MAD #221 — March 1981

"When you're in deep water, it's a good idea to keep your mouth shut!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special #35 — featuring MAD Car and Home Window Stickers
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Matt Dillon reading MAD / Photo of MAD writer John Ficarra with Steve Allen / Ad for Sergio Aragones's MAD Marginals! Paperback / Alfred E. Neuman portraits ad / Subscriptions ad — elephant crush, written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Hatchet Job Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD #27 — October 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  4–10 sample
• "Variety" For Other Occupations

  Tripe Hype Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart
  11–13
• Don Martin Looks at The Hulk

  Green and Bare It Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD Special #96 — Early Spring 1994
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Kids #12 — September 2008
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  14–17
• If "Hollywood Hype" Were Used for Everyday Dramatic Occasions

  Hype Tripe Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  18–21
• MAD's New Phobias for the '80s

  The Dread Menace Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  22–23
• The MAD Stop Watch

  Tick-Tick Schtick Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD Kids #12 — September 2008
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  26–30
• Spy vs. Spy — helicopter plunger saw

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  31
• Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists

  Post Waste Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #56 — Fall 1986
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  32–33 sample
• MAD Image-Builders

  An Eye for an "I" Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34–37
• Customized Organ Donor Cards for Some Very Special Donors

  Used Parts Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Jackpot — 1989 (Paperback #80)
  38–39
• More MAD Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities

  Hokey Focus Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The MAD Cooler — 1988 (Paperback #78)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  40–42
• Crapper John, M.D. (TV satire)

  "Mash" Murderer Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  43–47
• A Basket Case High Up on the 37th Floor

  Parting Shot Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD Blasts — 1988 (Paperback #79)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What disgusting form of pollution is now considered dangerous to us all?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — MAD's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps

  Written by Henry Clark / Art by U.S. Postal Service
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