MAD #216 — July 1980

"Vision is what some people claim they have when they find that they've guessed correctly!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special Number 32

  featuring the eighth The Nostalgic MAD reprint of assorted comic articles
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Ken Howard reading MAD; ads for The Sound of MAD Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (in with the bowling pins — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Star Blecch — The (GACCK!) Motion Picture (movie satire)

  Another Waste of Space Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • MAD Star Trek Spectacular — 1994
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  4–10
• An Eye-Popping Scene on a Corner

  See Note Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  11 sample
• Election Year Jabberwocky

  Malice in Blunderland Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Angelo Torres
  12–13
• Don Martin Looks at The Lone Ranger

  Hi Yo-Yo Silver Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  14–17
• The Lighter Side of Keeping in Touch

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Duds — 1987 (Paperback #75)
  18–22
• The Big One That Got Away

  Fish Wife Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  23
• MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Energy Crisis Newspaper Story

  Oily Addition Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–25
• MAD's Plan to Make the Congressional TV Show More Entertaining

  Capitol Games Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  26–29
• MAD Laws — Second Edition

  Grinding the Axiom Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  30–31 sample
• A MAD Collection of Some Very Rare Famous Family Album Rejects

  Down, Prints! Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  32–34
• A High School Yearbook for Average Clods

  Class Distinkshun Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge
  35–40
• An Al Jaffee Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Fishing Incident

  Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The Spare MAD — 1988 (Paperback #77)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  41–42
• Bentson (TV satire)

  Valet of the Dulls Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  43–48
• Fold-In — What new way are people falling head over heels these days?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — The Congressional Medal of Dishonor

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
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