Loved the fold-ins, not only the originals, but the technology that enables you to “fold” them on screen!
Mad was very left leaning, of course. However, I read it diligently throughout high school in NYC, and as I recall, it often lampooned the political world in general.
During the early 70's my brother had a friend, Pete, who was a dead ringer for Alfred E Neumann.
Pete actually ran his car into a slow moving train. (An accident... he didn't see it in the sunrise, as he was heading east.) His car was wrecked, but he was fine.
It kinda fit.