MAD #290 — October 1989

"The trouble with learning from experience is that you get the test before the lesson!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Spring 1990 — MAD Sports 2
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• Contents Page
  1
• Ad for Subscriptions

  featuring MAD Buttons Bonus
  2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos of Dave Berg with Mitch Berg, Sylvester Stallone, and John Amos
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Grossbusters II (movie satire)

  The Second Slime Around Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  4–9
• MAD's Modern Rube Goldberg Inventions

  The Contraptions Are Coming More Frequently Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  10–12
• Spy vs. Spy — dog bone bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  13
• Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday Items

  Exposé Can You See Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  14–16
• MAD Visits a Fat Farm

  Draining the Tubs Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  17–20
• The Alarming Alien Atrocity

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
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• Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who...

  Hypocritic Oafs Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  22–23 sample
• Some Real "Scruples" Questions We'd Like to Ask Some Real People

  Card Shocks Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Photos by Wide World / AP

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  24–26
• The ABC Misery Movie (TV satire)

  Three Men and a Body Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  27–31
• MAD Suggestions for Reducing the National Debt

  Coming to a Debt End Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  32–33
• Ten College Athletes

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–35
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  36–40
• A MAD Look at Basic Training

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  41–44
• MAD's Politically Inspired Dolls

  Mannequin Depressives Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  45–47
• The Dreaded Dental Debacle

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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• Fold-In — What kind of plague has today's parents feeling shell-shocked?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — A Scene We'd Like to See — Exxon Board Chairman Gets Oiled

  Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
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