Mad #290 October 1989

• Cover Artist: Sam Viviano

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• Ad for Super Special Spring 1990 - Mad Sports 2 (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "The trouble with learning from experience is that
  you get the test before the lesson!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mad Buttons Bonus (2)
• Letters (photos of Dave Berg with Mitch Berg,
  Sylvester Stallone and John Amos) (3)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Grossbusters II (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-9)
• Mad's Modern Rube Goldberg Inventions
  (written by Mike Snider / Al Jaffee art) (10-12)
• Spy vs. Spy - dog bone bomb
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (13)
• Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday Items
  (written by Charlie Kadau / George Woodbridge art) (14-16)
• Mad Visits a Fat Farm
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (17-20)
• The Alarming Alien Atrocity (Don (Duck) Edwing) (21)
• Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who...
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Harry North, Esq. art) (22-23)
• Some Real "Scruples" Questions
  We'd Like to Ask Some Real People (24-26)
  (Wide World / AP photos / written by Charlie Kadau)
• The ABC Misery Movie (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (27-31)
• Mad Suggestions for Reducing the National Debt
  (Paul Peter Porges) (32-33)
• Ten College Athletes
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art) (34-35)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (36-40)
• A Mad Look at Basic Training (Sergio Aragones) (41-44)
• Mad's Politically Inspired Dolls
  (written by Dennis Snee / Rick Tulka art) (45-47)
• The Dreaded Dental Debacle (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What kind of plague has today's
  parents feeling shell-shocked? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- A Scene We'd Like to See -
  Exxon Board Chairman Gets Oiled (Irving Schild photo)