MAD #286 — April 1989

"These days the meaning of "a faithful husband" is one whose alimony checks arrive on time!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — MAD Buttons Bonus
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Mort Drucker art for new Anthrax rock band album; ad for MAD Jackpot Paperback
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Thirty-Suffering (TV satire)

  Angst for Nothing Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Picks — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  4–8
• Hand-Me-Down

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #19 — June 2021
  9
• If Bad Taste Took a Holiday

  Gauche Stories Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  10–11
• Spy vs. Spy — tank elephant

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  12
• Really Appropriate Sponsors for Rock Tours

  Show and Sell Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  13–15
• The Name Game of the Rich and Famous

  Sheer Noun-Sense Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  16–17
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  18–22
• The Moron Downer Jr. Show (TV satire)

  Prime Slime Entertainment Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  23–26
• Pot Luck

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  27 sample
• Guys You're Likely to Meet Before Mr. "Right"

  Beau Jest Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Alyse Newman

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  28–29 sample
• When TV Commercials Make Full Use of The Beatles Songs

  "I Am the Ad Man" Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  30–33
• It's Safe to go to the Bathroom When...

  Bladder Up! Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  34–36
• Spy vs. Spy — giant frog tongues flying spy

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #99 — Early Fall 1994
  • MAD Special #107 — October 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  37
• More You'd Be Rich if You Had a Nickel...

  Common Cents Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  38–39 sample
• 21 Junkheap (TV satire)

  Riding the School Bust Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  40–44
• Duck Edwing Contemplates Suicide

  Going Out in a Blaze of Gory Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  45–47
• Personal Ads That Remind Us of Somebody We Know or Nah, It Couldn't Be Them!

  Singles Seen Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone
  48
• Fold-In — What is the latest, most terrible form of radio activity?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — A MAD Fish Story

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Richard Williams

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #98 — Mid Summer 1994
  C4