MAD #274 — October 1987

"The reason politicians are so busy is that they spend half their time passing laws, and the other half helping their friends get around them!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Fold-In — What group displaying deviant sexual behavior did the Meese Commission overlook?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Morley Safer with Nick Meglin, John Ficarra, Dick DeBartolo in the MAD offices, Ads for MAD's Dave Berg Looks at Today Paperback, Subscriptions featuring MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee and MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade Big Book Bonuses
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• L.A. Lewd (TV satire)

  Law and Ardor Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  4–9
• Ultimate Accessories for Personal Stereos

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  10–11
• One Quiet Morning on Willow Road East

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  12
• Obituaries for Merchandising Characters

  Requiem Mass-cot Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  13–15
• A MAD Look “Nightmare on Elm Street”

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (“Freddy” model in photo by Kevin Yagher)

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  16–17
• Stuff We Didn't Get to See on TV For One Reason or Another

  To Air is Inhuman Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  18–19 sample
• Major League Baseball Rule Changes for the 1980's

  Law and Batting Order Dept.

  Written by Chuck Shepherd / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  20–21
• One Quiet Morning on Willow Road West

  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
  22
• In the Beginning...

  Altar Egos Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  23–25 sample
• Clever Ways to Get Out of Embarrassing Situations

  The Ploy's the Thing Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  26–27
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  28–32
• Abra-Cadaver

  Wake Watchers Dept. Part I

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  33 sample
• Little Known World Landmarks

  A Place in the Pun Dept.

  Written by Dave Wilson / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  34–35
• Spy vs. Spy — submarine over waterfall

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  36
• Why Owning a VCR is Better Than Going to the Movies

  Renting and Raving Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad #8 — Winter 1999 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  37–39
• Legal Wreckin (movie satire)

  Law and Slaughter Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  40–44
• The Plot Sickens

  Wake Watchers Dept. Part II

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  45
• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

  Back to the Futile Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  46–47
• Ad for Super Special Spring 1988 — MAD Mania — including 16-page portfolio of Sergio Aragones classics
  48
• No-Credit Cards

  Idea by Billy Doherty / Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  C3–C4