Mad #296 July 1990

• Cover Artist: Jack Davis

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• Ad for Subscriptions featuring A Pretentious Compendium of Mad's Very Best Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions by Al Jaffee and Mad Zaps the Human Race! by Frank Jacobs
  Big Book Bonuses (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "A family vacation is when you go away with the
  people you need to get away from!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept. (photo of David Leisure and dog "Bear" with #294) (note that Chinese Mad is available) (photo of Blink Funlove aka Dick DeBartolo)
  (photo of Will Vinton with #293)
  (An Important Consumer Message from the Publisher of Mad Magazine - What do you think of "scam" telephone "opinion polls"?) (2-3)
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT.
  **various places around the magazine
• The Gore of the RosesMAY DIVORCE BE WITH YOU DEPT. (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-7)
• A Mad Look at Hair SERGE-IN GENERAL DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #111 March 1996
  (Sergio Aragones) (8-10)
• Making Baseball Card Collections Complete FROM TOPPS TO BOTTOM DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #105 July 1995
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  
  (written by Desmond Devlin / John Pound art) (11-13)
• All You Need to Know You Learned in Nursery School KIDDIE CUM LAUDE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (14-15)
• Don (Duck) Edwing On the Loose at the Zoo WHEN BEAST MEETS JEST DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #14 March 2002
  1001 Mad Pages You Must Read Before You Die - 2009
  (16-18)
• Spy vs. Spy JOKE AND DAGGER DEPT. PART I
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #113 June 1996
  Spy Vs. Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files - 2007 - bridge extensions stops tank jump
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (19)
• Important Things We'd Never Learn Without TV TAUGHT IN THE ACT DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #2 March 2000
  1001 Mad Pages You Must Read Before You Die - 2009
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Mort Drucker art) (20-21)
• More Quick Recoveries For Embarrassing Situations ALL JAFFEE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #116 October 1996
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - 2000
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  
  (Al Jaffee) (22-23)
• The Mad New Kids on the Block True or False Personality Quiz BOYS WILL BE BORES DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #112 April 1996
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Rick Tulka art) (24-25)
• The Lighter Side of...BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT. (Dave Berg) (26-30)
• Leisure Time Courses Adults Really Need LESSONING THE LOAD DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #113 June 1996
  
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (31-34)
• Spy vs. Spy JOKE AND DAGGER DEPT. PART II
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #118 February 1997
  Spy Vs. Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files - 2007 - bridge extensions shot off 2nd time around
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (35)
• Mad's Video Reviews HART BURN DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #109 December 1995
  
  (written by Stan Hart / Sam Viviano art) (36-38)
• The 2-Hour School of Dentistry TOOTH IN ADVERTISING DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #137 May 1999
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - 2000
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  (39)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Tom Bunk art)
• Find The... SEEK SICKNESS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #111 March 1996
  (Paul Peter Porges) (40-41)
• Greeting Cards for People We Don't Even Know STRANGERS IN THE WRITE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #118 February 1997
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Harry North, Esq. art) (42-43)
• Roach! BIG HAM ON CAMPUS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #113 June 1996
  (TV satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (44-48)
• Fold-In -- For whose work is a bidding war
  creating higher and higher prices? article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #109 December 1995
  The Mad Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 - 2011 (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Mad's All-Star Flopps - All New 2nd Series!
  (Richard Williams art)