Mad
#122
(October 1968)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1968-08-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed as
Mort Drucker) (candidates); Norman Mingo (signed as Tex Mingo) (Alfred E. Newman) - Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed as Mort Drucker) (candidates); Norman Mingo (signed as Tex Mingo) (Alfred E. Newman)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed as Tex Mingo)
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Indexer Notes
1968 Presidential candidate possibilities pictured on the balloons are President Lyndon Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, California Governor Ronald Reagan, Alabama Governor George Wallace, Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy, and former Vice President Richard Nixon.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 8
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Arnie Kogen
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Clarke
- Synopsis
- Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" panel cartoon; A collection of satirical anecdotes of unusual people and places is presented.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry De Fuccio ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Among the letters is one from future comic pro Mike Gold.
Mad's Updated Comic Strip Heroes
Famous Funnies Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Max Brandel
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Lyndon Johnson [as Dagwood Bumstead]; Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson [as Blondie Bumstead]; George Wallace [as Dennis the Menace]; Hubert Humphrey [as Mr. Magoo]; Johnny Carson [as Mickey Mouse]; Dean Rusk [as Charlie Brown]; Everett Dirkson [as Snuffy Smith]; Dean Martin [as Li'l Abner]; Adam Clayton Powell [as The Phantom]; Casey Stengel [as Popeye]; Twiggy [as Olive Oyl]; Ringo Starr [as Prince Valiant]; Richard Nixon [as Alley Oop]; Charles DeGaulle [as The Little King]; J. Edgar Hoover [as Dick Tracy]
- Synopsis
- The faces of real life celebrities are pasted onto the bodies of various comic strip characters for ironic effect.
Genteel Ben
Trouble is A'Brewing Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Warden Tame; Helpem Tame; Marsh Tame; Genteel Ben
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the television series "Gentle Ben," an Everglades park ranger and his annoying family live and interact with a grizzly bear who is more civilized than they are.
- Reprints
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
A CBS-TV Summer Memo to the Smothered Brothers
Tom, Dick and Harried Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Smothers Brothers [Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers]
- Synopsis
- Three examples of CBS Network memos to the Smothers Brothers, telling them in gentle verse to stop being political and just be funny. The memos are set against an illustration of the two comedians bound and gagged by censorship.
- Reprints
-
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #34 (Spring 1981)
-
A Mad Look at Movie Monsters
Corn On the Macabre Dept. / cartoon / 4 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés
- Letters
- Sergio Aragonés; typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical results to basic cliche film monster movie scenes.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #75-734 (1975) which is reprinted
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #30 (Spring 1980)
- in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) (2010)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #16 (December 2020)
-
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio ProhÃas
- Pencils
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy sets up a booby-trapped house for the Black Spy.
- Reprints
Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year
Deadly Giveaways Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Frank McGee [as Frank McGeek]; Chuck Barris
- Synopsis
- The producer of low-brow, embarrassment-oriented game shows is interviewed.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972), #34 (Spring 1981)
-
Mad Magazine's Ideal Presidential Candidate
Piece Candidate Dept. / photo story / 3 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone (plot); Max Brandel
- Pencils
- Max Brandel (layout); ? (photo)
- Inks
- Max Brandel (layout); ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lyndon Johnson; Eugene McCarthy; Ronald Reagan; Hubert Humphrey; Mark Hatfield; Nelson Rockefeller; Dwight Eisenhower; Richard Nixon; John Lindsey; Charles Percy
- Synopsis
- Individual features from ten prospective Presidential candidates are combined to form the face of a single compromise candidate.
- Reprints
in The Hippie Man
76 Sitars Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Connie Del Vento
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Scenes from the film "The Music Man" are presented, complete with musical numbers, with hippies substituted for the main characters.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio ProhÃas
- Pencils
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy thinks he's trapped the Black Spy in his own dungeon.
- Reprints
When We Have the Future "Long, Long" Cigarette
Butt Out! Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Devices designed to handle cigarettes that are longer than a foot.
- Reprints
Horrifying Cliches 6
Spooking From Pictures Dept. / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Phil Hahn; Neal Barbera; May Sakami
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Common phrases given horrific visualizations.
- Reprints
The Lighter Side of Hair
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Satire of having, wanting and caring for hair.
- Reprints
You May Have Already Read This
Win, Place and Snow Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Various notes and letters from everyday life, written in the style of a Publisher's Clearing House contest solicitation.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #75-734 (1975) which is reprinted
-
Mad Mini-Movies: Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner
Take Three Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Sidney Portier [as Dr. Sidney Sensational]; Spencer Tracy [as Spence]; Katherine Hepburn [as Mom]; Katherine Houghton [as the daughter]; Cecil Kellaway [as Father Ryan]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"; a flighty woman takes her black fiance to meet her prejudiced father.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972), #99 (Fall 1994)
- in Mad Spoofs Movie Classics (Meredith Corporation, 2023 series) (2023)
-
Mad Mini-Movies: In Cold Bleeech
Take Three Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Robert Blake [as Percy]; Scott Wilson [as Hiccup]; The Nelson Family [Ozzie Nelson; Harriet Nelson; Rick Nelson; Dave Nelson]; John Forsythe [as the detective]; Paul Stewart [as the other detective]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "In Cold Blood"; two indifferent detectives stumble onto the murderers of a simple, boring American family.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972), #99 (Fall 1994)
- in Mad Spoofs Movie Classics (Meredith Corporation, 2023 series) (2023)
-
Mad Mini-Movies: The Post-Graduate
Take Three Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Dustin Hoffman [as Benny]; Anne Bancroft [as Mrs. Robinhood]; Katherine Ross [as Elate Robinhood]; Murray Hamilton [as Mr. Robinhood]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "The Graduate"; a young nebbish must choose between his fiance and her oversexed mother.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972), #99 (Fall 1994)
- in Mad Spoofs Movie Classics (Meredith Corporation, 2023 series) (2023)
-
What New Source of Explosive Energy Has The United States Developed?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A volatile new power threatens American society.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Day They Fired The Goodrich Girl-Giant
Mad's Great Moments in Advertising / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Combining the then-current ad campaigns for B.F. Goodrich tires and Green Giant vegetables, to less than successful results.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 8
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. -
3.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
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4.
Mad's Updated Comic Strip Heroes
Famous Funnies Dept. -
5.
Genteel Ben
Trouble is A'Brewing Dept. -
6.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
7.
A CBS-TV Summer Memo to the Smothered Brothers
Tom, Dick and Harried Dept. -
8.
A Mad Look at Movie Monsters
Corn On the Macabre Dept. -
9.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
10.
Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year
Deadly Giveaways Dept. -
11.
Mad Magazine's Ideal Presidential Candidate
Piece Candidate Dept. -
12.
The Hippie Man
76 Sitars Dept. -
13.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
14.
When We Have the Future "Long, Long" Cigarette
Butt Out! Dept. -
15.
Horrifying Cliches 6
Spooking From Pictures Dept. -
16.
The Lighter Side of Hair
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
17.
You May Have Already Read This
Win, Place and Snow Dept. -
18.
Mad Mini-Movies: Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner
Take Three Dept. -
19.
Mad Mini-Movies: In Cold Bleeech
Take Three Dept. -
20.
Mad Mini-Movies: The Post-Graduate
Take Three Dept. -
21.
What New Source of Explosive Energy Has The United States Developed?
Mad Fold-In -
22.
The Day They Fired The Goodrich Girl-Giant
Mad's Great Moments in Advertising
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