MAD #301 — March 1991

"Today, too many people who wave the flag want to waive what it stands for!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ads for Super Special Summer 1991 — Computer Virus Edition and Fall 1991 — Collector's Series #1
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• Contents Page
  1
• Ad for Subscriptions

  featuring MAD Buttons Bonus / Big Books
  2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Mort Drucker art for a Motley Crue album featured
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• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  The Plight of the Living Dead Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  4–8
• The Surprising Seafaring Scenario

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
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• Just What is an Eternal Optimist?

  Every Clod Has a Silver Lining Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  10–11
• Basic Underlying Premises of Various Products, Trends and Ideas

  Theory-Eyed Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #125 — December 1997
  • MAD XL #19 — January 2003
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• New Kids Albums of the 21st Century

  Block to the Future Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Greg Theakston

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  15–16
• Spy vs. Spy — fully loaded secret rubber cannon

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
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• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • MAD #21 — October 2021 (excerpt)
  18–22
• The Receptionist's Revolting Resolution

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD Color Classics #7 — April 2003
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• The Hymn of the Battered Republic

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #125 — December 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
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• Little-Known (and Rarely Called) Sports Infractions

  Getting Your Fouls in an Uproar Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #21 — October 2021
  26–27
• Warning Labels of the Future Designed to Head-Off Potential Lawsuits

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  28–29
• The New Benchmarks, Records and Barriers That Mankind is Rapidly Approaching — Part I

  Soaring to New Frights Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  30–31
• The Bloodcurdling Blue-Cross Brouhaha

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
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• The Real Demographics of Various TV Audiences — Volume II

  Stat's Entertainment! Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  33–35
• A Knack For Phobias (movie satire)

  Another Close Crawl Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #9 — June 2001
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  36–40
• New Lifestyle Magazines for Huge Untapped Audiences

  Publishers Jeering House Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by John Pound

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  • MAD XL #32 — March 2005
  41–43 sample
• A MAD Guide On How to Look Upscale Without the Expense

  Disguise the Limit Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  44–45
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes... The TV News Business

  Anchors, Oy Vey! Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  46–47
• MAD Magazine Reader's Competition

  Prose and Contest Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
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• Fold-In — What ominous death-dealing device continues to threaten future generations?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Our (FastFood Restaurant) Employee of the Month

  Written by Bob Lizarraga / Photo by Black Melvin Inc.
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