MAD #235 — December 1982

"One reason it's so expensive to support the government these days is because so many people are holding it up!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Note — Flip issue over and then read.
• Ad for MAD Super Special Spring 1983

  Cops, Politicians, Teachers, and Other Corrupt Professions
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for MAD Barfs Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (matador headbutts bull — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Rockhead III (movie satire)

  A Rolling Stallone Gathers More Gross III Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  4–10
• Hidden Charges in Typical Bills

  Accounts Deceivable Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  11–13
• Dumb Kind of Hero (movie satire)

  We're Running This Movie Satire — Even Though the Movie Bombed Out and Quickly Disappeared — Because We Had a Pryor Commitment Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  14–20 sample
• A Desert Island Game Plan

  Porpoise Delecti Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  21
• T-Shirts With Messages We'd Like to See

  Putting "Hah" on Your Chest Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #3 — October 2018 (excerpt)
  22–23 sample
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  24–28
• Help Wanted Ads We Never Get to See

  Nothing Personnel Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  29
• MAD's Real Life "Catch 22's"

  Boomerangles Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  30–31 sample
• "If Elected, I Solemnly Promise…"

  Campains-in-the-Neck Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  32–35 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — falling through hinged balcony door

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • 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
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  36
• The Yaks of Life (TV satire)

  Prep Talk Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  37–42
• Conehead the Barbituate (movie satire)

  Another Sworded Tale Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  43–47
• Page 48 — "Hey, Hairball!! We already told you...! This is the back of MAD! Mainly...this is the last page upside-down!! What are you messing around here for?! Turn to the front of the magazine...and start reading like any normal person! Geeze...do we have to spell out everything for you?"
  48
• Fold-In — What would be a vast improvement on the "right to bear arms"?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Conan the Barbarian Cuts the Baloney

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Boris Vallejo
  C4