MAD #239 — June 1983

"After all is said and done, there's always a lot more said than done!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Fall 1983

  featuring Sex, Love, and other things your parents are against
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Sergio Aragones' MAD Menagerie Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself? — barrel-jump neck-chopper (art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Simple & Simple (TV satire)

  This Smothers the Brothers Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone and Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  4–10
• One Prehistoric Morning While Inventing

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Places to Hide the M-X Missiles Where They Will Never Be Found

  Bombs Away Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  12–13 sample
• Pages from Celebrities Calendars

  Nuts With Dates Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • The MAD Student Survival Guide — 2002 (excerpt)
  16–20
• This is a Test! — of the Emergency Publishing System

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Written by John Ficarra

  Interrupts Don Martin's One Fine Afternoon at the Dentist

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  21
• A MAD Look at Big-Time TV

  Video-Syncrasies Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  22–24
• MAD's “Defense Contractor” of the Year

  Arms Robbery Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  25–28
• Long Distance Runs of the Future

  Humor in a Jogular Vein Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  29–31
• One Medieval Afternoon While Falconing

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• More Parental Non-Sequiturs

  Shift of Gab Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  33–35
• Personalized License Plates For Fictional and Historical Characters

  Bumper Crap Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #66 — Spring 1989
  36–37
• Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed MAD Ailments Contracted at Supermarkets

  Sick Humor Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #67 — Summer 1989
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  38–39
• Spy vs. Spy — fan kite bomb (logo) / cannon magnet helmet lifter

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • See No... Hear No... Speak No... MAD — 1991 (Paperback #86)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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• The Verdiccch (movie satire)

  Whiskey With an Ambulance Chaser Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  41–47 sample
• One Scary Night While Chasing a Monster

  Don Martin Dept. Part IV

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #68 — Fall 1989
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Fold-In — Where are public executions sometimes performed to entertain an audience?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — You Found Out! (the truth)

  Written by Billy Doherty / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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