Mad #275 December 1987

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mad's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee and Mad's Sergio Aragones On Parade Big Book Bonuses (C2)
• Contents Page (Important Announcement from Publisher
  William M. Gaines explaining the need to start running ads - directs readers to The Mad Merchandise Mart section) (1)
• Ad for 'til Mad Do Us Part Paperback
• Letters (photo of Pee-wee Herman and Mad #273) (Results of the Millenium Reader's Poll from #272)
  (Sergio Aragones drawing of himself and Mort Drucker receiving Reuben Awards at the National Cartoonist's Society Awards Dinner) (2-3)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Beverly Hills Slop, Too! (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Drama on Page 9 - your weight &
  workout video (John Caldwell) (9)
• The Mad Decibel (dB) Scale
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Clarke art) (10-11)
• The Body Perfect (Don (Duck) Edwing) (12-14)
• Mad's Home Version of Jeopardy!
  (written by John Prete) (15-16)
• Low-Tech Inventions For Everyday Needs (Al Jaffee) (17-19)
• Your Pet Knows...(Paul Peter Porges) (20-21)
• The Mad Merchandise Mart
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art) (22-23)
• The Ballad of Dr. Ruth
  (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Gerry Gersten art) (24-25)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (26-30)
• The Ollie North Coloring Book
  (written by Paul Laikin / Mort Drucker art) (31-33)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comic Book Convention (written by Lou Silverstone / Sergio Aragones art)
  (idea by Joey Townsel) (34-35)
• Mad's Guide to Talk Show Hosts (Sam Viviano art)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola) (36-38)
• Spy vs. Spy - birdseed glue
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (39)
• It's Really Scary to Think That...
  (written by Mike Snider / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (40-41)
• Drama on Page 42 -
  mugging victim celebration (John Caldwell) (42)
• Head of the Crass (TV satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• The Mad Movie Critic's Pledge
  (written by Christopher C. Manson / Jack Davis art) (48)
• Fold-In -- What predatory creature most threatens
  the survival of endangered species? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Fat Book of the Month Club
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Bob Clarke art)