MAD #219 — December 1980

"After listening to all the campaign speeches, it's easy to see why they call Politics ‘the most promising of careers’!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for the MAD Magazine Board Game and MAD Magazine Card Game

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

  Notes

  • Don Martin drawing of The Lone Ranger's Silver; ads for The Uncensored MAD and The MAD Survival Handbook Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, and Subscriptions (featuring trash picker poker — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Little “Star”lings (movie satire)

  Virgin Territory Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–8
• Gold Mining Daughter (movie satire)

  Loretta Lynn-a-mint Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
  9–11 sample
• Don Martin Looks at Firemen

  Hose Job Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  12–15
• Are You Happy Now…?

  Backfire-Crackers Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  16–17 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — pivoting plane wings fire bullets

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • 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
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  18
• Those Wonderful Seventies! —
  A Year 2000 Backward Look at a Warm and Wonderful Decade

  Decade-Dense Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / UPI photos
  19–23
• The MAD Thermometer

  The Fahrenheit of Absurdity Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD Kids #5 — December 2006 (excerpt)
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78) (excerpt)
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  26–30
• If We Ever Have Real Equal Rights Laws

  Getting Even Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  31–33
• More Wait Till You Get Home and Find That…

  Return Enragement Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #59 — Summer 1987
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–35 sample
• The Worst Selling Books of the Year

  Turning Down the Volume Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Rickard
  36–37
• A MAD Exposé of some Phone-y Baloney

  Outta Sight! Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #58 — Spring 1987
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  38–40 sample
• Don Martin Takes Another Look at Firemen

  Hose Job Dept. Part II

  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
  41
• The Dopes of Haphazzard (TV satire)

  Crashing Bores Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  42–48
• The Race for The Presidency (hold page up to light)

  Al Jaffee
  C3
• Back Cover — Caveman Club Sale

  Al Jaffee
  C4