dancing above 3rd row center

WWI German soldier tries to avoid tools falling from aircraft above out of view 11 Still More
Celebrity Silhouettes near top right

Tarzan startled by swinging vine seeming more like a lion's tail 12 Quick Recoveries For
Embarrassing Situations top left side

Huge tree the lumberjack chops turns out to be a giant pencil with lead point on top 13 Quick Recoveries For
Embarrassing Situations top right side

Confused looking guys's divining rods points up to an approaching rainstorm. 17 The MAD Nasty
File (Vol 2) top right side

Within a line of fuming motorists, ice cream truck vendor
takes advantage of a traffic jam to sell cones to a happy couple 23 Secret Supermarket Rules top right

Powerlines cross downhill skier's path where snowbank raises to area's roof level 26 The Lighter Side of... corner bottom right

Captured lion screams, startles safari group when hauler steps on his tail 27 The Lighter Side of... top right

Groo jumps to grab bird for food, unknowingly over the edge of a huge cliff 28 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Artist trying to paint canvas of sheep jumping over fence dozes off midway 29 The Lighter Side of... top right

Devil with huge eating fork approaches others with regular pitchforks 29 The Lighter Side of... above 3rd row center

Farmer curses oxen veering off course, romantically following another oxen 30 The Lighter Side of... mid corner right

Tenant jumping out sixth floor of burning building conks heads
with jumper from fourth floor before both reach firemen's life net 35 MAD's Instant Guide
to Zodiac Types mid right corner

Italian man hanging on corner, adored by the ladies,
stares down passing beauty, wants to try on her dress ensemble 38 Spy Vs Spy bottom right side

While desperate lady asks waiter for directions to commode,
plumber at the bottom of a long staircase makes repairs 40 Stinkout corner bottom right

Coed gym instructor leads new member to exercise class which he
thinks is led by beautiful women, turns out she's more bodybuilder-y 41 Stinkout top right

King walks on series of carpet runners laid end to end which
servants repeatedly roll out and roll up to keep ahead of him 42 Stinkout bottom right

Rising soul of recently deceased man caught between angels in serene
landscape of Heaven and devils partying up in Hell, both goading him to join 43 Stinkout top right

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #285
March 1989
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox is shaped like Alfred's head 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Mailman walks through man's hose water on hot sunny day 3 Letters and Tomatoes mid left

Man with taxidermy moose head walks towards a group of animal rights protestors 6 Beers bottom right corner

A girl who was flipped off by a boy cries to her mother
who imagines several much worse scenarios for the tears 7 Beers top right

Batman swings above the city on a web
coming out of a spider, much to his surprise 10 MAD Re-Examines
More Wise Old Sayings mid vertical

A man doesn't move when a lumberjack mistakenly
says "Limber" after chopping down massive tree 16 When Roger Rabbit Technology
Takes Over All Of Hollywood's Films left side

Servants carry woman around while riding skateboards 18 When Roger Rabbit Technology
Takes Over All Of Hollywood's Films mid left

Angels find pay turnstile at Pearly Gates 26 The Lighter Side Of… top right corner

Three glass-blower generations blow glass:
father's is near perfect, son's is tiny and grandfather's is shaky 27 The Lighter Side Of… bottom

Kayaker believes upcoming waterfall is just some small rapids 28 The Lighter Side Of… mid right corner

Fly taunting frog from inside glass bottle doesn't see snake coming up behind it 29 The Lighter Side Of… mid right

A man on an island fishes, only to see his
reflections hook sticking up out of the water 30 The Lighter Side Of… bottom right side

Guitarist believes he is playing below women's window,
but the apartment is "For Rent" 31 Recasting Famous Old Movies
With Today's Famous Wrestlers top right side

Patrons of outdoor cafe lose their appetites as homeless women and son pass by 33 Recasting Famous Old Movies
With Today's Famous Wrestlers top right

Tourist notices totem pole is stamped "Made in Japan" 35 Spy vs Spy bottom right side

Frankenstein's monster hits head walking through door frame 38 Greeting Cards for Very,
Very Special Occasions mid vertical

Groo picks up crocodile eggs, thinking they're turtle eggs,
with the angry mother standing behind him 39 Greeting Cards for Very,
Very Special Occasions top left

Man hooks hose to fire hydrant to fill waterbeds in store 41 Duck Edwing Moseys Out West top right

Angel suggests to God switching the breasts from Adam to Eve 41 Duck Edwing Moseys Out West bottom right

Knight laughs at tiny dragon while unknowingly sitting on tail of giant one 42 Duck Edwing Moseys Out West mid right corner

Man advertising on stilts sits in apartment
window to get out of rain, startling a naked woman 43 CrockTale top right side

A couple from a yacht park on desert island and ask castaway to get them drinks 44 CrockTale bottom

Man brings woman a flower from the cliffside, only to find her
enamored by handsome man who hands her a flower near his feet 45 CrockTale top left corner

Man with wooden wings jumps off cliff, thinking he'll hang glide 47 CrockTale left side

Cowboy running from Indians and Indian
running from Cowboys heads towards each other 47 CrockTale top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #286 - April 1989
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman points out coworker returning from MAD mailbox in shambles 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Disgruntled mailman looks at envelope (Lenny Brenner?) 2 Letters and Tomatoes near right

Mailman uses fishing pole to collect letter from homeowner with vicious dog 3 Letters and Tomatoes mid near bottom

Man jumps off Lover's Leap, thinking of woman
who is below him, making out with another man 4 ThirtySuffering left side

A spider thins out as it excretes web 5 ThirtySuffering top mid vertical

Several cars crash as the drivers are distracted
by nude mannequins in passing truck 6 ThirtySuffering bottom

Scuba driver loses air, angrily swims to surface
as pump operator makes out with woman 7 ThirtySuffering top left corner

Archer fails to hit center of target because his eyes point outward 8 ThirtySuffering right side

Archaeologist uncovers upside-down pyramid buried in desert 12 Spy vs Spy near top
left side

Cowboy wagon flees Indians, about to collide with
rockslide around corner, separating them from the calvary 12 Spy vs Spy bottom right
corner

Penguin hides from wife and kids by wearing Groucho glasses in crowd 18 The Lighter Side Of... bottom

A drag racer's parachute pulls him from vehicle 19 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Farmer realizes one of his pigs has a coin slot on its back 20 The Lighter Side Of... top

Angry female octopus ties male octopus' tentacles in knots 21 The Lighter Side Of... middle near bottom

Tornado obeys "One Way" traffic sign 22 The Lighter Side Of... right middle
corner

Man in fly suit at costume ball heads towards giant fly swatter 24 The Moron
Downer Jr. Show bottom right
corner

Mailman uses fishing pole to collect letter from homeowner with vicious dog
(reprinted from page 3) 25 The Moron
Downer Jr. Show top right

Tarzan's head is bandaged after rope breaks 30 When TV Commercials
Make Full Use of
the Beatles Songs bottom

Vampire uses electric toothbrush on fangs 31 When TV Commercials
Make Full Use of
the Beatles Songs near center

Rowing team unknowingly heads towards waterfall 34 It's Safe to Go to
the Bathroom When... near top
left corner

Building sneezes its windows off (Gesundheit!) 36 It's Safe to Go to
the Bathroom When... near middle

Spiderman's web and Batman's rope get tangled above city 37 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Giant's outhouse use causes problems for townspeople below 37 Spy vs Spy top right corner

Homeless woman dreams of home while her dog dreams of a dog house 42 21 Junkheap bottom

Overweight beachgoer imagines two women in bikinis as being overweight 43 21 Junkheap top right

King Kong leaves massive poop in city which encases a man 44 21 Junkheap right side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #287 - June 1989
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox has bear trap on front 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Man tows trailer which tows a mailbox on wheels 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Children play with the bullets a hunter searches for as bear approaches 6 Grossanne bottom middle

Realtor tries to sell house hanging over a cliff to couple 7 Grossanne top left corner

Escaped prisoner buys lots of helium-filled balloons to float away from police 8 Grossanne bottom right corner

Three mafia men each think one of the other
two is who they're about to kill with cement shoes 9 Grossanne top middle

Scuba diver ditches ship to run off with discovered treasure 15 Specialized Nautilus Machines
For Practical Everyday Activities top right side

Man lowers love note over balcony, one floor past
his lady to a surprised ugly woman with flies hovering 20 Additions to the Dictionary top left side

Paraglider hangs by shoelace off tiny tree branch on edge of cliff 25 Consumer Reports Aimed
at Special Interest Groups mid center vertical

Caveman fascinated by child's painting of modern naked woman 25 Consumer Reports Aimed
at Special Interest Groups bottom left

Men's circus acrobat team stand on each
others' shoulders to see nudist colony atop cliff 28 The Lighter Side Of… top right corner

Organ grinder's monkey takes a break, listens to a walkman 29 The Lighter Side Of… bottom middle

Farmer stops tractor to hammer straight a disc from the plow 30 The Lighter Side Of… middle corner

A soap-covered bather confronts plumber who removed pipe 31 The Lighter Side Of… top right

Lenny Brenner holds a T-square 32 The Lighter Side Of… top near middle

Dog chases terrified bull past bullfighter 32 The Lighter Side Of… near bottom middle

Window washer hurries down a floor past angry couple in bedroom 33 Spy vs Spy bottom right side

Children tear up a woman's flowers, looking for a baseball 34 It's Never a Good Sign When… left below intro

Fisherman doesn't realize his can of worms
is spilling into water feeding happy fish 37 Kookoon: The Rehash top left side

Waiter told he's lost part of flaming shiskabob 38 Kookoon: The Rehash bottom middle

Car crash victim turned angel floats up into
clouds to join a huge line at the Pearly Gates 39 Kookoon: The Rehash top left corner

Large ice skater carves open frozen pond with skates 40 Kookoon: The Rehash right middle side

Woman reads falling man's scream ("AAA") as part of vision test 41 Spy vs Spy bottom left

Scuba diver ditches ship to run off with discovered treasure
(NOTE: duplicated from page 15) 42 Headlines You Can
Bet We'll Never See top left

Man twists bottle instead of cork with corkscrew 43 Headlines You Can
Bet We'll Never See left middle

Man uses fishing pole as dog leash from high window 45 Academy Awards for
Movie Audience Members top left corner

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #289 - September 1989
(22 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Miniature mailman can't find MAD mailbox, because he's on top of it 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Sailor confused why ship is carrying "Air Mail" sacks 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Man and woman fall for each other on building ledge, having just crawled out of separate
high-rise apartment bedroom windows, almost caught cheating by respective spouses 6 Battyman bottom left

King Neptune readies trident towards ship spilling oil on him 7 Battyman top left corner

Wind blows off cowboy's hat, he dismounts horse
to retrieve it, unaware rattlesnake is underneath 8 Battyman bottom right

Hunter readies to shoot ducks, unaware his boat is heading towards a waterfall 9 Battyman top left corner

Bill Gaines's condo balcony bends downward significantly more than simmilar balconies 10 Battyman bottom right side

Spider falls in ❤ with sleeping man's mustache 15 The Rookstone Catalog bottom left side

Man crawling in desert obeys sign to turn around 19 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Opposing forces play dice under a tarp over two tanks in the desert 21 More New Laws That Congress
Should Pass Right Now! top right

Man with tiny dog gets ticket for the poop of a woman's tall dog 23 When Rap Music Spreads
Into Everyday Life top right

Frog uses fly disguise on tongue as bait 26 The Lighter Side Of… top right corner

Woman sweeps up pixel characters on floor of arcade 27 The Lighter Side Of… bottom

Cowboy leaps from window, expects to land on horse
which has wandered away to feed on a patch of grass 28 The Lighter Side Of… center corner

Female beauty pageant and bodybuilding contestants share a stage due to a mix up 29 The Lighter Side Of… top right

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host shushes homeless
woman's crying baby during the shooting of an episode 30 The Lighter Side Of… mid 1/3 up

Gypsy describes to a woman the same man who is
falling towards them from a broken scaffolding 34 Selected Highlights from the
BOTB* Sports Cable Network top left side

King Kong asks directions to the Empire State Building 35 Selected Highlights from the
BOTB* Sports Cable Network top right side

A partners tennis match is stopped so the two women can talk 37 Murky Brown mid 1/3 up

Two cactuses catch a man's sombrero as he walks between them 38 Murky Brown top right side

Hunter's duck decoy sinks in the lake, fish watch it hit bottom 44 If Different Comedians
Told the Same Joke mid vertical

Deep sea diver swims to tiny island to make out with mermaid 48 MAD Charts near bottom left

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #292 - January 1990
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Mailman surfs to deserted island occupant 2 Letters middle left

Mailman shot at by moonshine-making hillbilly 2,3 Letters middle right, middle left

Mailman places mail in mouth of gardener with dirty hands 3 Letters near bottom left

David's stone hits soldier behind Goliath 7 Funny to Shrink the Kids bottom left side

Knight attempts to save damsel tied to big dragon's tail 9 The MAD Guide to New Computer Games middle corner right

Surface-supplied diver smoking cigar underwater 14 Spy vs Spy middle right side

6-person-made Persian runner mistakenly sewn along length 22,23 Six Minutes Looks at Smoking top right side, top left

Hunter's animal caller brings out all the species 28 The Lighter Side of... top right side

Castaway uses rooted palm trees to row deserted island 29 The Lighter Side of... bottom middle

Adam prefers pineapple to Eve's apple 30 The Lighter Side of... above 3rd row, middle-right

Noah, in his Ark, has itch caused by pair of bedbugs 31 The Lighter Side of... top right

Executioner and prisoner need to
sift through crowd for public beheading 32 The Lighter Side of... above 3rd row, right

William Tell solicits lady for her son as target 34 The Great Tune Surplus Sale top below-title right

Kangaroo with head-bumps tells of trees with low branches 41 Practical Joke Items for the Computer bottom left

Hand of God water-pistols smoking youth 43 Buried With Children top left side

Painter white-washing brick wall followed by graffiti artists 44 Buried With Children bottom middle

Smiling firemen play lost to nudist colony 45 Buried With Children top middle

Young prankster's fake witch silhouette
causes innocent to be burned at stake 46 Buried With Children bottom right

Tubist's sneeze blows over rest of marching band - Gesundheit! 47 Buried With Children top right

Long-stilted sandwich board person
enjoys pro baseball game for free 48 Exciting But Meaningless
Movie Studio Blurbs middle-bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #297 - September 1990
(26 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Side of mailbox opened with sardine tin key 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Trio of dancing mail envelopes do it vaudeville style 3 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom left

Carnival assistant talking to pretty juggler lady fails
to set up safety net for human cannonball in mid flight 6 America's Phoniest Home Videos Visits Fool House bottom middle

Thought bubble "OOPS!" as parts fall out of Space Shuttle bay in orbit 7 America's Phoniest Home Videos Visits Fool House middle left side

Heads turn in vet waiting room as peg-legged old salt drags in huge squid 10 12 Sure Signs That You've Reached Adulthood middle center

African native carves scowling tribal mask inspired by nagging wife 12 A MAD Guide to Devolution top left side

Lounging man jolted by mushroom cloud explosions on his model globe 13 A MAD Guide to Devolution top right side

Hanging spider descends and scowls at two others, sheepish and
guilty looking, their webs tangled up on their path down 14 Spy vs. Spy top left side

Horned devil snickers as he makes bunny ears behind another as they pose 15 Choke top middle
left side

Fisherman unaware bait worm squirms from water and climbs up edge of cliff 15 Choke bottom right side

Excavator notices bountiful treasure in load he just put in dumptruck driving off 16 Choke middle left-center

Castaway from sunken boat swims ecstatically
toward "land mass" revealed to be top of huge octopus' head 23 What Corporate Initials Really Stand For top right

Sherlock Holmes tracks bare footprints to statue,
fails to find culprit hiding behind it. 26 The Lighter Side of corner bottom right

Surface supplied diver leaves treasure chest at bottom of water,
planning to tell partner on boat he saw nothing 28 The Lighter Side of bottom right corner

King Kong approaches tied-up screaming damsel, hoping for big female gorilla 29 The Lighter Side of mid corner left

Among path of Indian ladies balancing pots on heads,
two snidely leer at each other with identical dresses and blank pot designs 30 The Lighter Side of above 3rd
row center

As samurai bows to dueling partner, his sword lifts up kimono of geisha server 30 The Lighter Side of top right

Baton flies out of orchestra conductor's hand and impales man in front row 31 When TV Sports Advertisers Decide to
"Sponsor" More than Just Kickoffs & Home Runs middle right side

As jealous husband guards front door, man in
hot-air balloon ladders down to 2nd floor to romance his wife 37 MAD Visits a Modern-Day Law School near top left side

Man relents and gives mugger his wallet since
his attack dog is busy barking at an alley cat 37 MAD Visits a Modern-Day Law School bottom center

Gopher curses from hole ostrich tried to burrow head in 38 MAD Visits a Modern-Day Law School middle right side

