MAD #372 — August 1998

"There's more than one way to skin a cat, though you probably won't even need the one!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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

  Notes

  • Time Magazine rips off the MAD cover design from Special #126 for their March 1998 issue, Roger Kaputnik (Dave Berg) as Time Magazine's Man of the Year — Victor Boghossian photo, Celebrity Snap of Dan Quayle with MAD #355, Ad for Super Special August 1998 #130 — Ecch! Rated
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Just Spoof Me (TV satire)

  The Disgrace of Spade's Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  4–8
• Pop-Off Video — Usher "Nice and Slow"

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  9
• You're Really Not Much of a Terrorist If...

  Bombing and Clod Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  10–11
• When Other Old-Timers Try to Relive Their Greatest Day

  The World According to AARP Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Keith Seidel

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  12–13
• Job Hunting with the Single Career Girl in the Big City

  In Hire Straits Dept.

  Written by Peggy Doody / Art by Shary Flenniken

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  14–16
• Melvin & Jenkins Guide to Fine Dining

  The Schmucks Stop Here Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  17–19
• A Typical Religious Fanatic Tract

  Prose and Converts Dept.

  Written by Eric Perlin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  20–21
• Spy vs. Spy — virtual reality

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  22–23
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself Complete Clinton Scandal Guide

  The Blight House Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  24–25
• The Mall-Rat Olympics

  Let the Games Be Grim Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  26–27
• Pop-Off Video — Ben Folds Five "Brick"

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  28
• Monroe &... the Summer Camp Job (conclusion)

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  29–32
• Quotes We're Afraid We'll Hear if Bill Clinton's Secret Service Agents Testify

  The Excerpt Files Dept.

  Written by John Caldwell / Art by Grey Blackwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  33
• A MAD Look at Magic

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  34–37
• The Stalking of Pamela Lee

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  update of Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  38–39 sample
• Everybody Loathes Raymud (TV satire)

  The Fall of the Romano Empire Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  40–44
• The Official Titanic Oriented Artifacts & Stuff Catalog

  When the Ship Hits the Scam Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Timothy Shamey
  45–47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Jerry Springer

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia
  48
• Fold-In — What form of brutality is on the rise at sporting events?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Toyzuki: Trouble on the road (ad parody)

  Written by David Shayne and Joe Raiola / Art by James Kirkland

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
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