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Issue: Mad's Dave Berg Looks at Things #T5070
Publication Date: January 1970
 
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Brand: A Signet Book
Indicia Publisher: New American Library, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
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Content Items: 66 (54 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a 16th printing copy. No date for this printing.
Copyright 1967 by Dave Berg & E.C. Publications, Inc.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 6 7/8"; 10.9 cm x 17.3 cm)
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Dave Berg
Dave is buried under a pile of modern consumer machinery. Back cover also includes promotional blurbs.
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FlagMad's Dave Berg Looks at Things #D3299 published November 1967
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Why Dave Berg Does It

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry De Fuccio
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
An article on what drives Dave Berg to creates his cartoons.
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More MAD Humor from Signet

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Subject Matter
Order form for other Signet paperbacks.
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Credits and publishing information.
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Kid Things

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A girl in front of a toy store window yells at her dad, "I want!"
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Introduction to section on Kid Things.
Man appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Home Is Where the Hand Is

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A girl's father comes home from two weeks working on the road and all she's concerned with is what he brought her.
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Fountain of Youth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
Boys at a water fountain squirt each other.
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Kickin' Kin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A boy enforces his rule about nobody hitting his younger brother...by hitting his brother himself.
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Dollars and Sense

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A boy thinks his dad can buy more money.
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Tuned Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
One boy in a group of kids has nothing to talk about because his television is out of order.
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Reverse English

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
Two kids misunderstand their father's promise.
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Adolescent Things

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A boy in front of a store window yells at his dad, "I want!" Man appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Introduction to section on Adolescent Things.
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Stage-Struck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
Two teens in a movie theater cannot decide whether to sit in the children's section or smoking section.
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Party Organizers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
Some teens create a party...at an unsuspecting friend's house.
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Came the Yawn

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A teen views her father's pleasant dream as a nightmare.
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Declaration of Independence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A teen complains to her father about his oppressive authority.
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Wishing for Rein

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A teen complains about how his parents let him do whatever he wants.
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The Lost Cord

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A doctor cures a teen girl's sore throat by cutting her phone cord.
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The Catered Fare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A father tricks his daughter into taking a trip to Europe for her 16th birthday because it's cheaper than a catered party.
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Figuratively Speaking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A teen cannot understand his math problem until his buddy explains it using girls.
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Mind Over Mater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A teen tricks her father into allowing a party by threatening a larger party.
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Shuttle Hint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A teen asks her father to drive her friends home, so he yells at them to get out of the house.
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Upon Reflection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A teen belittles herself in front of a mirror.
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Things Around the Home

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman in a department store yells at her husband, "I want!" Man appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Introduction to section on Things Around the Home.
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Owning Up to the Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man waxes eloquent to his wife about their great possessions.
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Domestic Yelp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman who can finally afford a maid cannot wait to tell everyone about her new maid.
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Keeping Down with the Joneses

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A woman complains that her neighbors have more of everything than she does.
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Fun in the Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A couple is enjoying a vacation until they realize how much they borrowed for it.
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Spare Room

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A woman finds room in her car trunk for everything she needs on vacation by removing the spare tire.
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Pet Peeve

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A man with a dozen dogs complains about cat lovers.
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Shop Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A woman goes out and does her shopping during a phone call without her friend noticing she's gone.
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A Moving Speech

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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humorous
A woman complains about moving, but is more than ready to move to California.
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Hide-And-Go-Seek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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A woman hides things around the house so well even she cannot find them.
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Fed-Up

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
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A man keeps pestering his wife to fix dinner instead of doing it himself.
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Guesting Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman wants to have a party just so she can not invite someone she dislikes.
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Taste Test

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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A woman defines good taste and bad taste.
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Buttered Toast

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
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A man ruins a very nice dinner toast to his wife with his own selfish request.
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Community Things

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A line of people confront a man, asking for donations and yelling, "I want!" Man appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Introduction to section on Community Things.
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Counter-Move

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man at a cafe is interested in what a neighboring customer is eating, so the waitress give him the other man's plate.
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Falling Into a Pattern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man is tired of always being a nobody so he wears a loud checkered jacket to a party...but blends into the wallpaper.
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Biting Criticism

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A dentist is not impressed by a Playboy centerfold girl because she has a crossbite.
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Shopworn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A shoe salesman can't stand a particular customer, but she is so impressed by his listening skills that she will look him up again.
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Applying the Breaks

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
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A man breaks a snow blower while inspecting it at a hardware store and asks to buy it at a discount because it's broken.
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Bed Riddance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman comes to visit a bed-ridden man and makes him feel worse, but his wife thanks the woman for cheering him up.
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Optical Delusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman is ecstatic over how a new pair of glasses makes her look and see better, until the doctor tells her there is no glass in the frames.
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Auto Motives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man and his son are shopping for a new car, and while the boy sees all the optional gadgets as status symbols, his father only sees them as more things to repair.
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Serves Her Right

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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A customer is so upset by a waitress's efforts to help him and his buddy settle the check that he leaves her a bad tip.
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Things on the Job

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
Several men are picketing and their signs all read "I Want!" A bystander appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Introduction to section on Things on the Job.
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Tough Kookie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A boss acquires a guilt complex due to his employees constantly making him feel guilty for not giving them raises.
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A Man's Home Is His Hassle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man can't wait to get back to the rat-race at the office to escape the hassles of his family.
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Sick Call

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man feigns being sick, stays home playing with his kids, and calls in sick the next day because he caught a cold.
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Contributing Factor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
One woman's job at the office is to take up collections for all the employees' special occasions.
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Roger Kaputnick is mentioned.
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Labor Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A new hire is shown the pecking order.
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Executive Suite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
The president of a company dresses to look unimportant just because he can.
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Caffein Free

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Everyone in the office asks Richard to bring them back a coffee and donut when he goes for himself, and he forgets to buy anything for himself.
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Thinking Capped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Meglin
The boss removes IBM's famous "Think" sign from the workplace of his IBM computer operator.
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National Things

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A man at an IRS office faces a tax collector who yells, "I want!" Man appears to be Dave's Roger Kaputnick.
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Miscellaneous
1
Introduction to section on National Things.
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On the Critical List

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Two men in a bar argue about freedom of speech.
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Hate Makes Waste

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A woman hates a man's views on hate because she doesn't understand them.
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Bust and Boom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man explains planned obsolescence to his wife as their vacuum cleaner breaks down.
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Ban the Bond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
An inventor brings an idea to the Pentagon about a bomb that destroys only paper, but has to fill out his request to discuss it in triplicate forms.
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Like Thy Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A boy is playing war and his father tries to make him understand that kids in other countries see him as the bad guy.
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The Fat of the Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
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Subject Matter
humorous
A man's Oriental dinner guest tells the man that people in other countries are starving, so the man shows his guest his diet book.
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Common Denominations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
After people entering different churches complain about how strange each others' worship services are, we hear them all saying the exact same prayer.
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D.B. Loves T.H.I.N.G.S.

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Carving on a tree lamenting that Dave Berg cannot keep up the payments on all the things he loves.
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