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    LETTERS AND TOMATOES DEPARTMENT:  R a n dom Sa mpl in gs o f Re a de r M a iL .2

    YOUR GUEST IS AS GO O D AS MINE DEPARTMENT:The

      M A D G u i de t o D o in g W e l l / N o t D o in g W e l l O n T V T a l k S ho w s . .. 4 

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      T A L E S F R O M T H E D U C K S I D E

      DEPARTMENT:The Intrepid Informer's lndictment...7

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    vND THE WINNERS AREN'T DEPARTMENT: N ew G ra m m y A w a rd Categ ories W e 'd Like to See...8 [ |,

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    CA N'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BETTER DEPARTMENT: Just W he n Y o u Th in k i t C a n ' t Ge t A n y W o rs e . . . 1 0  2 ^ ^

    EVENTING OUR SPLEEN DEPARTMENT:  R ight No w . . . l 2

    TALES FROM THE DUCK SIDE DEPARTMENT:  T he G o o f y G a l a p a g o s G o o n - S q u a d . . . 1 5

    'THEY'RE THE DISEASE A ND WE'RE THE CURATOR DEPARTMENT:  W he n The Smit hs on ia n Ope n s A n A dv e r t is in g W in g . . . l

    SERGE-IN GENERAL DEPARTMENT: A M A D Look a t Ga mb l in g . . . 1 8

    MARCH/APRIL

    1994

    NUMBE

    326

    ",^7/e reason many people* are (oxl in  mom/it  k 6ecau,ie itis>  un/ani/'/ar  lem'lonj, "

    —  Jimfd   e>. jYuunajv

    EXCERPT MARKS THE SPOT DEPARTMENT:   B a rba r a B r a n don 's "W he re I 'm C omin g From " . ..2 1

    OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKED DEPARTMENT:

      The N e w A me r ica n D re a m C a re e r Pa th C ha r t . .. 2 4

    A PENNY CRAVED IS A PENNY YEARNED DEPARTMENT:

      I t 's a Recession, I t 's a Depression.. .26

    BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPARTMENT:

      The Lighter Side o f . . .29

    JOKE AND DAGGER DEPARTMENT:  Spy Vs. Spy.. .33

    DEVICE AG E DEPARTMENT: W ha t i f Techno logy Inva ded H is tory?. . .34

    ®S \  ADHERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW DEPARTMENT:

      W ha t D oe s it Sa y A bou t P l a y in g by the R u le s W he n . . .3 6

    f £ h PAIN'S WORLD DEPARTMENT: The Ma s oc h is t' s W o rk ou t . . .3 8

    STRIPS TEASED DEPARTMENT:

     W he n To day 's Con t rove rs ia l Issues To ta l ly Inv ade the C o mics. . .40

    A HIGH PRICE TOUPEE DEPARTMENT:

      "Miscue

      9 1 1 " ( A MAD TV

     SATIRE )...43

    DRAWN OUT DRAMAS"

      by Se rg io A ra gon e s .. .Va r iou s P la ce s A rou n d The M a g a z in e

    FRONT  AN D BACK COVER  ARTIST: RICHARD WILLIAM S   FRONT COVER IDEA: DUCK EDWIN G

    « ^  -THINGS THAT SUCK" WRITER: HAL PINURCIOLO

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    LETTERS AND TOMATOES DEPT

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    " S E N S E L E S S I N S E A T T L E "

    I can' t believe I 'm wr iti ng a letter to th e

    ed i to rs o f a maga z ine I loved and la ughed a t

    and grew up wi th and even sen t mater ia l to ,

    back in the 8 th g rad e , in 1968 , which you

    never even ackn owle dged However , I 'm the

    g u y w h o t h o u g h t u p a n d w r o t e  Sleepless in

    Seattle,  the movie you skewered in your Jan

    uar y '94 issue —an d I just had to tell you

    w h a t an h o n o r i t i s T o h a v e c h i l d h o o d

    heroes l ike Mort Drucker and S tan Har t go

    to work on me, and all of the folks involved

    in the movie , i s jus t about the coo les t th ing

    tha t cou ld have come f rom th is whole expe

    r i e n c e — a l m o s t b e t t e r t h a n g e t t i n g p a i d S o

    i t ' s n ice to see you f ina l ly p r in t ed som eth ing

    o f m i n e — a l t h o u g h I s a w a p h o t o o n c e o f

    y o u r l a te a n d e s t e e m e d f o u n d e r W i l l i a m

    Gaines ' o f f ice , and I 'm wonder ing i f my

    stuf f f rom '68 i sn ' t s t i l l in there somew here

    Jef f Arch

    Cl i f ton , VA

    Je ff—Thanks f o r yo u r v e ry k ind l e t t e r . B a sed o n

    yo u r su gges tio n , we t o o k a l o o k and indee d d id

    f ind you r 196 8 submission. Our 4-star edito ria l

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    ing shows l i t t le promise o f be ing commercia l ly

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    s o m e a c c o u n t in g c o u rs e s a n d f o r e v e r g i v e u p t h e

    dre am o f o n e da y beco ming a su ccessfu l Ho l ly

    wo o d screenwr i t e r —Ed.

