MAD Magazine #290

MAD Magazine (USA)
Updated:
MAD Magazine #290 • USA • 1st Edition - New York
Country:
USA
Edition:
1st Edition - New York
Company:
E.C. Publications, Inc.
Published:
October 1st, 1989
Cover:
In this issue we slime “Ghostbusters II”
Sale price:
$1.50
Pages:
52
Format:
Magazine

Editorial

Cover Variations

Image of MAD Magazine #292
Australia
Image of MAD Magazine #60
Brasil
Image of MAD Magazine #8
Finland
Image of MAD Magazine #330
Great Britain
Image of MAD Magazine #251
Germany
Image of MAD Magazine #219
Netherlands
Image of MAD Magazine #5
Mexico
Image of MAD Magazine #290
South Africa
Image of MAD Magazine #11
Sweden

Featured characters

Image of Howard Stern
Howard Stern (Public Character)
Image of Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds (Actor)
Image of Steve Martin
Steve Martin (Actor)
Image of Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves (Actor)
Image of Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis (Actor)
Image of Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr. (Actor)
Image of Bill Murray
Bill Murray (Actor)

Table of Contents

Random sampling of reader mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Page: 3

Movie satire: ‘Grossbusters II’ ['Ghostbusters II']

Department: The Second Slime Around

Artist: Mort Drucker Writer: Stan Hart

Page: 4

Modern Rube Goldberg Inventions

Department: The Contraptions Are Coming More Frequently

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee

Page: 10

Spy Vs. Spy

Department: Joke and Dagger

Writer: Don Edwing Artist: Bob Clarke

Page: 13

Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday Items

Department: Exposé Can You See

Artist: George Woodbridge Writer: Charlie Kadau

Page: 14

MAD Visits a Fat Farm

Department: Draining the Tubs

Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Lou Silverstone

Page: 17

The Alarming Alien Atrocity

Department: Tales From the Duck Side Part 1

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Page: 21

Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who…

Department: Hypocritic Oafs

Artist: Harry North Writer: Lou Silverstone

Page: 22

Some Real “Scruples” Questions We'd Like to Ask Some Real People

Department: Card Shocks

Writer: Charlie Kadau Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos Photographer: Neil Schneider Photographer: John Gotti Photo

Page: 24

TV satire: ‘The ABC Misery Movie’ [“The ABC Mystery Movie”]

Department: Three Men and a Body

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Angelo Torres

Page: 27

MAD Suggestions for Reducing the National Debt

Department: Coming to a Debt End

Artist, Writer: Paul Peter Porges

Page: 32

Ten College Athletes

Department: Frank on a Roll

Artist: Jack Davis Writer: Frank Jacobs

Page: 34

The Lighter Side of…

Department: Berg’s-Eye View

Artist, Writer: Dave Berg

Page: 36

A MAD Look at Basic Training

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Page: 41

Politically Inspired Dolls

Department: Mannequin Depressives

Artist: Rick Tulka Writer: Dennis Snee

Page: 45

The Dreaded Dental Debacle

Department: Tales From the Duck Side Part 2

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Page: 48

Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Back Cover Inside: The Kind Of Plague That Has Today's Parents Feeling

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee

Back Cover: A Scene We’d Like to See

Photographer: Irving Schild