MAD #175 — June 1975

"Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the Income Tax Form than it does to make the income!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• More Scenes We'd Like to See — The Frog Prince

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Jack Nicholson high school yearbook photo
  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portraits; Subscriptions (tamer's head in lion's mouth — add pepper — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.); Mad as the Devil! and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Mad Paperbacks
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• What's Entertainment? (movie satire)

  Best Footage Forward Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  4–10 sample
• One Morning on an Assembly Line

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • The Eggs-Rated Mad — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Rich is Better

  Credit-Ability Gap Dept.

  Arnoldo Franchioni / UPI photos
  12–13
• What is a Guidance Counselor?

  Advice to the Forlorn Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of Chores

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  16–20
• The Prisoner's Last Request

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  21
• A MAD Look at Commuting

  Round Trip-Schtick Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • MAD Special #97 — Late Spring 1994
  22–23
• Has Anybody Ever Really Seen...

  Vanishing Americanisms Dept.

  Written by Larry Sharp / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #28 — Fall 1979
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — embassy mail truck false back

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  • 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 Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  26
• Popular Photo-Monotony Magazine

  Film-Flam Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild photos

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013 (excerpt)
  27–32 sample
• MAD's College Football Coach of the Year

  Doin' the Varsity Dragon Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  33–37
• It's Bad Timing When...

  Fate Accompli Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • The Eggs-Rated Mad — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  38–39 sample
• Footnotes* to History

  Shoe Biz Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  40–41
• One Day in a Hospital

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  42
• Barnacle Groans (TV satire)

  Tired Bloodhounds Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • The Eggs-Rated Mad — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  43–48
• Fold-In — MAD's Fold-In folds with this issue!

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Ms. Liberty

  Idea by Al Jaffee / Art by Mort Künstler

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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