Mad #269 March 1987

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Super Special Summer 1987 - Mad Bombs (C2)
• Contents Page
  (Alfred E. Headroom sort of introduces the issue) (1)
• "An argument is two people trying to get
  in the last word first." -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept. (2-3)
• Ads for Subscriptions featuring The Completely Mad Don Martin Bonus, Sergio Aragones Mad Pantomimes Paperback
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Stand But Me LOCO-EMOTION PICTURE DEPT. (A YEAR TO DISMEMBER)
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #89 September 1993
  Mad's Greatest Artists - Mort Drucker - 2012
  (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Hidden Details in Art PAINT MISBEHAVIN' DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #86 March 1993
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (9-11)
• Drama on Page 12 A HOLE IN FUN DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #87 May 1993
  Mad #21 October 2021
  - golf flagstick
  pulls up hole (John Caldwell) (12)
• Fund Raisers That Never Made It! DICK DePT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #84 November 1992
  Mad Art - 2002 (excerpt)
  Mad XL #26 March 2004
  1001 Mad Pages You Must Read Before You Die - 2009
  
  (Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder art)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo) (13-15)
• Mini-Movies Featuring the
  Fickle Finger of Fate ALL JAFFEE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #86 March 1993
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  Totally Inside Mad - 2016
  (Al Jaffee) (16-19)
• I Love Luny A BAD CASE OF THE RE-RUNS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #89 September 1993
  Mad Special #127 March 1998
  Mad About TV - 1999
  (TV rerun satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art) (20-21)
• Your Pet Has Reached Blissful Retirement When... IT'S WANING CATS AND DOGS AND... DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #84 November 1992
  Mad Art - 2002 (excerpt)
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Gushing Fourth Edition - 2004
  Mad Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! - Special Collector's Edition 2024
  
  (Paul Peter Porges) (22-23)
• The Lighter Side of...BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT. (Dave Berg) (24-28)
• Around Noon on a Downtown Street Corner DON MARTIN DEPT. PART I
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad XL #25 January 2004
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  Mad's Greatest Artists - Don Martin - 2014
  
  (written by Stanley Swiersz / Don Martin art) (29)
• A Mad Look at Going to the Movies SERGIO ARAGONES DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #84 November 1992
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - 2000
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  
  (Sergio Aragones) (30-31)
• Instructional Sports Videos We'd Like to See TAPE ME OUT OF THE BALLGAME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #87 May 1993
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Gushing Fourth Edition - 2004
  
  (written by Mike Snider / Jack Davis art) (32-33)
• Late One Afternoon in the Dungeon DON MARTIN DEPT. PART II
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (34)
• The Mess Commission Report on Pornography GET SMUT! DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #90 November 1993
  
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)
  (George Woodbridge art / Irving Schild photos) (35-38)
• Odes to Appliances, Gadgets, and other Modern Conveniences A WORD TO DEVICE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #92 March 1994
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  The Mad Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  (idea by Marilyn Atkins)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (39-41)
• How Do You Rate as a Yuppie? MEASURING UP-SCALE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Completely Mad - 1991 (excerpt)
  Mad Special #84 November 1992
  Mad About the Eighties - 1999
  Mad XL #22 July 2003
  Mad For Decades - 2007
  1001 Mad Pages You Must Read Before You Die - 2009
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (42-43)
• Spy vs. Spy JOKE AND DAGGER DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #87 May 1993
  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
  - hidden boat cannon
  (last one exclusively by Antonio Prohias) (44)
• TV Spin-Offs Yet to Come HACK TO THE FUTURE DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #87 May 1993
  
  (written by Tom Koch / Angelo Torres art) (45-47)
• Mad Charts STAT'S ALL, FOLKS! DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #87 May 1993
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola) (48)
• Fold-In -- What rampant form of addiction
  threatens the foundation of our society? article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #84 November 1992
  The Mad Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 - 2011 (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Mad Celebrity Madballs article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #86 March 1993
  The Mad Gross Book - 2001
  Mad #34 December 2023
  
  (Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder art)
  (written by John Prete)