MAD #321 — September 1993

"How is it that people looking for a helping hand tend to overlook the one at the end of their own arm?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Super Special November 1993 — Sex & Dating
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Mayim Bialik with MAD #318, Ad for Bristling MAD Paperback, Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself? (lying below honeymoon bed spikes — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Star Blecch Deep Space Swine (TV satire)

  Off the Beaten Trek Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Star Trek Spectacular — 1994
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  4–8
• Least Common Accidents and Injuries in America

  Zingin' in the Pain Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  9–11
• When Celebrities Take Jobs as Product Logos

  Trading Faces Dept.

  Written by Brent Brown / Art by Greg Theakston

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  12–13
• Other Uses for Blow-Dryers

  Air Apparent Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  16–20
• RIP 2000 Suicide Machine Owners Manual

  Operating Die-rections Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  21–23
• Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions / Stinging Comebacks to Snappy Answers

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  24–26
• Groundhog Deja Vu (movie satire)

  Replay's the Thing Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  27–31 sample
• The Avenging Oar

  Rowboat Cop Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  32–33
• Spy Vs. Spy — rocket lasso

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
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• Spin Doctors for the Rest of Us

  Let's Twist and Make Up Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  • MAD #520 — April 2013 — The MAD Vault
  35–37
• Real-Life Stupid Human Tricks

  The Agony of Their Feats Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  38–40
• Charade (newspaper parody)

  Insert Ouch! Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  • MAD Picks — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  41–44
• Baseball Card Wars

  Packs to the Future Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  45–47
• Show You Care. Save a Child Star

  Tots Fall, Folks! Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
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• Fold-In — What vile act would be more perverse than anything these performers have been accused of?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Great Moments in Military Toy History — Manufacturers Lift the Ban on Gay Action Figures

  Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
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