MAD #343 — March 1996

"Nowadays, a balanced diet is when every McNugget weighs the same!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Dick DeBartolo's Good Days and MAD / Free Subscription Offer
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for the MAD Star Wars Spectacular 1996
  2–3
• Points to Ponder

  Mull and Void Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  (various places around the magazine)
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD Interviews Miyoursoft's Bile Gates

  Nerd for Windows Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  4–9 sample
• Hazards of Catalog Shopping

  The Dreck is in the Mail Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  10–11
• The Bob Dole Guide to Instant Disagreement

  Do the Right Wing Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Thomas Fluharty

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #7 — January 2001
  12–14
• Moshing in Everyday Life

  Mash Production Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  15
• What People Say / What Other People Hear

  Aural Fixation Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  16–18
• The Hymn of the Embattled Republic

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #12 — November 2001
  19–21 sample
• The Flabbergasting Flamenco Finish

  Tales From the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #17 — August 2002
  22
• Badly-Needed Software for the Human Machine

  Showing Disk-Respect Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Ty Templeton

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  23–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  26–30
• The All-Time Pantheon of Oddball Music Fans

  Lollapalosers Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kyle Baker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  31–33
• Mother Nature's Revenge

  Behind the Retaliate Ball Dept.

  Written by Steve Greenberg / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  34–35 sample
• Corporate Mergers That Would Do Us All Some Good

  Committing a Synergy Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Color Classics #2 — September 2000
  36–39
• A MAD Look at Drinking

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  40–42
• sleepWalker, Texas Stranger (TV satire)

  Upchuck Norris Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  43–47 sample
• The History of Communication

  Hits and Missives Dept.

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What's emerging as the greatest threat to our nation's youth?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • MAD Color Classics #3 — April 2001
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — A TV Ad We'd Like to See — Budweiser Frogs

  Written by John Prete / Art by Bob Jones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MADvertising — 2005
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