MAD #250 — October 1984

"Anatomy is something that everybody has… but it looks better on girls!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Spring 1985

  featuring MAD Book of Sillier Nonsense
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Marine Jahan enjoying MAD; Ads for Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions #5 (Al Jaffee) Paperback and Subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Inbanana Jones and the Temple of Goons (movie satire)

  Ecch the Halls With Bowels for Kali Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • MAD Color Classics #1 — April 2000
  4–8
• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  RIP, Please! Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  9
• MAD's Easy Step-By-Step “Break Dance” Chart

  Loco-motion Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  10–11
• Don Martin Looks at Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan

  Hollywood and Vines Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  12–14
• The MAD Nasty Book — Volume Five

  Along the Snide Lines Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003 (excerpt)
  15–17 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  18–22
• Horrifying Sports Cliches

  Spooking from Pictures Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • The Spring Training MAD — 1993 (Paperback #92)
  • MAD #21 — October 2021
  23–25
• A MAD Look at Some Famous Advertising Slogans

  Ad Campaign Relievers Dept.

  Written by Alen Robin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  26–27 sample
• A MAD Look at Horseback Riding

  Giddy-Yaks Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #70 — Spring 1990
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD Kids #10 — March 2008
  28–30
• Scaredcrow and Mrs. Kling (TV satire)

  Here's Mom in Your Spy Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  31–36
• MAD's X-Rated Celebrity Trivia Quiz

  A Star is Porn Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Mort Drucker's MAD Show-Stoppers — 1985
  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  37
• Simple Games and Pastimes for the School Drop-Out

  Yuks For Clucks Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  • Unstoppable MAD — 1992 (Paperback #91)
  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  38–39
• The MAD Speedometer

  Smiles Per Hour Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  • MAD Kids #3 — May 2006 (reworked)
  40–41
• Splash-Dance (movie satire)

  Fish Schtick Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  42–47 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — pulley birdhouse clippers

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #72 — Fall 1990
  • MAD Takes the Cake — 1992 (Paperback #90)
  • 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
  48
• Fold-In — What bizarre new epidemic is threatening to fill our hospitals?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — William Tell Tree Fall

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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