Woman stopped short by her mate carving
heart on mountain edge during couple's climb 41 Fooling with Food top side center

Afro blocks headphones, keeps guy from hearing his Walkman 43 Hunt for Last October top vertical

Elder man meditates on ledge near top of cliff
where hardhats post sign "SITE: NEW CONDOS" 45 Hunt for Last October corner top left

Plane takes off before baggage truck driver arrives 46 Hunt for Last October bottom middle

Trombone player in marching band scowls at tuba player who blew his hat off 47 Hunt for Last October top middle

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #306 - October 1991
(19 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox vomits letters 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Mailman's carrier is full of ants from delivering an ant farm 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

A typewriter and other equipment is covered
in cobwebs beside a brand new personal computer 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Tarzan waits at a stoplight hanging in the trees 5 Teen Rage Moolah
Nitwit Turtles II top right side

Archaeologist discovers cave paintings of The Flintstones 6 Teen Rage Moolah
Nitwit Turtles II bottom

Nero is angered when cows are released in The Colosseum instead of lions to attack 7 Teen Rage Moolah
Nitwit Turtles II top right

Sailor drops anchor on pier (OOPS!) 10 Future Quayle Quotes
We Can Expect to Hear vertical
near middle

Spider makes a heart-shaped web for another 15 The Startling Similarities
Between Ancient Mythology
& Modern Rock right side

Heavy-set rower is reprimanded for boat's bowing 21 Why Sports Life Is
Harder Than Real Life near middle

Man throws rock at Cupid for giving him an ugly lover 23 Salesmen's Claims and
Come-Ons That Should
Set You Running near top right

Woman asks farmer about lost boys who are driving his tractor away 25 MAD's Creat-Your-Own
Vanilla Ice Biography top right corner

The soul of a recently deceased man in a car crash goes from heading
towards Heaven to heading towards Hell after passing window of a nude woman 33 The Lighter Side Of... bottom left side

Arrested nude man claims his clothes were stolen in mugging 33 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Worker hangs himself with telephone wire from pole 34 The Lighter Side Of... top right corner

Audience members leave horror film scared, except for the one with three legs 34 The Lighter Side Of... near center
corner

Sheep herder and his flock get stuck crossing wet cement 36 The Lighter Side Of... middle near top

Castaway on tiny island thinks about supplies in his sunken boat surrounded by sharks 41 MAD's Merchandiser
of the Year top right side

Man laughs at woman whose likeness is on a totem pole 42 MAD's Merchandiser
of the Year bottom right
corner

A man with a stop sign stops a truck hauling cars so his buddies can steal their parts 43 MAD's Merchandiser
of the Year top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #309 - March 1992
(25 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox has been turned into a toilet 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Mailman hangs out window to deliver letter to King Kong climbing up building holding Fay Wray 3 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Post office mail sorter tosses all MAD letters into trashcan 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Racer's pit crew includes woman in fishnets 7 Beverly Hills 911 top right

Squares on woman's checkerboard pattern outfit fall onto sidewalk 7 Beverly Hills 911 left side

Man regrets skating in circle as he sinks below ice 10 MAD's Christmas Carols
for Modern Times top left side

Tap dancer stuck on the sand of a desert island sad he can't tap 12 If Other Historical Eras Had Been
as "Lawsuit Happy" as Ours is Today top vertical

Soldier's rope falls off grappling hook attached to castle tower 13 If Other Historical Eras Had Been
as "Lawsuit Happy" as Ours is Today top middle
corner

The Rocketeer hits his head, leaves helmet embedded on ceiling 17 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Boy scouts use man's ladder rungs to start campfire 17 Spy vs Spy right side

A real ghost mingles at a costume party 19 The MAD Stages of… near top

Angel is shocked by shark fin poking through clouds 20 Drama on Page 20 top right

Man sees top of lighthouse is a candle 21 MAD's Minute-By-Minute
Breakdown of Popular TV Shows top right side

Person tosses toilet paper from one stall to another 26 Using Sports Equipment
in Everyday Life left near top

Lumberjack downs tree, runs from angry animals 30 The Lighter Side of… top right

Woman yells to man leaving with leash but no dog 30 The Lighter Side of… bottom right side

Family cheers for arrival of TV repairman, but TV is just unplugged 31 The Lighter Side of… top right

Distracted mother doesn't see her crying baby in carriage struck by kid's baseball during game 32 The Lighter Side of… near middle

Garbageman questions trash contents outside Edwing's Mortuary 33 The Lighter Side of… top right

Man on jet ski flirts with woman water skiing 34 The Lighter Side of… top right

Homeless man on city sidewalk paints box to resemble house 44 Quandary Heap bottom right

Adam eats apple with Eve and gives snake a thumbs up 45 Quandary Heap top right

Almost discovered by woman's husband, cheating man who climbed
out window on ledge, silently signals Superman not to save him 46 Quandary Heap bottom middle

Men walk towards each other, intend to rob the other 47 Quandary Heap top middle

Elephant sneezes off its tusks (gesundheit!) 48 New Cabinet-Level
Departments We'd Like to See near middle

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #314 - October 1992
(27 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Bandaged-up MAD staff looks on as Nick Meglin
approaches mailbox containing bomb ready to explode 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Mailman has Native American woman head-carry his mailbag during his route 2 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom right

Street bum with cardboard box domicile has a makeshift cardboard mailbox 3 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom left

Stranded man in desert enjoys brief moment of shade coming
from wing detached from airplane falling right above him 6 Buttman Returns near bottom
right side

Surfer's board-leash snags on dorsal fin of passing shark 7 Buttman Returns top

Man with video camera sheepishly whistles as he follows two policeman walking their beat 9 Buttman Returns near bottom
left side

Flag-waver taking pee-break by tree misses racing cars crossing finish line 9 Buttman Returns top right

Eskimo can't find sunglasses as one penguin in crowd walks away wearing them 12 The Pump Idea
in Other Products near left
side vertical

Tarzan finds himself swinging from dangling spiderweb 15 High Tech Excuses
for the 90's near top
left vertical

Window cleaner breaks stained-glass window all over monastery floor as monk looks on 17 Why the 21st Century
May Be Even Worse
Than This One! right side

Sombrero-shaped satellite dish helps Mexican enjoy television in his adobe 18 Why the 21st Century
May Be Even Worse
Than This One! near bottom left

One runner in track race left one of his shoes stuck on starting block 19 Why the 21st Century
May Be Even Worse
Than This One! near bottom left

Construction team constructs new road by following along numbered connect-the-dots 23 New Twists on Old Jokes top right side

Mobsters drive off with their victim after stealing fresh cement from sidewalk contractor 26 Trendy Groups
of the 90's middle left

Golfer tries his swing to knock out golfball from inside the snake who swallowed it 27 Trendy Groups
of the 90's near top right

Cooking show chef hides behind his stove in shame
while his audience laugh at what's burning from his pans 28 Trendy Groups
of the 90's top right

Heavyset man enjoys the view from his apartment balcony,
while all the balconies below him show "FOR SALE" signs 29 Spy Vs Spy bottom left side

Kid can't find his skateboard as monk with tunic touching ground glides away 30 JFK Conspiracy Theories
Oliver Stone Left on
the Cutting Room Floor near top left

Angel sent up to heaven is accosted by angel peddling halos before St. Peter gets to him 32 The Lighter Side of... top right corner

As scoutmaster cooks canned food under a fire,
his scouts escape campground to a McDonald's across the road 33 The Lighter Side of... bottom

Underground sewer worker feels sprinkle from above, gets told by
coworker it's the predicted rainfall, while dog urinates through sewer grate 34 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Parents who brought their kids to a drive-in movie are
outraged the advertised "BAMBI" is actually an X-rated film 35 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Dim workman gets chewed out for constructing barbed wire fence across road, halting traffic 36 The Lighter Side of... near bottom

Graffiti artist's flees the scene, after scrawling
"♥ JULIO" off wall onto t-shirt of leaning huge man 37 Selected Scenes from
the Transylvania Mall top right corner

Prisoner in jail wagon happy it hit a bump that caused bars to fall out of its window 40 Basically, It Stinks top

Kid pranksters paint "Atomic Waste" sign and symbol on trash cans,
scare off garbagemen collecting them 42,43 Basically, It Stinks shared bottom
right corner

Kid waiting for baseball player to autograph his one card is disconsolate
he's in line with tradesmen and salesmen carrying bulk cards and balls 43 Basically, It Stinks top

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #319
June 1993
(24 entries)

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Mail carrier can't find MAD mailbox hidden within snowman 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Amused mail carrier chuckles as he hands recipient post card he's just read 3 Letters and Tomatoes left

Death with scythe approaches back of line for knife sharpener 6 Drek-ula bottom right

Kid asks for McDonalds from army men handing out care packages 7 Drek-ula top right

Waiter plops stack of dishes on table in front of restaraunt patrons to light lady's cigarette at next table 9 Unsuccessful
Fundraising Events top right

Buffalo hide behind short cliff wall from Native American hunters 10 The Lighter Side of... bottom right corner

Cavemen casually drag their women by the hair, stop to chat, while one woman flails for air in a stream 11 The Lighter Side of... top right

Streetcleaner driver rumbles toward pooping pooch, distracted by lady in a skirt 12 The Lighter Side of... near mid right

Tourist photographs palace guards, notices one has a wind-up key in his back 13 The Lighter Side of... top right

Mom wonders where son's ducky blanket went, as homeless man sleeps with it in box below window 14 The Lighter Side of... bottom right side

Rootbeer float drinker slurps up tiny American flag decoration 15 Duck Edwing's
Twisted World of
Magic and Illusion top right side

Man runs down hallway to use toilet, but plumber is not finished assembling it 18 Duck Edwing's
Twisted World of
Magic and Illusion bottom right side

Cavemen argue over whether large bone came from a dinosaur or a giant man 19 Having "Baby Boomers"
for Parents Means... top right side

On top of downed airliner floating in the ocean, stewardess tells
man to sit near tail because only first-class passengers get the front 28 Blunder Siege bottom right

Army tank driver in formation bashes next driver in the head with the main gun of his turret 29 Blunder Siege top right

Giant uses outhouse as wet Jack nears the top of the beanstalk below 31 A TV News Editor's
"Experts to Call
in a Pinch" File mid left corner

Woman comes away with scorched hair as she walks
beneath sparks from a welder working on a building above 32 A TV News Editor's
"Experts to Call
in a Pinch" File right side

Birdwatcher contemplates bird fabric on the dress of a lady walking by 33 A TV News Editor's
"Experts to Call
in a Pinch" File left bottom side

Fat spider burps after gorging itself on a fly 34 Pick Up Lines to
Use in Less Than
Sterling Situations left top side

Daredevil motorcyclist notices "Closed For Repairs" sign midway through car jump 36 Baseball's Most Important
Spring Training Drills mid page

Short-haired male dog envisions passing fluffy female dog sheared 37 Baseball's Most Important
Spring Training Drills mid page

Black Spy is surprised to see sleeping White Spy's nose cone on bedside table 38 Baseball's Most Important
Spring Training Drills left

Wharf fisherman thinks he's got a bite, hooks to pant leg of dead man roped to rock 39 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Frog wishes for princess instead of girlfriend frog 46 We're the Stars
of the Balls Game bottom left side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #328
June 1994
(18 entries)

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MAD mailbox filled with concrete holds Alfred by the feet underwater in apparent mob murder attempt 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Dad can't be bothered to look at son's elaborate sand castle as beachgoers crowd around the creation 6 Law & Disorder bottom right

Bride and groom wait for each other at different churches 8 Law & Disorder bottom
right corner

Cowboy ropes partner's stationary horse instead of steer 11 Snappy Answers
to Stupid Questions right

Gazelles bound for the lake to escape lion but miss the crocodile in wait 13 New Time-Life
Book Series bottom left

Repairman with "Out of Order" sign is too late at the laundromat where a wave of water dispatches customers 15 New Time-Life
Book Series bottom left

Boy receives pizza delivery during school class 27 The Lighter Side of... mid right

Finisher admires his cement work as King Kong approaches fresh sidewalk 28 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Bungee jumper launches himself off impossibly high bridge, fails to see helicopter flying below 29 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Joksters on boat landing crack up as rower gets nowhere, tied to a heavy rock out of his view 30 The Lighter Side of... top right

Woman carrying water vase on head notices soaked friend with upside-down vase on her head 31 Mini Golf for the '90s mid left side

Baker makes party cake too small for girl to jump out of 33 Mini Golf for the '90s top right side

Karate school instructor uses karate to nail sign to wall 34 International Signs
for the World of Rock mid vertical

Odor from TV kitchen chef's meal sickens crew and audience 36 The Concrete Laws
of Hope Repair top right

Stranded on a desert island one guy dreams of a pretty lady, the other guy dreams of his island partner 37 The Concrete Laws
of Hope Repair bottom

On his way to heaven an angel takes in the graffitied clouds 38 Lesser Known
TV Role Models top left side

Earthquake pulverizes multi-story condo before workers can plant "For Sale!" sign 44 Babewatch bottom right
corner

Laughing lookout men in the crow's nest of an old sailing ship scare shipmates with warning of waterfall ahead 47 Babewatch bottom left side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #329 - July 1994
(14 entries)

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MAD logo stuffed into mailbox (probably not a marginal) 2 Letters top

Scheming duelists imagine how they'll shoot the other early 12 NYPD Boobs bottom

Mom hanging laundry thinks her boys dressed as Indians behind
bushes are making smoke signals, but they're smoking cigarettes 14 The '5W' Questions We'd Like
to Ask of Local TV News left side

Guru-seeker will discover guru's bones at top of mountain 22 No-Joke Jokes mid corner

Smoking and coughing, tobacco industry
advertising executives go over campaign 23 No-Joke Jokes bottom

Zorro sword-signs wall with Superman emblem 26 The Inane Invisible Intercourse bottom left

Worker goofs, digs pipe trench through road instead of below it 27 The Lighter Side of... right mid
corner

"Danger - High Tide" sign-planter rows out to submerged lighthouse 28 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Ancient ship with goose-neck stern leads three gosling crafts 29 The Lighter Side of... mid right

Snake charmer's snake goes horizonal instead of vertical 30 The Lighter Side of... middle

Husband defends purchasing an elliptical machine
while wife envisions it gathering cobwebs in the closet 35 Condom Etiquette mid right

Woodpecker attaches itself to rhino's horn 37 Condom Etiquette mid right

"D" drops off Delta flight, strikes man below 46 Modern Updated Tales from the Crypt mid bottom
vertical

Hovering amphibious helicopter pilot, standing on pontoon
floats above water, "Zipp!!"s up after bladder release 48 The Infamous Invisible Incident right side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #339 - September 1995
(14 entries)

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Moving van speeds along with MAD contents
flying out open door, including mailbox 2 Letters near top middle

Mailman dumps mail, puts bag over head, runs from beehive 2 Letters near middle

Hot-sauced dog runs from mailman who applied Tabasco to pant leg bottoms 3 Letters near center left

David can't find a stone for his sling as Goliath bears down on him 17 The Academy for the Radical
Religious Right Course Catalogue center left side

Runner caught in downpour sees himself dry, running on a treadmill 25 Star Blecch Voyeur top right

Treasure hunters are happy with the watch they found, not digging
far enough to reach a treasure chest, ancient pottery, and dinosaur bones 27 Star Blecch Voyeur left corner top

Batman and Spiderman flip a coin to see who'll rescue the
ugly lady or the pretty lady, both being accosted by muggers 41 The Lighter Side of... top near right

Boy hiding in knight's armor peeks out at waist
level at underclothed maiden doing her makeup 42 The Lighter Side of... near mid corner

Jet pilot unintentionally ejects crew member (oops!) 42 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Painter with half-finished canvas begs woodsman to spare a tree 43 The Lighter Side of... near mid right

Boy cracks up as he watches crowned king walk by, thinks of Bart Simpson's hair 44 The Lighter Side of... top near left

Elephants charge safari jeep holding photographers getting baby elephant shots 44 The Lighter Side of... near mid right

Vampire thinks of female bat as lady walks by 47 Howard at the Mike near top right

Cello instructor laughs as student jabs strings like a bow and arrow 48 Howard at the Mike top left

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #344 - April 1996
(13 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox is underwater with post stuck in a bucket of cement 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Mailman offers vicious dog a TNT bone 2 Letters and Tomatoes near middle

Woman pulls "Vacant" sign from window
as ugly guitarist approaches to give her flower 6 The Alfie Awards:
MAD Salutes the Movies left near middle

Eve approaches Adam with a fig leaf coat and purse,
as he imagines her only wearing a single leaf 9 Comic Strip Classics in
Their Full Strip Form left middle

Man hurries over with drill as man in full body cast has to pee 16-17 The Malling of America bottom span
both pages

Man cancels lobster order as his two kids cry 29 The Lighter Side Of... top

Explorer hacks "tall grass" that is really King Kong's chest hair 30 The Lighter Side Of... top right

