The Mad Sampler
#P3495
(1965)
New American Library,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- New American Library, Inc.
- Brand
-
Signet [name below logo]
- Editing
- Albert B. Feldstein (credited)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1965 for first printing.
Sixth printing estimated as 1968.
Indexed from Eighth printing (no date).
Marginal Thinking Dept. items removed from all pages for reprint.
Sixth printing estimated as 1968.
Indexed from Eighth printing (no date).
Marginal Thinking Dept. items removed from all pages for reprint.
Here Is Your Sampler Guide to the Goodies Contained in this MAD Assortment
table of contents / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Images are excerpts from interior articles.
One page is before the promo and title/credits pages, one page is after. First page is images, second page is text.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Title page and publishing information.
Mad's College Songs and Cheers for Traitors, Defeatists and Cowards
Rah! Rah! Black Sheep Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge
- Inks
- George Woodbridge
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody college songs for Pivnick Tech.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 3 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
Early One Morning
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Letters
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- To avoid waking up, a man tosses his alarm clock out the window, with unfortunate results.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 1 page for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
Commercial Roulette
A Turn for the Worse Dept. / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Gary Belkin
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke
- Inks
- Bob Clarke
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Danny Thomas; Betty Furness; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Sharpie the Parrot (drawn as José Carioca); Jack Paar; Mr. Clean; Mrs. Fafoofnik
- Synopsis
- A person channel-surfs and keeps hitting commercials.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Brands represented are: Miller High Life Beer, Anacin, Bufferin, Post Cereals, Rival Dog Food, Jockey Shorts, Fisk Tires, Westinghouse Appliances, Ford Automobiles, Chevrolet Automobiles, Drano, Gillette, Hertz Rent-A-Car, Mr. Clean, Dash Detergent, Paper-Mate Pens, The Untouchables television show, Colgate Toothpaste, The Jack Parr television show.
Reformatted from original 4 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept.; Spy vs Spy / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Antonio Phohias (credited)
- Pencils
- Antonio Phohias (credited)
- Inks
- Antonio Phohias (credited)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- The spies meet for coffee and poison each other's drinks, but both dump them on the ground and two local cats die.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 1 page for paperback size.
"Warm-Ups" to Everything
Claptrap Dept. / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gary Belkin
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge
- Inks
- George Woodbridge
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Wayne Payne; Jack Swearin; Thomas E. Dewhanty; Judge Learned Elbow; Cliff Hanger; Jack Smythe; C. D. Divots; George Fortescue
- Synopsis
- Warming up a studio audience applied to other venues.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 4 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
TV's Wonder Dog Lizzie
Mutt Ado About Nothing / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker
- Inks
- Mort Drucker
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lassie [as Lizzie]; Jon Provost [as Tommy Morton]; June Lockhart [as Mrs. Morton]; Hugh Reilly [as Mr. Morton]; Andy Clyde [as the neighbor]; Melvin of The Apes; Judge Crater; Nobel Prize Man
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television show "Lassie".
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Melvin of The Apes is drawn in John Severin's style.
Reformatted from original 5 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
[no title indexed]
No Dept. / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein ?
- Pencils
- Al Feldstein ?
- Inks
- Al Feldstein ?
- Letters
- Al Feldstein ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Mr. Gaines
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Blank page with a note clipped to it from Al Feldstein's mother, claiming he was too sick to fill the page.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
How to Get Complete Newspaper Coverage
Slop the Press Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jayne Mansfield
- Synopsis
- Comparison of how the New York Times and the New York Daily News would cover particular stories.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 2 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
The European Tourist's Guide to the United States
Ist Das Nicht Der U.S.A. Dept. / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at tourism guide books.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 7 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
Famous Lost Words
To Spurn a Phrase Dept. / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Gary Belkin
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge
- Inks
- George Woodbridge
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- General William Tecumseh Sherman; Governor Al Smith; Commander James Lawrence; President Teddy Roosevelt; Captain John Paul Jones; Sir Henry M. Stanley; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; King Richard III; General Douglas MacArthur; Admiral George Dewey
- Synopsis
- Examples of historical misquotes.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 4 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
The Parent from the Ages of 21 to 60
The Patter of Big Dept. [sic] / comic story / 26 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee [as Allen Jaffee]
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at child-rearing from the kids' point of view.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 9 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint, though "Allen Jaffee" appears as author on fake book cover..
