MAD #364 — December 1997

"The clearest digital signal is still flipping someone the bird!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Kelly Freas art from MAD #52
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Don (Duck) Edwing on the cover of Home Worker Magazine, Celebrity Snap of Richard Karn with MAD #356, Ad for Super Special December 1997 #125, Big Bad MAD #5
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• NBC's Desperate Plans for Seinfeld Spinoffs

  Jerry-Mandering Dept.

  Written by David Shayne and Joe Raiola / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  4–7 sample
• Monroe &… The Big Party

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  8–10
• Air Farce One (movie satire)

  Plane Nonsense Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  11–16
• Product Instructions for a Dumbed-Down America

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Monte Wolverton

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #10 — September 2004
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  17
• Newspaper Stories You May See After Future Anti-Discrimination Lawsuits

  Bias Beware Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003
  18–20
• The Beer Hunter

  Tales From the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  21
• Important Lessons Learned from the Mars Pathfinder Mission

  A Rocket Full of Miracles Dept.

  Written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Art by Tom Hachtman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  22–23
• MAD-sterpiece Theater: Sadistic "Simon Says"

  No Pain, No Game Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — tuba missile

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  26–27
• A MAD Look at Airports

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  28–30
• The Lighter Side of…

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  31–34
• Playboy Newsstand Spectacles

  Show Me the Bunny Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Greg Theakston
  35
• Microsoft Monopoly: What we're doing to you today (ad parody)

  Software's the Beef? Dept.

  Written by Peter Kuper
  36
• Still Even More Chilling Thoughts

  The Fright Stuff Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #1 — August 2005
  37–39
• Adult Novelties for Losers

  Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #21 — June 2003
  40–41
• The Droop Carey Show (TV satire)

  Play That Chunky Music, Fat Boy Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  42–47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Jerry Seinfeld

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  48
• Fold-In — What beloved four-legged creature won't be around to light up kids' lives this Christmas?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #31 — January 2005
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Marilyn Hanson

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia
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