MAD Magazine Contributors
John Ficarra
Contributions in Order of Appearance
Please Note: It has been rumored that John used
a different name on many articles not shown here.
W = Writer
| Role | Contribution Title | Co-Contributors | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | MAD’s Table of Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & Distances |
Bob Clarke | 210 — Oct 1979 |
| W | The MAD Thermometer | Bob Clarke | 219 — Dec 1980 |
| W | MAD’s New Phobias for the ’80’s | Paul Coker, Jr. | 221 — Mar 1981 |
| W | The MAD Stop Watch | Bob Clarke | 221 — Mar 1981 |
| W | Why Didn’t You Do Your Homework? | Paul Coker, Jr. | 222 — Apr 1981 |
| W | If They Can Put a Man on the Moon, Then Why Can’t They... | Jack Davis | 225 — Sep 1981 |
| W | Your MAD Horoscope | 226 — Oct 1981 | |
| W | Your MAD Horoscope | 227 — Dec 1981 | |
| W | The MAD Questionnaire for Uncovering America’s "Truly Needy" | Bob Clarke | 227 — Dec 1981 |
| W | Give Thanks | Sergio Aragones | 228 — Jan 1982 |
| W | Your MAD Horoscope | 228 — Jan 1982 | |
| W | Your MAD Horoscope | 229 — Mar 1982 | |
| W | The MAD "Cost of Living" Index | Paul Coker, Jr. | 230 — Apr 1982 |
| W | A TV Ad We’d Like to See — Mr. John Houseman for the Investment Firm of Smith-Barney |
231 — Jun 1982 | |
| W | The MAD Application for Membership in The Moral Majority | 231 — Jun 1982 | |
| W | MAD’s Modern Disclaimers to the Ten Commandments | Bob Clarke | 232 — Jul 1982 |
| W | The MAD Word Puzzle | 234 — Oct 1982 | |
| W | Further Additions to Table of MAD’s Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & Distances |
Bob Clarke | 237 — Mar 1983 |
| W | An Andy Rooney "60 Minutes" Editorial We’d Like to See | 238 — Apr 1983 | |
| W | This is a Test! — of the Emergency Publishing System | Don Martin | 239 — Jun 1983 |
| W | You’re Never Really 100% Sure... | Paul Coker, Jr. | 242 — Oct 1983 |
| W | One Insane Afternoon on Interstate 80 | Don Martin | 245 — Mar 1984 |
| W | The MAD Guide to Sure-Fire Ad Lib Lines | Paul Coker, Jr. | 246 — Apr 1984 |
| W | MAD’s List of Runners-Up for "The Three Biggest Lies in America" | Harry North, Esq. | 247 — Jun 1984 |
| W | The MAD Speedometer | Bob Clarke | 250 — Oct 1984 |
| W | The MAD Movie Rating System | Billy Doherty | 252 — Jan 1985 |
| W | MAD Percentages | Paul Coker, Jr. | 252 — Jan 1985 |
| W | Where Your Rock Album Dollar Goes | Al Jaffee | 254 — Apr 1985 |
| W | The MAD Emergency Barf-Inducing Technique — The Potrzebie Maneuver |
Al Jaffee | 256 — Jul 1985 |
| W | Back Cover — The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit | 256 — Jul 1985 | |
| W | NASA’s Proposed Questionnaire for Civilian Space Shuttle Passengers | 259 — Dec 1985 | |
| W |  Paperback Writer |
Paul Coker, Jr. | The MAD Book of Fears and Phobias — 1985 |
| W | Announcing The Crank ’Em Out Mint Professional Wrestling Chess Set |
Harry North, Esq. | 271 — Jun 1987 |
| W | Alfred’s Brain Drool — The MAD Kids’ Table of Little-Known Weights & Measures |
Bob Staake | MAD Kids #1 — Dec 2005 |
| W | Blose Headphones — Better Sounding Ads Through Research (ad parody) | Irving Schild | 484 — Dec 2007 |
| W | Remembrance — MAD Remembers Nick Meglin — 1935-2018 | Sam Viviano, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Ryan Flanders, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragones, Tom Richmond, Charles Kochman | 3 — Oct 2018 |
| W | Remembering Frank Jacobs — The Bard of Alfred 1929-2021 | Sam Viviano | 20 — Aug 2021 |
| W | Hijinks on the High Seas! | Sam Viviano | 28 — Dec 2022 |