MAD #353 — January 1997

"Prison inmates are treated to cable TV, hot meals and a college education, while on the outside some people can only afford these things through a life of crime!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Kelly Freas art from MAD #52
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Super Special #119 March 1997 — Collector's Series #14
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Marred Attack! (movie satire)

  Red Planet Hollywood Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD XL #17 — August 2002
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 5 — September 2026
  4–9
• Realistic Police Shows We'll Soon Be Seeing

  From Badge to Worse Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  10–12
• Spy vs. Spy — firemen's life net is solid ground

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  13–14
• Obituaries for Comic Strip Characters

  You're a Dead Man, Charlie Brown Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Steve Smallwood

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  15–17
• More MAD Mini Movies Featuring The Fickle Finger of Fate

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #1 — August 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  18–19
• The Masked Mountie and His Wonder Dog, Biscuit —
  Chapter IV — "The Falls of Death!"

  Canuckleheads Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  20
• You'll Probably Win That Sexual Harassment Suit If...

  Hit On Miss Dept.

  Written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Art by Timothy Shamey

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  21–23
• The U.S. HealthScare HealthPhone

  Call-Waiting Room Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  26–30
• Now That the Aliens Have Landed...

  Gross Encounters Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 5 — September 2026
  31–33 sample
• Dennis Miller Rants About Dennis Miller

  Everybody Wants to Fool the World Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Steve Brodner

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  34–37
• A MAD Look at Winter Vacations

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD XL #19 — January 2003
  • The MAD Holiday Survival Guide — 2004
  38–41
• The Masked Mountie and His Wonder Dog, Biscuit —
  Chapter VIII — "The Flames of Death!"

  Canuckleheads Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  42
• Tortured By An Angel (TV satire)

  Heaven Can Grate Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  43–47
• The Masked Mountie and His Wonder Dog, Biscuit — Chapter XI — "A Head Start!"

  Canuckleheads Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  48
• Inside Back Cover and Back Cover — MAD Attacks! Cards

  Art by Thomas Fluharty

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  C3–C4