MAD #251 — December 1984

"Some girls get so love sick, they take the first pill that comes along!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Alfred E. Neuman for President T-Shirt
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Random Samplings of Reader Mail

  Post Waste Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Forbidden MAD Paperback and Subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  By Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Star Blecch III — The Search For Plot

  A Trivial Pursuit Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  • MAD Star Trek Spectacular — 1994
  4–9
• Baby Talk Exposed

  Nursery Whines Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #77 — Winter 1991
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  10–11
• The TV Primetime Graveyard

  Dropped Dead Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  12–14
• MAD's Baseball Owner of the Year

  Our National Blastime Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  15–18
• A MAD Look at Airline Safety Instructions

  Crashing Bore Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  19–21
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  22–26
• Ain't It Great!!

  Positive Winking Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  27–29
• Don Martin Looks at Star Trek III — The Search for Spock

  Humor at Warped Speed Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Star Trek Spectacular — 1994
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  30–32
• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Rip, Please! Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  33
• What It Will Be Like When Every Device "Talks"

  From Bad to Voice Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  34–35 sample
• Only in the Middle of the Night...

  No Rest for the Leery Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD #530 — December 2014 — MAD Vault article
  36–38 sample
• The Criminals' Yellow Pages

  "Where's the Thief?" Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #89 — September 1993
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  39–42
• Web*Star

  Wee Shall Overcome Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  43–47
• Spy vs. Spy — ice cream vacuum (logo) / torpedoes within torpedo

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  • 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
  48
• Fold-In — What new form of addiction threatens to enslave our youth?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — MAD Refuses to Support the President
  C4