MAD #263 — June 1986

"In the past we blamed bad people on the environment, now we blame the environment on bad people!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Super Special Fall 1986
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD's Dave Berg Looks at Our Planet Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Roger Ebore and Gene Sissy review two films (movie satires)

  Duo Unto Others Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  • The Fool of the Nile
  • Young Sureschlock Homely

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  4–9
• You'd Be Rich if You Had a Nickel…

  Common Cents Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  10–11
• One Day in the City

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

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

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  12
• Violent Mother Goose

  Drawing Verse Blood Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • Bristling MAD — 1993 (Paperback #93)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  13–16
• Spy vs. Spy — shaking coconuts (logo) / gun in blow-dryer

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD TV — 1995
  • 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
  17
• A MAD Look at Rock Concerts

  Sergio Aragones Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  18–19
• Consumer Revenge Bills

  Due Unto Others Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  20–21
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  22–26
• One Day in the Suburbs

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  27
• All-White Song (Lionel Richie song parody)

  From Gags to Richie Dept. Side A

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge
  28–29
• "Jello" (Lionel Richie song parody)

  From Gags to Richie Dept. Side B

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD #13 — June 2020
  30
• MAD's I.R.S. Agent of the Year

  Many Unhappy Returns Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  31–34
• One Day in the Country

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD XL #2 — March 2000
  • MAD Kids #4 — August 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  35
• Not So Obvious Warning Signs of Places to Avoid

  Observa-Shuns Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  36–37
• Customized Academy Awards for Current Movie Trends

  Oscar-Mired Dept.

  Michael Montgomery

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #80 — March 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  38–39
• Ads We Never Got to See!

  Dick DePT.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #84 — November 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  40–42 sample
• The Olden Girls (TV satire)

  Humor in a Varicose Vein Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen and Jay Kogen / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #83 — September 1992
  43–47
• MAD Dots

  Speck-Tickles Dept.

  Written by Mat Jacobs

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #86 — March 1993
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  48
• Fold-In — What current pop cult is attracting legions of followers?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #78 — January 1992
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs the '80s — Special Collector's Edition 2016
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• Back Cover — The Day AT&T Went Too Far

  Written by John Prete / Art by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #81 — May 1992
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
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