MAD #261 — March 1986

"One of the most strenuous exercises is putting the thought of food to the back of your mind!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Art by Don Martin
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD's Don Martin Sails Ahead paperback, Super Special Summer 1986, and Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Miami Price (TV satire)

  Fobs and Robbers Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  4–8
• One Tuesday Morning on Easter Island

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  9
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself "Indiana Jones" Sequel

  Motion Picks Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  10–11
• MAD's Great American Scavenger Hunt

  The Quest is Yet to Come Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  12–13
• Some American Express Card Commercials We'd Like to See

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  16–20
• One Wednesday Morning in Roxbury, Connecticut

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• MAD Suggestions on How to Enjoy the Feeling of a Mid-Winter Beach Vacation While Staying at Home

  Faking a Trip Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  22–23
• Camouflage Tricks of City Animals

  Where's the Beast? Dept.

  Written by Rurik Tyler / Art by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–27 sample sample
• MAD's 14 Rules of Good Behavior

  Polite Switch Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  28–29
• Spy vs. Spy — spring-connected, rock-filled boxing glove and boot

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • 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
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  30
• New Uses for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda

  Take a Powder Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  31–33
• Specialized Cable TV Networks of the Future

  Tuner Fishing Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Earle Doud / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  34–36 sample
• Zonk Me Out at the Ball Game (song parody)

  Wide World of Snorts Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Al Jaffee / Idea by John Ambrosio

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  37
• MAD's Human Equivalency Scale

  No Soap, Ratio Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  38–39
• The MAD Guide to Yuppies, Yullies, and Yuffies

  United Status of America Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  40–41
• One Thursday Morning in the Dungeon

  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
• Murder She Hopes (TV satire)

  Sleuth Decay Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  43–47
• MAD's Personal Ads

  Meet Market Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  48
• Picnicking Over a Missile Silo

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Back Cover — New, Improved MAD Pooper Scooper

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD Magazine Poster Book — 2008
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