MAD #345 — May 1996

"How come stealing from one book is plagiarism, but stealing from many is research?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  last day of school trampling

  Art by Angelo Torres
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Ron Howard with MAD #341; ad for Super Special April 1996 — The Music MAD
  2–3
• Well, Duh!

  Subtle-Tease Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper
  (various places around the magazine)
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD's Beatles Songbook

  Greed is the Word Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  • Alfred E. Neuman's "What Me Worry Band" Album Cover — Art by Drew Friedman sample
  • "Gambling" sung to the tune of "Something" — Art by Sergio Aragones
  • "Internet" sung to the tune of "Yesterday" — Art by Dennis Langdon, Jr.
  • "Hey, Newt" sung to the tune of "Hey, Jude" — Art by Gerry Gersten
  • "Talk-Show Fan" sung to the tune of "Nowhere Man" — Art by Tom Bunk
  • "The Royal Family" sung to the tune of "Yellow Submarine" — Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  4–8
• A MAD Look at Graduations

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #5 — April 2002
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor Vol. 4 — April 2026
  9–12
• Chilling Thoughts

  The Fright Stuff Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Color Classics #3 — April 2001
  13–15 sample
• Appliance Story or How Other Things In Your House Behave When You're Not Around

  While the Cat's Away Device Will Play Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Steve Smallwood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  16–17
• The Ghastly Gastronomical Glitch

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #7 — April 2003
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  18
• Telemarketing Theatre

  Taking the Wind Out of Their Sales Dept.

  Written by John Reiner / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #12 — November 2001
  19–21
• Why Is It?

  We're Here, We're Queries, Get Used to It Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  22–23
• A Court TV Scene We'd Like to See

  Spoof, Justice and the American Way Dept.

  Written by Dave Berg / Art by David Small
  24 sample
• The Devil's Advocate — The Monthly Newsletter For Satan Worshippers

  Beast Meets Jest Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs and Bill Fibbers / Art by Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, and Lisa Blackshear

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #12 — November 2001
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
  25–28
• Drama on Page 29! — reading plane-pulled sign backwards

  Beach and Moan Dept.

  John Caldwell
  29
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  30–34
• The Popemobile For Rent

  Catholic-tic Coverter Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Gerry Mooney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  35–37
• When "Per Serving" Information is Placed on Everything

  Pro-Apportion Dept.

  Written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Art by Glenn Barr

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  38–39 sample
• Amazing Discoveries Products that Never Left the Lab

  Well, Dud! Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  40–41
• Spy Vs. Spy — hammer car smashes spy nail

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  42
• Carolwhine Sitting Pretty (TV satire)

  Cathy Gotswiped Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  43–48
• Fold-In — What sinister operation is driving people to the breaking point?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — The Zit

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 11 collections

  • MAD Special #123 — September 1997
  • MAD XL #5 — August 2000
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD Kids #3 — May 2006
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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