Mad #245 March 1984

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams
• Cover Idea: Nick Meglin

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• Ad for Mad Super Special Summer 1984 - Violence! (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (2-3)
• Ad for Mad Cheap Shots Paperback,
  Alfred E. Neuman portraits,
  Subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself? -
  carnival high-striker (Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Staying Awake (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Jack Davis art) (4-10)
• One Lucky Morning on Friday the 13th (11)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)
• What Parents Think...and...What Kids Think
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (12-14)
• Mad's Aptitude Test Number Three -
  Will You Make a Good Athlete?
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (15)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (16-20)
• Spy vs. Spy - wrong end "up" box
  holds spy (Antonio Prohias) (21)
• What is a Hang-Up?
  (written by Tom Koch / Sergio Aragones art) (22-23)
• Wishful Thinking (24-26)
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Harry North, Esq. art)
• One Insane Afternoon on Interstate 80
  (written by John Ficarra / Don Martin art) (27)
• Little Known Patents and the Patents' Holders (28-29)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / George Woodbridge art)
• Mad's Helpful Hints on Breaking Up With a Girl
  (written by Larry Siegel / Jack Rickard art) (30-33)
• We Won't Miss Them...
  Or Will We?!? (Paul Peter Porges) (34-36)
• The 1984 M.G.M. Movie Theatre Owners Supply Catalogue
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (37-39)
• A Mad Look at Ants (Bill Johnson) (40-41)
• One Ridiculous Evening in the Jungle
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (42)
• Not-So-New-Hart (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art) (43-48)
• Fold-In -- What dreaded eruption will
  devastate millions in 1984? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Caveman Graffiti
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)