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MAD #292 — January 1990

Cover art: Sam Viviano

"It's called take-home pay because there's nowhere else you can afford to go with it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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Kelly Freas art from MAD #52

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Contents Page

1
Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
Notes
- Photo of Howard Stern reading MAD #290; image of real 25 cent postage stamp by Jack Davis; ads for Soaring MAD and Antonio Prohias' Spy vs. Spy — The Updated Files #7 Paperbacks
2–3
Drawn-Out Dramas

Marginal Thinking Dept.

Sergio Aragones

(various places around the magazine) summary
Funny to Shrink the Kids (movie satire)

Wee the People Dept.

Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #107 — October 1995
4–8
The MAD Guide to New Computer Games

Rom With a View Dept.

Written by Matthew T. Smith / Art by Rick Tulka
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #105 — July 1995
9–11
The MAD Week

Our Daily Dread Dept.

Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
Reprinted in 3 collections
12–13
Spy vs. Spy — spy dog dunks bomb in hydrant

Joke and Dagger Dept.

Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke
Reprinted in 1 collection
- Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
14
MAD's Home Version of Double Jeopardy!

Ask Backwards Dept.

Written by John Prete
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #113 — June 1996
15–16
A MAD Look at Musical Instruments

Serge-In General Dept.

Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #107 — October 1995
17–19
One Fine Morning in Miami

Tales From the Dock Side Dept.

Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 4 collections
20
Six Minutes Looks at Smoking (TV satire)

The Topic of Cancer Dept.

Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #107 — October 1995
21–24
What's Your Choice? A MAD Magazine Opinion Poll

Dialing for Dullards Dept.

Paul Peter Porges
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
25–27
The Lighter Side of...

Berg's-Eye View Dept.

Dave Berg

28–32
One Typical Afternoon in the Bronx

Greetings and Sanitations Dept.

Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #113 — June 1996
33 sample
The Great Toon Surplus Sale

Buy and Cel Dept.

Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
34–35
Big City Signs of the Times

The Handwriting is Off the Wall Dept.

Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #107 — October 1995
36 sample
Duck Edwing Chills Out Up North

Iceberg's-Eye View Dept.

Don (Duck) Edwing
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Special #118 — February 1997
37–39
MAD's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the Computer

An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Al Jaffee / Idea by Seth Greenberg
Reprinted in 3 collections
40–41
One Sultry Evening in Cairo

Of Human Bandage Dept.

Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis

42
Buried With Children (TV satire)

A Crass Act Dept.

Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Sam Viviano
Reprinted in 4 collections
43–47
Exciting But Meaningless Movie Studio Blurbs

'Fluff Said Dept.

Written by Russ Cooper
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
- MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
48
Fold-In — What do we fear will be the Bush administration's solution to flag burning?

Al Jaffee
Reprinted in 1 collection
- The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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Back Cover — Joystick Jabberwacky

Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge
Reprinted in 3 collections
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