MAD #260 — January 1986

"The best things in life are free — the expensive part is paying for the dinner and movie that comes first!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Don Martin art from MAD #68
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper game promoted, photo still from The Goonies shows Sean Astin reading MAD, ad for The MAD Book of Fears and Phobias Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Bleak for the Future (movie satire)

  Present Tense, Past Imperfect Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  4–7
• New Uses for Old Batteries

  The Ol' Cell Game Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  8–9
• Traveler's Blues

  Frey the Unfriendly Skies Dept.

  Glenn Frey song parody

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  10–11
• One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Artie Charney

  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
  12
• The MAD Nasty File

  Along the Snide Lines Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  13–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  16–20
• Floppy Disk

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  21
• Truth in Road Signs

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  22–23
• The Crummymooners (TV rerun satire)

  A Bad Case of the Re-Runs Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Classics #1 — August 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–25 sample
• A “Miranda Law” For Everyday Victims

  The Rights Stuff Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  26–28
• Horrifying Show-Biz Cliches

  Where the Wild Things Star Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  29–31
• One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Seymour Schmendrick

  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
  32
• Sicky Minutes Looks at Sex and Violence in America Today!

  The Oral Majority Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  33–37 sample
• A MAD Field Guide for Spotting Celebrities at the Movies

  Behind the Odd-Balls Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  38–39
• MAD's Really Relevant Book of Lists — Volume 2

  Compiling It On and On Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  40–41
• Laundromat Bingo

  Wash Bored Games Dept.

  Written by Rurik Tyler / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #75 — Summer 1991
  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  42–43
• One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Harold Qwerty

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Written by Mat Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  44
• Kookoon (movie satire)

  No Pool Like an Old Pool Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  45–48 sample
• Fold-In — How did this year's biggest product promotion end up?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Don't Feed the Fake Animals!

  Written by Clay Graham / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD #401 — January 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
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