MAD #374 — October 1998

"At one time or another, everybody plays the fool. But some people are typecast for life!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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

  Notes

  • Ad for Super Special October 1998 #131 — Readers' Choice 2, Ad for Alfred E. Neuman and Spy vs. Spy action figures
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Truedumb Show (movie satire)

  Carrey, a Big Schtick Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  4–9
• Are You A Compulsive Gambler?

  Playing in the Wager Leagues Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  10–11
• Monroe &... The Big Game

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  12–14
• When Suicide Cards Really Catch On

  Prose and Condolences Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  15–17 sample
• Pop-Off Video — Hanson “Weird”

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  18
• Leo's Talk Show Adventure or Why Stars Hate Going on Talk Shows

  Chatological Humor Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  19–23
• A MAD Look at Armageddon

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  24–27
• Dream Classified Ads

  You Can Always Get What You Want Dept.

  Written by Steve Ross
  28
• Visual Instructions For the Way Things Really Work

  What You See is What You Fret Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Greg Theakston

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  29–31
• Spy vs. Spy — TNT detonator reversal

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  32–33
• Now You Can Stop Road Rage with Fume-OFF

  A Dork in the Road Dept.

  Written by John Boni / Art by Monte Wolverton
  34
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  35–38
• Adding Pay-Per-View Excitement to Other Sports

  Let the Games Be Grim Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  39–41
• Pop-Off Video — Backstreet Boys “Everybody (Backstreet's Back)”

  VH-Dumb Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  42
• The Ecch Files — Fight This Feature (movie satire)

  Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Timothy Shamey

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  43–47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Newt Gingrich

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  48
• Fold-In — What seasonal disaster wreaks havoc on American families?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — For the Birds

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
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