MAD #314 — October 1992

"The distance between many people's ears is a block!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ads for Super Specials

  Super Special March 1993 — Games, Puzzles & Other Wastes of Time /
  Super Special January 1993 — Collector's Series #4
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Subscriptions with MAD Pin Collection Bonus, Ad for Sergio Aragones' Next MAD Book Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Buttman Returns (movie satire)

  Bruce Wayne's World Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Batman Spectacular — July 1997
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD #504 — August 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • MAD Presents Batman — September 2012
  4–10
• The Pump Idea in Other Products

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  11–13
• High Tech Excuses for the 90's

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  14–15
• Drama on Page 16 — change rating from "X" to "PG-13"

  Tales from the Script Dept.

  Written by Terry Copeland / Art by John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  16
• Why the 21st Century May Be Even Worse Than This One!

  Doom With a View Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  17–19
• Small But Significant Inventions of the Past

  Behind the Create Ball Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #30 — April 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  20–21
• New Twists on Old Jokes

  Quip-Change Artists Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  22–23
• The Lost Playground of Kids Your Parents Always Told You About

  Myth-Conceptions Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Kids #6 — March 2007
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  24–25
• A Spotter's Guide to Trendy Groups of the 90's

  Massing Persons Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  26–28 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — sling shot violinist

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Antonio Prohias / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  29
• JFK Conspiracy Theories Oliver Stone Left on the Cutting Room Floor

  Omissions Accomplished Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  30–31
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  32–36
• MAD Presents Selected Scenes from the Transylvania Mall

  Little Shops of Horrors Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #33 — October 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  37–39 sample
• Basically It Stinks (movie satire)

  Romancing Ms. Stone Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  40–44
• A MAD Look at The Olympics

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  45–47
• Drama on Page 48 — Sensitive Sounds of Sufferin' Smith

  Shrink Rap Dept.

  Written by Terry Copeland / Art by John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What assumed protector of our individual rights has been a stunning disappointment?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — America's Favorite Dictators!

  Written by Dan Birtcher / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
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