MAD #214 — April 1980

"Some people never do anything on time... except buy!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for the MAD Magazine Board Game

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

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions — smokestack — Paul Coker, Jr. art, MAD About the Buoy Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Calamityville Horror (movie satire)

  Much a Boo About Nothing Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
  4–7 sample
• One Fine Day Downtown While Watching a Double Feature

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  8
• The Corncorde — Airplot '79 (movie satire)

  Just Plane Nonsense Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  9–12
• One Fine Day Downtown While Passing a Construction Site

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  13
• "People" Magazines for Other Specialized Groups

  New Yentaprises Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Rickard
  14–15 sample
• The Lighter Side of Celebrations

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  16–20
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Actors

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD #602 — December 2026
  21
• The Jogger

  Ravin' Maniac Dept.

  with apologies to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD XL #7 — January 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  22–24
• MAD's "Necromania Agent" of the Year

  Tomb Boom Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  25–28
• One Saturday Afternoon Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  29
• Still More Yellow Pages Through History — Early American Telephone Company

  Bygone Buy-Gones Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke
  30–31
• MAD Laws

  Grinding the Axiom Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  32–34
• MAD's Academy Awards for Dating

  Makin' Out-Takes Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  35–39
• Comic Strip Cursing Symbols to Match a Given Situation

  Blip-Tease Dept.

  Written by Henry Clark / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD Color Classics #3 — April 2001
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  40–42
• The White, Shadowed (TV satire)

  Basket Cases Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–48
• Fold-In — What scary new form of fallout has technology foisted on us lately?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 5 — September 2026
  C3
• Back Cover — Stinky Old Miner's Feet

  Written by Dave Manak / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD #14 — August 2020
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