Mad #39

(May 1958)

April Fool! (Table of Contents)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

C. C. Beall Jr. (painting)

Inks:

C. C. Beall Jr. (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Harry Piel; Bert Piel; Judy Garland; Bing Crosby; George Gobel; Louis Armstrong; Floyd Patterson; George Burns; Gracie Allen; Imogene Coca; Sid Caesar; Bob Hope; Ed Wynn; Steve Allen; Ed Sullivan; Jackie Gleason; Jerry Lewis; Dave Garroway; Elvis Presley; Rosemary Clooney; Jose Ferrer; Lucille Ball; Desi Arnaz; Liberace; Jayne Mansfield; Yul Brynner; Frank Sinatra

Synopsis:

List of celebrities used in the cover painting, with a black-and-white copy of the cover as an index.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Vital Features / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from this issue.

Typewriters To Fit Your Trade (Table of Contents)

The Key To Success Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Several typewriters with specialized keys to make typing faster for various trades.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Test Your Eyes! (Table of Contents)

Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD subscriptions.

Positively The Last Offer! (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Inks:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for pinups suitable for framing.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1.17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein; Dennis Gormley; Steve Spiegel; Janet Bowers; Bob DeMello; Mike Conners; Jon Hartzell; Steve Ellerbroek; Nat Weber; Kenny Cohen; Johnny Schmon; Sigma Alpha Mu; I. A. Rosenthal; Bob Wade; The Boys; Gene Tortora; Everett Spencer; Robert Rickover; Steve Albers; Robert Ebenroth; Dale Anderson; Dean Martin; Michel Steinfeldt; Jay Hunt; Steve Davidson

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment, mostly about issue #38.

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from issue #38.

Finish Off Your Easter Outfit (Table of Contents)

MAD Jewelry / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carl Klein (photo); Romeo Serry (photo touchup)

Inks:

Carl Klein (photo); Romeo Serry (photo touchup)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for Alfred E. Neuman jewelry designed by Astrahan of NY.

How To Make America's Kids...Science Conscious (Table of Contents)

Scramble Them Eggheads Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Spudd Nick; Aygg Haid; Smiley; Phiz Hicks; Butch Proton; Spike Molecule; Charlie Brawn

Synopsis:

Ideas to incorporate science lessons into various media.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Scratchpad Doodles (Table of Contents)

Memo Randoms Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Supposed doodles from the desks of famous people, with pop psychoanalysis.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Doodles from: Robert F. Wagner; Joe E. Lewis; Edward R. Murrow; Richard M. Nixon; Ed Sullivan; Pablo Picasso; Frank Costello; Alfred E. Neuman.

The Suburbs Are On Their Way Out! (Table of Contents)

Home Is Where THe House Is Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg (signed)

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Discussion of the theory that the suburbs will keep moving so far out and get so crowded that eventually people will move back into the cities.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Woodman, Spare That Tree! (Table of Contents)

Poetry Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Pope Morris

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Illustrated version of the famous poem, with a twist ending.

Shakespeare Up-To-Date (Table of Contents)

The Bard of Birdland Dept. / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Shakespeare (original); Paul Laikin (adaptation)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Romeo; Juliet

Synopsis:

The balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, Act II, Scene II, along with a modern beat poetry version.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Sneaky Advertisements (Table of Contents)

Big Brother Is Motivating You Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Krassner

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Alfred's girlfriend

Synopsis:

New places to use subliminal advertising.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2
• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)

TV Scenes We'd Like To See (Table of Contents)

Television Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Art Barker; Bob Hope; Steve Allen; Gene Rayburn

Synopsis:

Scenes from the following tv shows with unusual outcomes: You Asked For It; a Bob Hope special; Steve Allen Show.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Opera Record Albums (Table of Contents)

High "C". Low Neckline Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Phony record album covers for opera, drawn in the style of paperback novels.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

High School Paper (Table of Contents)

Etaoin Shrdlu Dept. / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

A parody of a typical high school paper.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Commemorative Stamps (Table of Contents)

Postage Overdue Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Phony U.S. postage stamps for people and events that would never be commemorated.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Big Big Earth (Table of Contents)

Bob & Ray Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Dave Sturdley; Walley Ballew; Mrs. Farber; C. C. Harkmore; Mrs. Grebinger; Hunt Brinkley; Harpley Winters; Mrs. Winters

Synopsis:

Several roving correspondents interview people across the country during their spring cleaning.

Indexer Notes

Parody of tv show; unsure of name.

Accidental Inventions (Table of Contents)

Patent Pending Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Krassner

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Inventions over the ages that were not quite what the inventors had in mind.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Party Games (Table of Contents)

Play's The Thing Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Edwin

Synopsis:

Instructions for three impossible, illegal, and dangerous party games.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Why I Changed My Job (Table of Contents)

Opportunity Knocks Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs [as Dexter Yinckley]

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dexter Yinckley

Synopsis:

An accountant's story of the road to failure as he changes jobs and takes the fall for the boss's embezzling.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

The Window Trimmer (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

While dressing a mannequin, a window trimmer is assaulted.

MAD Dogs And Their Owners (Table of Contents)

How Now Bow-Wow Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Kelly Freas

Inks:

Kelly Freas

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Another take on the age-old idea that people and their dogs look alike.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

A Page From The MAD Phone Book (Table of Contents)

The Line Is Dizzy Dept. / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A page of Cowznofski listings from a fake phone book.

Reprints:

• in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)

The Saturday Evening Pest (Table of Contents)

Post-Mortem Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Tugboat Annie; Dietrich Dunstan Drizzle; Fenwick Overshot; Eugene Ogg; Dr. Irving Belknap

Synopsis:

Satire of the magazine The Saturday Evening Post.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

MAD T-Shirts (Table of Contents)

MAD T-Shirts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood

Inks:

Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Jerry DeFuccio

Synopsis:

House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front. Parody of both Maidenform Bra and Arrow Shirt ads.

Indexer Notes

Model credit from Letters page of MAD #40. Inside back cover.

Movies' Secret Sponsors (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Movie titles paired with unlikely advertisers, such as "Noah's Ark" - Nabisco Animal Crackers.

Indexer Notes

Appear in the margins of 27 pages of the issue.

MAD Windshield Stickers (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Clarke ?

Inks:

Bob Clarke ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Car windshield stickers that look like official signs that would allow free parking.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.