MAD #327 — May 1994

"Too often, people who want to offer sound advice give us more sound than advice!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Why Kill Yourself?

  (archery target — redrawn from #173)

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for MAD Super Special — Late Spring 1994 — Collector's Series #8 featuring Spy vs. Spy Combat Card Game
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Swinefilled (TV satire)

  Disasters of Their Domain Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • 1001 Mad Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • MAD #37 — June 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  4–8
• The Bodacious Bird Bewilderment

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  9
• When Priests Go Bad

  Rectory Examination Dept.

  Written by Mike May / Art by John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  10–11 sample
• Thanks to Home Video Cameras We Now Have on Tape...

  A Plague of Focus Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge
  12–13
• The Future Occupations for Today's Top Wrestlers

  Help Hogan Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kyle Baker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  14–15
• The Rotten Royal Ruse

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #1 — April 2000
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  16
• MAD's Billy Joel Songbook

  It's Ill Rock and Roll to Me Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  17–21
• Adding Thrills and Adventure to Boring Hobbies

  A Slap on the Risk Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  22–23
• MAD's 11-Point Plan for Reducing Brain Clutter

  Confuser Friendly Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  24–25
• Spy Vs. Spy — skis slice gondola cable

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  26
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #21 — October 2021 (excerpt)
  27–30
• Spy Vs. Spy — ski and pole make bow and arrow

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  31
• Things You Never Want to Experience if Your Anesthesia Wears Off in the Middle of Your Surgery

  Eh, What's That, Doc? Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  32–33
• The Traumatic Transparent Tragedy

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  34
• Mrs. Doubtful (movie satire)

  Tootsie Rolled Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  • MAD Spoofs Movie Classics — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  35–39
• Even More Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums

  Disc-Claimers Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  40–41
• Ecch-Men (TV satire)

  Super Zeros Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #2 — September 2000
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD #15 — October 2020
  42–47
• MAD Charts

  Stat's All, Folks! Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  48
• Fold-In — What sadistic April Fool's trick never leaves 'em laughing?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 4 — April 2026
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• Back Cover — A Poem For Mother

  Idea by David Connor / Written by Frank Jacobs / Needlework by Deborah Mills Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #121 — June 1997
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
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