Mad #298 October 1990

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Super Special Spring 1991 - Rock Super Special (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "TV would be a lot more worthwhile if they shot
  fewer shows and more producers!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• 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
• Letters (entire page devoted to readers'
  reponses to New Kid's on the Block #296 article) (2-3)
• Ad for Al Jaffee's Mad (Yeech!) Rejects Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Grimlins PTU! - The New Botch (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Drama on Page 9 -
  swallowing airborne popcorn (John Caldwell) (9)
• Really Difficult Is...
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (10-12)
• The Obnoxious Sports Fan's Supply Catalogue
  (written by Tom Koch / Jack Davis art) (13-15)
• "Hey - Look Behind You!"
  (written by Mark D'Amico / Al Jaffee art) (16-17)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (18-22)
• RoboCrap2 (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (23-27)
• Don (Duck) Edwing Really Axe Up! (28-29)
• Really Appropriate Brand Name Sound Effects
  (written by Russ Cooper / John Pound art) (30-31)
• Spy vs. Spy - fake cage bars rotate into guns
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (32)
• Teen-Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles! (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Sam Viviano art) (33-36)
• Drama on Page 37 -
  nun smoking section (John Caldwell) (37)
• The Lambada in Everyday Life (Paul Peter Porges) (38-39)
• Mad's Handy Clues, Hints and Tipoffs That You're
  Really, Unquestionably, Without a Doubt Stipud!
  (written by Dan Birtcher / Sergio Aragones art) (40-41)
• The Usual Gang of Mad Artists Takes a Look at Endangered Species of the Music World (written by John S. Marshall / Mort Drucker, Paul Peter Porges, Sam Viviano, Jack Davis, Sergio Aragones, John Caldwell, Al Jaffee, Rick Tulka, Don (Duck) Edwing, Dave Berg, Paul Coker, Jr., Angelo Torres art) (42-44)
• Villains Awaiting Batman's Return to TV (45-47)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Rick Tulka art)
• Mad Curses!!!
  (written by Joy Chonoles / Greg Theakston art) (48)
• Fold-In -- What have we gotten out of George Bush's
  "Thousand Points of Light" so far? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Absolut Truth. (written by Al Jaffee)
  (Irving Schild photo / Stephen Hausler computer art)