MAD #257 — September 1985

"Notice how girls who claim that all men are alike seldom have trouble spotting the difference between you and Tom Selleck?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Super Special Winter 1985

  The Worst from MAD
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD Murders the Movies Paperback and Subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Witless (movie satire)

  Famous Amish Kookies Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  4–8
• One Bright Morning at a Boston Cemetery

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  9
• Relevant Fortune Cookies For Other Dining Spots

  Jest Desserts Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  10–12
• Woodstock Revisited

  Hippie-Critical Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  13–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  16–20
• One Dark Afternoon in Edmonton

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Written by Mat Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• The MAD Sports Page

  Jock the Presses Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  22–23
• A Frequent Flyer Bonus Program We'd Like to See

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  24–25
• A MAD Look at the Disneyworlds

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  26–29
• Celebrity Silhouettes…or…Which Famous Person is Which?

  The Shadow Doesn't Know Dept.

  Written by Rurik Tyler / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  30–31
• First Annual Reunion — Guests of The Phil Donahue Show

  Strong Guests of Wind Dept.

  Written by Elizabeth White / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  32–33
• Practicing Sports in and Around the Home

  House-Training Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  34–35
• The MAD Stress Chart

  Pressure Points Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  36–38
• Truly Logical “Transformers”

  Change Reaction Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD #41 — February 2025
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
  39–41 sample
• One Glorious Evening in Death Valley

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Written by Alan Zweibel / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  42
• Mate & Ali-mony (TV satire)

  Divorce Caught Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  43–48
• Fold-In — What is fast becoming America's most expensive leisure time activity?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Flashers Against Nudity

  (Continuation of front cover art)
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First issue with John Ficarra and Nick Meglin as sole co-editors