MAD Magazine #279

Cover: Another Lemon Issue of Mad

Artist: James Warhola

Table of Contents

Artist: The Usual Gang of Idiots

Letters and Tomatoes Department

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Artist: Sergio Aragonés

Feeble Attraction

Department: And They Call It Yuppie Love

Artist: Mort Drucker Writer: Stan Hart

The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly

Department: Tales From the Duck Side

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Mad Looks At Handshakes

Department: All Jaffee

Writer: Franklin "Frank" Jacobs Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee

New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now!

Department: Better Legislate Than Never

Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Thomas F. "Tom" Koch

The Lighter Side Of...

Department: Berg's-Eye View

Artist, Writer: Dave Berg

The Befuddling Balcony Blunder

Department: Tales From the Duck Side

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Mad Opens A Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package

Department: The Envelope, Sleaze!

Writer: Charlie Kadau Writer: Joe Raiola Artist: Bob Clarke

That'll Be the Day!

Department: The Odds Must Be Crazy

Artist: Jack Davis Writer: Barry Liebmann

A Mad Look At Disney Classics

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Mad's Guide To Making It In the Business World

Department: Hire Education

Artist: George Woodbridge Writer: Lawrence H. "Larry" Siegel

Spy vs. Spy

Department: Joke and Dagger

Artist, Writer: Antonio Prohias

Practical Uses For Well-Trained Porcupines

Department: A View To A Quill

Artist, Writer: Paul Peter Porges

All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit

Department: Joy-Schtick

Writer: Franklin "Frank" Jacobs Artist: Harvey Kurtzman

Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel)

Department: The Funny Form

Writer: Don Edwing Artist: Bob Clarke

A Mad Look At Real-Life Government "Logic"

Department: None Dare Call It Reason

Artist: Harry North Writer: Mike Snider

ReDesigning Women

Department: Catty-Shack

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Angelo Torres

The Demonic Detector Disaster

Department: Tales From the Duck Side

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Back Cover Inside: What popular teenage turn on is a turn off for parents?

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee

Back Cover: Bulgin' Belly Burner

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Photographer: Irving Schild