MAD #306 — October 1991

"America is a land which fought for freedom and then began passing laws to get rid of it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ads for MAD Super Special February 1992 — Collector's Series #2
  and MAD Super Special March 1992 — Wrestling
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Author Maria Reidelbach pitches Completely MAD, Ad for Sergio Aragones is Totally MAD! Paperback, Ad for Subscriptions with MAD Pin Collection Bonus
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Teen Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles II (movie satire)

  Cowa-bunglers Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  • MAD #15 — October 2020
  4–8
• The Jaundiced Jury's Judgment

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  9
• Future Quayle Quotes We Can Expect to Hear

  Veep Throat Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  10–11
• Making Games More Dangerous

  Fatal Distractions Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #122 — August 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #21 — October 2021
  12–13 sample
• The Startling Similarities Between Ancient Mythology & Modern Rock

  Parallel Barbs Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  14–16
• The Chilling Chopper Chapter

  Tales from the Dark Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #111 — March 1996
  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  • MAD Color Classics #9 — April 2004
  17
• Only When You're Sure No One is Watching...

  Out of Sight, Out of Line Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  18–19 sample
• Why Sports Life is Harder than Real Life

  Jocks Trapped Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  • MAD XL #16 — July 2002
  20–21
• Salesmen's Claims and Come-Ons That Should Set You Running

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Bunk
  22–23
• MAD's Create-Your-Own Vanilla Ice Biography

  Ripping Van Winkle Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — shoulder cannon corked

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  26
• The Prescott University of Un-Learning Adult Education Courses

  Applying for a Scholar-snip Dept.

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

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  27–29 sample
• Cause or Coincidence?

  A Massive Chart Attack Dept.

  Written by Dan Birtcher / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  30–31
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  • MAD #28 — December 2022 (excerpt)
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition (excerpt)
  32–36
• I Sent a Letter Through the Mail...

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  (with apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Arrow and the Song)

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  37
• Other Uses for Satellite Dishes

  Antennas, Anyone? Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #120 — April 1997
  38–39
• The Ingenious Indian Incursion

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Idiotic Fruity Candy — Special Collectors' Series — 1993
  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  40
• MAD's Merchandiser of the Year

  Getting an Exploit Opinion Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #125 — December 1997
  41–44
• Once Upon a Time...

  The Past, Present and Futile Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — 2000
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #17 — February 2021
  45–47
• MAD's Soap Opera Update

  Slaying the Plot Machines Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  • MAD About TV — 1999
  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  48
• Fold-In — What tyrannical overbearing dictator was recently cut down to size?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Get Mutt. You'll Pay.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
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