MAD #316 — January 1993

"The problem with the ladder of success is that by the time you've climbed it, you're considered over the hill." — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Christie's Auction of Original MAD Art, Ad for MAD's Prehysterical 1993 Calendar
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Sister Axed (movie satire)

  A Bad Case of the Nuns Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  4–8
• The Cretinous Cook's Concoction

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  9 sample
• The Differences Between the 80's and the 90's

  Cutting the Decade Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  10–11
• Spy vs. Spy — pogo schtick ceiling spikes

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  12
• Greeting Cards That Keep Up With the Times

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  13–15
• Words of Warning That Your Life's Not Going So Well

  The Hinter of Our Discontent Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  16–17
• MAD's Instant TV Reviews

  Hide 'N' Critique Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  18–19
• The Wacky Washroom Whizbang

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #7 — January 2001
  20
• MAD's Avalanche O' Catalogs

  Circular Jerks Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  21–23
• MAD's Mix 'N' Match Donahue/Oprah/Geraldo/Maury/Sally Jessy/Jane Guest & Topic Generator

  The Stuff That Themes Are Made of Dept.

  Written by John Caldwell / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  24–25
• MAD Proverbs Guaranteed to Leave 'em Speechless

  Words to Glib By Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #1 — April 2000
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  26–27 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  28–32
• The Volatile Vegetable Vignette

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
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• More Customer Satisfaction Surveys We'd Really Like to See

  Putting on the Old Feedback Dept.

  Written by Cary Pepper / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  34–35
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Rejects

  Getting Out the Float Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  36–37
• Commemorative Stamps We'd Like to See (But Never Will!)

  Philately Will Get You Nowhere Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  38–39
• A MAD Look at Tattoos

  Serge-in General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  40–42
• Patr*idiotic Games (movie satire)

  When Irish Spies Are Smiling Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  43–47
• The MAD Living Will

  One Footnote in the Grave Dept.

  Written by John Prete

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  48
• Fold-In — With the demise of the Soviet Fleet, what appears to be our Navy hotshots' latest target?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Sasssy Magazine

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Photo by Jacques Chenet
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