MAD #228 — January 1982

"If at first you don't succeed... you're about normal!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Wendy Gaines baby and wedding pictures
  2
• Ad for Get Stuffed With MAD Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• "Starchie Bonker's Place" or A Christmas Carol O'Conner (TV satire)

  A Turn of the Scrooge Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  4–9 sample
• Don Martin Looks at Tarzan's "Jane"

  A Little Bo Peek Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  10–12
• The Nice New Uncontroversial National Enquirer

  Strike Up the Bland Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  13 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  14–18
• The 1981 Night Before Christmas

  Midnight Mess Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  19–21
• Family Snapshots They Never Put in the Family Album

  Nixed Pix Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  22–23
• Outlandish (movie satire)

  High Moon Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  24–29 sample
• Give Thanks

  Another Turkey Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  30–31 sample
• The National Parent Test

  Panned Parenthood Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  32–34
• A MAD Look at Discrimination

  Kill of Rights Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  35–38
• Your MAD Horoscope

  Zodiacs Murder Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  39
• Where Your Christmas Dollar Goes

  Yule Be Sorry Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — 1999
  40–41
• Raiders of a Lost Art (movie satire)

  The Empire Strikes It Rich Again Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD Color Classics #1 — April 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  42–48 sample
• Fold-In — What's the difference between an idiot and someone who folds Fold-Ins?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
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• Back Cover — Pencils — As Seen On TV — 25 cents

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

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD Color Classics #8 — September 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • MAD #43 — June 2025
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