Man tricks boy into watching cardboard TV
facing window instead of the real television 31 The Lighter Side Of... right near middle

Man on island thrilled when box of
mannequins washes ashore from sinking ship 32 The Lighter Side Of... top

Tennis doubles match delays so two women can talk at net 37 The Lighter Side Of... side

Angel dog sniffing another's butt loses
its wings and halo and falls through clouds 45 Police Squad:
O.J. On the Rocks top left corner

Pranksters replace "Nudist" with "Boy Scout" on camp fence sign 46 Police Squad:
O.J. On the Rocks bottom

Workers constructing oil and water pipelines meet each other 48 The Pernicious
Plaything Payoff right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #350 - October 1996
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Someone is sleeping in the mailbox 2 Letters top center

Postal worker discovers old mailbags 2 Letters center below mid-page

Man proposes but woman wants his driver 6-7 It's a Blunderful Life corner-lower right-lower left

IRS auditor joins others in hell 7 It's a Blunderful Life upper left corner

Snake-charmer gets the laundry basket 9 The Bracing Bon Vivant Balloonacy left center

Coffin disappears into the snow 16-17 The Lighter Side of … corner-lower right-lower left

Man cannot hear beggar 18 The Lighter Side of … top center

Anchor smashes castaway on tropical island 19 The Lighter Side of … mid-page

Man passes affectionate wife to use computer 20 The Lighter Side of … one-third page right

Girl loves Sergio's pig he intends to roast 22 You're Their Biggest Fan...
But You Just Might Be a Stalker if... bottom right

Baby flips the finger at pedestrians 24 You're Their Biggest Fan...
But You Just Might Be a Stalker if... bottom center-right

Motorhome accused of traffic jam 34 It's Depends Day bottom center

Man misses his flight 38 Better Things Billionaires Can Do to
Help the U.S.A. Than Run For President bottom right

Tongue-ring and nose-ring are joined 42 The Rats of New York City bottom left

Man in life raft hungers for circling sharks 44 Single Louts bottom center

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #351 - November 1996
(18 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

"Police Line - Do Not Cross" tape wraps exploded mailbox 2 Letters & Tomatoes top middle

Mailman protects himself from dog with a
fierce one of his own complete with saddle bag 2 Letters & Tomatoes near bottom
middle

Safari hunter bounds across packs on heads of haulers to escape lion 7 The Crock top center

Wise one at top of mountain gets no visitors due to crumbled path section 7 The Crock left side

Drunk is thrown out of wine tasting 12 The Tobacco Industy's
Secret Marketing Plans for
Attracting Young Smokers left top

Chef finishes cooking demonstration with delivered ingredients on live TV 22 The Hunchback
and Note the Dame bottom center

Captain America finds his shield at a lost and found 23 The Hunchback
and Note the Dame top center

Lady screams after getting mugged by mugger
who himself gets mugged around the block 24-25 The Hunchback
and Note the Dame bottom corner
between pages

Bear, hanging from transport stick, bites safari camp worker's foot 26 New Toys That Prepare Kids
for Their Crummy Job Futures right bottom

Noah tells the elephants to move toward the middle of the capsizing ark 27 New Toys That Prepare Kids
for Their Crummy Job Futures right bottom

Kayakers in summer gear run into one dressed for winter 32 The Lighter Side of... middle top

Distracted by lady drying herself off,
four judges miss diver's gold medal attempt 34 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

Man watches TV with bandaged leg,
knife-throwing lessons kit sits in outdoor garbage 35 The Lighter Side of... middle vertical

Hunters prepare to fire on duck perched on sleeping hunter's hat 36 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Lady scared stiff as alligator from farm attacks through fence hole,
steals her purse, as worker comes to mend hole 44-45 Disgracer bottom corner
between pages

Man digs, finds treasure as water from dam burst bears down on him 45 Disgracer top left corner

Woman shouts for dog riding the top of a tornado 46 Disgracer right side

Queen waits for keys to arrive for palace gates 47 Disgracer top middle

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #353
Jan 1997
(20 entries)

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Snow plower explains impression on bulldozer blade came from running into the MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center

Mailman trudging through knee-high snow en route burnt by stepping on dog poo 3 Letters and Tomatoes top mid-left

Construction boss catches two hardhats playing a form of tennis with loaders 6 Marred Attack! bottom center

Man stranded in desert finds water puddle, followed by pack of cougars 7 Marred Attack! top-middle
left side

Mothers sees future scholar in her son using computer,
father sees old man stuck behind computer 7 Marred Attack! top center

Several police cars chasing after suspects stopped short by school crossing guard 8 Marred Attack! bottom center

Mustache-twirling villian confused by empty tablesaw
as logging truck carries away his tied-up damsel-in-distress 9 Marred Attack! top center

Hanging spider confronts couple,
a sheepish whistling spider and a nervous spider hiding behind ivy leaf 10 Realistic Police Shows
We'll Soon be Seeing top left side

Tightrope walker stunned by his wire taking 90 degree turn downward 16 Obituaries for Comic
Strip Characters corner top right

Man dreams of treasure chest when his metal detector
finds a nuclear warhead buried underneath 17 Obituaries for Comic
Strip Characters middle vertical

Slalom skiier goes through course dazed, engulfed by several flags 26 The Lighter Side of... top center right

Finisher stops robbers from stepping on his "WET CEMENT" on way to bank 27 The Lighter Side of... bottom center

As his bulk order is being processed by flag manufactury,
client complains they got his three-color pattern in wrong order 28 The Lighter Side of... top center right

Bikini-clad woman walks away offended by "peeping tom' in water,
unaware his leg's being pulled by octopus 28 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

Pranksters hanging fake flying saucer on fishing rod find hunting party approaching them 29 The Lighter Side of... middle center
vertical

A couple skinheads are about to assault a scrawny black man
as a group of stronger militant blacks turn the corner 30 The Lighter Side of... right corner
near top

As their vacation month appoaches, man dreams of winter break of skiing and sledding,
his wife and kids want a tropical beach getaway 45 Tortured by an Angel top center

MAD Zeppelin flies away before painter could finish the full logo 45 Tortured by an Angel middle left side

As angler fisherman thinks he's "caught a big one", his hook snags on an underwater pipeline 46,47 Tortured by an Angel shared bottom
corner

Man jumps off Lover's Leap alone as his lady backs out for another man 47 Tortured by an Angel corner top left

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #354 - February 1997
(16 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox and letters dance with top hats and canes vaudeville style 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Disgruntled mailman recalls sunny forecast during snow storm 2 Letters and Tomatoes near middle

Child is stands nabs baseball before outfielder can catch it
(REPRINT FROM #150) 2 Letters and Tomatoes near mid vertical

Aliens in a museum look at an updated
Darwin evolutionary chart with them at end 6 Rancid bottom

Fly's tracks are magnified to reveal human-like footprints 7 Rancid left side

Archaeologists discover "Exit" sign in temple 7 Rancid top

Eskimo bonks polar bear in the head with wrong end of spear 13 Even More
Chilling Thoughts bottom left

Kid ditches remote when angry man tries to find
who hit him in the head with remote control plane 15 Even More
Chilling Thoughts bottom right side

Man is scared when flashlight shines the bat signal 28 The Lighter Side Of… bottom

Kids are confused by tennis racket shaped snowshoe prints 30 The Lighter Side Of… mid left
top corner

Man reconsiders hanging himself and tries to reach his ladder 31 The Lighter Side Of… mid bottom
left corner

Falconer races to pet shop where falcon has eaten other birds 31 The Lighter Side Of… top right

Beekeeper enters vet's office with hive as startled pet owners look on 32 The Lighter Side Of… top

Worker digging trench on track is surprised when horse race heads his way 32 The Lighter Side Of… near bottom
right corner

The Penguin blows his nose on Batman's cape (Snort!!) 43 Beavis and Butt-Head
Go Hollywood bottom right

Golfer thinks caddy is scared to get hit with ball,
but is really scared of approaching bear 44 Beavis and Butt-Head
Go Hollywood top left side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #366 February 1998
(20 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man hits large drum with back of Alfred's head on it 1 Table of Contents top right

Man erases with giant pencil 1 Table of Contents center

Man points toward his own empty mouth 1 Table of Contents left side

Man in safari gear with large flyswatter holds up large fly 1 Table of Contents near middle

Man rides office chair 1 Table of Contents near bottom
middle

T-shirt with MAD mailbox printed on it hangs on clothes line 2 Letters and Tomatoes center

Repairman opens back of computer to reveal MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes right near bottom

Mailman shoves large sack of letters into MAD office mail slot 3 Letters and Tomatoes left middle

Crawling man lost in the hot sun of the desert runs into rug salesman with camel 14 Approaches to Avoid When
Your Child's Pet Dies bottom left

Cheating spouse's lover escapes on clothes line,
but heads toward different man thinking he slept with his wife 19 College Tours Exposed! top

Policeman directs luggage cart driver towards airport 20 College Tours Exposed! bottom

In a class of spiders, the one with a bad web wears
a dunce cap and gets reprimanded by teacher 28 Fairview Estates bottom left side

Umbrella carrying man picks up whole raindrop in its drawn form 30 Fairview Estates right side

Woman is worried circus knife thrower caught her cheating,
but he is thinking of another woman 32 The California Institute
of Comedy Writing top right

Circus train engineer worries giraffes won't fit through tunnel 33 The California Institute
of Comedy Writing bottom

Lost angel with map in Hell gets directed straight up from demon 34 The California Institute
of Comedy Writing top left

Cyclist stops mid-race to retrieve lost number laying on road 34 The California Institute
of Comedy Writing bottom

Man in sombrero points out another in group wearing high heels 42 Bob Villa's Home Aghast bottom

Boy cries over getting hand stuck in guitar during lesson 43 Bob Villa's Home Aghast top

Fish in bowl is scared by ant's magnified reflection 47 Video Arcade Personalities:
Volume II left middle

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #372 - August 1998
(12 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

MAD mailbox has cobwebs as computer inside glows with E-Mail 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

Mail carrier grumpy he stepped in muzzled dog's poop 3 Letters and Tomatoes left near middle

Mail carrier delivers massive crate of Slim Fast to overweight man 3 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom left

King Kong spots a truck full of bananas 6 Just Spoof Me! bottom right corner

Cars crash due to "One Way" signs pointing towards each other 7 Just Spoof Me! top middle

A demon in hell looks for friend who went above to a costume ball 13 When Other Old-Timers Try
To Relive Their Greatest Day top left corner

With the giant bearing down, Jack searches
for top of beanstalk, but it's been cut down 13 When Other Old-Timers Try
To Relive Their Greatest Day bottom right corner

Woman with thick glasses leaves home with dog in backpack instead of baby 15 Job Hunting with the Single
Career Girl in the Big City top left

Artist guy with binoculars paints nude woman on beach from a distance 15 Job Hunting with the Single
Career Girl in the Big City bottom right

Noah angers swarm of bees telling them only two are allowed 25 MAD's Do-It-Yourself
Complete Clinton Scandal Guide middle below title

An elephant in a trunk to tail row farts in the face of another 42 Everybody Loathes Raymud bottom middle

A city cyclist distracted by woman is about to hit dog pooping 43 Everybody Loathes Raymud left side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #376 - December 1998
(14 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Man uses pogo stick 1 Contents top left

Two men sob 1 Contents mid page

Arthur the Plant has mail instead of leaves 2 Letters and Tomatoes top right

MAD mailbox is smashed by skateboarder 3 Letters and Tomatoes top left

Mailman laughs at postcard as the muscular recipient angrily approaches 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Man rows giant lightbulb to dark lighthouse 6 Hollow-Scream: It's 2 Slow bottom right
corner

Hunter is under investigation at dead deer crime scene 7 Hollow-Scream: It's 2 Slow top

Fencer rushed to ambulance after sword penetrates mask 9 Phrases You Never Want to
See on a Restaurant Menu bottom left

Guitarist uses fire truck ladder to serenade woman 38 Spy vs. Spy bottom left side

Man reveals "Piranha" sign to two skinny dippers 41 The Lighter Side Of... mid right

Chariot race pit crew readies for approaching driver 42 The Lighter Side Of... near middle

Driver realizes literalness of sign's down arrow after crash 43 The Lighter Side Of... mid corner

Union and Confederate soldiers both use hat on a stick to trick the other, but go unseen 44 The Lighter Side Of... right side

Man discovers peeing cat is to blame for dead plants 46 Where the $13 Million-Per-
Episode E.R. Budget Goes bottom right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #381 - May 1999
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Marching band drummer beats on drum which has Alfred's face on it 1 Table of Contents left side

Dog walks away after peeing on, killing Arthur the plant 1 Table of Contents bottom

Bomb with lit fuse opens to reveal letter inside 2 Letters top right

Angry mailman delivers smelly skunk to the zoo 2 Letters left

Mailman uses slingshot to sling letter over fence to avoid angry dog 2 Letters bottom right

Flip the bird makes a nest of postage stamps 3 Letters top left

Man in ancient Greece knocked unconscious by horseshoe falling from Pegasus 8 How the NBA Plans to Win Back
the Love of Their Former Fans left side

Woman crawls by party-goers to avoid man who came back with drinks 14 Pop Up Porno Videos bottom right

Dog focuses on cat behind trash cans while owner is being robbed at gunpoint 23 Instant TV Reviews top right

His painting half done, artist looks at watch in front of telescope,
preparing to look at naked women in other building 28 Spy vs Spy bottom

God accidentally pokes hole in earth with lightning bolt, releases air like a balloon 32 The Paranoid Psychotic's
Guide to Foiling Paparazzi left side

Groom imagines bridesmaids naked while his bride walks down the aisle 36 Sub-brainy The Teenage Wretch bottom

Man descends from castle in the clouds down Arthur the plant,
taking the place of the beanstalk 36 Sub-brainy The Teenage Wretch right side

Co-pilot tells pilot he landed on a road instead of the runway, crashed cars in planes wake 37 Sub-brainy The Teenage Wretch top

Blind man steps in blind street performer's tip hat, walks away with it attached to foot 39 A MAD Guide to
Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong left side

Diving instructor points to water while student falls off the wrong side of boat onto land 40 A MAD Guide to
Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong top

Aliens stand in line with human women to compete in Miss Universe pageant 41 A MAD Guide to
Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong bottom right

-- compiled by Matt D'Elia
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Mad #395 - July 2000
(15 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Crew of 30 builds the MAD mailbox 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Dog prepares to poop on letter 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Postal workers with bats wait for guy wearing "I ❤ E-Mail" shirt 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom center

Expecting eternal fire, new man in hell is instead sent to hell's office cubicles 8 Errant Bra-on-Bitch bottom right corner

Water machine is connected to city water faucet 9 Errant Bra-on-Bitch top center

Cavemen drawing stick-figured mammoth hunting scene laugh at
one of their own doing portrait of nude lady holding vase of flowers 10 Your Summer Camp
Romance Is Doomed If... bottom right

Fat man in complaint line has a broken scale 27 Novelizations of TV Shows As
Written By Famous Authors bottom left

Dog prepares to pee on a fallen skier who is expecting booze 28 Novelizations of TV Shows As
Written By Famous Authors top left side

Meditators empty their minds as their lead spiritualist thinks about stock prices 30 Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Politics near middle left

Boy plays innocent with slingshot in pocket as woman's water jug explodes over her head 33 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Devils in hell throw skateboards in a pit 34 The Lighter Side of... near middle corner

Diner sitting next to man surrounded by flies complains to cook about fly in food 35 The Lighter Side of... near middle right

Captain with gas can swims to shore from his boat 36 The Lighter Side of... left side

Fat man complains that his skateboard is broken to store owner 37 Upcoming TV Guide Multi-Covers top right

Woman hits man on head with his own "Will Work For" sign 39 Upcoming TV Guide Multi-Covers right side

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #396 - August 2000
(17 entries)

DESCRIPTION PAGE WITHIN ARTICLE ORIENTATION

Protesters ditch their leader, slip into a bar 24 A More Factual Version of
That Deceptive Home Depot Ad bottom left side

Guillotine operator gets instruction to put people in head first 25 A More Factual Version of
That Deceptive Home Depot Ad right side

Artist, with brush held backwards to canvas, attempts to cover his dalliance
with nude model, almost gets caught by mother (or wife) opening studio door 27 Kathie Lee Replacements
We'll Never See top right

Man grabs friend with a lighter to ignite pretty woman's cigarette 28 Kathie Lee Replacements
We'll Never See near middle

Princess hopes to turn frog into a prince with a kiss,
frog hopes for a frog princess 29 Kathie Lee Replacements
We'll Never See near middle
corner

Frog does not like the taste of a fly doused in D.D.T. 31 Little-Known Contract Clauses
of Today's Biggest Sports Stars top left

King Kong leans chin on building rooftop, peeps at nude sunbathing gal 31 Little-Known Contract Clauses
of Today's Biggest Sports Stars mid page corner

Avon lady rethinks sale, turns away from male slob at his door 32 Tom Green -
The Obnoxious Early Years bottom left side

