MAD #293 — March 1990

"It's not just the ups and downs that make life difficult. It's the jerks." — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Summer 1990 — MAD in Your Face!
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• Contents Page
  1
• Ad for Subscriptions — Big Book Bonuses

  featuring A Pretentious Compendium of MAD's Very Best Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions by Al Jaffee
  and MAD Zaps the Human Race! by Frank Jacobs
  2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • photo of Billy Dee Williams with MAD #290, photos of Sergio Aragones with fake celebrities
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Lethal Wreckin' Too! (movie satire)

  Sequel Opportunity Destroyers Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  4–8 sample
• The Extraordinary Eulogy Entrapment

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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• MAD's Handy Foreign Phrase Guide for Various Types of Americans in Various Lands

  Humor in a Vernacular Vein Dept.

  Written by Amy Gillett / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  10–11
• MAD's 12-Point Plan for Improving America Without Spending More Tax Dollars

  The United Hates Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  12–13 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — hair-dryer flame-thrower

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
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• The MAD Nasty File — Volume IV

  Along the Snide Lines Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  15–17
• The Chilling Chopper Chapter

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  18
• Apex Technical Schools for Other Occupations

  Hire Education Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  19–21
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes On the Set of a Slasher Movie

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Greg Theakston

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  22–23
• Past the Prime of Their Life (song parody)

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD #13 — June 2020
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • MAD #28 — December 2022 (excerpt)
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition (excerpt)
  26–30
• When Pressure Groups Really Take Over

  Writing Wrong Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  31–33
• Party Games for One

  Just Say Uno! Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  34–35
• MAD's Video Reviews

  Hart Burn Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  36–39 sample
• MAD Asks: Which is the Lesser of Two Evils???

  A Rotten Pair Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–41
• TV-Show "Theme Weeks" That Didn't Quite Work Out

  Broken Premises Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  42–43
• A MAD Look at The Fabulous 1980's

  One Ron, No Hits, One Era Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel and Bill Fibbers / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  44–47
• The Astounding Aeronautic Adventure

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
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• Fold-In —
  What beloved, legendary ball player is a poor bet to make the Hall of Fame?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — The MAD Dart Board

  Idea by Joel Z. Krisanda / Art by Bob Clarke
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