MAD #152 — July 1972

"The trouble with modern apartments is: the walls are too thin when you try to sleep, and too thick when you try to listen!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special Number 7

  with MAD Mini Posters
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions (graveyard tomb — 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)
• What's the Connection? (movie satire)

  Inside Dope Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • MAD Special #85 — January 1993
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  4–11 sample
• One Day at Campsite 39-B

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  12–13
• MAD Photoons

  Photo-Finishes Dept.

  Art by Bob Clarke / Photos by Max Brandel / World Wide and UPI
  14–16
• MAD's Educator of the Year

  Progressive Jazz Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  17–21
• The Art of Writing Home For Money

  Dear Money and Daddy Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  22–24
• Spy vs. Spy — glove bombs

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • MAD TV — 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
  25
• The Lighter Side of Weddings

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  26–30
• Spy vs. Spy — tape recorder dream dive

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #24 — Summer 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
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  31
• A MAD Look at Bicycling

  Chain Reaction Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  32–33
• A Treasury of Television Poetry and Prose

  Network-Over Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis
  34–38
• One Fine Day at the Pyramids

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  39
• Suicide

  Criminal Types Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  • MAD Art — 2002
  40–42
• Manic (TV satire)

  Violence is Golden Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  43–48
• Fold-In — What institute graduates super-specialists in their chosen fields?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Nixon & Bunker in '72

  UPI photos

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
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