MAD #241 — September 1983

“Most people can’t stand a poor loser…or a rich winner!” — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special — Winter 1983
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters

  Notes

  • Ads for The MAD Pet Book Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself? — toilet flush drowning (Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Knut Rider (TV satire)

  Car Sick Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  4–10
• One Fine Day Uptown

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Merchandising We’re Almost Sure to See…and Hate!

  Sales Pits Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • See No… Hear No… Speak No… MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  12–13
• Are You Sexy?

  How Do You Score? Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  16–20
• One Fine Day Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21
• When You Go to the Movies You Can Be Sure of Seeing…

  Déjà Views Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  22–23 sample
• Future Smithsonian Exhibits from TV Land

  Prop Corn Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — shooting smelly sock (logo) / hacksaw submarine

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • 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
  26
• Three Cornered Pitney

  Wild Game Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • See No… Hear No… Speak No… MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  27–31
• Little Known Celebrity Cult Groups

  Idle Worship Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • See No… Hear No… Speak No… MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD XL #6 — November 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  32–33
• A MAD Look at Lines

  Queue Tease Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • See No… Hear No… Speak No… MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  34–36
• The MAD Nasty Book — Volume Four

  Along the Snide Lines Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  37–39
• A MAD Look at The Walkman

  Sony Baloney Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • The Ages of MAD — 1990 (Paperback #85)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs — 2015
  • MAD Spoofs the ‘80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  40–41 sample
• One Fine Day Crosstown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs the ‘80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  42
• Square Dregs (TV satire)

  Zit-Com Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  43–48
• Fold-In — Where should most modern classic exploitation horror films be kept?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — William Tell Distraction

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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