MAD #212 — January 1980

"Beware of the guy who comes up and slaps you on your back. He's bound to expect you to cough up something!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Picture of Carol Burnett and daughter Jody
  2 sample
• Ad for MAD's Dave Berg Looks, Listens and Laughs Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) — summary
• Alias (movie satire)

  Eating Out Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • MAD Special #125 — December 1997
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  4–11 sample
• Don Martin Looks at Spiderman

  Don Martin Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 12 collections

  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Kids #7 — May 2007 (excerpt)
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  12–14
• The MAD Running Primer

  Jogger-Nuts Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  15–17
• The Lighter Side of Toys

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  18–22
• TV Ads We'd Like to See

  Ad Nausea Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  23
• More Yellow Pages Through History — Imperial Roman Telephone Company

  Bygone Buy-Gones Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke
  24–25
• Your a Victim of Bad Timing When...

  Fate Acompli Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  26–27
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Students

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  • MAD #33 — October 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  28
• Appeals From Charities Through History

  Alms Race Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge
  29–32
• MAD's "Children's Movie Producer of the Year"

  Kiddie Litter Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  33–36
• Newspaper Stories We'll Never See

  Wishful Inking Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  37–39
• More How Can You Trust...

  No Confidence Game Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–42
• Taxing (TV satire)

  Corn on the Cab Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  43–48
• Lightning Never Strikes in the Same Place Twice!

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Bilk System — Reach out and put the touch on someone.

  Irving Schild photos

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
  C4