Zorro marks the panties of man's wife, rides away into the night 34 Tom Green -
The Obnoxious Early Years bottom left side

Mugger threatens stilts of sandwich board ad-walker with knife 37 The Comics Page of
L'Osservatore Romano bottom right side

Alarmed white chess pieces walk by black and white pawns in love 38 Letters to Magazines
That We'll Never See mid page

Caveman dragging fat woman by hair ogles much thinner woman 39 Letters to Magazines
That We'll Never See top right

Ladybug, who took bite of marijuana plant, has psychedelic visions 40 Words And Phrases That Left the
English Language During the '90s top right

Roman scalper tries to sell tickets to sold-out Colosseum event 44, 45 Angle bottom corner
between pages

Second dinosaur gets poked in eye by tail of first dinosaur 45 Angle top center

Firemen, one on ladder battling flames, one hooking to hydrant below,
discover they have wrong ends of the firehose 46 Angle bottom right
corner

Cameraman tells wrangler he's grabbing the wrong end of an alligator 47 Angle top center

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #397 - September 2000
(10 entries)

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White Spy puts bomb in Black Spy mailbox 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Alfred E. Neuman postage stamp edge unravels around a spool 5 Letters and Tomatoes left side

Frog hides from ugly princess looking for a kiss 10 Legitimate Gripes of
Your Average Serial Killer bottom right side

Witch enters the ER with a bloody nose and broken broom 19 Melvin & Jenkins'
Guide to Hospitals near middle right

Free mountain climber loses his pants 32 Modern Celebrity
Couple Dilemmas left side

Explorer expects to meet Aztec royalty in land of pyramids, encounters penguins instead 39 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Boy visualizes pristine waters for the fish he's hoping to catch in an underwater junkyard 40 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Biker's fat girlfriend warps the rear of his motorcycle 41 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds page

Lion shushes birds, hiding from a hunter in a tree 42 The Lighter Side of... left side

Coach calls out plays to basketball player through cell phone 45 Selecting the Right High
School Clique for You middle right

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #398 - October 2000
(14 entries)

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Injured black spy lights bomb in white spy's mailbox 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Painter adds the 33-cent stamp to a large letter to MAD 5 Letters and Tomatoes center page

Sword fighters have different visions of themselves:
Musketeer and Darth Maul from Star Wars with light saber 9 The Perfect Snore top

Man climbs hill to get flowers for another man,
not the pretty woman 20 The Intimidator LX 2000
Owner's Manual left side

Elephant gets revenge by spraying boy at zoo
with trunk for holding peanut just out of reach 25 The Case For/Against Gore/Bush top right

Nick Meglin looks for his tennis ball in a pottery market 29 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds page

Boy refuses Mom's preserver toy
as he steps off edge into deep water 30 The Lighter Side of... mid corner

Foxhole digging soldier strikes oil 31 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds page

Tired mountain climber, dreaming of sleep,
advances toward a cave full of snakes 32 The Lighter Side of... left side

Ape uses bird's beak to groom the back of another ape 38 Some Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Questions We'd Like to See Regis Ask bottom left

Pool player's eight-ball has jumped to the adjacent pool table 41 What is a
Compassionate Conservative? top

Surfer tries to catch The Perfect Storm
wave complete with movie's boat 44-45 Survivoyeur combined
right corner

Stork tries to deliver baby to Hollywood, directed to New York 45 Survivoyeur top left corner

Foreman can't find the door a brick layer bricks over 46 Survivoyeur bottom

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #399 - November 2000
(13 entries)

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Two men carry giant envelopes 5 Letters & Tomatoes center page

Men eating beans at base of mountain cause an avalanche with their farts 8 $ Men bottom right
corner

Searchers with dog lose prison escapee within a costume party 9 $ Men top right

Man who lost his clothes in a dice game claims he was robbed to police man 10 $ Men bottom right
corner

Man with giant load of dirty clothes races to
laundry as shop owner races to close the store 11 $ Men top

Birds use punch bowl as a birdbath 13 $ Men bottom

Practical joking kids put police tape over three business doorways,
police around corner can't find tape in their car 15 Can Your Parents
Marriage Be Saved? left center corner

Dolphin swims on after it gets stuck in diver's intertube with flag attached 16 Can Your Parents
Marriage Be Saved? center right

God paints the universe 16 Can Your Parents
Marriage Be Saved? bottom left side

Man nailing 'For Sale' sign on building causes the building to collapse,
raining bricks down on him 32 The Presidential Can-
didate's Choose Your
Own Adventure Book left side

Boy gives his teddy bear to a beggar on the sidewalk 45 Totally Repulsed Live top

Three small birds hitch a ride on a larger migrating bird 46 Totally Repulsed Live bottom

As parents discuss the computer homework their son is doing outside his room,
he plays a video game instead 47 Totally Repulsed Live top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #400 - December 2000
(15 entries)

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Man jumps in fear with hair standing on end 1 Contents bottom right

Black and White Spies tug-of-war an envelope to MAD 4 Letters and Tomatoes near top

400th issue cake collapses over MAD mailbox 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right corner

Castaway stares at his small island's mailbox, wishes he sent a note in a bottle 5 Letters and Tomatoes left

Artist paints a 33 cent U.S. flag stamp on an easle 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Castaway cries out as shark encircles coconuts freshly fallen from his small island tree 27 You're Probably Not
Heading to College if... right side

Man crawls through desert, envisions vulture on a platter,
while vulture envisions him lying dead on the sand (repeats again on page 41) 33 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Fur coat store owner at his grand opening doesn't see mob of fur activists about to round corner 34 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

Woman yells at man leading his giant dog away which took a giant crap on her small dog 35 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Devil in hell holds bottom part of ladder unfurled by some cave explorers 36 The Lighter Side of... left side

Man crawls through desert, envisions vulture on a platter,
while vulture envisions him lying dead on the sand (repeats from page 33) 41 More Contractual
Obligations... bottom

Surfer tells friend to tie his board leash string around his leg, not his neck 44 Goodnight Room bottom right

Soccer goalie rows out to sea to retrieve ball while players watch from shore 45 Goodnight Room top left

Gopher is sent airborne by golfer swinging through his ball 46 Goodnight Room bottom right

Proud fisherman, anxious to get trophy for his catch, beat by man's larger fish on the pier 47 Goodnight Room top left

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #401 - January 2001
(11 entries)

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Mailman sneaks off with son's scooter as he sleeps in messy bedroom 4 Letters and Tomatoes left middle

Mailman rides skateboard, tosses mail 4 Letters and Tomatoes right side

Alfred E. Neuman waters flowers with hose connected to the MAD mailbox 5 Letters and Tomatoes center

Frog's tongue misses the fly, hits another frog in the eye 10 MAD's Parental Etiquette Guide
for Kids' Sporting Events bottom left

Caveman drinks oil spurting out of the ground,
gives friend the thumbs down sign 39 The Lighter Side of... near mid right

Tired homeless man taps house's window with
stick to get singing partiers to quiet down 40 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

Soldier tries to buy ammunition for his tank from general store owner 41 The Lighter Side of... near mid right

Frog on shore uses his long tongue to tickle surprised frog in water from below 42 The Lighter Side of... left side

Batman cannot find the ticket to retrieve his cowl from the hat-check lady 43 Spot Your Parents!! bottom right

Eskimo bumps his head inside igloo 44 How Bill Clinton Will Stack Up
Against Other U.S. Presidents top center

Dummy pees on his ventriloquist's leg,
sitting next to half-full water glass nearby 46 How Bill Clinton Will Stack Up
Against Other U.S. Presidents bottom left

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #402
Feb 2001
(17 entries)

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Alfred E. Neuman waters a tree with letters as leaves 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left side

White Spy walks a white dog carrying a letter in its mouth 4 Letters and Tomatoes right near bottom

Mountain climber reaches the top with friend, realizes he forgot to bring film for his camera 9 The Worst Wing top left corner

Scientists ponder figures as rocket launch goes terribly wrong 10 The Worst Wing bottom right

Batman tries to retrieve a batarang that went through an unhappy lady's window 11 The Worst Wing top right

Man pulls frozen victim from pond, brushes snow from 'Thin Ice' sign 12 MAD's Guide to Safe Scootering bottom right

Man delivers baby stork to stork parents 13 MAD's Guide to Safe Scootering top right

Two lumberjacks visualize falling tree in opposite directions 14 MAD's Guide to Safe Scootering top left

Man exits hot tub to get dressed in his paper doll clothes held by two Asian women 27 Specialized State Death Penalties top right

Kids from caveman days play seesaw on a dinosaur 28 Specialized State Death Penalties near mid right

Knight hopes to save a fair maiden who is actually ugly and quite overweight 42 Meek with the Parents right side

Nature photographer wearing penguin suit doesn't see walrus stalking him 42 Meek with the Parents bottom

Boy surfs with his mother on the back of the surfboard trying to get him to wear a safety vest 43 Meek with the Parents top

Native pranksters laugh as Tarzan swings from a vine to a rope tied to the foot of an ape 45 Gross and Beyond Gross: The Sequel left side

Man stranded on desert island dives under water, misses passing cruise ship 45 Gross and Beyond Gross: The Sequel right side

Passersby check on man hit by package that fell out of Santa's flying sleigh 46 Gross and Beyond Gross: The Sequel right side

Man with metal detector finds a toxic waste dump 47 Gross and Beyond Gross: The Sequel right side

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #403 - March 2001
(23 entries)

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Sign-holder sees letters have fallen to the ground 1 Contents left side

A bunch of people pass out in a pile 1 Contents bottom right

Man walks holding a "One Way" sign 3 Contents top

Mailman uses a scooter to boys' surprise 4 Letters and Tomatoes right

Prankster boys laugh when horrified mail-lady opens street box and cat jumps out 5 Letters and Tomatoes near top left

Wrestler in ring uses MAD mailbox on opponent's head 5 Letters and Tomatoes near middle

Artist forges stamp on envelope to MAD 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Lighthouse illuminates house with "For Sale" sign in yard 8 Malcontent in
the Muddle bottom

Penguin holds up the line of souls getting into heaven 8 Malcontent in
the Muddle right side

Man realizes the lamp his wife sold for change to
a junk collector is worth a lot in the antique store window 10 Malcontent in
the Muddle bottom right
corner

Noah consults with pet shop owner about having two animals from his long list 11 Malcontent in
the Muddle top

Devil in hell gets bopped on the head, examines golf ball which dropped
through hole with hand reaching in from above trying to retrieve it 20 A Kid's Guide to
Writing Letters top right side

Christening sends ship sinking 32,33 Unbearable combined lower
right corner

Diner cook offers flyswatter and spray with meal to patron 33 Unbearable top

Itching man brings his fleas to obedience training 45 The Lighter Side of near middle

Zorro thinks of jumping off Spanish castle roof to escape soldiers,
not realizing more are casually waiting below 46 The Lighter Side of mid corner

Adam, Eve, and the snake are literally kicked out of The Garden of Eden 47 The Lighter Side of mid right

Alfred interrupts Bruce Wayne's newspaper
reading on the toilet because the Bat signal is shining 48 The Lighter Side of left side

Paramedic transporting man to ambulence drops his end of a stretcher,
man bangs head on ground 52 Cheesy Angles bottom

Sun-baked desert walker passes a real oasis used by tourists, calls it a "mirage" 53 Cheesy Angles top

Boy tries to get the attention of his folks engrossed in a high-speed
chase in a TV store window because the chase goes right by them 54 Cheesy Angles bottom

Man drives off cliff, sees a sharp turn sign on the ground he's about to smash into 55 Cheesy Angles left side

Bakery delivery man switches cakes for a wedding and kids' party 55 Cheesy Angles top

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #404 April 2001
(13 entries)

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FEDEX and postal worker stand back to back with guns drawn, prepare to duel 4 Letters and Tomatoes center

Alfred E. Neuman dumps MAD mailbox mail into a trashcan 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Letter to MAD is stuck between dart and dartboard 5 Letters and Tomatoes left side

Angel still talking on cellphone ascends to heaven from car wreckage 6 Passed Away bottom right side

Woman calls out for her son who hangs within clothes on her clothesline 8 Passed Away bottom

Clowns stand back to back with seltzer bottles drawn, prepare to duel 9 Passed Away top

Diver plans a perfect jackknife dive while man below expects him to belly flop 28 MAD's College Roommate Timeline bottom left side

Fisherman's line hangs above waterline, tied to a branch 29 MAD's College Roommate Timeline bottom right side

Sculptor makes an odd sculpture of nude model 30 MAD's College Roommate Timeline left side

The Shadow Knows: Young smoker's shadow coughs as old man in a wheelchair 39 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds center

Rapunzel in tower blow dries her hair horizontally out of the window 40 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

Men joking about a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
fail to see the real thing as they walk by 41 The Lighter Side of... middle corner

God catches angels on a cloud ogling people in the nudist colony 42 The Lighter Side of... left side

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #405 - May 2001
(18 entries)

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Weightlifter lifts barbell with giant letters for weights 4 Letters & Tomatoes top right

Man on pogo-stick cancels postage on giant envelopes 5 Letters & Tomatoes center left

Man steals boy's scooter to paint fence with a roller 8 Traff-Eccch! bottom

Groom with stalled car loses his bride to a biker 9 Traff-Eccch! top

Castaway mispells "SOS" as "ZOZ" with rocks 10 Traff-Eccch! bottom

Ventriloquist and dummy get cues from dummy offstage 11 Traff-Eccch! top

Deep sea diver stumbles upon remains
of other divers and a monster in a cave 19 Has Your Food Been
Genetically Altered? top right

Man who lost his wallet runs to cop,
away from second man just trying to return it 19 Has Your Food Been
Genetically Altered? bottom right
corner

Campers expecting to cook deer or boar meat,
actually get small rabbit upon hunter's return 20 Has Your Food Been
Genetically Altered? bottom right
corner

Mom discovers boy is playing in kitty litter box as cats look on 31 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds

Man fools girlfriend, jumps off very short Lover's Leap 32 The Lighter Side of... one-third
corner

Man tries to hang himself from a too-flexible palm tree on a desert island 33 The Lighter Side of... two-thirds

Bee sneeze explodes a beehive (gesundheit!) 34 The Lighter Side of... left side

Ants hide in a tree from man with spray can at picnic 37 Melvin & Jenkins'
Guide to School Spirit right of title

Soldiers aim one of their enemy airplane searchlights
at a dancing soldier pretending he's on stage 48 & 49 C.S. OY shared bottom
right corner

Vision-impaired protestor carries a blank sign 49 C.S. OY top

Four secret service types hear odd sounds in their
earpieces after passing by an electronics shop 50 C.S. OY bottom

Bird watchers sneak up on a bird sitting on a hidden bear 51 C.S. OY top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #406 June 2001
(19 entries)

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Mailman gets a black eye after delivering letters into woman's cleavage 4 Letters and Tomatoes center left

Flip has a letter stuck on his beak 4 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom
center

Man dances with a hat made from a large stamp 5 Letters and Tomatoes left side

Ape shakes mail out of upside down mailman 5 Letters and Tomatoes two-thirds

Two groups of beachgoers cross the sand in opposite directions looking for the water 8 Cannibal bottom

Climber plans to plant his flag on a mountaintop, unaware it's full of other flags 8 Cannibal right side

Biker steals fishbowl from boy holding fish who cries to Mom,
wears it as a helmet to comply with law 10 & 11 Cannibal shared bottom
right corner

Two soccer coaches argue because teams are wearing the same uniforms 11 Cannibal top

General tries to retrieve one of his medals fallen through the sewer grate 17 What is a Hollywood Liberal? right of title

Snake hurts fangs after biting a cameraman's wooden leg 39 The Lighter Side of... two thirds

Man sees hat floating on quicksand, throws his own hat to safety as he jumps in for the rescue 40 The Lighter Side of... center corner

Fish in bowl wants to be in the ocean while fish in ocean wants to be in a bowl 41 The Lighter Side of... center corner

Seven clown angels float to heaven from their clown car crash 42 The Lighter Side of... left side

Rider on motorcycle in the rain has broken her umbrella 48 The Do's And Don't's of Running
Dead People for Elective Office bottom right

Newbie pole vaulter tries to throw his pole over the bar 49 The Do's And Don't's of Running
Dead People for Elective Office center right

Woman runs away from ugly man with flowers 52 A Special MAD
Interview with Eminem bottom

As apartment buldings fall during earthquake, motel owner raises his rates 53 A Special MAD
Interview with Eminem top

Nick Meglin looks for someone to do the Heimlich maneuver
on his tennis opponent, who got the ball stuck in his throat 54 A Special MAD
Interview with Eminem bottom

Protesters yell at hunter while bears get ready to attack them 55 A Special MAD
Interview with Eminem top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #407 - July 2001
(17 entries)

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Nick Meglin hits letters with his tennis racket 4 Letters and Tomatoes center

Alfred E. Neuman tries to carry giant MAD mailbox that is leaking mail 5 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left

