Mad #242 October 1983

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Mad Super Special Spring 1984 - Movies II (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "The trouble with doing nothing
  is you can't quit and rest!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (2-3)
• Ad for Mad's Don Martin Presents Captain Klutz II Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits,
  Subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself? -
  stick-trap with spikes (Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Star Bores Re-Hash of the Jeti (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-11)
• Warning Labels We Desperately Need
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (12-13)
• You're Never Really 100% Sure...
  (written by John Ficarra / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (14-16)
• Mad's Video Game Arcade Owner of the Year
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Angelo Torres art) (17-20)
• One Fine Medieval Morning at Home (Don Martin) (21)
• A Short History Showing How
  Different Publications Slant the News
  (written by Paul Laikin / George Woodbridge art) (22-23)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (24-28)
• Spy vs. Spy - rocket sandwich (logo) /
  spring-loaded torpedo splits (Antonio Prohias) (29)
• Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Peanuts Comic Strip
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (30-31)
• Poetic Tributes to People
  Who Wouldn't Ordinarily Get Them
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Harry North, Esq. art) (32-34)
• One Afternoon on a Remote Jungle Island (Don Martin) (35)
• An Advertiser Would Have Us Believe...
  (written by Tom Koch / Jack Davis art) (36-39)
• The Mad Gross-Out Diet (Paul Peter Porges) (40-41)
• The A(sinine) Team (TV satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (42-47)
• One Fine Evening During Prime Time (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- What is changing America's drinking habits?
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- One-On-One Night in the Laboratory
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)