MAD #296 — July 1990

"A family vacation is when you go away with the people you need to get away from!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of David Leisure and dog "Bear" with #294 / note that Chinese MAD is available / photo of Blink Funlove (aka Dick DeBartolo) / photo of Will Vinton with #293 / An Important Consumer Message from the Publisher of Mad Magazine — What do you think of "scam" telephone "opinion polls"?
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Gore of the Roses (movie satire)

  May Divorce Be With You Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–7
• A MAD Look at Hair

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  8–10
• Making Baseball Card Collections Complete

  From Topps to Bottom Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by John Pound

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  11–13
• All You Need to Know You Learned in Nursery School

  Kiddie Cum Laude Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  14–15 sample
• Don (Duck) Edwing On the Loose at the Zoo

  When Beast Meets Jest Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  16–18
• Spy vs. Spy — bridge extensions stops tank jump

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  19
• Important Things We'd Never Learn Without TV

  Taught in the Act Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  20–21
• More Quick Recoveries For Embarrassing Situations

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  22–23
• The MAD New Kids on the Block True or False Personality Quiz

  Boys Will Be Bores Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  26–30
• Leisure Time Courses Adults Really Need

  Lessoning the Load Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  31–34
• Spy vs. Spy — bridge extensions shot off 2nd time around

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  35
• MAD's Video Reviews

  Hart Burn Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  36–38
• The 2-Hour School of Dentistry

  Tooth in Advertising Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  39 sample
• Find The...

  Seek Sickness Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  40–41
• Greeting Cards for People We Don't Even Know

  Strangers in the Write Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  42–43
• Roach! (TV satire)

  Big Ham on Campus Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #113 — June 1996
  44–48 sample
• Fold-In — For whose work is a bidding war creating higher and higher prices?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #109 — December 1995
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — MAD's All-Star Flopps — All New 2nd Series!

  Art by Richard Williams
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