MAD #278 — April 1988

"Nowadays, government employees are people who aren't ashamed of their convictions." — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of the cast of Head of the Class with ten copies of MAD #275; 60 Minutes interview reactions; ad for The Spare MAD Paperback; photo of Robert De Niro and son Raphael visiting Nick Meglin, John Ficarra, Leonard Brenner, Sara Fowler, Charlie Kadau — sample
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Dorky Dancing (movie satire)

  Hollywood and Grind Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  4–8
• The Terrifying Terminal Tragedy

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  9
• Still More Celebrity Silhouettes

  The Shadow Still Doesn't Know Dept.

  Written by Rurik Tyler / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  10–11
• Quick Recoveries for Embarrassing Situations

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #502 — January 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  12–13 sample
• A MAD Look at School

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  14–15
• The Stupefying Suicide Situation

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  16
• The MAD Nasty File — (Vol Two)

  Along the Snide Lines Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD #502 — January 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • MAD Spoofs the ’80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  17–19
• Dangerous Sports For the Very Daring and the Super Stupid

  Wide World of Dorks Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  20–21
• Secret Supermarket Rules

  Shelf Control Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  22–23
• The Official MAD Pardon of Ronald Reagan

  To Err is Reagan; to Forgive, a Crime Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • MAD Spoofs the ’80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  26–30
• The Disastrous Desert Drama

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  31
• Celebrity Reading Lists

  Editions and Subtractions Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  32–33
• MAD's Instant Guide to Zodiac Types

  A Bad Case of Constellation Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–37
• Spy vs. Spy — fishing line releases shark

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  38
• Stinkout (movie satire)

  ...and They Don't Have a Plot to Peek In Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  39–44
• Disclaimers for TV Commercials That Don't Have Disclaimers

  Clause and Defect Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD Classics #2 — September 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  45–47
• The Macabre Morticians' Melodrama

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  48
• Fold-In —
  What is fast becoming the number one cause of drinking among today's youth?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Sports Titillated Magazine

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
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