Mad #107 (Albert Feldstein) - Flatbug Issue - December 1966

Al Jaffee introduced the "flatbug" in the "Mad's Puzzle Page" with the warning "that it begins to multiply in fantastic quantities whenever a male and female are placed on a piece of paper."  As advertised, the flatbugs start multiplying and spread out into the next article and throughout Mad #107.  I counted 43 flatbugs.  Feldstein and company loved those running jokes. [JAM 9/12/09]

The rabbit has an abacus. (page 32)

[Look for Woody Allen, John Cameron Swayze and Alfred E. Neuman in "The Miss American Beauty Pageant."]

Departments:
The Baines of Our Existence - "Hello, Lyndon!" or "My Fair Lady-Bird"
Spooking from Pictures - More "Horrifying Cliches"
Lame-Brain Games - Mad's Puzzle Page
Emote Control - Mad's Academy Awards for Teenagers
We Got Your Penumbra - The Shadow Knows
Berg's-Eye View - The Lighter Side of Autumn
Joke and Dagger - Spy Vs. Spy
Razzing the Roof - The Astrodome
See You in the Funny White Papers - The Mad Comic Strip Character's Forum
Beauty Queen's Gam-Bit - The Miss American Pageant
Double Exposure - The Savage Society Vs. The Great Society
Mal-Contents - Protest Magazine

Fold-In - Television Timeouts