Dates
- Cover date
- 1965
- Pages
- 84
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People · 4 pages
Fictional characters are placed in authentic situations and react in authentic fashion.
- Mad's Report on Progress · Patent Panning Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of how advancements in technology haven't necessarily made our lives better.
- The Grand National 50 lb. Cannon Ball-Throwing Contest · 2 pages
A man throws a cannon ball further than he thinks.
- Hood · Meanwhile, Back at the Raunchy Dept. · 3 pages
In a parody of the film "Hud," a sullen, angry, selfish lout makes everybody's life miserable on a Texas ranch.
- The Lighter Side of Parents (of Little Kids) · 3 pages
Series of cartoons satirizing the relationship between parents and their children.
- Some Mad Hints for the Coming Xmas Season · St. Nick Knacks Dept. · 3 pages
Suggestions on shopping and shipping, and what to do with unwanted gifts, cards and leftover decorations.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The White Spy cons the Black Spy into thinking he's committing suicide.
- Government Greeting Cards · Add Verse and Consent Dept. · 3 pages
Greeting cards written by various government agencies.
- An Early Morning Bathroom Scene · 1 pages
A man berates the plumber he hired for the poor job done.
- A Mad Look at Santa · 2 pages
Series of cartoons satirizing both the real Santa Claus, and charity ringers and store employees dressed as him.
- Jabber-Whacky · 1 pages
Recasting of Lewis Carrol's poem "Jabberwocky" using trademarks and brand names as the nonsense words.
- The Mad College Primer · Old Format, Frosh Approach Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of various types of college students.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The White Spy booby-traps the door to his castle; the White Spy applies a red hot branding iron to the Black Spy's Trojan Horse.
- Skiing · Runners-Up Dept. · 4 pages
Problems of skiing, MAD's tips for skiing, and new uses for your skis after you quit.
- The Fire at the Art Museum · 1 pages
Firemen attempt to rescue pieces of sculpture from a burning museum.
- The Academy Awards for Home Movies · Lights, Camera, Eccch-tion Dept. · 5 pages
An award show dedicated to home movies of average people.
- Trademarks Resulting from Future Mergers · Clash of Symbols Dept. · 2 pages
Merging famous trademarks to reflect corporate mergers. Trademarks merged are Sherwin-Williams with Dutch Boy Paint, RCA with MGM, Schweppes with White Rock, American Airlines with Greyhound, Prudential with Traveler's Insurance, White Owl cigars with Raleigh cigarettes, Kool and Camel cigarettes, Mr. Clean with Old Dutch cleanser, Sunshine Biscuits with Arm & Hammer, and Morton's salt with Heinz Ketchup.
- Reproportioning Photographs for Fun and Mainly Profit · Stretching the Truth Dept. · 4 pages
Stretching or squashing photos to make the products seem more impressive.
- Off the Deep End · Oy-Vay All Boats Dept. · 1 pages
A man goes diving in the on-board pool of a luxury liner.
- The Labor Union Manual · Labor Pains Dept. · 6 pages
Satirical look at the functions of labor unions.
- Shipwrecked · 1 pages
A man is marooned on a small sandbar.
- The Army on Mars · Spacial Delivery Dept. · 3 pages
How military life adapts to being based on Mars, as told through a series of interoffice memos and letters home.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The Gray Spy fools the other spies with a phony mouse.
- The Lighter Side of Cops · 4 pages
Satirical look at police officers.
- Psychoanalysis by Mail · Postal Introspection Dept. · 3 pages
A mail-order, do-it-yourself psychoanalysis kit.
- Rule Number One · The Shriek of Araby Dept. · 1 pages
The dog of an Indian Fakir is a little too affectionate.
- How Parents Guess Wrong About Their Kids' Future Careers · Great Oafs From Little Acorns Grow Dept. · 3 pages
Parents see their children exhibit certain behavior and predict, incorrectly, the child's future.
- Modern Teacher · Working for Schoolie Wages Dept. · 7 pages
Parody of a niche magazine aimed at teachers.
- In a Men's Haberdashery · 1 pages
A man takes his time selecting a handkerchief.