MAD Magazine #39

Cover: Special April Fool Issue

Cover Artist: C.C. Beall Jr.

April Fool!

Artist: C.C. Beall Jr.

Departments

Department: Vital Features

Artist: The Usual Gang of Idiots

Typewriters To Fit Your Trade

Department: The Key To Success

Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Bob Clarke

Test Your Eyes!

Department: Mad Magazine

Positively The Last Offer!

Department: Alfred E. Neuman

Artist: Norman Mingo

Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Department: Letters

Finish Off Your Easter Outfit

Department: MAD Jewelry

How To Make America's Kids...Science Conscious

Department: Scramble Them Eggheads

Artist: Wally Wood

Scratchpad Doodles

Department: Memo Randoms

Artist: Bob Clarke

The Suburbs Are On Their Way Out!

Department: Home Is Where THe House Is

Artist, Writer: Dave Berg

Woodman, Spare That Tree!

Department: Poetry

Artist: Don Martin Writer: George Pope Morris

Shakespeare Up-To-Date

Department: The Bard of Birdland

Writer: Paul Laikin Writer: William Shakespeare

Sneaky Advertisements

Department: Big Brother Is Motivating You

Artist: Bob Clarke Writer: Paul Krassner

TV Scenes We'd Like To See

Department: Television

Artist: Joe Orlando Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell

Opera Record Albums

Department: High "C". Low Neckline

Artist: Bob Clarke

High School Paper

Department: Etaoin Shrdlu

Commemorative Stamps

Department: Postage Overdue

Artist: George Woodbridge Writer: Tom Koch

Big Big Earth

Department: Bob & Ray

Artist: Mort Drucker Writer: Bob Elliott Writer: Ray Goulding

Accidental Inventions

Department: Patent Pending

Artist: Joe Orlando Writer: Paul Krassner

Party Games

Department: Play's The Thing

Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Wally Wood

Why I Changed My Job

Department: Opportunity Knocks

Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: George Woodbridge

The Window Trimmer

Department: Don Martin

Artist, Writer: Don Martin

MAD Dogs And Their Owners

Department: How Now Bow-Wow

Artist: Frank Kelly Freas Writer: Frank Jacobs

A Page From The MAD Phone Book

Department: The Line Is Dizzy

The Saturday Evening Pest

Department: Post-Mortem

Artist: Bob Clarke Writer: Tom Koch

MAD T-Shirts

Department: MAD T-Shirts

Artist: Wally Wood Artist: Larry Maleman

Movies' Secret Sponsors

Department: Marginal Thinking

MAD Windshield Stickers