Lobster hides from woman with pot of boiling water 10 Realistic Talking Toys left side

As nagging wife berates bowling husband,
he readies his roll, visualizes wife as each of the ten pins 10 Realistic Talking Toys right side
bottom

Woman yells down at man from their fifth floor apartment
as he prepares to take dog collar for a walk without the dog 11 Realistic Talking Toys right side

Hunter has his wife hold a target on a rhinoceros 15 Rap Music Predictions
for the Coming Year center

Climber with flag at top of mountain does not see
the much larger flag already there, hidden by clouds 16 Rap Music Predictions
for the Coming Year left side

Boy shows Mom the cat poop he finds in his sandbox 16 Rap Music Predictions
for the Coming Year right center

Flies sing "Happy Birthday" with candles on a pile of poop 17 The Lighter Side of... near middle

Earth spaceship lands on alien planet welcoming party 18 The Lighter Side of... near middle
corner

Cavewoman tells friend that caveman is starting a fire to bring the rain 19 The Lighter Side of... near middle

With Bat-signal shining above,
Batman tells policeman to just call him on his cellphone next time 20 The Lighter Side of... left side

Caveman counts dinosaurs jumping over a log in an effort to fall asleep 35 Questions You Never
Want to Be Asked on a
Summer Job Application top right

Guards play with prisoners' balls on chains in "Newton's cradle" style 36 Questions You Never
Want to Be Asked on a
Summer Job Application bottom right

Sprinter at starting line of race needs to use toilet,
coach motivates by holding up toilet paper roll 44 Sluts in the City bottom

Angel notices a periscope poking up through the clouds 45 Sluts in the City left side

Man on shore sees the sun sinking into the ocean 45 Sluts in the City top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #408
August 2001
(13 entries)

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"Mad" cow in straightjacket dances around crazily 3 Contents top

Man reads paper MAD in front of his computer 3 Contents near bottom

Man runs away from a sealed envelope that yells "Help!" 5 Letters and Tomatoes left near top

Mailmen expects to deliver to a pretty woman
but an ugly woman waits on the other side of the door 5 Letters and Tomatoes left near bottom

Knight's page recommends a giant
pencil sharpener for the knight's lance 20 15 Minutes of Fame bottom right

Pilot uses a car jack to change nosegear tire on large aircraft 28 The King-Size of Queens bottom

Airborne over four cars, daredevil motorcyclist doesn't
see assistant angles his landing ramp in the wrong position 29 The King-Size of Queens top

Circus performer Zappo gets stuck in his cannon head-first 35 MAD's Guide to Out-of-Business Theme
Restaurants … and the Reason They Went Belly Up top left

Trashman finds human bones in the taxidermist's garbage can 42 Dashboard "Idiot Lights" We Desperately Need bottom left

Two small dinosaurs play teeter-totter on large dinosaur 43 Dashboard "Idiot Lights" We Desperately Need bottom right

Man on raft knocks on side of large ship 51 Bicker left side

Men chase after loose windmill blades 52 Bicker bottom

Matador wary of man with fake horns,
who takes the place of a sick bull in the ring 53 Bicker top

-- compiled by Jerry Moore
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Mad #409 - September 2001
(17 entries)

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Man frolics with flowers 1 Contents mid page

Man frantically flags down something going away or coming toward him 1 Contents bottom

Black spy kicks soccer ball at white spy, ball impales on his nose 2 Contents top left

Man with giant scissors approached MAD logo 2 Contents top

Receptionist types on massive roll of toilet paper fed into typewriter 4 Letters and
Tomatoes bottom left

Teller directs robber out of Post Office and towards the bank 5 Letters and
Tomatoes near mid left

Mailman is attacked by spiders emerging from an envelope in
the MAD mailbox labeled "A MAD Look at The Mummy Returns" 5 Letters and
Tomatoes bottom

Boy runs when remote control boat crashes into rowers' boat 8 Hurl Horror bottom right
corner

Tightrope walker falls, hits groin on wire, stumbles away in pain 9 Hurl Horror top near middle

Upset man storms after Roto Rooter plumber
whose clog snake pops up in man's toilet as he uses it 35 The Lighter
Side Of… near middle

Pizza chef tosses dough near "Pizza" sign in window,
causing one family to end up with the "A" in their pizza 36 The Lighter
Side Of… mid corner

Old woman is reminded by young couple of her and her husband's youth,
while her husband imagines himself with the young woman 37 The Lighter
Side Of… mid vertical

Bricklayers are unaware they're laying path's bricks in opposite directions 38 The Lighter
Side Of… left side

Man tries to stop occupied roller coaster car
as it heads towards track under construction 52 The Wicked Link! bottom

Pranksters trick soccer coach into thinking
ball has landed in dog house with vicious dog 53 The Wicked Link! top

Jouster holds lance the opposite way during match 54 The Wicked Link! bottom

Man falling from building hurriedly dials the fire department on his cell phone,
visualizes being caught in life net 54 The Wicked Link! right side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #412 December 2001
(22 entries)

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Man standing asleep falls backwards 1 Contents top right

Black and White Spies stand back to back, ready pistols for duel 1 Contents left near top

Man sticks out tongue while wiggling fingers on the side of his head 1 Contents right near bottom

Three men are surprised, laughing and angry as they announce upcoming MAD issues 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Man carries large envelope and large stamp 4 Letters and Tomatoes mid left

Man hurries to get wedding cake from mailman who is holding the box upside down 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Eskimo hammers out wrinkles in his pants on ice 8 Harry Plodder and
the Sorry-Ass Story bottom

The recently deceased are turned away at the Pearly Gates because heaven is "Full" 9 Harry Plodder and
the Sorry-Ass Story top left corner

Man excitedly collects wedding cake with two grooms on top from baker 10 Harry Plodder and
the Sorry-Ass Story bottom

Conductor confuses orchestra by swatting at fly 11 Harry Plodder and
the Sorry-Ass Story left side

Dog hides behind doghouse with steak it snatched from grill 11 Harry Plodder and
the Sorry-Ass Story top right

Horse drags man in stretcher over rock, hitting his head 22 ATM Safety Rules
That Banks Should Post top right

Man forgets glasses at beach and is upset he can't see bikini clad women 24 You May Want to
Rethink Your Gym
Choice If… bottom

Mugger holds umbrella over man he's robbing in the rain 25 You May Want to
Rethink Your Gym
Choice If… right side

Assassin asks partner for dynamite, unaware he's been apprehended by police 30 The UGGHers bottom right
corner

Man dropped in water with "cement shoes" hops
out onto nearby shore, not seen by mobsters on pier 31 The UGGHers top

Marriage counselor leaps out window as fighting couple arrive 32 Snappy Answers to Stupid
Questions: Special Law
Enforcement Edition bottom left

Man thinks gorilla wants his popcorn, when it really wants to wear his shirt 35 The Lighter Side Of… near middle

Woman yells at King Kong as he blows his nose on her clean sheet from hanging laundry 36 The Lighter Side Of… center corner

Hunter with dead deer nears a pack of deer that have trashed his car 37 The Lighter Side Of… center corner

Man leaves oasis in desert to discover dead bodies and sign warning water is poisonous 38 The Lighter Side Of… left side

A female snail is caught cheating with a mustachioed snail that tries to run away 45 The Mysterious Mysteries
of Television Sports top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #414 February 2002
(22 entries)

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Three men are surprised, laughing and angry as they announce upcoming MAD issues 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Basketball player dunks envelope in basket 4 Letters and Tomatoes top left

Dog damages teeth when mailman tricks it into biting a metal pipe disguised as a leg 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Two cars leading police on a high speed chase crash into each other 8 America's Most Wanton! bottom right
corner

Fish jumps out of bowl thinking photo of ocean is real 9 America's Most Wanton! top

Man speeds up on rowing machine when dam bursts outside 10 America's Most Wanton! bottom right

Man stands on head to read upside down vision test chart 11 America's Most Wanton! top

Harry Potter runs into flock of geese as he flies on broomstick 12 ...Your Fairy Tale Romance Isn't
Going to Have a Happy Ending bottom left

Hiker with walkman is unaware of rattlesnake nearby 16 ...Badly Needed Warning Labels
for Today's Hottest CDs bottom left

Biker tosses Honda jacket when three men approach in Harley-Davidson jackets 20 When Other Teen Idols Jump on
the Young Adult Novel Bandwagon top left corner

Hagrid brings Cerberus to the vet waiting room 21 When Other Teen Idols Jump on
the Young Adult Novel Bandwagon top right
corner

Soccer team heads to Lost & Found window for their ball 31 The Lighter Side Of… near middle

Rapunzel cuts her hair after using it as rope to climb out of tower 32 The Lighter Side Of… center corner

Skateboarder excitedly dodges dog poop, but unknowingly
heads for sheet of glass two men are carrying 33 The Lighter Side Of… near center
vertical

Man excitedly home cooks a meal as his family
imagine driving to McDonalds later when he fails 34 The Lighter Side Of… left side

Man proud of minigolf swing breaks sheet of glass on truck, angering driver 42 New Sales Pitches for Old Technology left side

Sculptor imagines nothing as he leans on large block 43 New Sales Pitches for Old Technology right side

Kids use grandmother's rocking chair to crack walnuts 44 Only in Hollywood… top right

Man taps on protestor's shoulder to tell him
his "Love Thy Neighbor" sign is upside down 45 Only in Hollywood… top vertical

Woman in igloo imagines having two small fish
for dinner as a hunter outside drags in a whale 45 Only in Hollywood… bottom left

Painter begs worker to delay demolishing building until he finishes his painting of it 48 Eh! bottom right
corner

Two women groan as they follow two men into a Do-It-Yourself Show 49 Eh! top

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #417 - May 2002
(30 entries)

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Body-builder shows off muscles with different Spies on each bicep 1 Contents Page right

Man throws brick 1 Contents Page left

A MAD cake with dynamite for candles haphazardly sits atop the MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes near center

A MAD message in a sardine can washes ashore 2 Letters and Tomatoes near center

Mailman carries smelly box to taxidermist shop 2 Letters and Tomatoes right near
bottom

Scared, Sobbing and Angry men announce upcoming MAD issues 3 Letters and Tomatoes top

Pinocchio's nose penetrates through an envelope 3 Letters and Tomatoes left near bottom

Woman whacking dust from rug notices pattern falling off 8 A Booty-Full Mind bottom

Fish husband escapes wife and kids by becoming first creature to walk on land 9 A Booty-Full Mind top left corner

Castaway surfs a wave with his raft 10 A Booty-Full Mind bottom

Boy smashes over man's new fence catching a football 11 A Booty-Full Mind left side

Knight retrieves spiked ball for his mace from Lost & Found window 11 A Booty-Full Mind top near right

Fisherman can't catch fish because he's
mistaken sewage runoff for nearby stream 13 Unconscious Racists… right side

Two passing skiers share one middle track in snow, confusing them both 14 10 Once Loyal
Baseball Fans bottom left side

Man at beach in bad weather dreams of
being in the office, dreaming of a sunny beach 15 10 Once Loyal
Baseball Fans top right side

Woman chases dog that chases remote control planes towards cliff's edge 16 10 Once Loyal
Baseball Fans center corner

Man dreams of sheep jumping fence which keep his wife up with their "Baa"-ing 26 Spy vs Spy bottom left

Submariner launches fireworks instead of missile, much to its confusion 27 Spy vs Spy top right side

Boy remembers frog in his pocket just as his
mother removes his pants from a washing machine 29 The Lighter Side Of… mid page

Boy rings upper level apartment with open
window after losing remote control plane 30 The Lighter Side Of… center corner

Mountain climber imagines having picture
taken at top as film in friend's camera falls out 31 The Lighter Side Of… mid vertical

Line down road's center curls up much to its painter's surprise 32 The Lighter Side Of… left side

Mechanic rushes over to woman caught in gym's belt machine 38 Britney Spears' &
Justin Timberlake's
Family Photo Album bottom left

Stranded businessman in a hurry with broken-down car buys boy's scooter 39 Britney Spears' &
Justin Timberlake's
Family Photo Album top right

Couple making out in woods is shushed by
man hiding in log during game of hide-n-seek 41 Britney Spears' &
Justin Timberlake's
Family Photo Album top left

Nude model eats the food in her prop as painter paints 42 MAD's Credit Card
Bill Return Envelope right side

Painter is reprimanded for painting hotel door numbers in reverse order 48 The Royal
Paininthebums bottom right

Bird poops on man's laptop in the park 49 The Royal
Paininthebums top left side

Hiding criminal's ringing cell phone alerts cops to his position 50 The Royal
Paininthebums bottom right
corner

One ant in a line munches on the food he's carrying from picnic 51 The Royal
Paininthebums top

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #418 June 2002
(21 entries)

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Four guys are horrified to see you reading 1 Contents top right

Lady points at mouth to indicate she's gagging 1 Contents mid right

Man stretches and yawns 1 Contents near bottom right

Birds crap on mail carrier's load 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right side

Man reads note in surprise, yells in desperation, reads it again angrily 3 Letters and Tomatoes top right

MAD is suitable for wrapping fish 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Old professor sneezes off equation on blackboard (Gesundheit!) 8 Spider-Sham bottom right

Their clown-car wrecked on a tree, clown souls ascend to heaven 8 Spider-Sham right side

Nature photographer in zebra suit doesn't see the lions descending on him and the herd 9 Spider-Sham top

Docked warship accidentally fires on nearby building 10 Spider-Sham bottom right corner

Stunned medical examiner watches cleaning lady sweep up toe tags from fresh cadavers 11 Spider-Sham top

Chef asks partner in kitchen if he's seen the lobster, as patron gets pinched in the dining room 14 12 Signs You
May Be Too Wired bottom right

Man considers buying earth globe for son to help with his studies,
while the kid sees himself spinning it like a top 15 12 Signs You
May Be Too Wired top left

Snake jumps from basket into charmer's flute 35 The Lighter Side of mid near bottom

Bugs line up behind velvet ropes, fancy restaurant style with maitre d', to gorge on fresh cowpie 36 The Lighter Side of middle corner

Nearly blind woodsman saws through overpass support as partner tries to give him eyeglasses 37 The Lighter Side of mid vertical

Captain Ahab gazes out to sea from ship deck, dreams of Moby Dick's head mounted on his wall 38 The Lighter Side of left side

Man nudges tree to drop apples, gets a beehive instead 39 What is a Terrorist? bottom right side

Free solo climber hangs precariously off mountain rock as the cellphone in his back pocket rings 41 What is a Terrorist? top right side

Medieval knights carry ladders to scale castle walls during war,
except for one guy chatting up a maiden from his ladder top 48,49 Six Feet Blunder shared bottom
right corner

Native American guides buffalo over cliff edge, friend says they all should be
dying on impact with ground, but they're hitting water and swimming safely to shore 49 Six Feet Blunder top left corner

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #426 - February 2003
(13 entries)

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Large stamp hits man in head 2 Letters and Tomatoes center

Alfred chisels at ice inside MAD mailbox 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Three men read the dates for upcoming issues of MAD 3 Letters and Tomatoes top left

Man uses large magnifying glass to examine envelope 3 Letters and Tomatoes middle near top

Male surfers dream about female surfer as she dreams of a wave 6 Schlubs bottom

Golfer knocks himself out after ball bounces off tree 7 Schlubs top

Man hurts groin after peeing on cactus 10 Hey America, Cheer Up! bottom right

Fog covers painter's view of lighthouse 11 Hey America, Cheer Up! top right

Sushi chef searches for hiding octopus 12 When Veterinarians Go Bad bottom left side

Tractor driver is unaware disc plow has fallen off 12 When Veterinarians Go Bad bottom right side

Lifeguard watches women's volleyball match instead of drowning victim 13 When Veterinarians Go Bad bottom right side

Blind man hits beggar in eyes with cane 16 Heart-Stopping New
Improvements Planned for
the Next Grand Theft Auto top right side

Man shops for wine to use bottle for ship-in-a-bottle project 34 MAD Deconstructs TV Talk
Shows: The O'Reilly Factor top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #432 - August 2003
(15 entries)

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Screaming and kicking man covers ears 1 MAD Table of Contents left under
Alfred quote

Flip the bird fishes a postage stamp 2 Letters and Tomatoes top under title
bottom-right-corner

Mailman buzzes pretty lady on third floor to give special door service 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left side

About to carry female up skyscraper,
King Kong pauses to take in savory aroma from hot dog stand 17 Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Special Medical Edition middle right side

Seeing-eye dog diverts blind owner's straight path with frequent tree stops 18 Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Special Medical Edition middle left side

Angel with devil-tail suggests God create annoying animals
(like bugs, rat, skunk) during Creation 28 A "True Red, White & Blue"
American Patriot... bottom right

Man runs to edge of pier about to vomit over man serenely fishing on boat 33 The Real Reasons Older Man/Younger
Woman Romances Never Work Out middle mid-right

Fishing man's line cast hooks and punctures other side of his inflatable raft 33 The Real Reasons Older Man/Younger
Woman Romances Never Work Out bottom middle

