MAD #75 — December 1962

"Learn from the mistakes of others, 'cause you'll never live long enough to make 'em all yourself!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Volksbuggen — Pesky Import

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MADvertising — 2005
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman bust and portrait, Subscriptions — "I 'Kidd' you not! No more digging up buried treasure for me!" (Lester Krauss photo of Nick Meglin as pirate), MAD In Orbit, A Golden Trashery of MAD
  2–3
• Speak, and Ye Shall Find (The Answers)

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Written by Jack Mendelsohn
  (various places around the magazine)
• Speaking From Pictures

  Freedom With Speech Dept.

  Written by Gerald Gardner / UPI photos
  4–5
• Alfred's Poor Almanac

  Useless Information Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Putnam
  6
• Kids Letters to Other World Leaders

  Innocents Abroad Dept.

  Written by Pearl Belkin / Art by Bob Clarke
  7–10
• Spy vs. Spy — home base hole / karate-throw rock-launch

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
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• The Irving Irving Story — A "Show-Business Movie" of the Future

  There's No Business Like "Snow" Business Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  12–16
• Superstitions

  Hex Marks the Spot Dept.

  Written by Jack Mendelsohn / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  17–19
• Celebrities' Home Movies

  A Star is Boring Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel and Arnie Kogen / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  20–23 sample
• "Robinson Crusoe" or On The Beach with Don Martin —
  MAD's condensed version of the Daniel Defoe classic

  Friend or Defoe Dept.

  Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  24–28
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — spy faces part of game / weapon money

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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• Intellectual TV Shows Geared to the "Seven-Year-Old Mind"

  Vidiots' Delight Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  30–33
• The Lighter Side of Teenagers

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  • The MAD Morality — 1970
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  34–37
• A Celebrity's Purse — Elizabeth Taylor

  Grab-Bag Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  38–39
• MAD's 1962 Football Roundup for Little-Known Schools and Colleges

  Varsity Dregs Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  40–42
• Chicken — The Magazine for Gentle Men

  The Call of the Mild Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  43–47
• The Parting Shot

  Touch-and-Go Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 11 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  • Howling MAD — 1967 (Paperback #23)
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • MAD 50 Years of Stupidity! — 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  48 sample
• Ad for MAD "Twists" Rock 'N' Roll L.P.
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• Back Cover — Bootyrest by Zippin$

  Lester Krauss photo

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
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