MAD #240 — July 1983

"It's better to sleep on something you plan to do than be kept awake by something you've done!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  last day of school trampling — Angelo Torres art
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Ads for The MAD Book of Sex, Violence, and Home Cooking and MAD About Town Paperbacks
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Tootsie Role (movie satire)

  Hoff-man / Hoff-woman Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  4–10
• Picture Signs for All Occasions

  A Symbol-Minded Idea Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  11–13
• Little Known and Rarely Diagnosed MAD Ailments Contracted at Fast Food Restaurants

  Sick Humor Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  16–20
• The Evolution of a TV Situation Comedy

  Expanse Account Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  21–23
• How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? — School Prom

  Err Apparent Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  24–25
• Don Martin Looks at The Dark Crystal

  Crock Around the Rock Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  26–28
• State College of Adulthood Training Catalogue of Courses

  Learning a Living Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  29–34
• Mother Goose Around the World

  Visa Verses Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  35–37
• High School Bulletin Board

  Off the Wall Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Irving Schild photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  38–39
• Instant TV Replays We Would Rather Not Have to See

  For Repeat's Sake! Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–41
• Give Us A Break! (TV satire)

  Nell and Void Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  42–47
• Spy vs. Spy — toilet oil well (logo) / cannonball within cannonball

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs. Spy — January 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  48 sample
• Fold-In — How has the Reagan administration secretly introduced prayer into high schools?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Executioner's Fire

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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