MAD #218 — October 1980

"Isn't it amazing how political candidates can give you all their good points and qualifications in a 30-second TV Commercial!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Number 33 featuring “Alfred E. Neuman For President” Stamps & Stickers
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• Contents Page
  1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD Magazine Resents Throw Up the Academy (movie satire)

  Up the Brass Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  2–3
• Being Not All There (movie satire)

  Vidiot's Delight Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  4–10 sample
• One Day in the Life of a Tennis Pro

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• A Collection of MAD X-RAYvings

  X-posed Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  12–14 sample
• The MAD Nasty Book — Volume Two

  All Kidding a Snide Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  15–17
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78) (excerpt)
  18–22
• Sneaky MAD Tactics to Get People to Open Junk Mail

  Catch as Cachet Can Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  23–25
• A MAD Guide to Cheap Pastimes

  Free For All Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  26–28 sample
• Ad Page

  Notes

  • Ad for The MAD Book of Mysteries Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Ad for Subscriptions (moneybags walks through Central Park — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
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• Advertising Makes You Wonder...

  Ad Insult to Injury Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • MAD XL #17 — August 2002
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  • MAD #35 — February 2024
  30–33
• Spy vs. Spy — voice breaks plane windshield

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • 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
  34
• The MAD Dictionary of Cliche Parental Terms

  Lexi “Con” Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #57 — Winter 1986
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  35–38
• One Day in the Life of Some Salesmen

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #60 — Fall 1987
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  39
• The Shadow Knows

  We Got Your Penumbra Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #17 — February 2021 (excerpt)
  40–42 sample
• WKRAP in Cincinnati (TV satire)

  A-M/Ecch-M Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  43–48 sample
• Fold-In — What's the most exciting thing on TV today?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — King of Spades I.D.

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

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • 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
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