Pigeon plays restaurant host to others awaiting park-bench breadcrumb service 40 Questions, Dilemmas & Philosophical
Conundrums Raised By Reality TV bottom left

Man with ax approaches barren fruit tree amongst bountiful ones 48 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes bottom middle

Painting of rainstorm puddles on museum floor as cleaning lady arrives 49 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes top middle

Lady in bed tosses doorman's hat out three-story window down to him,
just as her husband arrives 49 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes middle left side

At leisurely X-Men cookout, Cyclop's eyes lights up the grill 50 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes bottom middle

Big film shoot of huge Native American tribe marred by one extra's cellphone ringing 51 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes top middle

Hardhat operating electromagnetic crane fears dropping girders on crowded street 51 Interminable 3 Rise of the Bad Scenes middle left side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #447
Nov 2004
(11 entries)

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Photographer shoots with camera with huge lens 1 Contents right near bottom

Mailman steps in doo near "Beware Of Dog" sign 2 Letters bottom right

Two guys sing their notes out 6 Letters center page

Caveman mailman drags heavy bag of mail before invention of the wheel 6 Letters bottom

Escaped convicts' plan goes awry for helicopter meet-up when tunneled hole unearths at wrong location 46 Unabridged
Corporate Slogans bottom left corner

Deer hunter on tree platform scares targets away when cell phone rings 48 Spy vs Spy left side

Meteorologists talk amongst themselves in weather prediction symbols 56 The Burning Mad Show bottom

Man tells other fishermen on the pier about "the big one"
that got away with his boat as submarine pulls it away 57 The Burning Mad Show top left corner

Rock climber sneezes, friend says "Gesundheit!", prepare to meet fate as rockfall descends upon them 57 The Burning Mad Show left side

Guy fantasizes beautiful girls as he plants "Nudist Beach"
sign just as busload of "regular" women arrives 58 The Burning Mad Show bottom

Plant manager can't figure out why large container won't dispense contents,
calls on technician who tells him to remove the rubber stopper 59 The Burning Mad Show left side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #452 - April 2005
(19 entries)

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Pants fall down on worker using jackhammer 1 Contents left side

Woman throws flowers in the air 1 Contents bottom

Postal worker delivers mail to homeless man on sidewalk 2 Letters and Tomatoes left side

Dog runs away with mail 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom left
corner

Woman listens to music on stereo 3 Letters and Tomatoes left side

Man pulls on rope tied to page divider 3 Letters and Tomatoes middle

Male customer in tattoo parlor thinks he's getting "Maria" tattooed on his back,
but artist tattoos "Joe" 10 Limited Thickwits A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes bottom middle

Cat sings on alley fence with twelve cats watching the performance 10 Limited Thickwits A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes right side

Man confused by fishbowl of back liquid, owner explains that bowl contains an octopus 11 Limited Thickwits A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes top middle

Family watches police car chase on television,
unaware that the two cars are about to crash through their lounge room window 12 Limited Thickwits A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes bottom middle

After jumping from plane, parachutist reads instructions on the way down 12 Limited Thickwits A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes right side

Cleaner wheels a giant fan from her van
towards the entrance of a "Cigar Smoking Club" 30 Repeat the Fock-ups bottom middle

Tornado throws a cow into the path of an aeroplane 31 Repeat the Fock-ups top left corner

Tree branch snaps and lands on man carrying "Save the Trees" sign 44 Thanks to the
Popularity of Poker bottom left side

Egyptian complains to worker that pyramid has been built vertically, not triangular 45 Thanks to the
Popularity of Poker top right side

Blind beggar holds out his hat, has it taken by dog walking past 46 Thanks to the
Popularity of Poker left side

When caveman hunter returns with small rat, family envisions cooking hunter instead 50 Dreadwood bottom middle

Bungee jumper surprised by another bungee jumper traveling in opposite direction 50 Dreadwood right side

Dancing bear wears headphones, listens to his own music,
instead of owner's organ grinder music 51 Dreadwood top middle

-- compiled by Glen Shoemark
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Mad #453 - May 2005
(22 entries)

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Man holds injured buttocks 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle

NASA satellite crashes into MAD mailbox 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Group of kids follow postal worker as he approaches large dog guarding mail slot 4 Letters and Tomatoes lower middle

Zoo employees line up to receive pay, some wearing animal costumes 14 Lots bottom

Man tries to repair outboard motor in the path of an ocean liner 15 Lots lower left side

Mickey Mouse leaves piercing business with multiple piercings in his ears 15 Lots top

Blade on guillotine installed upside down hits man on neck 18 Spy vs Spy lower left side

Boy fishing thinks he can use an empty sardine tin to catch fish 21 9 Surefire ways to Improve
the NBA's Lousy Image right side

Falling horshshoe from Pegasus knocks a man out 24 When Tattoo Artists go Bad bottom left side

Police officer sees that driver he has pulled over is his childhood school bully 25 When Tattoo Artists go Bad top right

Pet shop owner misses a skunk, woman in apartment above smells something 26 When Tattoo Artists go Bad left side

Model posing for artist eats all the fruit out of the horn of plenty she's holding 36 The 25 Least Powerful
People in Sport lower left side

Bubbles come out of Sherlock Holmes' pipe 38 The 25 Least Powerful
People in Sport top left

Man feels like shooting himself after doctor tells him to give up luxuries 38 The 25 Least Powerful
People in Sport lower left

Homeless man joins costume ball 42 Donald Trump, Your Fired lower left

Devil leaves Hell to join costume ball 43 Donald Trump, Your Fired top right corner

Bride flees groom after he does a smelly #2 at a motel 48 Signs We Need a
Post 911 America lower left

Farmer gives artist black eye after artist paints a nude of his daughter 49 Signs We Need a
Post 911 America top right

Last member of hunter's entourage places his pack on top of another man's pack,
so he doesn't have to carry anything 50 Disparate No-Lives bottom

Golfer chases after golf ball that landed on top of golf cart 52 Disparate No-Lives top right side

Performing monkey returns to owner intoxicated after visiting a bar 52 Disparate No-Lives bottom right corner

Woman requires ceiling plastering services due to upstairs couple's activities 54 Disparate No-Lives bottom right corner

-- compiled by Glen Shoemark
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Mad #462 - February 2006
(15 entries)

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Man grumbles 1 Table of Contents left middle

Dog tugs on clown's shoe 1 Table of Contents near bottom right

Man screams at text crushing him 2 Letters and Tomatoes center

While watering flowers, Alfred fills mailbox with water when distracted by woman 2 Letters and Tomatoes right near top

Man hits himself in eye with yo-yo 5 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom
middle

Apes laugh at an ape walking upright 12 The Mad World of… Food mid left

A princess dreams that a frog is a prince and the frog dreams she is a frog princess 13 The Mad World of… Food mid vertical

Dog catcher is unable to find a dog disguised in Groucho glasses 14 The Mad World of… Food mid right

A hunter tracking bear prints hushes
his partner who is attacked by bear behind him 16 Spy vs Spy left side

God locks himself out of the Pearly Gates,
shouts down to a locksmith on the city streets below 17 Spy vs Spy right side

Prison guards think hounds have sniffed out an escapee,
but are sniffing pie in the window of a nearby house 18 Heartbreaking Problems of
Aging Elvis Impersonators bottom left
corner

Tarzan loses loincloth in dice game with gorilla 19 Heartbreaking Problems of
Aging Elvis Impersonators bottom right side

Golfer's lose ball is in a bird's nest 49 Louse top right

Boy thinks he's watering an apple tree that's really a Christmas pine tree 50 Louse near top
right side

Organ grinder's monkey hides as animal rights protestors approach 50 Louse bottom right
corner

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #463 - March 2006
(16 entries)

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Magic carpet flier has bomb attached ready to release 1 Table of Contents upper left

Lady gags behind her happy mask 1 Table of Contents upper right

Man hits himself in eye with yo-yo 2 Letters and Tomatoes near middle

Character hangs on to end of drawing pen to avoid falling off 5 Letters and Tomatoes upper left

Cavemen club alligator, visualize roasting it on spit, while ladies see purses, belts and shoes 12 Everybody
Berates Chris bottom

Soccer players lose ball down land crack formed by devastating earthquake rumbling nearby city 12 Everybody
Berates Chris right side

Police sketch artist listens to lady's description, gets startled when drawing looks like artist 13 Everybody
Berates Chris top

Flying stork notices towel hangs loose without baby (oh... oh) 15 Ugly Issues Gay
Cowboys are Forced
to Contend With bottom right side

Worker pounds "Danger Low Tide" sign into sandbar as captain of giant tanker peers down at him 16 Ugly Issues Gay
Cowboys are Forced
to Contend With bottom left side

King Kong approaches tied-up offering of lady, was expecting a man 17 Ugly Issues Gay
Cowboys are Forced
to Contend With right side

Tow truck driver with truck's chain hanging over pier, explains his shark-catching method to fisherman 21 Do-It-Yourself
George W. Bush
Press Conference top right corner

Astronaut steps in dog poop on the moon 22 Spy vs Spy left side

Abbey monk climbs ladder with hammer in hand, since clapper has fallen out of bell 23 Spy vs Spy top right side

Pottery painter draws his decorative band lines by sight,
relying on two assistants holding large squiggly-shaped pattern 44 Planet Tad!!!!! top left side

Angry shoe-salesman fits lady's feet, thinks of her as big-footed clown 50 Barbie Movie Tie-
Ins That Never Were right side

Ladybug's head gets bonked by grape falling from bunch 51 Barbie Movie Tie-
Ins That Never Were right side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #467 - July 2006
(27 entries)

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Glum man holds up two happy masks 1 Contents left

Golfer reaches into deep hole to retrieve ball 1 Contents right

Disgusted girl holds up happy mask 1 Contents lower left

Baseball player looses bat 2 Letters and Tomatoes left

Man's stance is silly 2 Letters and Tomatoes right

Male and female couple walk past attractive couple, both of them attracted to the male 13 Rejected Characters from Cars top right

Stagecoach rider scratches head at air hissing out of tire from Indian's arrow 17 Comparing the War in
Iraq to Previous Wars top

Member of wine tasting group finds host drinking beer 18 Mad's Guide to
Amusement Park Fun bottom left

Daft man reading Kama Sutra holds unimpressed woman's leg in awkward position 19 Mad's Guide to
Amusement Park Fun top left

Man on roof's shadow spies on woman through window at YWCA 19 Mad's Guide to
Amusement Park Fun right side

Hearse driver is told not to wear "smiley face" button 21 Don't you Hate it
When Your Parents... top right

Worker on ground asks if the workers taking a break on building girder,
peering through nearby building's window, are watching a showering woman,
co-worker says they're watching a football game on TV 25 Outrageously Stupid Cell
Phone Features and Accessories middle vertical

Deep sea diver scares off mermaids dining at "TITANIC" table and chairs 31 Worst Choices in Fast Food lower right
corner

Surfer discovers beautiful women at nudist beach,
unaware of capsizing ship emptying passengers into the sea 33 Resolutions in Congress
You May Not Know About top right

Egyptian chases away two boys caught graffitiing on wall of pyramid 34 Modern Hassles Superman
Would Face If He Really Returned bottom left

Warriors leave battle to line up and have their swords sharpened 35 Modern Hassles Superman
Would Face If He Really Returned top right

Circus lion dreams about himself doing the taming of humans on podiums with whip and chair 36 Modern Hassles Superman
Would Face If He Really Returned top left

Judge hits own finger with gavel 42 Planet Tad top right

Artist chases after blind man who gets painting stuck on his walking cane 47 How Does Jack Bauer
Spend the Rest of the Month top

Prison escapee falls through roof into warden's office 48 Spy Vs Spy left

Husband discovers wife's voodoo doll resembling him complete with pins 48 Spy Vs Spy right

Four ascending mountain climbers are all thinking about
being the first to reach the summit and unfurl their country flags 49 Little Known Facts, Rumors and
Total Fabrications about Cars bottom left side

Frustrated bowler, imagines gas bagging women are bowling pins 50 Little Known Facts, Rumors and
Total Fabrications about Cars top right

Doctor tests patient's reflexes, causes him to jump so high his head goes through ceiling 50 Little Known Facts, Rumors and
Total Fabrications about Cars bottom left side

Tarzan looses underwear to gorilla in dice betting game 51 Little Known Facts, Rumors and
Total Fabrications about Cars right side

Castle guards laugh at small canon's ineffectiveness,
as attacking army wheels in enormous canon out of view 53 Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows top right corner

Rescuer swims out to drowning man, returns toward shore midway to retrieve a life preserver 54 Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows top

-- compiled by Glen Shoemark
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Mad #470 - October 2006
(17 entries)

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Pants fall down on worker using jackhammer 1 Contents left

Golfer reaches into deep hole to retrieve ball 1 Contents right

Man vomits (purple) 2 Letters and Tomatoes left

Man vomits (green) 3 Letters and Tomatoes right

Ostrich sticks head in sand between railway tracks as train approaches 14 How Lame is Earl right side

Idiot builder's shelf base falls off wall smashing woman's crockery set 14 How Lame is Earl bottom left

Man notices that milk delivery tanker has an udder 15 How Lame is Earl top right

Hungry cowboy, herding cattle, thinks about eating fish 18 Back-to-School look at the
Common Miscues, Flubs & Screw-
Ups of the Modern Class Clown bottom left side

Kid spits in his own sandwich because he knows
a bully is going to take it off him at school 19 Back-to-School look at the
Common Miscues, Flubs & Screw-
Ups of the Modern Class Clown right side

Man throws a stick for his dog and it hits him on the head 22 Planet Tad top right

Alpine skier in line for cable car notices man behind him holding surfboard 38 The DMV Road Test
For The Real World bottom left
corner

Near-sighted sheep shearer accidentally shears dog 42 10 Things Not to Say
During A Hospital Visit top right

Magician has nightmare in which a rabbit pulls
him out of a hat in front of an audience of rabbits 51 Children's Holiday Characters
From 'Round the World top right side

Hiker thinks about meeting wise man on mountain top, but guru is a woman 54 Spy Vs Spy left side

Fly sprayed with D.D.T causes spider to vomit 55 Spy Vs Spy top right side

Male sun bather approaches woman on beach
but makes a u-turn after realizing she is pregnant 58 Yell's Kitchen right side

Man returns home to wife (thinking of his lover),
while his wife's lover flees out back door 58 Yell's Kitchen bottom

-- compiled by Glen Shoemark
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Mad #479 - July 2007
(16 entries)

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Wine-tasting patron convulsively puckers as concerned waiter reads bottle label 1 MAD Table of Contents mid contents
right side

Four guys toppled-over laughing, point at Letters logo 4 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Hardhat told he built ladder platform for circus high dive upside-down 12 Startling Similarities Between Modern
Celebrities & Ancient Artifacts bottom left side

Gourmet cooking-show chef chomps on a street-cart hotdog during a break 13 Startling Similarities Between Modern
Celebrities & Ancient Artifacts top right

National Geographic photographer disheartened by
tribesman using a flip phone during African safari shoot 14 Planet TAD top right

Hardhats plan to drill for oil from area filled with diamonds underneath 16 MAD's Touchy-Feely Wrestlemania Outtakes middle left side

The Shadow Knows: Guy enjoys coffee with his gabbing date,
shadow desparately claws up the wall away from her 26 More Facts That Sound for A Second
Like They Might Be True... But Aren't top-middle
right side

While hanging on the street with The Thing, Mr. Fantastic
stretches his neck up four floors to peep at showering lady 28 Spy vs Spy middle left side

Scared soldier in middle of combat recalls his youth enjoying combat video games 29 Spy vs Spy middle right side

Satisfied bear exits campground, leaves victim's hat, glasses,
shoes, and mauled "PROTECT OUR BEARS" sign behind 31 Monroe and... Harry Potter top right side

Bystanders flee as owner holding leash to huge empty dog collar calls out for his pet 36 MAD's Arrrr!-Rated Outtakes From
Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End top right

Candidate A cuts Candidate B's microphone cord during B's crowded campaign rally 43 The Final Installment of the
Gross and Beyond Gross Trilogy mid left corner

"Super-fly" comes to fly's rescue in spider web 44 The Final Installment of the
Gross and Beyond Gross Trilogy top left side

Caveman watching other play musically with bow,
envisions using it to drive arrow through his heart and steal his cavewoman 45 The Final Installment of the
Gross and Beyond Gross Trilogy top left

School-kid is followed by a couple bullies and his
friends who know he's a trophy-winning karate expert 45 The Final Installment of the
Gross and Beyond Gross Trilogy bottom left

Film director curses at extra on his cellphone during Centurion fight scene 48 What the Heck is the Difference? bottom right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #482 - October 2007
(12 entries)

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Dracula, wearing novelty bib with "blood bag"
image, approaches sleeping victim 1 Contents left

Line of four progressively larger fish about to
eat each other swim into mouth of much larger fish 1 Contents right corner

