MAD #266 — October 1986

"It's no wonder politicians don't listen to their conscience. They don't want to take advice from a total stranger." — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ads for MAD Super Special Spring 1987 and A Pretentious Compendium of MAD's Very Best Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions by Al Jaffee Big Book
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• Contents Page
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• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Jewel of the Nile writers Mark Rosenthal and Larry Konner being forced to read MAD by Spiros Focas. Ads for The MAD Book of Horror Stories, Yecchy Creatures, and Other Neat Stuff paperback and subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Boob's the Boss? (TV satire)

  Mr. Mom-a Mia Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  4–8
• One Thursday Morning on East 12th Street

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Mat Jacobs / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• MAD's Cable TV Roulette

  Tuner Fishing Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  10–12
• A MAD Look at Hands Across America

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  13–15
• The Cosby Show Nasty File

  Scorn on the Cos Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  16–17
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  18–22
• Spy vs. Spy — umbrella hammers

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
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• We'll Make a Fortune (TV satire)

  Dick DePartment

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  24–28 sample
• MAD's Whatever Became of…? — TV Characters' Edition

  Past Their Prime Time Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  29–31
• How PBS Really Differs from Commercial TV

  How Now High Brow Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  32–33
• TV Theme Songs

  The Malady Lingers On Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  34–35
• TV Emmy Awards We'd Like to See

  Statues of Limitations Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Michael Montgomery

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  36–37
• Groaning Pains (TV satire)

  Thicke to Our Stomachs Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone and Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  38–42
• Upcoming TV Cop "Teams"

  May the Force Be With Two Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  43–45 sample
• MAD's Reader Opinion Poll — Part I: Television

  And Survey We Go! Dept.

  Written by John Prete

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  46–47
• One Thursday Evening on West 12th Street

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — What kind of aid is the administration offering the American farmer?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Continuation of Front Cover (view side by side)
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