Mad #378 February 1999

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker

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• Subscription Ad - "Dan Brown" dressed as a viking
  (written by Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photos) (C2)
• Contents Page - blocked out by
  An Important Letter to Our Valued Mad Readers (1)
• Letters (2-3)
  (plug for the Sergio Aragones illustrated Fanboy comic)
  (photos of Jerry Toliver's Spy vs. Spy funny car)
  • editors reference #375's letters section fake Celebrity Snap of Will "Chief" Sampson caught by Terry Holloway - West Liberty, KY and Raymond Heship Jr. - Ardmore, PA
  • Greg Dwyer - Davenport, IA - contest winner from #375
  • Envelope of the Month -
    Terry Holloway - West Liberty, KY
  • Lynn Collier - Claverack, NY
  • Michael Lancione - Quebec, Canada
  • Michael Levesque - Attleboro, MA
  • Brenda Butler - Dunkirk, NY
• Ad for Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #6 - Spring 1999
  contains reprints of comics #16, #17, and #18 -
  Frank Jacobs text
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Slam's End - The Catalog of Pro Wrestling Merchandise
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Angelo Torres art) (4-7)
• Polling in America: The Numbers Behind the Numbers
  (John Caldwell) (8-9)
• The Loveline Advice Chart
  for Dysfunctional Celebrities (10-11)
  (written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Joe Ciardiello art)
• Monroe &... The Drums
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (12-14)
• Letters to Michael Jordan
  (written by Mike Snider / Steve Brodner art) (15-17)
• The Timeline of Disillusionment
  (written by Jill Hamilton / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (18-19)
• An Ode to the Antz
  (with apologies to Edgar Allen Poe's The Bells)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Sam Viviano art) (20-21)
• Spy vs. Spy - spy trapped in chair
  next to pool of piranhas (Peter Kuper) (22-23)
• Abbott & Costello Organize the MTV Videotape Library
  (based on their "Who's on First?" routine)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Mort Drucker art) (24-25)
• Pop-Off Video - Alanis Morissette "Thank You"
  (written by Desmond Devlin) (26)
• The Congressional Record Comic Pages (27-29)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Sam Viviano art)
• The 10 Rules of Computer Tech Support
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Tom Bunk art) (30-31)
• A Mad Look at Capital Punishment
  (Sergio Aragones) (32-34)
• Sure Signs Your Favorite Action Heroes Are Getting Old
  (written by A. J. Jacobs / Drew Friedman art) (35-37)
• When Casino Gambling Comes to Your City
  (written by Stan Hart / George Woodbridge art) (38-39)
• Pro Wrestling Haiku
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Sam Viviano art) (40-41)
• Impeach Him!
  (written by Barry Liebmann / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (42)
• Upcoming Movies Based on Comic Books
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Amanda Conner art) (43-47)
• Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: John Travolta (written by Mike Snider / Hermann Mejia art) (48)
• Fold-In -- What impending disaster in the year 2000
  threatens to turn the clock back to 1900? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Candy Hearts for Modern Lovers
  (written by Desmond Devlin and Jeff Kruse)