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Mad Special #68 Fall 1989
(Mad Shorts)
Cover Photographer
:
Irving Schild
Cover Underpants Designer and Model
:
Bob Clarke
Fold-In --
What is changing America's drinking habits?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
An Officer Ain't No Gentleman
(movie satire)
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Mother Goose Around the World
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Little Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments
Contracted at Fast Food Restaurants
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Famous Quotations and How the People Back Then Reacted
to Them
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Don Martin
's Atomic Holocaust Survival Manual
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Merchandising We're Almost Sure to See...and Hate!
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
Introduction page for Mad Shorts section (cover art from
#103
-
Norman Mingo
art / written by
Sergio Aragones
)
Pollution Alert
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Interpreting the News - What They Say... What It Means...
(written by
Gary Alexander
/
UPI
photo of Walter Cronkite)
How to Read an Airline Menu
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
)
Spy vs. Spy
- "You Are Here"
then everywhere (
Antonio Prohias
)
Mad's Aptitude Test Number One - Will You Make a Good Doctor?
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Prophet
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Joe Orlando
art)
The Mad Word Puzzle
(written by
John Ficarra
)
In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
George Woodbridge
art)
A Modern Fairy Tale
(
Sergio Aragones
)
The Nice New Uncontroversial
National Enquirer
(written by
Dennis Snee
)
Progress
(written by
Max Brandel
/
Bob Clarke
art)
A Mad Treasury of Shakespeare's Lesser Known Quotations
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(written by
Dennis Snee
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Mad's First and Probably Last Reader Survey
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
)
The Historic Landmark
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad Salutes the Output of American Industry
(
Max Brandel
)
Publishers Closeout Sale
(written by
George Gipe
)
Bluff that Mugger!
(written by
E. Nelson Bridwell
/
Bruce Day
art)
Mad Medals to be Presented to Deserving Students
(
Al Jaffee
)
A Desert Island Game Plan
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
This is a Test! - of the Emergency Publishing System
(written by
John Ficarra
)
(interrupts
Don Martin
's
One Fine Afternoon at the Dentist
- was actually reprinted from
#230
)
The Werewolf
(written by
Semi
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Your Mad Horoscope
(written by
John Ficarra
)
The Small Businessman
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad's "Late Show" Cliche Movie Script - The "War" Movie
(written by
Harry Purvis
/
Bruce Stark
art)
The Cube and I
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
In-Case-Of-Emergency Cards for Special People
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Spy vs. Spy
- bag handle grenade clip (
Antonio Prohias
)
Help Wanted Ads We Never Get To See
(written by
Mike Snider
)
Mad's Talking Stamps
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
The Mad Application for Membership in The Moral Majority
(written by
John Ficarra
)
Modern Art
(written by
Max Brandel
/
Irving Schild
photos)
The Problem
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad Warranty
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Talking Cars of the Future
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
The Verdiccch
(movie satire) (written by
Stan Hart
/
Angelo Torres
art)
The U.S. Video Game Olympic Team
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Mad's Multiple Choice TV Scene Test
(
Paul Peter Porges
)
One Fine Medieval Morning at Home
(
Don Martin
)
If Certain Celebrities Married...What Would Their Children Be Like?
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Amending the Rule Books to Cover Sportscasters
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Jack Davis
art)
One Scary Night While Chasing a Monster
(
Don Martin
)
Give Us A Break!
(TV satire) (written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Angelo Torres
art)
Ad for Subscriptions
Fold-In --
What recent spiritual movement has (Thank God!) burned itself out?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
Fortune Hunters Find Atomic Waste
(written by
Sergio Aragones
/
Jack Davis
art)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
/ Article Title Links Go To Original Source Issues
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