Mad #249 September 1984

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ads for Mad 84 and Mad Super Special Summer 1984 -
  featuring 8 Mad Wall Signs (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters
  (photos of Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert and Richard Herd reading Mad's - Janet Carroll sends in "real" photo) (2-3)
• Ad for Mad Goes to Pieces Paperback and Subscriptions
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Grimlins (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-10)
• One Fine Morning in the Hospital
  (written by Clay Graham / Don Martin art) (11)
• A Mad Guide to What's Cute...and What's Not
  (written by Mark Dressler / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (12-13)
• If the Real World of Today Caught Up With the Comics
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (14-16)
• International Symbols for Other Olympic Highlights
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art) (17)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (18-22)
• One Fine Afternoon in the Morgue (Don Martin) (23)
• How Many Mistakes Can You Find
  in This Picture of a Movie Theatre?
  (written by Chris Hart / Jack Davis art) (24-25)
• A Psalm for the Modern Television Preacher
  (written by Barry Liebmann / George Woodbridge art) (26)
• Things to Do on the Day After (Al Jaffee) (27-29)
• Other Uses For Household Pets (Paul Peter Porges) (30-31)
• Spy vs. Spy - helicopter head (Antonio Prohias) (32)
• Tom Hachtman's Double Takes (33-35)
• Mad's Ideal Presidential Candidate for 1984 (36-38)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Mort Drucker art)
• The Sham-Jock Sporting Goods Catalogue (Bob Clarke art)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / idea by James Kasmir) (39-42)
• One Fine Evening on a Street Corner (Don Martin) (43)
• Beers (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art) (44-48)
• Fold-In -- How are some people bringing far-out
  sex and violence into their dull lives? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Dungeon Prisoner Feeding
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)