MAD #292 — January 1990
"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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Ad for SubscriptionsKelly Freas art from MAD #52C2
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Contents Page1
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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
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(various places around the magazine) summary
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Funny to Shrink the Kids (movie satire)Wee the People Dept.Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
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The MAD Guide to New Computer GamesRom With a View Dept.Written by Matthew T. Smith / Art by Rick Tulka
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Spy vs. Spy — spy dog dunks bomb in hydrantJoke and Dagger Dept.Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke
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MAD's Home Version of Double Jeopardy!Ask Backwards Dept.Written by John Prete
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A MAD Look at Musical InstrumentsSerge-In General Dept.
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One Fine Morning in MiamiTales From the Dock Side Dept.Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis20
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Six Minutes Looks at Smoking (TV satire)The Topic of Cancer Dept.Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
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What's Your Choice? A MAD Magazine Opinion PollDialing for Dullards Dept.
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One Typical Afternoon in the BronxGreetings and Sanitations Dept.Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis
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The Great Toon Surplus SaleBuy and Cel Dept.Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres
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Big City Signs of the TimesThe Handwriting is Off the Wall Dept.Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge
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Duck Edwing Chills Out Up NorthIceberg's-Eye View Dept.
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MAD's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the ComputerAn Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.
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Buried With Children (TV satire)A Crass Act Dept.Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Sam Viviano
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Exciting But Meaningless Movie Studio Blurbs'Fluff Said Dept.Written by Russ Cooper
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Fold-In — What do we fear will be the Bush administration's solution to flag burning?
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Back Cover — Joystick JabberwackyWritten by Frank Jacobs / Art by George WoodbridgeC4