MAD #85 — March 1964

"The good thing about Rock 'n' Roll records is when they wear out, you can't tell the difference!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Aviz Can't Afford Dirty Plugs!

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #3 — 1965 Annual
  • MADvertising — 2005
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait, subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself? - barrel-jump neck-chopper (Art by Paul Coker, Jr.), MAD Follies #1 featuring camouflage paperback book covers — "You can tell a schnook by its cover!"
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Mannie Get Your Ghoul (musical satire)

  Downbeast Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  4–11
• Famous Protest Campaigns

  And the Bans Play On Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  12–14
• At a Matinee

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  15
• MAD Beastlies

  Word Game Preserve Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  16–17
• The Rescue

  Clws and Effect Dept.

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  18 sample
• The Minute After That TV Show is Over

  The Other Side of the Corn Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  19–20 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — drive-in 3D-train / attack crawl cliff fall

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • 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
  21
• The Lighter Side of The College Crowd

  Berg's-Eye-View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • Good'n' Mad — 1969 (Paperback #26)
  22–25
• The Sunday Drive

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Good'n' Mad — 1969 (Paperback #26)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  26 sample
• What Could Happen When They Use Numbers for Everything

  No. Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  27–29
• Spy Vs. Spy — electric spaghetti / weak bridge

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Good'n' Mad — 1969 (Paperback #26)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  30
• Future Educational Comic Pamphlets

  Funny Pitches Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Good'n' Mad — 1969 (Paperback #26)
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  31–35
• A TV Ad We'd Like to See (Tyde)

  Candid Camerawork Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Joe Orlando
  36
• The MAD Hospital Primer

  A Ward to the Wise Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • Good'n' Mad — 1969 (Paperback #26)
  37–39
• The Real Story Behind the News

  Stop the Pressures Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  40–43
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy — strapped to midnight / peace pipe car exhaust

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part III

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • 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
  44
• Strange Interlude with Hazey (TV satire; Eugene O'Neill play satire)

  Maid in U.S.A. Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #2 — Spring 1971
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  45–47
• The Hunter

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48
• Ad for MAD's Dave Berg Looks at The U.S.A. paperback

  Art by Mort Drucker
  C3
• Back Cover — Drug Manufacturers Association

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MADvertising — 2005
  C4