Mad #344 April 1996

• Cover Artist: C. F. Payne

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• Subscription Ad - Why Kill Yourself?
  (railroad crossing gate guillotine - redrawn from #159)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Davis art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "It takes one to know one-and vice versa!"
  -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters & Tomatoes Dept. (photos of Lenny Brenner)
  (photo of John Shea with #336) (2-3)
• Ad for Super Special March 1996 - Big Bad Mad #2
• Mad FactoidsTHAT'S INFOTAINMENT DEPT. (written by Mike Snider)
  **various places around the magazine
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• The Alfie Awards - Mad Salutes the MoviesOSCAR MIRED DEPT.
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Comic Strip Classics in Their Full Strip Form PUTTING OUR THIRTY TWO CENTS IN DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad About Comic Strips - 2003
  (written by Al Jaffee / Walt F. Rosenberg art) (9-11)
• Opening Lines to Unhappy Stories IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HEAR DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Gross Book - 2001
  (written by Greg Eckler / Tom Bunk art) (12-13)
• Spy Vs. Spy JOKE AND DAGGER DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #14 - March 2002
  Spy Vs. Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files - 2007 - cannon on train destroys bridge bomber
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Dave Manak art) (14-15)
• The Malling of America AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHARD'S DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #12 - November 2001
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Staake art) (16-18)
• Cybernerd Magazine OF MOUSE AND MEN DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #10 - July 2001 (written by Mike Snider)
  (George Woodbridge, Robert Dale, Phil Franke art) (19-23)
• Mad's Academy Awards Seating Chart OSCAR MIRED HAMS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #14 - March 2002
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Drew Friedman art) (24-25)
• Strange But True... THE FRIGHT STUFF DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Color Classics #5 - April 2002
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Geary art) (26-27)
• The Lighter Side of...BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT. (Dave Berg) (28-32)
• Mad's Colossal, Stupendous, Absolutely
  Fantabulous Plan to Liven Up The Academy Awards OSCAR MIRED BALONEY DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #14 - March 2002
  (written by Barry Liebmann / Sam Viviano art) (33-35)
• Paparazzi Shots That Press Agents Try to Suppress PRINTS HARMING DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #10 - July 2001
  Mad Spoofs the 90s - Special Collector's Edition 2014
  (Paul Peter Porges) (36-37)
• Practical School Prayers
  for Today's Students A FEW GOOD AMENS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #137 May 1999 (38-39)
  (written by Pastor Dan Lozer / Dennis Langdon, Jr. art)
• A Mad Look at Nudity SERGE-IN GENERAL DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #10 - July 2001 (Sergio Aragones) (40-42)
• Police Squad: O.J. on the Rocks GLOVE STORY DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #141 November 1999
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• The Pernicious Plaything Payoff TALES FROM THE DUCK SIDE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Gross Book - 2001
  Mad Spoofs the 90s - Special Collector's Edition 2014 (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What's the new hot sports fan collectible? article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #11 - August 2001
  The Mad Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 - 2011
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Dink Clod's Rock, Roll and Remember
  (written by David Shayne / Mort Drucker art)