Mad #271 June 1987

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Super Special Fall 1987 -
  The Totally Crooked Mad (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Modesty is the art of drawing attention to whatever it is you're being humble about." -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (2-3)
• Ads for Subscriptions featuring The Completely Mad Don Martin Bonus, Don (Duck) Edwing's Mad's Bizarre Biz Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Star Blecch IV The Voyage Bombs (movie satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Spy vs. Spy - enlarged fly and swatter
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (9)
• Sneaky UPC Symbols
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (10-11)
• The Brown Noser's Guide to Writing A+ School Papers
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (12-13)
• Mad's Advertising Gullibility Test
  (written by Mike Snider / Al Jaffee art) (14-15)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (16-20)
• People Rejects (Paul Peter Porges) (21-23)
• Mad's Modern-Day Puzzlers
  (written by David Ames / Harvey Kurtzman art) (24-25)
• Mad's Record Book For Televised Sports - Vol. II
  (written by Tom Koch / Jack Davis art) (26-27)
• Strikes We'd Like to See Occur and Never See Settled!
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)
  (George Woodbridge art) (28-29)
• The Tranquilizer (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (30-34)
• The Bruce Springsteen Songbook
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (35-37)
• Amazing Stories Plotlines for Steven Spielberg (38-39)
  (written by Barry Liebmann / George Woodbridge art)
• Subway Bingo
  (written by Rurik Tyler / Bob Clarke art) (40-41)
• A Mad Look at Dating (Sergio Aragones) (42-44)
• Announcing The Crank 'Em Out
  Mint Professional Wrestling Chess Set
  (written by John Ficarra / Harry North, Esq. art) (45-47)
• One Fine Day in South Balsamica
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (48)
• Fold-In -- What would be helpful in
  evaluating government leaders? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- A TV Commercial We'd Like to See -
  The American Ex-Pres Card (written by John Prete)
  (Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder art)