Man in top hat carries large bag of money 3 Letters and Tomatoes right

Three dogs howl a song 4 Letters and Tomatoes left

Explorer desperately searching for village travels in wrong direction 26 Spy Vs Spy left

Man stands on elephant's back to pick apples from tree,
as elephant helps itself to the bounty 36 Monroe and the Summer Jobs - Part 2 left side

Smoker's cigarette smoke forms a cloud depicting unhealthy lungs 38 Questions We'd Love To See The
Media Ask Presidential Candidates left side

Three children look for cloud animals, but one child
is embarrassed after seeing breast-shaped cloud 44 America's Next Top Mobster right side

Die falls in love with "Put and Take" top, angering another Die 44 America's Next Top Mobster bottom left

Driver of delivery truck carrying windows,
is directed to building with no windows 44 America's Next Top Mobster bottom right
corner

In court trial, a jury member starts swearing at the accused 45 America's Next Top Mobster top

Zorro hits homeless man on head during attempt to mark wall with "Z" 47 What the Heck is the Difference? top right side

-- compiled by Glen Shoemark
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Mad #488 - April 2008
(12 entries)

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USA postage stamp shows notable monkey in suit 4 Letters and Tomatoes corner top right

Monkeys ransack the MAD mailbox, tearing up and eating the letters inside 4 Letters and Tomatoes corner bottom right

Mailman delivers bunch of bananas to the newly-outsourced MAD office 6 Letters and Tomatoes middle center-right

Monkey pulling off Alfred E Neuman mask
notices Alfred pulling off his monkey mask 8 Letters and Tomatoes bottom center

As two organ grinders perform, their chained
monkeys slip away into an alley to make out 14 MONKey bottom center

Pet shop owner searches for his missing monkey who wandered up
three floors above him, perched on window sill to stare at topless woman 15 MONKey near top left side

US and Russian spacecrafts converge in space. American astronaut hopes
to meet beautiful woman, Russian cosmonaut fantasizes female chimp 27 Snappy Answers to
Stupid Human Questions bottom right

Simian sneezes all of his fur off (Gesundheit!) 28 Great Monkeys in American History bottom left

Monkeys hanging off tree in chain of hands
grab fruit from bowl on passing female native's head 34 SPider monkeY VS SPider monkeY middle left side

Organ grinder's monkey able to chain passing kid to his
owner's organ and walk away hand-in-hand with his mother 35 SPider monkeY VS SPider monkeY top right side

Tree monkey grabs hat from passing safari hunter to add to his collection,
one of the smiling package-carrying natives wears a SAVE DARFUR! shirt 42 10 Things You,
as a Concerned Monkey,
Can Do to Save the Environment bottom left side

Myopic safari explorer bends down to fish for his glasses nabbed
by tree monkey who's stunned by prescription when worn 43 10 Things You,
as a Concerned Monkey,
Can Do to Save the Environment middle right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #511 - October 2011
(20 entries)

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Man with dog's teeth locked on his butt rings vet's doorbell 2 Contents near top

Boy gets the boot still absorbed in his phone 2 Contents near bottom left

Jailed man with rat on a leash remembers his dog 2 Contents near bottom left

Man and woman happily dance 2 Contents near mid right

Man jumps for joy 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle

Bug-eyed, fearful man's hair stands on end, covers mouth with his hands 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom

Perched birds crap all over letter carrier 4 Letters and Tomatoes bottom mid
vertical

Hobo snores in the MAD mailbox while dog sleeps below 4 Letters and Tomatoes right

Surprised man poses with raised hands 6 Letters and Tomatoes left

Man laughs and points finger 6 Letters and Tomatoes right

While driver relieves himself on a tree,
prankster boys light firecrackers, scare away horse pulling carriage 16 Parks and
Regurgitation bottom

Spider pounds direction arrows at the base of a
tree to point flies up to the web in a high branch 16 Parks and
Regurgitation top right side

Airborne circus high-diver can't see some dimwit has turned his pool upside-down 18 Parks and
Regurgitation bottom right
corner

Man working on underground plumbing gets
saturated by whatever it is a homeowner flushes 23 12 Good Things
About Your
Smoking Addiction top right
corner

Cowboy among guests at a costume party
prepares to lasso waiter carrying a platter of horderves 33 New Editions
of Angry Birds bottom right

Hang-glider rethinks his money-saving ways as his
frame harness separates from the wing mid-flight 34 New Editions
of Angry Birds mid left side

Marching band leader loses his band to a sidewalk bar 35 New Editions
of Angry Birds right side

Sky-writer lands plane, catches grief for misspelling "Happy Anniversary" with one "n" 37 Overheard at the
Kardashian Wedding top

Boy searches for hat as people enjoying an outdoor barbecue notice a strange smell 38 Planet Tad!!!!! top left side

Garbage truck driver dumps load down side of ridge three climbers are scaling 52 Spy vs Spy mid corner
left side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #513
February 2012
(12 entries)

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Guy riding firework rocket up meets guy riding missile down 1 Contents mid page left

Violin player gets struck in the side of the head by musical note 1 Contents right

Wide-eyed, stressed-out man stares like a zombie 1 Contents near bottom
right

Flag postage stamp loses stars 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top right

Possibly dead man lays on his back holding flower at waist-level pointing upward 3 Letters and Tomatoes near top left

Santa delivers mail from sleigh to snowbound shoveler 4 Letters and Tomatoes middle page

Done with their fight, a matador leaves his hat on a hook, the bull leaves his horns 39 The Strip Club bottom

Bees chase archer, whose bullseye arrow passes through target, pierces beehive hanging from tree 42 Planet Tad!!!!! top right

Cop with billy club chasing protestors is in turn chased by woman with rolling pin 46 A MAD Look at Protests near top left

Protestors head for open manhole with sign laying on street nearby 46-47 A MAD Look at Protests combined pages
near bottom

Boy wonders to Mom if milk truck contains milk from a giant cow 50 Spy vs Spy left near bottom

Dog and owner watch as king walks by leading procession with long cape
held by young servants, all eyes fixate on the trail of poo coming into view 53 Ways to Create
a Healthier
McDonald's Experience right side

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #520
April 2013
(17 entries)

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Boy screams with tongue out 1 Contents near middle

Screaming man reacts to something coming from above 1 Contents middle right

Doctor with stethoscope is jolted by loud noise 1 Contents near bottom

Burial plot has potted flower beside tombstone 4 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Man ice-skates backwards 4 Letters and Tomatoes right middle

Group looks for model rocket that has impaled MAD mailbox 5 Letters and Tomatoes center

Dog tees off a golfball with a large bone 5 Letters and Tomatoes mid right

Astronaut sees MAD mailbox amongst space junk 6 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Man stands on one foot squinting into distance 6 Letters and Tomatoes mid left

Sergio stands on one foot, wearing top hat, looking into distance 6 Letters and Tomatoes mid right

Among a group of Vikings with different shield insignia,
one gets in trouble for sporting a peace sign 22 Honey Boo Boo's
Family Circus bottom right

Man with flowers shakes fist at artist for drawing ugly woman 24 Planet Tad top right

Pole vaulter slides down pole as striping sheds off 26 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Firemen bypass man in burning building to talk to women sunbathing on roof 32 You've Hired the Wrong Life Coach If… bottom left corner

Man on island stops another to correct his "O.S.O." to read "S.O.S." 33 You've Hired the Wrong Life Coach If… right side

Prankster uses air pump to inflate man's bagpipe (from #321) 51 THE MAD VAULT -
Spin Doctors for the Rest of Us near middle

Ping pong player asks for ping pong ball instead of baseball (from #321) 53 THE MAD VAULT -
Spin Doctors for the Rest of Us top right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #521 - June 2013
(23 entries)

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Increasing-sized fish swim in a row to eat
each other into the jaws of the largest fish 1 Contents right

Mouse smells cat smells dog in a row 1 Contents near bottom left

Cheerleader with pom poms gives a spirited jump 1 Contents bottom left

Sergio with top hat does some mime 2 Letters top

Blind guy taps seated beggar in the eye with his cane 2 Letters top right side

Man sings and gestures 2 Letters right side

Bear points and laughs 3 Letters near top

Lady notices birdhouse has a satelite dish on its roof 3 Letters bottom right side

Rollerskater heads for uncovered manhole in street 4 Letters top

Man sticks his tongue out in exasperation 4 Letters right side

Angel dog with wings and halo flies around 4 Letters left

Amusement park inverted roller coaster danglers
come at each other from opposite sides 14 Game of Groans bottom right
corner

Man tests out Pope costume on the street,
gets his hand grabbed and kissed by devout Hispanic 15 Game of Groans top

Trench-digger blocks access to the sideroad he's
attempting to hitchhike from at the end of his workday 16 Game of Groans bottom right
corner

Vagrant curses out graffiti artist who's accidentally
sprayed him with paint making him look like a clown 17 Game of Groans top

Barely after a treasure hunter unearths a chest of riches,
a jovial IRS man with briefcase runs toward him out of nowhere 24 Planet Tad!!!!! top right

Mermaids keep fisherman from catching fish,
attaching tires to his hook multiple times 31 Darker Side of
The Lighter Side mid left corner

Boy dribbles basketball to outdoor court where game with
taller guys is going on, turns around and dribbles away 31 Darker Side of
The Lighter Side top right corner

Spaghetti and meatballs eater winds pasta around fork,
pulls tiny dead man up out of plate with noodle noose around his neck 32 Darker Side of
The Lighter Side top right

Couple watch ambulance carry away person who's left
"The End Is Near" sign laying on the sidewalk 35 Spy vs. Spy top right side

Golfing angel dings devil in head with ball
(MAD Vault reprint from #388 - page 35) 43 Scenes of Americana bottom right

Tiny roadside burger take-out joint gets order for full army unit parked nearby 52 Casebook Spyfail bottom

Leader on mountain top roots on his fellow
climbers as a ram bears down on him from behind 53 Casebook Spyfail top left corner

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #522
September 2013
(22 entries)

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Man brings Earth globe in the shape of a cube to store's complaint department 1 Contents mid page

Prankster boys light stilted sandwhich advertising board man's pants on fire 1 Contents bottom right side
right corner

Lady with plunger is grossed-out over her dog drinking from the toilet bowl 1 Contents near bottom left

Air filters out of Alfred E. Neuman balloon through his missing tooth 1 Contents near bottom
left corner

Fairy with wand looks like a Rockette with good legs 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top

Man with satisfied grin walks carrying giant pencil 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right
corner

Bored mailman reads smartphone, leans on open MAD mailbox full of cobwebs,
his empty mailbag buzzes with flies 3 Letters and Tomatoes top

Three dogs howl-sing in the full moonlight 3 Letters and Tomatoes mid page

White spy sees black spy as his mirror reflection 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Goldfish dreams of princess fish emerging from castle prop in his bowl 4 Letters and Tomatoes mid page

Bank robbers fleeing with cash will meet purse snatcher
pursued by cops when they turn the city sidewalk corner 14 The Slobbit: An
Under Edited Journey bottom right
corner

Zebras in straight grass notice one of their own with UPC symbol markings on its side 15 The Slobbit: An
Under Edited Journey top left

Prison chain-ganger leaves his artifical leg behind, hops away from the group and warden 16 The Slobbit: An
Under Edited Journey right side

Optometrist's special eyes chart lettering asks pretty woman "HOWABOUTADATE" 27 Brutally Honest
Marriage Vows top

Zorro leaves his "Z" among a city wall's graffiti 28 Planet Tad!!!!! top left side

Photographer with fake summit set-up positions himself above
approaching climbers he thinks won't want to finish their climb to the top 31 Spy vs Spy top right side

Mice flip a coin to decide who goes for cheese in the mousetrap 35 Some of Your
Pet's Peeves left

Baseball unravels and falls apart after being hit
(MAD Vault reprint from #273 - page 17) 37 Summer Has
Arrived When... bottom

Naval captain approaches Lost and Found counter for large cannon
(MAD Vault reprint from #273 - page 18) 38 Summer Has
Arrived When... bottom left

Man blows a hole through his living room picture window attempting to shoot a moose 39 The Strip Club bottom left

Customs inspector doesn't notice man in line carrying contraband in his sombrero 52 Storage Boors bottom

Treasure hunters with metal detectors fight over spot on ground where rusty tin can lies beneath 53 Storage Boors top left corner

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #524
December 2013
(21 entries)

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Round bomb with fuse burning has a smiley face 1 Contents bottom left

Woman sticks out tongue, hair frazzles 1 Contents near bottom left

Mice laugh at cat walking away with tail caught in mousetrap 1 Contents near bottom right

Man cries out with the crook of his arm draped over his eyes 2 Letters and Tomatoes top center
vertical

Guitar player sings with electrified notes coming from him and speaker 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top right

Dancer does vaudeville with cane 2 Letters and Tomatoes near mid bottom

MAD mailbox burps its door open 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Skateboarding kid looks for lost wheel 3 Letters and Tomatoes mid to top left

Carved face in pumpkin is upside-down 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Rapunzel's assistants bring her wheelbarrow loads of pins, shampoo, and curlers 4 Letters and Tomatoes mid-page
right corner

Still dripping from a shower, Bruce Wayne grabs costume in response to the Bat signal 14 Man of Veal bottom
right corner

Elastigirl stretches leg around block to trip a girl Mr. Incredible is looking at too closely 15 Man of Veal top right

Tarzan bonks his head on a tree after vine snaps 16 Man of Veal bottom left

Harry Potter sits on his broom hovering outside nude lady's highrise window 16 Man of Veal right side

Human Torch leaves The Fantastic Four during a fight to light a lady's cigarette 17 Man of Veal top

Airport security rushes to nab heavily pierced guy setting off metal detectors 21 Unadvertised Fast
Food "Secret
Menu" Offerings top right

Male and female castaways, each on their own little islands,
picture their ideal nudes of the opposite sex 23 Zingers that
History Forgot top right side

Parakeet sneezes down the bars of its cage (Gesundheit!) 26 Spy vs Spy mid to
bottom left

A group of Global Warming deniers watch polar bear and cub drift toward them on a piece of ice 34 Planet Tad!!!!! top right

Skateboarders use ramp to elevate above nudist camp fence 47 Do-It-Yourself
Obamacare News Story top right

Runners detour to farmer's outhouse (reprint from #291 for Inside MAD book promotion) 53 Baseball at the Bat top right corner

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #533 - June 2015
(15 entries)

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Shapely boxing ring-girl holds sign with swear word characters 3 Contents near top left

Playing card features black and white spies like a joker card 3 Contents right side

Man appears electrified 3 Contents near bottom left

Weird Al takes over MAD mailbox, plays accordian while sitting on top 4 Letters & Tomatoes top vertical

Lit bomb bounces after running Weird Al 4 Letters & Tomatoes bottom right

Weird Al pursues spies running away with his accordian 5 Letters & Tomatoes top

Alfred cancels our Weird Al's accordian playing with headphones 6 Letters & Tomatoes top

Hand of God reaches down with giant pin toward
hobbyist who mounts butterflies in displays 20 Things You Never
Want to Learn
from Ancestry.com bottom left side

Witch brings a new microwave oven to other
witches boiling potions in a traditional cauldron 21 Things You Never
Want to Learn
from Ancestry.com bottom

Fan with giant foam finger in baseball bleachers pokes another fan in the eyes 22 Spy vs Spy top left side

Folded newspaper boat leaves a trail of newsprint behind in its wake 32 Planet Tad!!!!! top left side

Pickpocket from upper story-window takes wallet from stilt walker
leaning against a wall (MAD Vault reprint from #93 - page 9) 41 MAD Looks at a
Typical Kiddie TV Show top right side

Man with noose around his neck says he'll pay crane operator to hoist him up 50 American Sniping bottom right
corner

Director of photography tells film director he sees a WWII soldier
among the extras in the lavish medieval battle scene they're shooting 51 American Sniping top

Foreman chastises crew for installing fencing on
wrong side of pipe running along Mexican-U.S. border 52 American Sniping bottom right
corner

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #536 - December 2015
(17 entries)

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Dogs share a body, not sure about each other, with heads on opposite ends 1 Contents near middle

Yelling boy's word balloon is empty 1 Contents right side

Laughing man hops with glee 1 Contents near bottom

Distressed man hops with dread 1 Contents bottom left

Computer monitor showing email has a
black "censured" bar across the screen 2 Letters & Tomatoes near top

MAD mailboxes contain smaller mailboxes, eventually holding letter 3 Letters & Tomatoes near middle

Sergio wears a shirt with a smiley-face sporting his signature mustache 4 Letters & Tomatoes top

Superman says "Gesundheit!" to sneezing Spider-Man 4 Letters & Tomatoes mid top right

Soccer player prepares to kick American-style football 4 Letters & Tomatoes mid right

Drunk spider tells his friend about the bottle of Tequila he discovered 12 Messy Chef Junior bottom right
corner

Dim airplane mechanic attempt to put a propeller on a jumbo jet engine 13 Messy Chef Junior top

