MAD #297 — September 1990

"The world is a place that's gone from being flat to round to crooked!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Super Special Winter 1990

  MAD Bombs in a Big Way!
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Rick Moranis with MAD #292, Ad for The Aimless MAD Paperback, 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
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• America's Phoniest Home Videos Visits Fool House (TV satire)

  Out-Tapes Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  4–8
• The Lyrical Latin Lalapalooza

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • MAD Art — 2002
  9
• 12 Sure Signs That You've Reached Adulthood

  Growing Up All Over the Place Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  10–11 sample
• A MAD Guide to Devolution

  It's a No Darwin Situation Dept.

  Written by Hy Bender

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD Spoofs the ‘80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  12–13 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — clever ceiling spy shoots from hole

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  14
• Choke — The Magazine For People Who Enjoy Smoking

  Smoke Gets in Their Lies Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  15–18 sample
• A MAD Look at Boxing

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  19–21
• What Corporate Initials Really Stand For

  Alphabet Poop Dept.

  Written by Michael Goodwin / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  22–23 sample
• The Oil

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  with a crude apology to Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Pound

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  26–30
• When TV Sports Advertisers Decide to "Sponsor"
  More Than Just Kickoffs & Home Runs

  Endorse of a Different Color Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD #526 — April 2014 — The MAD Vault
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  31–33
• The Torturous Trapeze Travesty

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34
• MAD Visits a Modern Day Law School

  Sliding Down the Barrister Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  35–38
• The Sadistic Sharpshooter's Stunt

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  39
• Fooling With Food

  When Eat Meets Jest Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  40–42
• Hunt For Last October (movie satire)

  A Show of Defection Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  43–47
• Unofficial Yo-Yo Tricks Every Kid Knows

  String Fever Dept.

  Written by Dan Birtcher / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  48
• Fold-In — What is the most sickening trend in movies today?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
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• Back Cover — A Map We're Soon Likely to See! — Exxon Ocean

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