Mad #274 October 1987

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker
• Cover Idea: Jack Albert, Esq.

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• Fold-In -- What group displaying deviant sexual behavior
  did the Meese Commission overlook? (Al Jaffee) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "The reason politicians are so busy is that they spend half their time passing laws, and the other half helping their friends get around them!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (photo of Morley Safer with Nick Meglin,
  John Ficarra, Dick DeBartolo in the MAD offices) (2-3)
• Ads for Mad's Dave Berg Looks at Today Paperback, Subscriptions featuring Mad's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee and Mad's Sergio Aragones On Parade Big Book Bonuses
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• L.A. Lewd (TV satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (4-9)
• Ultimate Accessories for Personal Stereos
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Al Jaffee art) (10-11)
• One Quiet Morning on Willow Road East
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Don Martin art) (12)
• Obituaries for Merchandising Characters
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (13-15)
• A Mad Look "Nightmare on Elm Street" (Sergio Aragones)
  ("Freddy" model in photo by Kevin Yagher) (16-17)
• Stuff We Didn't Get to See
  on TV For One Reason or Another
  (written by Mike Snider / Sam Viviano art) (18-19)
• Major League Baseball Rule Changes for the 1980's
  (written by Chuck Shepherd / Jack Davis art) (20-21)
• One Quiet Morning on Willow Road West
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (22)
• In the Beginning...
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (23-25)
• Clever Ways to Get Out of Embarrassing Situations
  (Paul Peter Porges) (26-27)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (28-32)
• Abra-Cadaver
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Harry North, Esq. art) (33)
• Little Known World Landmarks
  (written by Dave Wilson / Al Jaffee art) (34-35)
• Spy vs. Spy - submarine over waterfall
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (36)
• Why Owning a VCR is Better Than Going to the Movies
  (written by Tom Koch / Harvey Kurtzman art) (37-39)
• Legal Wreckin (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (40-44)
• The Plot Sickens
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Harry North, Esq. art) (45)
• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (46-47)
• Ad for Super Special Spring 1988 - Mad Mania -
  including 16-page portfolio of Sergio Aragones classics (48)
• Back Cover -- No-Credit Cards (Billy Doherty idea)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Bob Clarke art) (reverse view of no-credit cards shown on C3)