MAD #229 — March 1982

"Today, if a movie is rated 'G', the hero gets the girl; if it's rated 'R', the villain gets the girl; and if it's rated 'X', everybody gets the girl!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Summer 1982

  featuring The MAD Laugh Record — Mort Drucker art
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for MAD's Dave Berg Looks At You Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (magnifying glass rigged to light bomb fuse with sunrise — 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) summary
• For Her Thighs Only (movie satire)

  One Moore Time Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  4–10
• One Day in a Sculptor's Studio

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• A MAD Report on Progress

  Onward and Up-the-Creek Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  12–13 sample
• If the Underworld Were Allowed to Advertise

  Thugs Plugs Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  14–18
• One Day on a Tiny Desert Island

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  19
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83) (excerpt)
  20–24
• Your MAD Horoscope

  Zodiacs Murder Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  25
• A MAD Look at The Idiocy of Young Athletes Who Imitate the Pros on TV

  The Jocks on Them Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  26–29
• Spy vs. Spy — baby spy inflates with balloon air

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  30
• Whatever Became of...?

  A New Wrinkle Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  31–33
• A MAD Look At Lousy Kissers

  Lip Schtick Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD Special #124 — October 1997
  34–35
• One Day at the Federal Building

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  36
• A MAD Guide to Understanding Statistics

  Poll-ish Jokes Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  37–39
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself Comedy Routine

  Put Your Funny in the Blank Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  40–41
• Family Fools (TV satire)

  Our Survey Says..."Yecch!" Dept.

  Written by Dick Bic / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  42–48 sample
• Fold-In — What kind of obscenity makes parents hate sending their kids to the movies?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Hanging Suicide Vacuum Delay

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
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