MAD #210 — October 1979

"The trouble with most vacation resorts is: they never have the same shapely girls you saw in their ads!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special #29

  featuring MAD Collectable Connectables
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Curt Swan Superman with Alfred E. Neuman drawing
  • Ads for MAD's Don Martin Digs Deeper Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (cymbal head smash — Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Ring and I — The MAD "Lord of the Rings" Musical

  Breaking the Hobbit Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  4–10 sample
• The MAD Nasty Book

  All Kidding a Snide Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995 (excerpt)
  11–14
• Sixty Seconds (TV satire)

  Schlock Watch Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  15–18
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Professional Athletes

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  19
• Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound Effects

  Noise Solution Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Kids #8 — August 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #9 — December 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  20–23
• MAD's All Inclusive Do-It-Yourself "Dear John Letter"

  Applying the Break Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of Cooling Off

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  26–30
• Spy vs. Spy — amusement game with club

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • 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
  31
• MAD's Table of Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & Distances

  Statis-Tickle Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  32–33
• Why Do We Assume It Makes Sense?

  Ill Logic Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD #28 — December 2022 (excerpt)
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition (excerpt)
  34–37 sample
• Wait Till You Get Home and Find That...

  Return Enragement Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  38–39 sample
• More "New-Improved" Products That Really Are New and Improved

  Device, Man, Cometh Dept.

  Al Jaffee / Idea by Billy Doherty

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  40–42
• Vague-$ (TV satire)

  Shooting Crap Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  43–48
• Fold-In — What type of revolting theater fare will not appear this summer… Thank God!

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
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• Back Cover — Yes… Me Worry!

  Norman Mingo

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  • MAD Art — 2002
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