MAD #227 — December 1981

"Silence isn't always golden! Sometimes it's just plain yellow!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Spring 1982 — with a focus on sports
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD Clobbers the Classics and The Eggs-Rated MAD Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (dressed as a tree, waiting for logger — 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
• Arbor Day (typical horror movie satire)

  Yecchploitation Movies Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #16 — December 2020
  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  4–10 sample
• The MAD TV Coroner's Report

  The Cast is Died Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart
  11–13
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  14–18
• Your MAD Horoscope

  Zodiac Murders Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
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• MAD Careers for the Slow and Lazy

  No Sweat Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  20–21 sample
• How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? — Disco Club

  Err Apparent Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  22–23
• Don Martin's Version of a Movie of Ecchcaliber

  A Sworded Tale Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #33 — June 2005
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–28
• The MAD Questionnaire For Uncovering America's "Truly Needy"

  Money in the Blank Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  29–30
• A MAD Look at Teachers

  Facultease Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  31–33
• More Sub-Divisions for Public Places

  Split-Scene Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  34–35 sample
• You Can't Win!

  Losing is Everything Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  36–39 sample
• Good Sounds / Bad Sounds

  Ear Whacks Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  40–41
• Spy vs. Spy — boat ramp diverts bomb back to plane

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  • 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 Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
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• Magnumb, P.U. (TV satire)

  Aloha-Ho-Hum Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  43–48
• Fold-In — What new sex object has brought out our animal instincts?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Dog Plays Dead at Dinner Table

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Special #128 — June 1998
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
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