TV news crew covers boring tax-protest story while a truck filled
with poison devastates crash victims directly around the corner 14 Messy Chef Junior bottom right
corner

Guards try to remove paroled inmate who grabs onto
cell bars to avoid returning home to wife and kids 17 Spy vs Spy top left

Server at wine-tasting caught drinking beer with handyman 26 Secrets of Nature
Documentaries bottom

Baker offers bride/groom, groom/groom, bride/bride
top decorations depending on the type of wedding cake needed 37 The Strip Club bottom

Crawling man lost in the hot sun of the desert
runs into rug salesman with camel (from #366) 41 THE MAD VAULT -
Approaches to Avoid
When Your Child's Pet Dies bottom left

Road water truck drenches workman in manhole 51 Home Renovations:
HGTV vs. Real Life top right

-- compiled by Doug Gilford
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Mad #542 - December 2016
(13 entries)

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Donkey and elephant dance together 1 Table of Contents near center

Man is passed out 1 Table of Contents right middle

Two men race towards restroom from opposite directions 1 Table of Contents near middle

Man hides sombrero to wave American flag 1 Table of Contents bottom left

Man is unaware his sign has fallen off his pole 2 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Shower nozzle falls off on Alfred mid-shower 2 Letters and Tomatoes right

Man is horrified 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle

Men with "Yes" and "No" signs fight 6 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

The Black & White Spies emerge from door in a lit bomb 6 Letters and Tomatoes left middle

Alarmed by knife hitting pole near his group,
clown directs knife-thrower toward his blindfolded female assistant behind him 20 Spy vs Spy top right

Skateboarder hits groin on rail when distracted by pretty woman 30 Planet Tad top right

Boy on phone steps into traffic,
doesn't see truck driver bearing down on him also on phone 48 "Parent Education"
Pamphlets For Kids top left side

Superior yells at soldier for hanging American flag upside down 49 "Parent Education"
Pamphlets For Kids bottom right side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #544 - April 2017
(23 entries)

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Bee nervously confronts drone 1 MAD Table of Contents middle, middle-left

Kids laughs at MAD Magazine but adult doesn't 1 MAD Table of Contents middle right

Man on stilts steps on dog doo 1 MAD Table of Contents one quarter
from bottom middle

Smiling angel has pointed devil tail 1 MAD Table of Contents bottom left corner

Man laughing pointing at title 2 Letters and Tomatoes top middle under title

Man listening to radio about to step on fresh dog doo 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle right

Eyes in MAD mailbox leering at owl perched on top 4 Letters and Tomatoes top middle to right of title

Singing barbershop quartet member has bow tie on chin 4 Letters and Tomatoes middle left

Broke-off gondola lift about to fall on
confused mountain hiker finding mechanical piece 9 The Fundalini Pages bottom left side

Huge road pile-up caused by ducks crossing, lady of first car tells cop 14 Fanatic Dweebs and How to Fleece Them corner bottom left,
bottom left side

Pigeon plays restaurant host to others awaiting park-bench breadcrumb service 15 Fanatic Dweebs and How to Fleece Them top middle

With money flying out a window,
counterfeiters complain of draft caused by man opening door 16 Fanatic Dweebs and How to Fleece Them bottom middle

Barstool sitter leering at girl ignores beer sliding his way 17 Fanatic Dweebs and How to Fleece Them top left side

Model-ship-builder sneezes - Gesundheit 26 Signs of an Unsuccessful Food Truck middle left side

Guy walking a bigger dog carries bigger sack for disposal 27 Signs of an Unsuccessful Food Truck middle right side

One of lost desert dwellers craves smartphone more than water 28 Planet Tad! top left side

Girl cries to mom, dad took swing set to leer at sunbathing neighbor 30 The Trump Family Circus bottom right

Broken tree-branch releases man from hanging noose but hits his head 34 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... bottom left side

Mugger in action uses selfie-stick 34 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... above 4th row right

Gopher grabs gardener's flowers as bouquet to his love 35 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... top right

Lady gets skull-n-crossbone back tattoo, thinking it's doves-flowers-love design 35 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... along 3rd row right

Chef scouring kitchen floor for loose lobster hiding atop his hat 36 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... top right side

Caber tosser's kilt fall down mid-action 36 The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of... along 3rd row right side

-- compiled by Raj Kaup
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Mad #545 - June 2017
(17 entries)

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Man removes mask revealing identical grimacing face 1 Table of Contents right

Boy paints polka dots on baby, to mother's horror 1 Table of Contents near middle left

The Earth has a headache 1 Table of Contents bottom left

Man hits himself in the head with yo-yo 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top

A pile of goo with eyes bubbles 2 Letters and Tomatoes middle 1/3 up

Man breaks phone on the ground in anger 3 Letters and Tomatoes
- Celebrity Snaps middle 1/3 down

Man's head explodes when lighting cigarette 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Alfred paints MAD on mailbox in too large of font 4 Letters and Tomatoes left

Pants fall down on player jumping for baseball 4 Letters and Tomatoes right

Soldier with wrong hat hurriedly buys a sombrero 14 Rough One:
A Star Bores Snorer bottom right
corner

Pet store fish misses being in a coral reef, another is glad to be out of the ocean garbage 15 Rough One:
A Star Bores Snorer top

A farmer and gophers await carrots growing from above and below ground 16 Rough One:
A Star Bores Snorer bottom right
corner

A follower laughs telling other Israelites Moses has crazy plans to part the Red Sea 17 Rough One:
A Star Bores Snorer top

Seeing eye dog takes bone-centric vision test 36 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Man at zoo dreams of lion's head mounted, lion dreams of eating man, leaving just his head 50 Decimated Survivor bottom

Angels try to sell a recently deceased man rising to heaven halos, wings and harps 51 Decimated Survivor left side

Cowboy is yelled at for hitching up horses backwards 51 Decimated Survivor top

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #546
August 2017
(19 entries)

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Man surfs on magazine 1 Table of Contents bottom left

Mad zeppelin has drone-like propeller attachments 1 Table of Contents middle under title

Man rolls on the floor laughing 1 Table of Contents middle near center

Boy tries playing baseball like video game controller 1 Table of Contents right

Head fall off of Alfred-in-the-box 2 Letters and Tomatoes center near top

Magnifying glass makes guy's eye look huge 2 Letters and Tomatoes right

Happy angel plays harp 3 Letters and Tomatoes center near top

Fly dreams of McDonald's food 3 Letters and Tomatoes center near bottom

Man dressed as doctor inspects fair maiden's breasts at Costume Ball 3 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right side

Man sings 4 Letters and Tomatoes top middle

Baby in cart gets pushed past lingerie store window
with voluptuous mannequins, thinks about a bottle 4 Letters and Tomatoes left

Man playing harmonica under orchestra risers angers conductor 12 This Wall bottom right corner

Ants head towards picnic with list of dietary restrictions 13 This Wall top middle

Manager yells at outdoor concert worker,
entrance sign points guests away from stage 14 This Wall bottom right corner

Two Spanish guitarists approach window to play, dreaming of same lover 30 Enjoying your Parents' Fights left side

Flying Pegasus drops a horseshoe, hits Roman guy in the head 31 Enjoying your Parents' Fights top right side

Worker is upset at suicide jumper landing in his wet cement 31 Enjoying your Parents' Fights bottom right side

Naked Mickey Mouse approaches Lost & Found for his pants 50 Planet Tad!!!!! top right (turned)

Man sunk by "cement shoes" thinks about what a great fishing spot it is 54 The Worst Things about Marijuana bottom left side

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #547 - October 2017
(13 entries)

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Hindu spiritualist talks on cell phone 1 Contents mid near top

Angry lady, hand on hip, points at contents 1 Contents right side

Hysterical cat ROFLOL 1 Contents mid near bottom

Snake gags after taking a bite of Arthur the plant 1 Contents near bottom left

Angel stands with devil tail poking from under skirt 2 Letters and Tomatoes top

Curly-haired girl with hysterical face tap dances with cane 3 Letters and Tomatoes top right

MAD mailbox door unrolls like a sardine tin to reveal crowded letters and flies 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Group of campers attempt to sneak up on old man's tent, unaware of lion 4 Letters and Tomatoes near mid left

Unaware woman vacuums general's medal 4 Letters and Tomatoes right side

Lumberjack climbs tall tree with belt strap as
partner on ground holds the chainsaw he's forgotten 22 Signs That American
Entitlement Has Gone Too Far bottom left side

Marching band parader sells bugle to pawn shop during performance 23 Signs That American
Entitlement Has Gone Too Far top right corner

Man packs boxes into wrong truck 54 Chilling Thoughts - 2017 Edition bottom left

Boy in music hall gets finger stuck in recorder, heads to nurse's office 55 Chilling Thoughts - 2017 Edition middle right

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #548
December 2017
(22 entries)

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Pervert wearing smiley-face balloon prepares to open overcoat 1 Contents mid near top

Visiting snail upset to see friend's empty shell with "to let" sign 1 Contents mid near center

White spy shocked to be covered in black paint 1 Contents right side

Man's tiny running dog pulls him into the air via leash 1 Contents near middle

Ring girl holds sign with "3" upside down 1 Contents near bottom
left side

Man hits himself in the eye with yo-yo 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top

UPS, Fed-Ex, and US Mail worker chase after Amazon drone 2 Letters and Tomatoes bottom right

Man thinks post office is Starbucks 3 Letters and Tomatoes middle right

Zombie eats MAD mailbox 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Assistant upset that ballet dancer is asleep during performance 14 Strangely Thin bottom

Boy has no one to play baseball with, as all his friends are on their phones 15 Strangely Thin top

Boss upset at construction workers for laying down railroad ties on top of rails 16 Strangely Thin bottom

Man on donkey wishes he had a car, but man
changing his car's flat tire wishes he had the donkey 17 Strangely Thin top left corner

Would-be suicide retrieves his noose some kids use as jumprope 26 The Strip Club
Coombs & Coombs lower middle

Spies cut each others' clotheslines 36 Spy vs Spy top

Spirit of woman rises to heaven out of sewer hole she fell into while texting 46 A Liberal Hopes /
A Liberal Knows left side

Jealous woman attempts to shake coconuts off palm tree onto romantic couple's heads 47 A Liberal Hopes /
A Liberal Knows top right side

Cats steal from fisherman's bucket 47 A Liberal Hopes /
A Liberal Knows bottom right side

Backstage worker's phone rings, disrupts Macbeth performance 52 It's The Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown - 2017 Edition bottom right
corner

Mother scolds son after he tips over boat on sale 53 It's The Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown - 2017 Edition top

Culinary school student nervous because he used 1 cup of salt instead of 1 teaspoon 54 It's The Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown - 2017 Edition bottom

Football and soccer teams stand around and watch
coaches and referee argue over who gets the field 55 It's The Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown - 2017 Edition near top
left side

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #549 - February 2018
(11 entries)

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Man points and laughs histerically 1 Contents near mid left

Jack-in-the-missile blasts off 1 Contents right side

Man lies on back holding flower 1 Contents near bottom left

Man barfs into trash can and vomit leaks through holes 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top

Upside down 65th anniversary cake in box
leaks in MAD mailbox, attracting flies 2 Letters and Tomatoes near bottom

Yoda revealed to be inside R2-D2 3 Letters and Tomatoes center

White spy spray paints himself black 3 Letters and Tomatoes right bottom third

Baby in stroller texts on phone 4 Letters and Tomatoes near top

Mailman delivers mail via drone to avoid bulldog 4 Letters and Tomatoes mid right

Man thinks he's scared off muggers,
when in reality, a vampire is behind him 36 Projectile Vomit Baby
Through History bottom right side

As players run for cover, repairman
rushes to fix rampaging tennis ball shooter 43 Spy vs. Spy top near left

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #550 April 2018
(20 entries)

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Juggler's unicycle gets a flat tire 1 Table of Contents near top middle

Man faints, falls on back with feet straight up 1 Table of Contents near top middle

Man hit in the head with brick 1 Table of Contents right

Dog eats 1 Table of Contents right

Drone dispenses mini-drones 1 Table of Contents near bottom middle

Man has heart attack pointing at contents 1 Table of Contents left near bottom

Smiley face deflates 2 Letters and Tomatoes near top

Mailman dressed like eskimo delivers mail to igloo-shaped mailbox of igloo home in Arctic 2 Letters and Tomatoes left

Protester arguing with protester with "NO!" sign holds his "YES!" sign upside down 3 Letters and Tomatoes mid near top

Two monkeys cover their friend's eyes, ears, mouth 3 Letters and Tomatoes right near bottom

Museum tour guide shows group post office exhibit 3 Letters and Tomatoes left bottom

The Shadow Knows: Sad man's shadow dances with delight 4 Letters and Tomatoes top

Helium balloons lay on ground 4 Letters and Tomatoes right

White spy rides on bomb with lit fuse 4 Letters and Tomatoes right near bottom

Man on top of building with hose sprays people below, helps friend sell umbrellas 14 This is Pus lower right
corner

Wonder Woman picks up new wardrobe at garage sale 15 This is Pus top

Angels mingle with devils in hell while heaven is closed for repairs 16 This is Pus lower right
corner

General takes selfie with about-to-be-shot prisoner 23 Spy vs Spy top

"End" from "endless love" billboard ad about to squash man with "THE END IS NEAR" sign 38 The Future of Job Automation upper right side

Justice League moth robots take Sergio from his studio 45 A Mad Look at Justice League near bottom right

-- compiled by Yoni
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Mad #001 June 2018
(10 entries)

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Cop doesn't know which mugger to chase at street corner 5 Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi top left corner

Woman chases boy's drone with broom 6 Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi bottom mid right

Little leaguers cry after baseball kills bird 7 Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi top mid right

Roofer accidentally drops bucket of tar on man on ladder 16 Spy vs Spy bottom left side

Man yells at funeral director when open casket shows deceased's feet 16 Spy vs Spy top middle

Mother sees boy dump baby food on sister's head as he imagines baby being blamed 42 Starchie: Reconstituted bottom middle

Deceased man's head drops out of trap door on casket as pall bearers carry it 43 Starchie: Reconstituted top right

Bride talks on cell phone in the middle of ceremony 44 Starchie: Reconstituted bottom left

Man uses port-o-potty sitting on truck bed in diner parking lot
as surprised driver looks on from inside diner 45 Starchie: Reconstituted top mid left

White dog in KKK hood approaches a black dog 53 Incoming! mid right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #002 August 2018
(9 entries)

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Seeing eye dog poops in blind beggar's hat on city sidewalk 6 Xander and Kam's Sneaky Previews bottom right side

Engorged Big Bad Wolf sells Three Little Pigs' belongings 7 Xander and Kam's Sneaky Previews top right

Nervous barber closes shop as Chewbacca approaches 8 Xander and Kam's Sneaky Previews bottom right

Batman leaves to answer Bat-light signal as Alfred chases after him with forgotten cowl 9 Xander and Kam's Sneaky Previews top

Golfer searches for ball as bird puzzles over the odd addition to its nest 13 Paul Garbanzo: Food Critic top right side

Cowboy chased by Indians and Indian chased by Cowboys run towards each other 31 The Unwritten Rules of Hollywood middle right

Men about to duel picture the other man kissing their lover 35 Spy vs Spy top left

Homeless woman pushing shopping cart of garbage dreams of cart being full of food 41 When Woman Take Over Hollywood right near bottom

Confused boy asks dad what the mailman with cart is doing 53 Incoming! right near bottom

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #005 February 2019
(7 entries)

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A chicken sneezes the feathers off another (Gesundheit!) 4 A Listless Story bottom right

Criminal escaping cops on bike heads for trench where worker wrenches on pipe below 5 A Listless Story top left corner

Cavewoman looks around for cave painter who was eaten by dinosaur he was drawing 6 A Listless Story bottom near left

Sheepherder covers ears as truck hauling missile heads for tunnel with low clearance 39 Spy vs Spy top right

Man dancing has a rabbit in his top hat 53 Shorts & Briefs left middle

Adults only think about beggar shouting profanity as they pass, while a boy only thinks about the profanity 54 Incoming! right middle

Among Christmas ornaments stuffed in mailbox is a bomb with a lit fuse 55 Incoming! right middle

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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Mad #011 February 2020
(8 entries)

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Man laughs and points as his quizzical friend looks on 1 Contents right

Man swings on rope 1 Contents right

Man runs with Earth as head, bombs exploding 1 Contents center

Man falling from skyscraper realizes he should have charged his phone 9 A MAD Look at
New Year's Resolutions top right side

Die panics and imagines other die as being blank 19 MAD 20 - #5 Mitch McConnell's Bill Killing right side

Popeye pops spinach can open upside down 22 MAD 20 - #7 Selfie-Destruction bottom vertical

Man given "cement shoes" during low tide hurriedly hops away from captors 40 MAD 20 - #20 A MAD "Ending" bottom right corner

Shopping carts fill parking lot outside of a mission 55 masthead 2 right

-- compiled by Bradford N. Smith
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