MAD #370 — June 1998

"Too many movies today have a beginning, a muddle and an end!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Alfred/Bill Gates morph — Upside magazine Nov. 1997, Sotheby's Auction announcement — New York, Ad for Super Special #128 — June 1998 — MAD Pets
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Gotsilly (movie satire)

  It Was the Beast of Times... Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #20 — August 2021
  4–8
• Pop-Off Video — Madonna “Frozen”

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  9
• Only A True Cigar Lover...

  Ash Kissers Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  10–11
• Modern Term Paper Footnotes, Sources, and References

  A Cite For Sore Eyes Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Irving Schild photo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  12–13
• Monroe &... The Concert

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  14–16
• A Man's Guide to Not Buying Into Diamonds (ad parody)

  Of Ice and Men Dept.

  Written by John Prete

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • MADvertising — 2005
  17
• Obscure North American Soccer League 1998–1999 Preview

  There's a Soccer Born Every Minute Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk and Grey Blackwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  18–20
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Amusement Parks

  The Schmucks Stop Here Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  21–23
• 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part II

  The Dissing Link Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  24–25
• A MAD Look at the World of Art

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  26–28
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  29–32
• MAD's Viewer's Guide to Recurring Personality Types on Fox's Cops

  Crime After Crime Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  33–35
• Paul Simon — Songs Inspired By My Catastrophic Failure The Capeman (ad parody)

  Bring in Da Noise Bring in Garfunkle Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  36
• Spy vs. Spy — upstairs racket sulfuric acid hole

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #2 — September 2005
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  37–38
• Godzilla Takes Manhattan

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #20 — August 2021
  39–41
• Ally's Appeal (TV satire)

  Who Gives a Flying Flockhart Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  42–46
• Pop-Off Video — Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On”

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Godzilla

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #20 — August 2021
  48
• Fold-In — What hideous beast is running out of control in our country?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Cigar Addictionado

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Craig Calsbeek
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