Mad #211 December 1979

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo

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• Ad for the Mad Magazine Board Game (Jack Davis art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "They really shouldn't ban praying in public schools!
  After all, that was the only way most of us got through!"
  -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (Dave Berg plays along with with readers
  trying to guess the name of The Lighter Side article) (2-3)
  (Paul Coker, Jr. draws turtle as Postal Service letter carrier)
• Ads for Mad Around the World and
  The Abominable Snow Mad Paperbacks,
  Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions
  (taking place of puck in high-striker - Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• The China Sin-Dome (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-11)
• The Mad Ad-Man's Sampler (Henry Clark) (12-13)
• Sibling Misery is...
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (14-16)
• Mad Medals to be Presented to
  Deserving Medical Workers (Al Jaffee) (17)
• The Lighter Side of Guilt (Dave Berg) (18-22)
• Early One Morning High in a Treetop (Don Martin) (23)
• The Yellow Pages Through History - Paleolithic Telephone Company (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (24-25)
• A Mad Look at Doors (26-29)
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / George Woodbridge art)
• When Women Take Over Movies Completely
  (written by Larry Siegel / Harry North, Esq. art) (30-33)
• Late One Fine Afternoon
  on an Uptown Bus (Don Martin) (34)
• The Gift (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Jones art) (35-36)
• Mad's Ingenious Plan for a More Efficient Government
  (written by Barry Liebmann / Jack Davis art) (37-39)
• The Mad Overrated-Underrated Book
  (written by Frank Jacobs / UPI photos) (40-41)
• Spy vs. Spy - periscope torpedo (Antonio Prohias) (42)
• CHiMPs (TV satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• One Evening in a Nice Young Couple's House
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- The Fold-In Fanatic Award (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Tarzan's New Shorts
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)