MAD #222 — April 1981

“Ever notice that "doing their thing" seems to be an obsession with people who don't seem to have a thing to do?” — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Why Kill Yourself?

  Railroad crossing gate guillotine — redrawn from #159

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • photo of Jack Klugman reading MAD and photo of the cast of The Dukes of Hazzard reading MAD
  2 sample
• Ads for Sergio Aragones' MAD as a Hatter! and Pumping MAD paperbacks
  3
• Undressed To Kill (movie satire)

  It's a Drag! Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #56 Fall 1986
  4–10 sample
• Early One Morning in a Hotel Room

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  • MAD XL #14 - March 2002
  • MAD’s Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD’s Greatest Artists: Don Martin — 2014
  11
• Now Playing...at the White House

  Speaking from Pictures Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #54 Spring 1986
  12–14
• We'll Always be Suckers for Clever Advertising...

  Ad Nausea Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 Spring 1986
  • MAD Jackpot - 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MADvertising — 2005
  15–18 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — cannonball on chain

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #52 Fall 1985
  • MAD Jackpot - 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD XL #10 - July 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  19
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg’s-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  20–24
• What Television Says and What it Really Means

  Two Sides of the Con Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  • MAD Blasts - 1988 (Paperback #79)
  25–27
• A MAD Look at Some Not-So-Famous Last Words

  Finishing Lines Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - Number Two - 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  28–30
• Late One Afternoon on an Interstate Highway

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • MAD’s Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD’s Greatest Artists: Don Martin — 2014
  31
• Why Didn't You Do Your Homework?

  Paper Lyin' Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Fleer Goes MAD Sticker Album - 1983
  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  • MAD Blasts - 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - Number Two - 2001
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide - 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  32–33
• Rhyming Ads

  From Ad to Verse Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #55 Summer 1986
  34–37 sample
• A MAD Look at Air Travel

  Wronging the Wright Brothers Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #54 Spring 1986
  • The MAD Cooler - 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • MAD Color Classics #4 - September 2001
  • MAD Kids #14 March 2009 (excerpt)
  38–42
• That's Real Incredible, People! (TV satire)

  Sicky Minutes Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  43–47
• Late One Night in a Bank

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #56 Fall 1986
  • MAD Jackpot - 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD About The Mob - 2002
  • MAD’s Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• A Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions "Mother Goose" Fold-In

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • Fleer Goes MAD Sticker Album - 1983
  • MAD Special #56 Fall 1986
  • MAD Fold This Book - 1997
  • MAD About the Eighties - 1999
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • Totally MAD - 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash - Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD - 2016
  C3
• Back Cover — MAD's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps

  Written by Henry Clark / Art by U.S. Postal Service
  C4