MAD #272 — July 1987

"It's astonishing how politicians never say anything, yet always insist they're being misquoted!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions featuring The Completely MAD Don Martin Bonus
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • photos of Don Johnson with a MAD
  • Best of the Millenium (1000 A.D. - 2000 A.D.) Reader's Poll (written by Mike Snider)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Alien Life Farce Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #89 September 1993
  • MAD Special #117 December 1996
  • MAD About the Eighties - 1999
  • MAD For Decades - 2007
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s - Special Collector's Edition 2016
  • MAD Fixes Cats - Special Collector's Edition 2025
  4–9
• A MAD Look at Fast Food

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #89 September 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés - 2010
  10–11
• MAD's Alibis for All Occasions

  A Serving of Spare Fibs Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 March 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - Turd in a Series - 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion - The Mother Load - 2004
  12–13 sample
• One Fine Day in North Calamari

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists - The Completely MAD Don Martin - 2007
  14
• The Flim Flam Film Man – Magazine for Videocassette Rental Store Owners

  Rental Institution Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 November 1992
  15–18
• Spy vs. Spy — tennis net bombs

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #86 March 1993
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files - 2007
  19
• More Celebrity Silhouettes

  The Shadow Still Doesn't Know Dept.

  Written by Rurik Tyler / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #89 September 1993
  20–21
• Forget Smart (TV rerun satire)

  A Bad Case of the Re-Runs Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #89 September 1993
  • MAD Classics #22 July 2008
  • MAD #18 April 2021
  22–23
• Bush

  Vice Verse Dept.

  (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #84 November 1992
  • MAD Spoofs Politics - Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • MAD's Greatest Writers - Frank Jacobs - 2015
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #21 October 2021 (excerpt)
  26–30
• When American TV Programs are Shown in Russia

  The Same Old Bolshevik Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #87 May 1993
  • MAD Classics #6 April 2006
  31–33 sample
• A MAD Guide to Show-Biz Success

  Alfred E. Numerates Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 November 1992
  34–35
• Rock Groups on the Way Up

  American Band Slam Dept.

  Written by Christopher Allen

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 May 1993
  36–37
• Sports Activities for the Hyperactive

  Humor in a Jockular Vein Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #87 May 1993
  38–39
• Why the U.S. Government Really Spends So Much

  Inappropriations Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #89 September 1993
  • MAD Color Classics #9 - April 2004
  40–42
• One Fine Day in the South Bronx

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists - The Completely MAD Don Martin - 2007
  43
• MAD Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital

  Dunkin' Donors Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #87 May 1993
  • MAD About the Eighties - 1999
  • MAD Art - 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades - 2007
  44–47
• It's a Crummy Job... "But Somebody's Gotta Do It!"

  Taking a Too Weak Vocation Dept.

  Written by John Ellis Sech / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 - Mid Summer 1994
  48 sample
• Fold-In — Who conducted the most exhaustive Washington probe recently?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Witless Windbag Wrestler's Federation Magazine

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #80 March 1992
  • MAD About the Eighties - 1999
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