Mad #284 January 1989

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Subscriptions (Kelly Freas art)
• Contents Page
• Ad for Mad's Al Jaffee Sweats Out Another Book Paperback
• Letters
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Biggie (movie satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Mort Drucker art)
• The Appalling Amazon Appetizer (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Mad Re-Examines Some Wise Old Sayings
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Careers for Athletes Past Their Prime
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Jack Davis art)
• Play Pictionary With the Mad Artists (written by John Prete)
  (John Caldwell, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Sam Viviano, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Bob Jones, Harvey Kurtzman, Paul Peter Porges, Angelo Torres, Sergio Aragones, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Gerry Gersten, Antonio Prohias, Richard Williams art) (18 artists!)
• 15 Reasons Why Only Mindless Idiots Can "Have a Nice Day"
  (written by Tom Koch / John Caldwell art)
• Numbing to America (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Sam Viviano art)
• The Cockamamie Congo Cookout (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a Shopping Mall at Christmas (written by Mike Snider / Sergio Aragones art)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg)
• The Real Demographics of Various TV Audiences
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Clarke art)
• When Scandals Completely Take Over the News
  (written by Tom Koch / Al Jaffee art)
• Only When You're in a Hurry... (Paul Peter Porges)
• Spy vs. Spy (Bob Clarke)
• The Last Resort - The Newsletter for Desperate Singles
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)
  (George Woodbridge art)
• Who De-Famed Robber Rabbit (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art)
• The Sizzling South Seas Supper (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Mad's Christmas Believe It or Nuts!
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art)
• Fold-In -- What one thing makes life
  in the fast lane possible? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- Decision '88 - Dukakis or Bush? - Just Say No!