MAD #275 — December 1987

"A lot of people who complain they don't get what they deserve don't know how lucky they are!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  featuring MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee and MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade Big Book Bonuses
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• Contents Page

  Notes

  • Important announcement from publisher William M. Gaines explaining the need to start running ads — directs readers to The Mad Merchandise Mart section
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Pee-wee Herman with MAD #273; Ad for 'til MAD Do Us Part Paperback; Results of the Millennium 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
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Beverly Hills Slop, Too! (movie satire)

  Murphy's Bore Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  4–8
• Drama on Page 9 — your weight & workout video

  Weight and See Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  9
• The MAD Decibel (dB) Scale

  Putting the Volume Down Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  10–11
• The Body Perfect

  Appendage for Your Thoughts Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  12–14 sample
• MAD's Home Version of Jeopardy!

  Flop, Flop, Quiz, Quiz Dept.

  Written by John Prete

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  15–16
• Low-Tech Inventions For Everyday Needs

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD #30 — April 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  17–19
• Your Pet Knows...

  Creatures from a Hack Buffoon Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  20–21
• The MAD Merchandise Mart

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  22–23
• The Ballad of Dr. Ruth — with apologies to Rudyard Kipling

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  24–25 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  26–30
• The Ollie North Coloring Book

  Better Shred Than Read Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Mort Drucker
  31–33
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comic Book Convention

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Sergio Aragones / Idea by Joey Townsel

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #17 — February 2021
  34–35
• MAD's Guide to Talk Show Hosts

  Chat's All, Folks Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  36–38
• Spy vs. Spy — birdseed glue

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  39
• It's Really Scary to Think That...

  We Thought the Good Fright Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #87 — May 1993
  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  40–41
• Drama on Page 42 — mugging victim celebration

  Alley Oops! Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  42
• Head of the Crass (TV satire)

  Teacher's Pest Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  43–47
• The MAD Movie Critic's Pledge

  Review to a Kill Dept.

  Written by Christopher C. Manson / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  48
• Fold-In — What predatory creature most threatens the survival of endangered species?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Fat Book of the Month Club

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  • MADvertising — 2005
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