MAD #223 — June 1981

"Some modern housewives are the kind who put off today what their husbands can do over the weekend!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Fall 1981

  featuring "The Comics"
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Walter Conkrite with Alfred E. Neuman For President poster hanging in his office; photo of Stephen King reading MAD #221 (sample); ads for A MAD Guide to Fraud & Deception Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (outhouse diver — Paul Coker, Jr. art)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Dullus (TV satire)

  Creep in the Heart of Texas Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  4–10
• One Morning on a Street Corner

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD XL #1 — January 2000
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  11
• T-Shirts Through the Ages

  Getting It Off Their Chest Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  12–13
• New Inventions to Make Old Inventions Practical

  Patent Blending Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  14–16
• The Old Gray Line vs. The New Gray Line (movie satires)

  "Point" of Order Dept. / "Point" of Disorder Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
  17–22
• One Afternoon in the Far East

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  23
• The MAD Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments

  Edifice Wrecks Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #17 — February 2021
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  26–30
• A "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" Up-Date

  Poetic Justice Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  31–33
• How Can You Possibly Believe...

  No Confidence Game Dept.

  Written by George Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–35 sample
• Unsung "Crossings"

  From Hero to There-O Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  36–37
• Still More Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities

  Hokey Focus Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  38–40
• Extraordinary People (movie satire)

  That's the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  41–47 sample
• Late One Evening on Death Row

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48
• Fold-In — What is always the movie industry's ghastliest production?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Dungeon Wall-Hanger

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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