Mad #266 October 1986

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker

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• Ads for Super Special Spring 1987 - Silliest Nonsense and
  A Pretentious Compendium of Mad's Very Best Snappy
  Answers to Stupid Questions by Al Jaffee Big Book (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (photo of Jewel of the Nile writers Mark Rosenthal and Larry Konner being forced to read Mad by Spiros Focas) (2-3)
• Ads for The Mad Book of Horror Stories, Yecchy
  Creatures, and Other Neat Stuff Paperback, Subscriptions
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Boob's the Boss? (TV satire)
  (written by Dennis Snee / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• One Thursday Morning on East 12th Street
  (written by Mat Jacobs / Don Martin art) (9)
• Mad's Cable TV Roulette (written by Mike Snider) (10-12)
• A Mad Look at Hands Across America
  (Sergio Aragones) (13-15)
• The Cosby Show Nasty File
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr.) (16-17)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (18-22)
• Spy vs. Spy - umbrella hammers (Antonio Prohias) (23)
• We'll Make a Fortune (TV satire)
  (Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder art)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo) (24-28)
• Mad's Whatever Became of...? - TV Characters' Edition
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Clarke art) (29-31)
• How PBS Really Differs from Commercial TV
  (written by Tom Koch / Harry North, Esq. art) (32-33)
• TV Theme Songs
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Sam Viviano art) (34-35)
• TV Emmy Awards We'd Like to See
  (written by Mike Snider / Michael Montgomery art) (36-37)
• Groaning Pains (TV satire)
  (Angelo Torres art) (38-42)
  (written by Lou Silverstone and Dick DeBartolo)
• Upcoming TV Cop "Teams"
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Jack Davis art) (43-45)
• Mad's Reader Opinion Poll - Part I: Television
  (written by John Prete) (46-47)
• One Thursday Evening on West 12th Street
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- What kind of aid is the administration
  offering the American farmer? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- Continuation of Front Cover -
  (view side by side)