MAD #344 — April 1996

"It takes one to know one — and vice versa!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Why Kill Yourself?

  Railroad crossing gate guillotine — redrawn from #159

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters & Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos of Lenny Brenner, photo of John Shea with #336; Ad for Super Special March 1996 — Big Bad MAD #2
  2–3
• MAD Factoids

  That's Infotainment Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider
  (various places around the magazine)
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Alfie Awards — MAD Salutes the Movies

  Oscar Mired Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  4–8
• Comic Strip Classics in Their Full Strip Form

  Putting Our Thirty Two Cents In Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Walt F. Rosenberg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  9–11
• Opening Lines to Unhappy Stories

  It's All Downhill from Hear Dept.

  Written by Greg Eckler / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Mad Gross Book — 2001
  12–13
• Spy vs. Spy — cannon on train destroys bridge bomber

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • Spy vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  14–15
• The Malling of America

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Staake

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #12 — November 2001
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  16–18 sample
• Cybernerd Magazine

  Of Mouse and Men Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge, Robert Dale, Phil Franke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  19–23
• MAD's Academy Awards Seating Chart

  Oscar Mired Hams Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  24–25
• Strange But True…

  The Fright Stuff Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Geary

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Color Classics #5 — April 2002
  26–27 sample
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  28–32
• MAD's Colossal, Stupendous, Absolutely Fantabulous Plan to Liven Up The Academy Awards

  Oscar Mired Baloney Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  33–35
• Paparazzi Shots That Press Agents Try to Suppress

  Prints Harming Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  36–37
• Practical School Prayers for Today's Students

  A Few Good Amens Dept.

  Written by Pastor Dan Lozer / Art by Dennis Langdon, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #137 — May 1999
  38–39 sample
• A MAD Look at Nudity

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  40–42
• Police Squad: O.J. on the Rocks

  Glove Story Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  43–47
• The Pernicious Plaything Payoff

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Mad Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  48
• Fold-In — What's the new hot sports fan collectible?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Dink Clod's Rock, Roll and Remember

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Mort Drucker
  C4