MAD #237 — March 1983

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Summer 1983 — featuring horror, sci-fi, and other weird things
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• Contents Page

  Extremely Important Message from the Editors — Instructions on How to Read This Issue
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Newspaper clippings sent in by readers, Ad for The MAD Jock Book Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions — church bell rope noose art, written by Don (Duck) Edwing / art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Paltry Guise (movie satire)

  Special Deffects Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD #16 — December 2020
  • MAD #27 — October 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  4–10
• One Fine Day in Fairbanks Alaska

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• If Famous Poets Had to Make a Living Today

  Rhyme Marches On Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  12–15
• Further Additions to Table of MAD's Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & Distances

  Statistickle Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  16–17
• The 1982 MAD Yearbook

  Photo Play-Offs Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / UPI photos
  18–20
• How to Read an Airline Menu

  Jet-Gag Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
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• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  22–26
• One Fine Day in Chicago Illinois

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

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

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  • 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
  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
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• If They Passed Other "Truth in...Laws"

  Unforked Tongue-In-Cheek Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  28–31
• Little Known and Rarely Diagnosed MAD Ailments Contracted at Airports

  Sick Humor Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  32–33 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — spy sculpture becomes toilet

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD #18 — April 2021
  • MAD #48 — April 2026
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• MAD's School Teacher of the Year

  Proctor Scope Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  35–38
• One Fine Day in Rochester New York

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Some Simple Laws That Make Sense Out of Soap Operas

  Serial Ingredient Dept.

  Written by Mark Dressler / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  40–42
• A Foreigner's Travel Guide to the United States

  Tour De Farce Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  43–48
• Fold-In — How will our current military budget result in bloodshed?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Fortune Hunters Find Atomic Waste

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
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