Mad #297 September 1990

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker

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• Ad for Super Special Winter 1990 -
  Mad Bombs in a Big Way! (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "The world is a place that's gone from being flat
  to round to crooked!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Ad for The Aimless Mad Paperback
• Letters (photo of Rick Moranis with #292) (2-3)
• Ad for Subscriptions 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
  Big Book Bonuses
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• America's Phoniest Home Videos Visits Fool House (TV satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• The Lyrical Latin Lalapalooza (Don (Duck) Edwing) (9)
• 12 Sure Signs That You've Reached Adulthood
  (written by Tom Koch / Rick Tulka art) (10-11)
• A Mad Guide to Devolution
  (written by Hy Bender) (12-13)
• Spy vs. Spy - clever ceiling spy shoots from hole
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (14)
• Choke - The Magazine For People
  Who Enjoy Smoking (15-18)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Tom Bunk art)
• A Mad Look at Boxing (Sergio Aragones) (19-21)
• What Corporate Initials Really Stand For
  (written by Michael Goodwin / Al Jaffee art) (22-23)
• The Oil (with a crude apology to Edgar Allen Poe's The Bells) (written by Frank Jacobs / John Pound art) (24-25)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (26-30)
• When TV Sports Advertisers Decide to "Sponsor"
  More Than Just Kickoffs & Home Runs
  (written by Mike Snider / Jack Davis art) (31-33)
• The Torturous Trapeze Travesty (Don (Duck) Edwing) (34)
• Mad Visits a Modern Day Law School
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (35-38)
• The Sadistic Sharpshooter's Stunt (Don (Duck) Edwing) (39)
• Fooling With Food (Paul Peter Porges) (40-42)
• Hunt For Last October (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• Unofficial Yo-Yo Tricks Every Kid Knows
  (written by Dan Birtcher / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (48)
• Fold-In -- What is the most sickening
  trend in movies today? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- A Map We're Soon Likely to See! - Exxon Ocean (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)