MAD #231 — June 1982

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making future plans!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special #40 — Fall 1982 — focus on Advertising
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Tom Selleck and the cast of Magnum P.I. read MADs, Ad for MAD Book of Almost Superheroes Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (dressed as a banana in an ape cage — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD's Academy Awards Show (TV satire)

  Statue of Limitations Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–10
• One Fine Day Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Ronald Reagan's Gettysburg Address

  The Missing Lincoln Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  12–13
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  14–18
• The Cube and I

  From Fad to Verse Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
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• If Photograph Albums Told the Whole Truth

  Slap Shots Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  20–23 sample
• What Disc Jockeys Say...and What They Mean

  Microphonies Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Rick Meyerowitz / Idea by Dean Fiora

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  24–25
• A TV Ad We'd Like to See —
  Mr. John Houseman for the Investment Firm of Smith-Barney

  Flushing the John Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  26
• TV Guise — Special Issue of Truly Honest and Informative Listings

  Video Fare Comment Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  27–30 sample
• One Fine Day Uptown

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• MAD Visits a Local Gun Club Picnic

  Bullet-Proof Jest Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD XL #33 — June 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  32–34
• The MAD Application for Membership in The Moral Majority

  Extreme Write-In Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  35
• Even When You Win...You Lose

  Stinging in the Gain Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  36–37 sample
• One Fine Day Crosstown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • 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
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• The MAD Nasty Book — Volume Three

  A Put-Down Book You Can't Put Down Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  39–41
• Swill Street Blues (TV satire)

  Law and Disorder Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  42–48
• Fold-In — What remarkable trick did you learn from this magazine?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Emergency Room Jack-in-the-Box

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #10 — September 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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