MAD #208 — July 1979

"For some people, counting calories is a weigh of life!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special Number 28

  featuring the seventh The Nostalgic MAD reprint of assorted MAD comic articles
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • George Woodbridge illustrates "The Rosalynn's Tale" — reader-requested addition to MAD #206's The Carterbury Tales, Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portraits, The MAD Make Out Book Paperback, Subscriptions — string around doorknob hooked to grenade's pin in mouth — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Superduperman (movie satire)

  Super Marketing Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  • MAD #44 — August 2025
  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  4–11 sample
• Re-Writing Classical Poetry to Give Women Equal Time

  A Woman's Place is in the Poem Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  12–15
• A MAD Look at Superman

  Shnook...Up in the Sky! Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 12 collections

  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
  • MAD #44 — August 2025
  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  16–17
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Lawyers

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  18
• MAD Explores the TV Ratings System

  Poll-ish Joke Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  19–22
• Spy vs. Spy — camouflaged helicopter bird lays bomb egg

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • Big Hairy MAD — 1986 (Paperback #73)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  23
• What is Humility?

  And Now for Something Completely Diffident Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  24–25
• Candid Close-Ups of Some Legendary Feets

  Foot-Nuts Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  26–27
• The Lighter Side of The "Me" Generation

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  28–32
• Crafty Bunko Schemes, Inc. 1979-80 Repairmen's Parts & Supply Catalogue

  Fleece Circus Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  33–36
• The Space Age Razor Race

  When Push Comes to Shave Dept.

  Al Jaffee / Idea by John Wick

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #14 — August 2020
  • MAD #19 — June 2021 (excerpt)
  37–39
• If Children Treated Their Parents the Way Their Parents Treat Them

  Upsetting the Scold Standard Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  40–41 sample
• One Night in the Miami Bus Terminal

  Don Martin Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  42
• Cattle Car Galaxica (TV satire)

  Waste of Space Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #49 — Winter 1984
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  43–48
• Fold-In — What inspiring lesson does professional sports teach our children?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #110 — January 1996
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Superman's Super Hernia

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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