MAD #323 — December 1993

"The reason most doctors don't believe in acupuncture is because they'd rather stick us with the bill!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special May 1994 — Unplugged
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Subscriptions with MAD Pin Collection Bonus
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Jurass-Has-Had-It Park (movie satire)

  Playing With Dino-Might Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  4–9
• The Ten Commandments of Dieting

  Let There Be Lite Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  10–11
• Spy Vs. Spy — soap bubble bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  12
• MAD Studies the First Day of School 30 Years Ago and Today

  Grade Moments in History Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Dave Berg and Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  13–15 sample
• The Jocular Jurassic Jolt

  Tales From the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  16
• MAD Goes to a Skinhead Convention

  The Bigot They Are… Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  17–20
• The Slim (But Nonetheless Undeniable) Differences Between Hollywood & Washington D.C.

  A Scale of Two Cities Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper / Art by Gerry Gersten

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  21–23
• MAD Gives a Listen to Obnoxious Voice Mail

  Call Berating Dept.

  Written by Lori Kolman / Art by Marshall Vandruff and Bill Hayner

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  24–25
• The Startling Seashore Signoff

  Tales From the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  26
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  27–30
• A MAD Look at Jurassic Park

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #2 — September 2000
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  31–34
• MAD's Neighborhood Dining Roundup

  Eats Meets Jest Dept.

  Written by Bob Bramble / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  35–37
• MAD Contemplates, Investigates, and Fumigates Some Bad Ideas Just Waiting to Happen!

  Sometimes a Grate Notion Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  38–39
• You're Getting Too Old to Rock If…

  Mock of Ages Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Hachtman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  40–41 sample
• Going Into Combat

  G.I. Joke Dept.

  Steve Greenberg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  42 sample
• Dive (movie satire)

  The Faking of the President Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  43–47
• You Make the Call!

  Determinator Dept.

  Written by Mark Hudis / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  48
• Fold-In — Where is the average family running into big money problems these days?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 90's — "Saturday Night Out With the Boys"

  Art by Richard Williams
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