Mad #290 October 1989

• Cover Artist: Sam Viviano

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• Ad for Super Special Spring 1990 - Mad Sports 2
• Contents Page
• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mad Buttons Bonus
• Letters (photos of Dave Berg with Mitch Berg,
  Sylvester Stallone and John Amos)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Grossbusters II (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
• Mad's Modern Rube Goldberg Inventions
  (written by Mike Snider / Al Jaffee art)
• Spy vs. Spy (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
• Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday Items
  (written by Charlie Kadau / George Woodbridge art)
• Mad Visits a Fat Farm
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• The Alarming Alien Atrocity (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who...
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Harry North, Esq. art)
• Some Real "Scruples" Questions We'd Like to Ask Some Real People (Wide World / AP photos / written by Charlie Kadau)
• The ABC Misery Movie (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art)
• Mad Suggestions for Reducing the National Debt
  (Paul Peter Porges)
• Ten College Athletes (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg)
• A Mad Look at Basic Training (Sergio Aragones)
• Mad's Politically Inspired Dolls
  (written by Dennis Snee / Rick Tulka art)
• The Dreaded Dental Debacle (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Fold-In -- What kind of plague has today's
  parents feeling shell-shocked? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- A Scene We'd Like to See -
  Exxon Board Chairman Gets Oiled (Irving Schild photo)