MAD #211 — December 1979

"They really shouldn't ban praying in public schools! After all, that was the only way most of us got through!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for the MAD Magazine Board Game

  Art by Jack Davis
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Dave Berg plays along with readers trying to guess the name of The Lighter Side article / 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 / subscription ad (taking place of puck in high-striker — Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The China Sin-Dome (movie satire)

  The Best Laid Plants...Oft Go Boom Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  4–11 sample
• The MAD Ad-Man's Sampler

  Needlepoint of View Dept.

  Henry Clark

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  12–13
• Sibling Misery is...

  Child's Plague Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  • MAD #46 — December 2025
  14–16
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Medical Workers

  Givin' 'Em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  17
• The Lighter Side of Guilt

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  18–22
• Early One Morning High in a Treetop

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  23
• The Yellow Pages Through History — Paleolithic Telephone Company

  Bygone Buy-Gones Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  24–25
• A MAD Look at Doors

  Portal to Portal Play Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  26–29
• When Women Take Over Movies Completely

  Lib-Schtick Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  30–33
• Late One Fine Afternoon on an Uptown Bus

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  34
• The Gift

  Game Show Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  35–36
• MAD's Ingenious Plan for a More Efficient Government

  Honesty is the Best Politics Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  37–39
• The MAD Overrated-Underrated Book

  Acclaim Jumping Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / UPI photos
  40–41
• Spy vs. Spy — periscope torpedo

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  42
• CHiMPs (TV satire)

  Warning: Contains Cycle-Mates Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  43–47
• One Evening in a Nice Young Couple's House

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — The Fold-In Fanatic Award

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Tarzan's New Shorts

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  C4