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Issue: Greasy Mad Stuff #[nn]
Publication Date: October 1963
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Publisher: FlagNew American Library
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Indicia Publisher: New American Library
On Sale Date: 1963
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Pages: 196
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Price: $50.00 USD
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Content Items: 26 (19 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 7 1/8")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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We're Still Using that Greasy Mad Stuff

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred with grease flowing off his hair and wearing a basketball shirt with "What, Me Worry?" at the collar.
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Feature(s): MAD Humor from Signet
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Disclose Notes: House ad for other MAD books from Signet. Nine titles are listed, plus two Don Martin titles, all at 0.50 USD each.
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The Night The Price Is All Right Has An Unexpected Guest

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lights, Camera, Action Dept.
Character(s): Bill Culon; Mrs. Kravitch; Mr. Getzoff; Mr. Ogilvie; Mr. Sfortz; Mr. Furd; President Eisenhower (on phone); Dondi (cameo); Alfred Hitchcock (cameo); Mr. Mum (cameo)
Synopsis: Parody of the TV show "The Price Is Right", in which an uncharacteristically unexcited guest nearly ruins the show.
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On The Beach

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The skinny guy at the beach does some instant exercise and has a surprise for the bully.
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What Our Teenagers Really Think About

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don't Beat This Generation Dept.
Synopsis: It really is true that all teenagers think about is the opposite sex.
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The Truth About "Before" And "After" Ads

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Double-Cross Exposure Dept.
Character(s): Sal Mineo; Ricky Nelson
Synopsis: The real "after" photos showing unexpected side effects of various products.
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Testing Civilians For Space Flight

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Solar Perplexus Dept.
Character(s): Lester B. Cowznofski
Synopsis: 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.
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Scenes We'd Like To See: The Big Break

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A chorus girl gets a chance to fill in for the star singer on a play's opening night...and she stinks.
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Grandstand Football

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Way Off-Side Dept.
Character(s): Monroe Fernfeather; Delbert (Biff) Smeed; Spencer (Go-Go) McNulty; Beauregard Finster; Ardsley Waxwing; Barney (Rah-Rah) Windlass; Kyle Esterhazy; Barclay Brisk; Jasper C. Van Flick
Synopsis: 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.
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Changing Meanings For Fun & Profit

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out-Of-Context Dept.
Character(s): Constantin Snurdley
Synopsis: A look at how people in various businesses could use the Hollywood and Broadway practice of excerpting from bad reviews to create more favorable reviews.
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The Great Hotel Fire

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Some completely inept firemen manage not save a single person jumping from a building on fire.
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The Big House Beacon

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rock 'N Parole Dept.
Character(s): Rocky Albanese; Arson Carson; Seymour Fagin; Burnside Noonan; Trigger Throop; Zack Zinn; Warren Hymer; Guinn Williams; Leo Gorcey; Huntz Hall; Louis Fink; Edward Brophy; Harold Huber; Billy Halop; Chick McGooley; Hank Borelli; Ike Yurks; Monty McGee; Irv Dillinger; Lait Show; Warren Biggleby; Murray Finster; Milton Boil; Boris Willewski; Machine Gun Gertz; Otto Willshire; Alvin Flut
Synopsis: What if a prison published a high-school yearbook type of publication? A look at the class of '59.
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Painting By The Numbers

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Digitalent Dept.
Synopsis: Shows how the principles of paint-by-number art could be applied to other endeavors such as surgery, cooking, creative writing, and wrestling.
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MAD's Helpful Household Repair Hints

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Santa Claus; Mickey Mouse
Synopsis: Very unhelpful household repair hints, resulting in both damage and injury.
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Scenes We'd Like To See: Driving The Golden Spike

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An engineering error ruins the final connection of the trans-continental railroad.
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A MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume 2

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parodies of famous poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling and others.
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Disclose Notes: Poem titles are: Insomnia, The Spaniel, The Barefoot Fink, When I was A Used Car Salesman, On The Road To Louisville, and Killer Boy Furd.
References Volume 1 in MAD #43.
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Women In Whiskey Ads

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ladies of Distinction Dept.
Character(s): Carrie Nation; Lady Godiva; Mark Twain
Synopsis: Parodies of ads for Old Crow; White Horse; Canadian Club; Seagrams 7 Crown; Four Roses; and Old Grand-Dad whiskeys. Shows subtle ways women are being introduced into ads, where that trend will go, and predicts that children will be next to be included.
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In Surgery

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Synopsis: The surgeon takes a hypodermic of some drug himself before operating.
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Teenage

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Murray Blech; Phoebe Newt; Yetta Blintzner; Monty Monroe; Myron Goraz; George Jessel; Steve Vance; Mr. Clean (cameo)
Synopsis: Parody of magazines targeted towards teenagers.
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Madison Avenue Turns To History And Literature

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pros For The Cons Dept.
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Edgar Allan Poe
Synopsis: Parodies of various magazine ads using history or literature as motifs.
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Disclose Notes: Products used are Bufferin pain reliever, Miss Clairol hair color, Colgate toothpaste, and Winston cigarettes.
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New Ad Spaces

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inside Pitch Dept.
Synopsis: For advertisers scraping the bottom of the barrel, MAD suggest some unusual places for ads in bars, hospitals, airplanes, and even prisons.
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First Line: Do you have a well-groomed mind?
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