    P R A N K D I S C U S S I O N

    I h a v e a b i g p r o b l e m . I l i k e p l a y i n g

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    n e e d b e t t e r o n e s . C o u l d y o u h e l p m e ?

    T h a n k s f o r y o u r t i m e .

    Dan Moff i t t

    Sa l inas , CA

    D a n T h e M a n — N o p r o b l e m o l H e r e a r e s o m e o f

    o u r f a v o r i t e p r a n k s : C a l l t h e H o w a r d S t e r n

    S h o w , a n d w h e n y o u g e t o n , y e l l o u t " L a r r y

    K i n g "  A lso , p ick o u t a v ic t im , an d when ev e r yo u

    s e e t h e m , li m p . W h e n t h e y a s k yo u w h a t ' s

    w r o n g , s a y " O h , n o t h i n g . " B u t a s t h e y w a l k

    a w a y , m u t t e r j u st l o u d e n o u g h s o t h e y ca n h e a r

    y o u ,   " W h a t a d i p " O u r a l l -t i me f a v o r i t e p r a n k ,

    the o ne we reco mmend mo s t , is sending yo u r

    v ic t im a su bscr ip t io n t o M AD Try i t I t wo rks

    e v e r y t i m e - E d .

    T H E B E S T

    W i t h t hi s, o u r s e v e n t h y e a r o f s po t

    l i g h t i n g a r e a d e r ' s p i c k s f o r t h e b e s t

    of the year , we decided to shake things

    u p by pr in t ing  tw o  re ade rs picks Per-

    Here are my personal favorites for '93:

    Best Movie Satire:

     Home A-Groan 2 (#318)

    Best TV

      Satire:

      Batsman: The Anemic Series

    (#322)

    Best Article:

     Translating "Studspeak" (#322)

    Best Satire of A Movie Tha t Deserved

     It:

     Jurass-

    Has-Had-It Park (#323)

    Best

     Satire of a TV Show That

     Deserved

     It:  Blah-

    Sum (#318)

    Best Lighter Side of:

     (#317)

    Best Spy

     Vs .

      Spy: m20)

    Best Tales From the Duck Side:

      The Puny

    Pugilist's Performance: (#322)

    Best

     Cover: Bram Stoker's Dracula (#319)

    Best Back

     Cover:  "First Drug Test" (#317)

    Best  Fold-In:

     D iscarded Diap ers (#317)

    Best AlfredE. Neuma n Quote:

     (#318)

    Best Super

     Special:  Gadgets and Gizmos (#92)

    Best

     Paperback:

     Spy Vs. Spy #8

    Best Overall Issue: (ttyi8)

    T h a n k y o u f o r m a k i n g m e l a u g h

    Ashley Robinson

    D e l a n d , F L

    C A M P B E L L' S W H O O P

    The enc losed po l i t ica l ca r toon app

    in the October 24 th , 1993 issue of the

     

    treal Gazette,  d e p i c t i n g C a n a d i a n P

    M inis te r K im C am pb el l as A lf ie (or

    versa) . Th e very nex t day , Ms. Ca m

    and her Con serva t ive Par ty went down

    recor d-se t t in g defea t in a federa l e le

    G o f i g u r e

    Edward S tok

    M o n t r e a l , C

    A f t e r s e e in g t h e e d i t o r ia l c a r t o o n a n d r e

    y o u r l e t t e r, w e ' r e b e g i n n i n g t o h a v e s

    t h o u g h t s a b o u t N A F T A B y t h e w a y , d i

    k n o w L o m e G r e e n e w a s f r o m C a n a d a ? T

    for wri t ing —Ed.

    M O R O N M A I L

    W h a t t h e # & * @ $ % w e re y o u t h i n

    when you chose Pr ince Char les as the

    ner o f the A lf red E . N eu ma n look

    c o n t e s t ( M A D # 3 2 4 ) ? Y o u s h o u l d c

    be ab le to see th a t wh en Alf red E . g row

    (if he ever does) he will look like D

    L e t t e r m a n

    A d a m D

    S c i t u a t e

    Tru e , bu t when Dav id Le t t e rma n gro w s u

    goin g to lo ok l ike Prince Charles—So wha t '

    p o i n t ? - E d .

    T IM E S T W O

    h a p s n e x t y e a r w e ' l l p ri n t a n e n t i r e

    i s s u e o f  nothing but  r e a d e r ' s p i c k s

    W h a t f a s c in a t i n g r e a d i n g that w o u l d b e

    Here a re my person a l "Bes t o f the Y

    Awards for 1993:

    Best Movie Satire: Sister Axed (#316)

    Best

      TV Satire: Blah-S um (#318)

    Best

     Article: MAD Salutes Some Legendar

    Moms and Dads (#322)

    Best Satire of A Movie That

     Deserved

     It:  H

    A-Groan 2 (#318)

    Best Satire oj

     a TV ShouTh at Deserved It:

    Batsman: The Anemic Series (#323)

    Best

     Lighter

     Side

     of: (#323)

    Best Spy

     Vs .

