Cover: Richard Williams
Mad #278
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeContains 17 stories
Dorky Dancing
Jennifer Grey [as Bubbie]Patrick Swayze [as Jawclench]Cynthia Rhodes [as Pinhead]Jack Weston [as Lox]
The Terrifying Terminal Tragedy
Harold
Still More Celebrity Silhouettes
Robin LeachErnieKaddafiNancyDon JohnsonMax HeadroomRoger EbertMarvin
Quick Recoveries for Embarrassing Situations
A Mad Look at School
The Stupefying Suicide Situation
The Mad Nasty File (Vol Two)
Jim McMahonLt. Col. Oliver NorthJack NicholsonOprah WinfreyFerdinand MarcosImelda MarcosTom CruiseGary Hart
Dangerous Sports for the Very Daring and the Super Stupid
Secret Supermarket Rules
The Lighter Side of...
The Disastrous Desert Drama
Celebrity Reading Lists
John MaddenDan RatherFrank SinatraJoan RiversBrooke ShieldsGeorge SteinbrennerMichael JacksonAyatollah Khomeini
Mad’s Instant Guide to Zodiac Types
Spy vs. Spy
The Black Spythe White Spy
Stinkout
Emilio Estevez [as Bilk]Aidan Quinn [as Wretched Runtgomery]Madeleine Stowe [as Marina McFire]Richie Valens (cameo)
Disclaimers for TV Commercials to that Don’t Have Disclaimers
The Macabre Morticians’ Melodrama
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Reprinted in Svenska Mad #4/1988 (1988), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #92 (1994), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #93 (1994), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad #502 (2010), Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] (2010), Mad #46 (2025)
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