MAD #209 — September 1979

"Most of the books published these days go into total obscurity…especially the ones your friends borrow!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  last day of school trampling — Angelo Torres art
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ku Klux Klan complains about slander
  2
• Ad for Super MAD paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Invasion of the Booty Snatchers (movie satire)

  Pod-Boiler Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  4–10 sample
• The Disco Man

  "Noyes" Pollution Dept.

  (with apologies to Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman)

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11–14
• Guarantees We'd Like to See

  Warrant-Tease Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  15–17
• The Lighter Side of Inadequacy

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  18–22 sample
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Politicians

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  23
• Future "Famous Collector's Series"

  Mint's Pie Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  24–26
• MAD's "Judge of the Year"

  Reproaching the Bench Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  27–30
• The Turtle

  What Nature Never Tortoise Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #512 — December 2011 (MAD Vault)
  31–34
• Other Household Security Alarm Systems

  In Guard We Trust Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  35–36
• Spy vs. Spy — rotating fuselage takes bomb hit

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • Fleer Goes MAD Sticker Album — 1983
  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • 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
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  37
• When "Truth-In-Advertising" Laws Apply to Classified Ads

  Selling it Like it Is Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #51 — Summer 1985
  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  38–39
• A MAD Assortment of Exposed "Jocks"

  Athletes Effete Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  40–42
• Shmork & Windy (TV satire)

  Sit-Com From Outer Space Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone and Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • The Wet and Wisdom of MAD — 1987 (Paperback #74)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  43–48
• Fold-In — What kind of "tripping" is becoming a big turn-off for many kids?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — He's sure heavy, Voters... he's m' brother!

  Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  C4