MAD Magazine #290 MAD Magazine (USA) Updated: May 17th, 2019 Country: USAEdition: 1st Edition - New YorkCompany: E.C. Publications, Inc.Published: October 1st, 1989Cover: In this issue we slime “Ghostbusters II”Sale price: $1.50Pages: 52Format: Magazine Editorial Editor: John FicarraEditor: Nick MeglinCover Artist: Sam Viviano Cover Variations AustraliaBrasilFinlandGreat BritainGermanyNetherlandsMexicoSouth AfricaSweden Featured characters Howard Stern (Public Character)Burt Reynolds (Actor)Steve Martin (Actor)Keanu Reeves (Actor)Rick Moranis (Actor)Louis Gossett Jr. (Actor)Bill Murray (Actor) Table of ContentsRandom sampling of reader mailDepartment: Letters and TomatoesPage: 3Movie satire: ‘Grossbusters II’ ['Ghostbusters II']Department: The Second Slime AroundArtist: Mort Drucker Writer: Stan HartPage: 4Modern Rube Goldberg InventionsDepartment: The Contraptions Are Coming More FrequentlyArtist, Writer: Al JaffeePage: 10Spy Vs. Spy Department: Joke and DaggerWriter: Don Edwing Artist: Bob ClarkePage: 13Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday ItemsDepartment: Exposé Can You SeeArtist: George Woodbridge Writer: Charlie KadauPage: 14MAD Visits a Fat FarmDepartment: Draining the TubsArtist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Lou SilverstonePage: 17The Alarming Alien AtrocityDepartment: Tales From the Duck Side Part 1Artist, Writer: Don EdwingPage: 21Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who… Department: Hypocritic OafsArtist: Harry North Writer: Lou SilverstonePage: 22Some Real “Scruples” Questions We'd Like to Ask Some Real People Department: Card ShocksWriter: Charlie Kadau Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos Photographer: Neil Schneider Photographer: John Gotti PhotoPage: 24TV satire: ‘The ABC Misery Movie’ [“The ABC Mystery Movie”]Department: Three Men and a BodyWriter: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Angelo TorresPage: 27MAD Suggestions for Reducing the National DebtDepartment: Coming to a Debt EndArtist, Writer: Paul Peter PorgesPage: 32Ten College Athletes Department: Frank on a RollArtist: Jack Davis Writer: Frank JacobsPage: 34The Lighter Side of…Department: Berg’s-Eye ViewArtist, Writer: Dave BergPage: 36A MAD Look at Basic Training Department: Serge-In GeneralArtist, Writer: Sergio AragonésPage: 41Politically Inspired Dolls Department: Mannequin DepressivesArtist: Rick Tulka Writer: Dennis SneePage: 45The Dreaded Dental DebacleDepartment: Tales From the Duck Side Part 2Artist, Writer: Don EdwingPage: 48Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)Artist, Writer: Sergio AragonésDrawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)Artist, Writer: Sergio AragonésBack Cover Inside: The Kind Of Plague That Has Today's Parents FeelingArtist, Writer: Al JaffeeBack Cover: A Scene We’d Like to SeePhotographer: Irving Schild
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