MAD #357 — May 1997

"A call girl is a lady who isn't free for the night!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad — Another Satisfied MAD Subscriber

  Jack Rickard art from MAD Barfs
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Gwyneth Paltrow Celebrity Snap with MAD #345, Ad for MAD Special #121 — June 1997 — MAD About Families
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The People vs. Larry Fylth (movie satire)

  A Star is Porn Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  4–9 sample
• Homeboy's Life Magazine

  White On! Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Photo Editor Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  10–11
• MAD's Etiquette Guide to Same Sex Weddings

  Queerly Beloved Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  12–13
• Product Recalls You May Have Missed

  Defects of Life Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Timothy Shamey

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  14–16 sample
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to World Travel

  The Schmucks Stop Here Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  • MAD #516 — August 2012 — The MAD Vault
  17–19
• MAD-sterpiece Theater: Sportsdunk

  When the Schtick Hits the Fan Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD XL #19 — January 2003
  20–21
• Spy vs. Spy — escalator magnet

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Bill Janocha / Art by Peter Kuper

  Note: Michael Gallagher was credited for writing by mistake in the original printing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  22–23
• A MAD Modern Report Card

  The Grades of Wrath Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  24–25
• The MAD World of Religion

  Faith, Hope and Parody Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre and Rick Rodgers / Art by B. K. Taylor

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  26–28
• MAD's Male / Female Dictionary of the English Language

  The Babble of the Sexes Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Geary and Marian Henley

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  29–33
• Best-Sellers Cut Down to Size

  Abridged Too Far Dept.

  Written by Eric Perlin / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  34–35
• Monroe &... Mother Nature

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  36–37
• A Community Update from Sleaze Case, Chairman and CEO of America Onhold

  Information Superhighway Robbery Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Charles Akins
  38–39
• A MAD Look at Going Out

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  40–42
• Walt Disney Visits His Studio Today

  A Poke in the Eisner Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  43–47
• Dummy & Dummier

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Tang Promotion Special Edition — Editor's Choice — 1997
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  48
• Fold-In —
  What besieged group of people does our military seem unwilling to protect?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Martha Stewart Dying

  Written by Meredith Anthony, Larry Light, and Alison Power / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
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