MAD #234 — October 1982

"It's really amazing how unimportant your job is when you're asking for a raise... and how important it can be when you want a day off!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Harry North, Esq. art from MAD #187
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Ad for The Sixth MAD Case Book on Spy vs. Spy by Prohias Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• M*U*S*H (TV satire)

  Th-Tha-That's Alda, Folks! Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  4–9
• Marching Songs Now That the Armed Forces Are Co-Ed

  Battle Hymns For Hers Dept.

  Idea by Mary Joan Chini / Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  10–12
• One Freezing Day in a Cemetery

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • MAD Special #134 — January 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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• Commemorative Stamps That Tell It Like It Really Is

  Post Roasties Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  16–20
• One Broiling Day in the Desert

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• It's a Thankless Job...

  A Futile State Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  22–23 sample
• MAD's Theft and Vandal-Proof Products

  A Hitch in Crime Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  24–28
• How to Pick Up Girls of Various Types in Various Places

  The Greats of Rap Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Sandy Kossin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  29–31
• Spy vs. Spy — roped blocks car-hood spring to helicopter

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
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• A MAD Look at American Justice

  Crime and No Punishment Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  33–36
• The MAD Word Puzzle

  Letters Entertain You Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
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• Pastimes for the Bedridden

  Games Feeble Play Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #10 — March 2008
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  38–39
• A Special Edition of "20/30" Starring Barbara Waltzers (TV satire)

  The Wizard of "R's" Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker / Featuring

  • Death Which-Is-Which II (movie satire)
  • On Olden Pond (movie satire)
  • Deathcrap (movie satire)

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  40–47
• One Steaming Day in the Congo

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Fold-In — What modern frowned-upon activity is keeping our youth slim and trim?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Watt... We Worry!

  Photo by UPI
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