MAD #236 — January 1983

"A born executive is a guy whose father owns the business!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad

  Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents? — George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.
  2
• Ad for Mad's Fast Look at Fast Living Paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Q.T. The Quasi-Terrestrial

  Giving ET the Finger Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 10 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  4–10
• Don Martin Movie Outtake — E.T.

  Don Martin Out-Take Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • MAD Special #117 — December 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  11
• Chutzpah is...

  Gaul Busting Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel and Al Jaffee / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  12–14
• Awful Annie

  Orphan Ruining Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  15–20
• Don Martin Movie Outtake — Annie

  Don Martin Out-Take Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• Mottos, Oaths, Inscriptions, Etc. Rewritten for Special Interest Groups

  Plaques for Claques Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  22–23
• How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? — Stereo/Music Store

  Err Apparent Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  26–30
• Spy vs. Spy — tiny cannons on epaulets

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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• Bad, Worse, Downright Horrible!

  Triple-Sweat Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  32–34
• The Anatomy of the Human Body Based on the Comics

  Funnies' Bones Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard / Idea by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  35–39 sample
• When Not to Use Famous "Pick-Up" Lines

  Spoiled Meet Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD #36 — April 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  40–41 sample
• Star Blecch II — The Wreck of Korn

  Profitable Enterprise Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • The Aimless MAD — 1990 (Paperback #84)
  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • MAD Star Trek Spectacular — 1994
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  42–47
• Don Martin Movie Outtake — Star Trek II

  Don Martin Out-Take Dept. Part III

  Don Martin / Written by Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What is the poor's greatest problem?

  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 — Hiding E.T. Blends with Street Signal Light

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #61 — Winter 1987
  • MAD #39 — October 2024
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