The Wonderful New Dart Set
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A child shows another child his new set of darts.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 1 page for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
MAD's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance
The Clause That Refreshes Dept. / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Sy Reit (credited)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Details of an insurance policy that reimburses you for selected irritations brought about by life.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 4 pages for paperback size.
Artist's signature removed for reprint.
A MAD Peek Through the Microscope
Microfolk Dept. / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Phil Hahn
- Pencils
- Paul Coker, Jr.
- Inks
- Paul Coker, Jr.
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Series of single panel cartoons with a microbe theme.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo as a lab technician and a microscopic organism.
Reformatted from original 3 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept.; Spy vs Spy / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Antonio Phohias
- Pencils
- Antonio Phohias
- Inks
- Antonio Phohias
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- While the White Spy dreams of stealing the Black Spy's secret plans, the Black Spy actually does it.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 1 page for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
The Two Faces of World War II
Mine Enemy Grows Nicer Dept. / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge
- Inks
- George Woodbridge
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Comparison of stereotypical war movie characters from films made during World War II and after the war.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #59 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 4 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
The MAD Shakespeare Primer
No Holds Bard Dept. / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Phil Hahn
- Pencils
- Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Romeo; Juliet; Macbeth; Mrs. Macbeth; Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Marc Anthony
- Synopsis
- Several of Shakespeare's works simplified to elementary school reader level.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #60 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 3 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
MAD's "Do-It-Yourself" Auto Repair Manual
Greasemonkey-Business Dept. / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Dave Berg
- Pencils
- Dave Berg
- Inks
- Dave Berg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical auto repair manual.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 3 pages for paperback size.
Credits and signature removed for reprint.
Admissions of Dishonesty
Too True to Be Good Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Arnie Kogen
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Applying end of program television disclaimers to other areas of society.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 3 pages for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
After the Rains
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin [as D. Martin] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A group of Native Americans exit a teepee after a rain storm.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #61 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Reformatted from original 1 page for paperback size.
Credits removed for reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Here Is Your Sampler Guide to the Goodies Contained in this MAD Assortment
-
3.
More MAD Humor from Signet
MAD paperbacks -
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
Mad's College Songs and Cheers for Traitors, Defeatists and Cowards
Rah! Rah! Black Sheep Dept. -
6.
Early One Morning
Don Martin Dept. -
7.
Commercial Roulette
A Turn for the Worse Dept. -
8.
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept.; Spy vs Spy -
9.
"Warm-Ups" to Everything
Claptrap Dept. -
10.
TV's Wonder Dog Lizzie
Mutt Ado About Nothing -
11.
["Dear Mr. Gaines"]
No Dept. -
12.
How to Get Complete Newspaper Coverage
Slop the Press Dept. -
13.
The European Tourist's Guide to the United States
Ist Das Nicht Der U.S.A. Dept. -
14.
Famous Lost Words
To Spurn a Phrase Dept. -
15.
The Parent from the Ages of 21 to 60
The Patter of Big Dept. [sic] -
16.
The Wonderful New Dart Set
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
MAD's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance
The Clause That Refreshes Dept. -
18.
A MAD Peek Through the Microscope
Microfolk Dept. -
19.
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept.; Spy vs Spy -
20.
The Two Faces of World War II
Mine Enemy Grows Nicer Dept. -
21.
The MAD Shakespeare Primer
No Holds Bard Dept. -
22.
MAD's "Do-It-Yourself" Auto Repair Manual
Greasemonkey-Business Dept. -
23.
Admissions of Dishonesty
Too True to Be Good Dept. -
24.
After the Rains
Don Martin Dept. -
25.
["We give 'em the needle and you get the point"]
The MAD Sampler
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