CATALOG RECORD

Mad #51

EC · Series began 1952 · December 1959

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Dates

Cover date: December 1959
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Kelly Freas, Lester Krauss, Bob Clarke, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridge, Dave Berginks: Kelly Freas, Lester Krauss, Bob Clarke, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridge, Dave Bergcolors: Kelly Freasscript: Larry Siegel, Charles S. Strong, Chic Stone, Stephen Sullivan, Frank Jacobs, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Eugene St. Jean, Paul Laikin, Dave Berg

Stories

One Kind of Husband...Two Kinds of Underwear · Hames · 1 pages
Satire on Hanes underwear ads.
Advertising Slogans Will Replace Everyday Conversations · Gray Flannel-Mouth Dept. · 3 pages
Shows how advertising slogans can be used in many different situations to replace ordinary conversation.
The Man With The Sprung Neck · 2 pages
A man with his neck out of place visits two doctors, who end up winding him up like a toy top.
The Night The Price Is All Right Has An Unexpected Guest · Lights, Camera, Auction Dept. · 4 pages
Parody of the TV show "The Price Is Right", in which an uncharacteristically unexcited guest nearly ruins the show.
Painting By The Numbers · Digitalent Dept. · 3 pages
Shows how the principles of paint-by-number art could be applied to other endeavors such as surgery, cooking, creative writing, and wrestling.
A MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume 2 · 2 pages
Parodies of famous poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling and others.
The Great Hotel Fire · 1 pages
Some completely inept firemen manage not save a single person jumping from a building on fire.
Testing Civilians For Space Flight · Solar Perplexus Dept. · 4 pages
Testing the theory that the most difficult part of long space flights for people to deal with is withdrawal from their usual patterns of life, researchers discover an even bigger problem.
Scenes We'd Like To See: Driving The Golden Spike · 1 pages
An engineering error ruins the final connection of the trans-continental railroad.
The MAD Guide To Handwriting Analysis · Scrawl's Well That Reads Well Dept. · 3 pages
Shows how handwriting reveals a person's soul, prospects for success and other information...or not. Some samples are Alfred E. Neuman writing in a diary about Moxie Cowznofsky.
TV Ads We'd Like To See: The Schleppe's Commercial · 1 pages
Parody of Schweppe's mixers ad.
MAD Looks At Adult Education · Blackboard Bungle Dept. · 4 pages
Parody of course offerings at adult schools, featuring the more practical offerings in the Course Bulletin for Potrzebie High School Division of Adult Education.
Hide-A-Bed · 4 pages
The concept of a bed that folds out from a sofa or chair is extended to place beds in other items of furniture, and then to other items besides beds being folded up.
Madison Avenue Turns To History And Literature · Pros For The Cons Dept. · 4 pages
Parodies of various magazine ads using history or literature as motifs.
Grandstand Football · Way Off-Side Dept. · 3 pages
Discussion of the actions of the spectators in the stands during a football game, as if they are playing a game. Rules, player positions, and some of the great players are highlighted.
Teenage · 5 pages
Parody of magazines targeted towards teenagers.
The Escaped Convict · 1 pages
Several G-men bumble a search for someone disembarking from a train.
New Singers For Old Songs · 0 pages
Matching song titles to celebrities' personalities.
...Paying For A Diamond Is Forever · 1 pages
Parody of DeBeers Diamonds ads.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanDwight D. EisenhowerElizabeth TaylorDebbie Reynolds

Reprinted in

Greasy Mad Stuff (1963), More Trash from Mad (1958), The Worst from MAD (1958), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad about the Fifties (1997), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), Mad for Decades (2007)