Dates
- Cover date
- December 1964
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #91 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition30¢ coverSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Some Mad Devices for Safer Smoking · Inhale-Safe Dept. · 4 pages
Examples of devices of dubious merit to help people smoke without risking the dangers of inhaling.
- Movie Heroes Are Finks or Hey There, Audience, You've Been Booing the Wrong Guy · Viva Villain Dept. · 2 pages
Typical movie scenes where the hero is at the mercy of the villain are footnoted to show that the villain is actually nice and the hero is a rude lout.
- A Mad Look at the Summer Olympics · 5-Ring Circus Dept. · 4 pages
Reporters swarm the pretty loser of a sprint; a shot-putter fails; a relay is disrupted; a wrestling underdog wins; a pole vaulter fails; a photographer interferes with an event; a sprint has two illegal entrants.
- A Celebrity's Wallet · Drum-Schtick Dept. · 2 pages
A look into Ringo Starr's wallet.
- A Mad Guide to Little Known Jobs in Television · Extra-Ordinary Opportunities Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of jobs catering to the unusual whims of television actors and directors.
- A Fairy Tale · 1 pages
A princess kisses a frog and the frog turns into a handsome prince.
- New Movie Monsters From the Business World · I Got My Blob Through The New York Times Dept. · 3 pages
Annoying features of working in an office setting are turned into horror films.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The Black Spy tries to hijack the White Spy's rocket.
- The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A.: Washington, D.C. · 2 pages
Satirical example of a typical neighborhood in the nation's capitol.
- The Nearsighted Voodoo Priest · 1 pages
A voodoo priest with vision problems confuses an infant with his fetish doll.
- When Today's Celebrities Become Tomorrow's Historical Heroes · Hysterical Fiction Dept. · 6 pages
How future generations will glorify current celebrities Harold Stassen, Hyman Rickover, Elizabeth Taylor and the news team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.
- How Bad Childhood Habits Can Help In a Congressional Career · 3 pages
Examples of politicians acting childishly.
- Why Not Warnings on All Packages? · Name Your Poison Dept. · 2 pages
Warning labels are required for all consumer products, not just cigarettes.
- The Lighter Side of Going to the Movies · 4 pages
Examples of ironies and frustrations that come with viewing a film in a theater.
- Twisted Mad Tales For Twisted Mad Readers · Stifling a Yarn Dept. · 2 pages
Modern fairy tales built around modern people.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The Gray Spy lures the other two spies into injuring themselves on a train.
- Mr. Nudnik · Home Sweet Homeroom Dept. · 4 pages
Parody of the television show "Mr. Novak"; a high school English teacher earns the respect of students and faculty alike, even though he's a meddlesome pain.
- Self-Portrait · 1 pages
A man creates a painting by killing himself.
Characters
Reprinted in
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Portable Mad (1970), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), A Mad Carnival (1982), Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (1982)