MAD #279 — June 1988

"When most people put in their two cents worth, they aren't over-charging!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for the MAD Magazine Board Game

  Art by Jack Davis
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos of Gene Shalit & Gilbert Gottfried & MAD #275, Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers and MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye Big Book Bonuses, Ad for Super Special Fall 1988 — MAD Gross-Outs
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Feeble Attraction (movie satire)

  And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD About the Oscars — 2004
  • MAD for Decades — 2007
  • MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  4–8 sample
• The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  9
• MAD Looks at Handshakes

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee / Idea by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  10–11
• New Laws that Congress Should Pass Right Now!

  Better Legislate Than Never Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  12–13
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  14–18
• The Befuddling Balcony Blunder

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  19–20
• MAD Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package

  The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  21–23
• That'll Be the Day!

  The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  24–25 sample
• A MAD Look at Disney Classics

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  26–28
• MAD's Guide to Making It in the Business World

  Hire Education Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  29–32
• Spy vs. Spy — dog attack training color change

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  33
• Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines

  A View to a Quill Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  34–35
• All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit

  Joy-Schtick Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  36–37
• Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel)

  The Funny Form Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  38–39
• A MAD Look at Real-Life Government “Logic”

  None Dare Call It Reason Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–42 sample
• ReDesigning Women (TV satire)

  Catty-Shack Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  43–47
• The Demonic Detector Disaster

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  48
• Fold-In — What popular teenage turn on is a turn off for parents?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Bulgin' Belly Burner

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild photos

  Photos feature Al Goldstein, Lyle Stuart, William M. Gaines

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #42 — April 2025
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