Mad #357 May 1997

• Cover Artist: C. F. Payne
• Border Artist: Rick Tulka

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• Ad - Another Satisfied Mad Subscriber
  (Jack Rickard art from Mad Barfs) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "A call girl is a lady who isn't free
  for the night!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (2-3)
  • Colin Frye - Northbrook, IL
  • Mark B. Harrison - New Jersey, USA
  • Haney Mardo - Cairo, Egypt
  • Chase Estes - Ogden, UT
  • Mad Mumblings@aol.com - EdgarFrog, GOLD675050, Stutzy, PeteBrwdog, Martian716, Snaponarby, MEDoodle, Cowman0001, PaulaRo12, Rodeo82503
  • Scott Tait - British Columbia, Canada
  • Celebrity Snap with #345 -
    Peter Iovino (with Gwyneth Paltrow) - Los Angeles, CA
  • Unidentified Nuns - St. Paul, MN
• Ad for Super Special #121 June 1997 - Mad About Families
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The People vs. Larry Fylth (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (4-9)
• Homeboy's Life Magazine (Irving Schild photo editor)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola) (10-11)
• Mad's Etiquette Guide to Same Sex Weddings
  (John Caldwell) (12-13)
• Product Recalls You May Have Missed
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Timothy Shamey art) (14-16)
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to World Travel
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Kevin Pope art) (17-19)
• Mad-sterpiece Theater: Sportsdunk (20-21)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Tom Bunk art)
• Spy vs. Spy - escalator magnet
  (written by Bill Janocha / Peter Kuper art)
  (Michael Gallagher credited for writing by mistake) (22-23)
• A Mad Modern Report Card
  (written by Barry Liebmann / James Warhola art) (24-25)
• The Mad World of Religion (B. K. Taylor art)
  (written by Frank Santopadre and Rick Rodgers) (26-28)
• Mad's Male / Female Dictionary of the English Language
  (Rick Geary and Marian Henley art)
  (written by Mike Snider) (29-33)
• Best-Sellers Cut Down to Size
  (written by Eric Perlin / Irving Schild photos) (34-35)
• Monroe &... Mother Nature
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (36-37)
• A Community Update from Sleaze Case,
  Chairman and CEO of America Onhold
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Charles Akins art) (38-39)
• A Mad Look at Going Out (Sergio Aragones) (40-42)
• Walt Disney Visits His Studio Today
  (written by Chris Hart / Bill Wray art) (43-47)
• Dummy & Dummier (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What besieged group of people does
  our military seem unwilling to protect? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Martha Stewart Dying (Irving Schild photo)
  (written by Meredith Anthony, Larry Light,
  and Alison Power)