Mad #281 September 1988

• Cover Artist: Sam Viviano

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• Ad for Super Special Winter 1988 - Mad Bombs Again! (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "There was a time when a preacher's
  Little Black Book was the Bible!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Ad for The Mad Cooler Paperback
• Letters (photo of Edward Woodward holding Mad #271,
  choking Dick DeBartolo) (Mad Wristwatch plug) (2-3)
• 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
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• St. Healthscare (TV satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• The Perilous Pacific Pickle (Don (Duck) Edwing) (9)
• Spuds Mackenzie's Photo Album
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Bob Jones art) (10-11)
• If... (revised for the '88 campaign)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Gerry Gersten art) (12-13)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (14-18)
• A Collector's Guide to Stamps Sneakily
  Designed for Fun and Profit (Al Jaffee) (19-22)
• The Manhattan Monster Monkeyshine
  (Don (Duck) Edwing) (23)
• The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a Political Convention
  (written by Mike Snider / Harvey Kurtzman art) (24-25)
• A Look at Mad's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Sam Viviano art) (26-27)
• Foolproof Ways to Suck-Up to Grandparents
  (Paul Peter Porges) (28-29)
• Really Tough Categories for The $100,000 Pyramid
  (written by Mike Snider / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (30-31)
• A Mad Look at Garage Sales (Sergio Aragones) (32-33)
• An Indifferent World (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (34-38)
• Caldwell (excerpts from John Caldwell book) (39-41)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Ripoff Mail-Order House (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Davis art) (42-43)
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy - couch turns into snakes
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (44)
• Mad's Reader Opinion Poll - Part II: Movies
  (written by John Prete / Mort Drucker art) (45-47)
• The Nauseating Nuptial Nightmare
  (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What is fast becoming the hottest high
  stakes card game in the country? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- State License Plate Mottos We'd Like to See
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Clarke art)