MAD #204 — January 1979

"Experience is something you never have until just after you need it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters
  2
• Ad for Paperbacks
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Jaw'd, Too (movie satire)

  Playing it for Shark Value Again Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  4–11
• Christmas is...

  Yule Be Sorry! Dept.

  Written by Tommy Moore / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — 1999
  • MAD Classics #12 — January 2007
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  12–13
• "New-Improved" Products That Really Are New and Improved

  Device, Man, Cometh Dept.

  Al Jaffee / Idea by Billy Doherty

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  14–16 sample
• Early One Morning Down in South America

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  17
• The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

  Dead Ended Street Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  18–19
• If Someone Today Received Those Gifts on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

  Gift Rap Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Billy Doherty

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD Classics #12 — January 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  20–22
• One Hot Afternoon in the American Desert

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Clones of the Future / Clones of the Past

  Two's Company, We's a Crowd Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  24–26
• Novelty Items for Practical-Joker Jocks

  Fun in Games Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • MAD XL #7 — January 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #37 — June 2024
  27–29
• The Lighter Side of Boo-Boos

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  30–34
• A Preview of this Year's "Gimmick" Christmas Gifts

  Novel-Tease Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke
  35–38
• One Evening in an Amsterdam Bus Terminal

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Monumentally MAD — 1986 (Paperback #72)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• If Libraries Sold Advertising Space

  Volume Sales Dept.

  Written by William Garvin / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–41
• The Incredible Bulk (TV satire)

  Green With Ennui Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  42–48
• Fold-In — What marvelous new development should have architects everywhere rejoicing?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — One Rainy Afternoon in the Black Forest

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
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