MAD #277 — March 1988

"These days, about the only thing free of charge is a run-down battery!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Super Special Summer 1988 - The Hot Air MAD
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• Contents Page
  1
• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers and MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye Big Book Bonuses
  2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Don (Duck) Edwing with Suburban Newspapers of America's Editorial Award, cover of Oct. 9, 1987 National Review featuring Mort Drucker drawn Alfred E. Neuman
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Roboslop (movie satire)

  Assault and Battery Included Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi / Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
  • MAD #41 — February 2025
  4–9
• Every Superbowl Week You're Sure of Seeing...

  Certain-T-Formations Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  10–12
• The Colossal Courtroom Confrontation

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
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• Dual-Purpose Office Supplies for Working Mothers

  Chore-Fire Solutions Dept.

  Written by John Rios / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #47 — February 2026
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • MAD #21 — October 2021
  16–20
• Stages in the Life of an Ad Campaign

  Promotion Sickness Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Brian Buniak / Idea by Marc I. Whinston

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #90 — November 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  21–23
• Sad (Michael Jackson song parody)

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  24–25
• The Ten All-Time Greatest Legendary Practical Jokes

  Pranks for the Memories Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  26–27
• Spy vs. Spy — balloon full of bombs

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  28
• Wonderland Revisited

  Jabber-Wacky Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Clarke
  29–31
• Junky Video Collections We're Sure to See

  Cassetting New Lows Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  32–33 sample
• A MAD Look at Optics

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  34–35 sample
• Why Are We Always Impressed By...?

  Awe-Full Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  36–37
• If "They" Had to Fill Out "Your" Questionnaires

  Ask Kickers Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  38–40
• MAD's TV News Reporter of the Year

  Network Correspondunce Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  41–44 sample
• One Special Day in the Dungeon

  Don Martin Dept.

  Written by Antonio Prohias / Art by Don Martin — last Don Martin contribution for MAD

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD XL #3 — June 2000
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  45 sample
• The Movie Sequel Graveyard

  Better Dead Than Bled Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #95 — September 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  46–47
• MAD's UPC Symbol Explained

  The Scanish Inquisition Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #92 — March 1994
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  48
• Fold-In — What seems to be the only way of making your fortune today?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — A TV Commercial We'd Like to See - Dry Ideal

  Written by Billy Doherty / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
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