MAD Magazine #302 
Editorial
- Editor: John Ficarra
- Editor: Nick Meglin
- Cover Artist: Richard Williams
Cover Variations
Featured characters
Table of Contents
Random samplings of reader mail
Department: Letters and Tomatoes
Page: 2
Small Scale Examples of How History Repeats Itself!
Department: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Lame
Artist: Tom Bunk Writer: Dan Birtcher
Page: 10
‘Babar’’s Final Adventure
Department: Taking Them to Tusk
Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Bob Clarke
Page: 13
Advertising Characters & Corporate Mascots That Better Reflect the Miserable Companies They Work For
Department: Company Trademocks
Artist: George Woodbridge Writer: Charlie Kadau
Page: 18
MAD’s Lifetime Chart of Wasted Time
Department: As the Clock Schticks Away
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Harry North
Page: 20
The Mad Nasty File – Volume V
Department: Along the Snide Lines
Writer: Tom Koch Artist: Gerry Gersten
Page: 23
MAD’s All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself National Scandal Newspaper Story
Department: The Shame Old Thing
Writer: Frank Jacobs
Page: 34
MAD’s Modern Babysitter’s Guide to the Problem Child
Department: Brat’s Entertainment
Artist, Writer: Paul Peter Porges
Page: 36
Did We Miss Something?
Department: Changing Our Unaware
Artist: Rick Tulka Writer: Mike Snider
Page: 38
A MAD Look at How Far We’ve Come
Department: There’s Always Gloom for Improvement
Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Tom Koch
Page: 40
TV satire: ‘MacGimmick’ ['MacGyver']
Department: Gadget Goes to Washington
Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Angelo Torres
Page: 43
Hi, Readers! Reverend Donald Wildmon Here!
Artist: Jack Davis Writer: Charlie Kadau Writer: Joe Raiola
Page: 48
Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)
Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés
Back Cover Inside: What Has George Bush's "Read My Lips" Changed To?
Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee
Back Cover: A See ’n Say for Modern Kids
