MAD #256 — July 1985

Contents

• Fold-In —
  What safe, cheap Star Wars technology would we like to suggest to The Pentagon?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for The Plaid MAD and The MAD Self-Improvement Yearbook Paperbacks and Subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Die-Nasty (TV satire)

  Getting Too Big for Its Bitches Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • MAD Spoofs the ‘80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  4–9
• One Fine Sunday Afternoon in the Jungle

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Mat Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  10
• The MAD Wrestling Primer

  Ringsnide Seat Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  11–13
• Raising Money With Other Forms of Legalized Gambling

  For Bettor or Worse Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  14–15
• The MAD Emergency Barf-Inducing Technique — The Potrzebie Maneuver

  Heaving Can't Wait Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD #14 — August 2020
  16–18
• Porn in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen song parody)

  Blanking in the Dark Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  19 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  20–24
• One Fine Tuesday Morning Uptown

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Written by Mat Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  25
• Join MAD's Trendy Book of the Month Club

  Shelf Abuse Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  26–27
• If Advertisers Made Use of Old Masters

  Canvassing Business Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MADvertising — 2005
  28–31
• The MAD Practical Driving Test

  Crash Course Dept.

  Idea by Elizabeth Swain / Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  32–34
• MAD's "Goetz Mask" — Special Bonus —
  Wear This and No Mugger Will Mess With You!!!

  A Face Only a Mugger Could... Dept.

  Idea by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder / Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  35 sample
• Pastimes for Nerds

  Tips for Zips Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  36–37
• If the Miller Lite Beer Gang Ran This Country

  Lager Heads Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  38–39
• MAD's Really Perplexing Mysteries of Life

  Whys Up Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  40–41
• One Fine Friday Evening Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  42
• Beverly Hills Cop Out (movie satire)

  Murphy's Flaw Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  43–48
• Back Cover — The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  C3–C4

Last issue edited by Al Feldstein. He co-edited it with John Ficarra and Nick Meglin.