Mad #251 December 1984

• Cover Artist: James Warhola

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• Ad for Alfred E. Neuman for President T-Shirt (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Some girls get so love sick, they take the
  first pill that comes along!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Random Samplings of Reader MailPOST WASTE DEPT. (2-3)
• Ads for Forbidden Mad Paperback and Subscriptions
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Star Blecch III - The Search For Plot A TRIVIAL PURSUIT DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #83 September 1992
  Unstoppable Mad - 1992 (Paperback #91)
  Mad Star Trek Spectacular - 1994
  (movie satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Mort Drucker art) (4-9)
• Baby Talk Exposed NURSERY WHINES DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #77 Winter 1991
  The Spring Training Mad - 1993 (Paperback #92)
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Gushing Fourth Edition - 2004
  Totally Useless Mad - 2013
  (Paul Peter Porges) (10-11)
• The TV Primetime Graveyard DROPPED DEAD DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #78 January 1992
  
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (12-14)
• Mad's Baseball Owner of the Year OUR NATIONAL BLASTIME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #70 Spring 1990
  Unstoppable Mad - 1992 (Paperback #91)
  
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Jack Davis art) (15-18)
• A Mad Look at Airline Safety Instructions CRASHING BORE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #72 Fall 1990
  Mad About the Eighties - 1999
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Gushing Fourth Edition - 2004
  Mad For Decades - 2007
  Totally Mad - 2012
  The Best of the Worst! - Special Collector's Edition 2012
  (Al Jaffee) (19-21)
• The Lighter Side of... BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Student Survival Guide - 2002 (excerpt)
  (Dave Berg) (22-26)
• Ain't It Great!! POSITIVE WINKING DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #72 Fall 1990
  
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (27-29)
• Don Martin Looks at Star Trek III - The Search for Spock HUMOR AT WARPED SPEED DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Star Trek Spectacular - 1994
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing) (30-32)
• Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts! RIP, PLEASE! DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #72 Fall 1990
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Gushing Fourth Edition - 2004
  
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (33)
• What It Will Be Like When Every Device "Talks" FROM BAD TO VOICE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #72 Fall 1990
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  Mad #19 June 2021
  
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (34-35)
• Only in the Middle of the Night... NO REST FOR THE LEERY DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #70 Spring 1990
  Mad Takes the Cake - 1992 (Paperback #90)
  Mad Special #140 September 1999
  Mad #530 December 2014 - MAD Vault article
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Harry North, Esq. art) (36-38)
• The Criminals' Yellow Pages "WHERE'S THE THIEF?" DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #89 September 1993
  Mad About The Mob - 2002
  
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (39-42)
• Web*Star WEE SHALL OVERCOME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #69 Winter 1989
  Completely Mad - 1991 (excerpt)
  (TV satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• Spy vs. Spy JOKE AND DAGGER DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #70 Spring 1990
  Unstoppable Mad - 1992 (Paperback #91)
  Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete Casebook - Antonio Prohias - 2001
  Spy Vs. Spy - Omnibus - Antonio Prohias - 2011
  Mad Presents Spy Vs. Spy - An Explosive Celebration - 2015
  - ice cream vacuum (logo) /
  torpedoes within torpedo (Antonio Prohias) (48)
• Fold-In -- What new form of addiction
  threatens to enslave our youth? article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #118 February 1997
  The Mad Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 - 2011
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Mad Refuses to Support the President