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MAD #363 — November 1997

Cover art: Joe Devito Border art: Al Jaffee Border writer: Don (Duck) Edwing

"The problem with our economy is that our budget is supposed to be balanced by people who aren't!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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Kelly Freas art from MAD #52

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Contents Page

1
Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
Notes
- Photo of Alice Cooper choking the MAD office Alfred E. Neuman statue, Ad for Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997 (reprints of comics #4, #5, and #6 — Frank Jacobs text), Ad for MAD Fold This Book
2–3
Drawn-Out Dramas

Marginal Thinking Dept.

Sergio Aragones

(various places around the magazine)
F*!@/OFF (movie satire)

Identity For Two Dept.

Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD XL #23 — August 2003
4–8
Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Dating

The Schmucks Stop Here Dept.

Written by Tom Cheney / Art by Kevin Pope
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
9–11
The MAD World of Drugs

Behind the Hallucinate Ball Dept.

Written by Anna Becker / Art by Peter Kuper
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD XL #32 — March 2005
- 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
12–14 sample
Product Acronyms You Never Knew Existed

Initial Distraction Dept.

Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Richard Weiss

15
Job Application Form For the Next Spice Girl

Auditions and Subtractions Dept.

Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Hermann Mejia
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD XL #23 — August 2003
- MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
16–17
Monroe &... The Gym Class

Angster's Paradise Dept.

Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

18–20
Why Your Parents Really Had You

Mom and Pop Psychology Dept.

Written by Peggy Doody / Art by R.J. Matson
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD XL #21 — June 2003
21–23 sample
MAD's Little Known Windows 95 “Tips of the Day”

It's a Boot Point Dept.

Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Gerry Gersten
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD XL #23 — August 2003
24–25
6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything

The Dissing Link Dept.

Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka
Reprinted in 3 collections
26–27
A MAD Look at Gangs

Serge-In General Dept.

Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD XL #27 — June 2004
28–30
MAD Interviews the Defense Attorney of the Year

Slaughter in the Court Dept.

Written by Stan Hart / Art by Timothy Shamey
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
- MAD XL #29 — August 2004
31–35
So What If It's 110 Degrees, You'd Better Keep Sewing. (Nike ad parody)

Youth-in-asia Dept.

Written by David Shayne and Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photo
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MADvertising — 2005
36–37
The Dead-On Symptoms of a Dying Shopping Mall

Taking the Wind Out of Their Sales Dept.

John Caldwell
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD XL #21 — June 2003
38–39 sample
Spy vs. Spy — bullet proof outfit

Joke and Dagger Dept.

Peter Kuper
Reprinted in 3 collections
40–41
Corntact (movie satire)

Seti as She Goes Dept.

Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Sam Viviano
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD About the Movies — 1998
- MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
42–47
MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: The Spice Girls

Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

Written by Mike Snider / Art by Thomas Fluharty

48
Fold-In — What scientific meddling has many folks trembling?

Al Jaffee
Reprinted in 4 collections
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Back Cover — eVan Gogh Holyfield — Self Portrait

Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by James Warhola
Reprinted in 3 collections
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