Mad #299 December 1990

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker

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• 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 (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (photo of Charles Schulz, Joyce and Al Jaffee)
  (photo of Neil Patrick Harris disposing of #294) (2-3)
• Ad for The Ages of Mad Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Simpsons (each letter in the name Simpsons defined)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (4-5)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at "The Simpsons" Studio
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Sam Viviano art) (6-7)
• Using the Simpson Look to Update Stale Appearances
  (written by Stan Hart / Greg Theakston art) (8-9)
• Mad Reviews the 21st Century Ahead of Time
  (written by Tom Koch / Rick Tulka art) (10-12)
• The Nefarious Noose Nuisance (Don (Duck) Edwing) (13)
• Words and Phrases That Left
  the English Language During the 80's
  (written by Mike Snider / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (14-15)
• Spy vs. Spy - bug aircraft caught in web
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (16)
• Mad's Sports Business Agent of the Year
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art) (17-20)
• Mad Examines Some Cave Writings of Prehistoric Man
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Harry North, Esq. art) (21-23)
• The Zippy Zoo Zapper (Don (Duck) Edwing) (24)
• The Mad People Watcher's Guide to an Airport
  (written by Mike Snider / Tom Bunk art) (25-27)
• Totally Original Never-Been-Done Before Movie Plots
  (written by Mike Snider / George Woodbridge art) (28-29)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (30-34)
• The Raging Rabble's Revenge (Don (Duck) Edwing) (35)
• World Communism Close-Out Sale
  (written by Mike Snider / John Pound art) (36-37)
• The 9 Real Reasons Why Your Parents
  Won't Let You Have a Pet! (Paul Peter Porges) (38-39)
• What Every American Should be Required to Learn
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Jones art) (40-41)
• A Mad Look at Supermarkets (Sergio Aragones) (42-44)
• Totally Recalled (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (45-48)
• Fold-In -- What musical group has surpassed
  the achievements of The Beatles? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Snappy Answers to
  Stupid Questions in Air Travel (Al Jaffee)