Mad #191

(June 1977)

The Devil with Carter? (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 0.125 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry North (signed)

Inks

Harry North (signed)

Characters

Jimmy Carter; Harvey Stephens [as Damien Thorn]

Synopsis

Jimmy Carter gives the devil's son a piggyback ride.

Indexer Notes

Illustration appears on the letters page.

Marathon Mess (Table of Contents: 2)

Thou Shalt Not Drill Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Hart

Pencils

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Dustin Hoffman [as Boob]; Laurence Olivier [as Schmel]; Roy Scheider [as Doc]; William Devane [as the FBI Agent]

Synopsis

Parody of the film "Marathon Man"; a nebbish stumbles onto a Nazi war criminal in hiding.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #98 (June 1977)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #37 (Winter 1981)

Drawn Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Sergio Aragonés

Pencils

Sergio Aragonés

Inks

Sergio Aragonés

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.

One Day in Egypt (Table of Contents: 4)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Don Martin

Pencils

Don Martin (signed)

Inks

Don Martin (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

While excavating around a pyramid, archaeologists make a startling discovery.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #99 (Juli 1977)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #37 (Winter 1981)

Presenting More Original Mad Covers and One Mad Moment Later (Table of Contents: 5)

Seconding Our Notion Dept. / illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Don Edwing

Pencils

Jack Rickard

Inks

Jack Rickard

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Previous Mad covers are reprinted with illustrations of what happened next accompanying them.

Reprints

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #169 (September 1974), #170 (October 1974), #171 (December 1974), #176 (July 1975), #183 (June 1976)
• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #100 (August 1977)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #97 (Late Spring 1994)

Indexer Notes

Original covers are by Mort Drucker and Norman Mingo.

The Lighter Side of Health Nuts (Table of Contents: 6)

Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Berg

Pencils

Dave Berg

Inks

Dave Berg

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Presenting the odd things people do to stay healthy.

Reprints

• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #39 (Summer 1982)

What If a Newsletter Came with Every Bill? (Table of Contents: 7)

Padding the Bill Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dick DeBartolo

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Examples of what you'd get if other creditors followed the example of the electric company.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #99 (Juli 1977)

You Don't Give a %#*&!*? What Other People Think When... (Table of Contents: 8)

Up Theirs! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Marc Bilgrey (plot); Larry Siegel

Pencils

Bob Jones

Inks

Bob Jones

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Examples of people who refuse to follow popular convention.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #103 (November 1977)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #37 (Winter 1981)

The Mad Guide to Parental Hang-Ups (Table of Contents: 9)

Home Groan Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Koch

Pencils

Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)

Inks

Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Examples of how parents are unintentionally exasperating their kids.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #100 (August 1977)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #39 (Summer 1982)
• in Mad About Town (Warner Books, 1983 series) (June 1983)
• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #66 (Spring 1989)

A Mad Treasury of Shakespeare's Lesser Known Quotes (Table of Contents: 10)

Going Over Bard Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dennis Snee

Pencils

Harry North (signed)

Inks

Harry North (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Shakespearean quotes that history has forgotten, for a reason.

The Jazzyslums (Table of Contents: 11)

A Credit to their Ratings Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Hart

Pencils

Angelo Torres (signed)

Inks

Angelo Torres (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Sherman Hemsley [as George Jazzyslum]; Isabel Sanford [as Louise Jazzyslum]; Marla Gibbs [as Florist]; Roxie Roker [as Helen]; Franklin Cover [as Tom]; Paul Benedict [as Bentnee]; Zara Cully [as Mother Jazzyslum]; Damon Evans [as Lionel Jazzyslum]

Synopsis

In a parody of the TV series "The Jeffersons," an upper class black family try to put up with the obnoxious head of the household.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents: 12)

Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Antonio Prohías

Pencils

Antonio Prohías (signed)

Inks

Antonio Prohías (signed)

Genre

humor; spy

Characters

The Black Spy; The White Spy

Synopsis

The White Spy feeds the Black Spy to the sharks.

Reprints

• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #85 (January 1993)

Distinctive Mad Epitaths (Table of Contents: 13)

Shticks on Stones Dept. / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Jacobs

Pencils

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Satirical gravestone epitaphs.

Reprints

• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #58 (Spring 1987), #104 (June 1995)

We'd Like to See the Day When... (Table of Contents: 14)

We Should Live So Long Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Lou Silverstone

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Scenes of annoying people getting their just desserts.

Reprints

• in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #37 (Winter 1981)

Another Day in Egypt (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Don Martin

Pencils

Don Martin (signed)

Inks

Don Martin (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

While excavating a pyramid, two archaeologists make a startling discovery.

Reprints

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #99 (Juli 1977)
• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)

Sobsession (Table of Contents: 16)

Seeing is Bereaving Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Siegel

Pencils

Harry North

Inks

Harry North

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Cliff Robertson [as Mackeral Corpseland]; Genevieve Bujold [as Riseable Corpseland]

Synopsis

In a parody of the film "Obsession," a man grieving over the loss of his wife becomes obsessed with the notion that she's still alive and leading a second life.

What Remarkable Magic Trick Will the East be Looking for This Fall? (Table of Contents: 17)

Mad Fold-In / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Jaffee

Pencils

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors

Al Jaffee

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Not living up to your name can be a problem.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

One Day in Alaska (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Don Edwing

Pencils

Don Martin (signed)

Inks

Don Martin (signed)

Colors

Don Martin

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Making a pipeline palatable to the native population.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.