MAD Magazine #290 
Editorial
- Editor: John Ficarra
- Editor: Nick Meglin
- Cover Artist: Sam Viviano
Featured characters
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
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
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
