MAD #125 — March 1969

"For every man whose career begins to flower, there's another with poison envy!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Snow Job

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Jack Rickard
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Cartoon from Charles Schulz; Ads for Subscriptions (vampire coffin — art by Paul Coker, Jr.), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• 201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy (movie satire)

  Slab-Schtick-Comedy Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 11 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • The Vintage MAD — 1976 (Paperback #41)
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  4–10 sample sample
• Ad for The Sixth Annual Collection of MAD Follies

  featuring would you believe more MAD Mischief Stickers
  11
• Don Martin On the Golf Course

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  12–13 sample
• A Portfolio of MAD Portraits

  Deface is Familiar Dept.

  Max Brandel
  14–16
• Spy Vs. Spy — expanding fuselage drop / roll-up bridge

  Joke & Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #9 — Summer 1973
  • 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
  17
• The Lighter Side of Teenage Dances

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The MAD Morality — 1970 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  18–22
• Spy Vs. Spy — hopscotch into wet cement / lost rafter in ship

  Joke & Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  23 sample
• Tiny Tim's Wallet

  Odd-Ball in the Back Pocket Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud
  24–25
• A MAD Look at Sex Education in the Schools

  Who's Minding the Stork? Dept.

  Jack Kent

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  26–28
• MAD's Book Publisher of the Year

  Garbage Disposal Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The MAD Morality — 1970 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  29–32 sample
• The MAD Ice Hockey Primer

  Sport 'n' Blood Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The MAD Morality — 1970 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #9 — Summer 1973
  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  33–35
• “Me and My Big Mouth!”

  Tongue in Check Dept.

  Written by Dean Norman / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #9 — Summer 1973
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  36–37 sample
• The MAD Poetry Round Robin

  Shifting into Re-verse Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #9 — Summer 1973
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  38–41
• You Know You've Really Made It When...

  Status-sphere Dept.

  Written by Frank Ridgeway / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #8 — Winter 1972
  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  42–43 sample
• If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

  Pen and “Shrink” Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Steaming MAD — 1975 (Paperback #39)
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  44–47
• In the Hall of Fame

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #7 — Fall 1972
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD At You! — 1975 (Paperback #40)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — What is the one thing protest marchers have greatly improved?

  Al Jaffee
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• Back Cover — Cemetery Fillers Cigarettes

  Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
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