      Spy:

     (#322)

    Best Tales From the Duck Side:

     The C onni

    Carniv al C aper (#318)

    Best

     Cover: Tr olls (#318)

    Best Back

     Cover: "First Day of School" (#31

    Best Fold-In:

     Th e Florida Ma rlins (#319)

    Best Alfred E. Neuman Quote:

     (#318)

    Best Super

     Special: Co llector's Series #6 (#

    Best

     Paperback:

     MA D's Creature Present

    Best Overall Issue: (#322)

    T h a n k y o u

    D a n D o e

    Schof ie ld

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    o

      Introducing

     o

     CHAT -- your chance lo call up  and speak lo MAD con-

    editors On Wednesda y, February 23,   1994

    -752 -687 2 between the hours

     ol

     3P M

      - 5PM

    compliments, criticisms and craziness ready (And no,

    y. Larry King will not be hosting ) In luture months

    be able to speak to other members ot the usual gang ol

     too Watch

     the Letters

     Page each

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     date and

      time

    And don't forget -  at all other times you can FAX

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     same

     memorable phone number 212-PLAN UPA

    H A P P Y A N D S A D L E R

    by that a well -known

    Recent

      Die

     stopped by for a tour Even so,

     whether or not he'd  join

     Die

      to try and breathe  some much-

    a regular paycheck, eh Bruce?

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    Y O U R G U E S T

      IS AS

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    ARTIST: MOR T DRUCKER WRITER: GREG ECKLER

    4  People who dot their i's with smiley faces or hearts...  S u c k

    DAVID LETTERMAN

    TO DO WELL:

    Cancel.

    ,fl

    GkQuc\< &

    TO NOT DO WELL:

    Upstage Dave.

    TO N OT DO W ELL:

    Tr y  to say something serious.

    Time is running out

    for the Haitian

    refugees

    You know I'm

    not Ted Koppel,

    right?

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    ARSENIO HALL

    T O D O W E L L :

    Mention the basketball gam e you

    were at last  week,  using only the

    first name of the star players.

    JAY LENO

    TO DO W ELL:

    Let Jay jump on your punchlines.

    HOJt  %

    TO DO W ELL:

    Praise the acting talent of the rap

    per who had a small role in your

      film.

    T O N O T D O W E L L :

    Quote motorcycle acci

    dent and death statistics.

      ^V-

    TO NOT DO  WELL:

    ttklk at length about pro hockey

    There are

     some people

     out there saying

    Guy Carbon nea u isn't the  best

    defensive forward   in the  NHL

    That's crazy Right, Arsenio?

    T O N O T D O W E L L :

    Ask inappropriate questions.

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    OPRAH WINFREY

    PHIL DONAHUE

    TO DO W ELL:

    Use hackneyed cliches to denounce racism

    Yo u  should

    go into

    politics,

    Phil

    Whaddayya

    say, folks?

    TO DO WELL:

    Suggest Phil run for Congress.

    You

     flatter me,

     Mr. Danza

    Now

     getting back

     to

    Samantha,  was it hard for

    Tony M icelli

     when she

     left

    college? I

     mean, were

     talking

    about  your baby girl here

    :^t

    mi

    ^

    Weep openly for the full hour

    Let it

     a l l ou t ,

    girl People should

    see this and  l earn

    your

     pain

    TO DO WELL:

    Demonstrate your freakish

    activity live in the studio.

    \

    Today,

     women who strip

      in front

    of  their fathers We'll give

    you a chance to

     ask question s

     in

    a

     moment ,

     but

     first,

     so that our

    discussion  can  be  an  informed o ne,

    let's watch the  ladies in action

    I£Q2

    TO NOT DO W ELL:

    Misunderstand the point of the show.

    C//.  11 .  ,A

    Our

     to pic

     today

    is sibling rivalrie s

    Lisa Filberts,

    why  don' t you  get

    a long

     with

     your sister?

    Forget it,

     Oprah

    This is ne ither the

    time

     nor the

     place

    to discuss such

    personal matters

    V £

    TO NO T DO W ELL:

    th the big, faceless corpo ration.

    L V

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    T A L E S F R O M T H E D U C K S I D E P E P T .

    T H E I N T R E P I D I N F O R M E R S IN D IC T M E N T

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    A N D T H E W I N N E R S A R E N T D E P T .

    Every year come Gram my time, the music

    biz gets sucked dry of any semblance of

    creativity an d limply bestows the sam e

    stodgy old awards upon their constantly

    changing industry. It is now time for

    these big losers to wake up and   add...

    New

    G R A N N Y A W A R D

    Categories

    We'd

     Like To

     S e

    ARTIST: RICK TULK A WRITER: MIKE SNIDER

    1.  B e s t I n c o h e r e n t a n d O b s c e n i t y - f i l l e d A c c e p t a n c e S p e e c h

    f rom Las t Yea r ' s G rammy Te l ecas t .

    2 .  Bes t G i mmi ck Des i gned t o D i s t rac t A t t en t i on f rom t he Fac

    t h a t P e r f o r m e r s H a v e N o M u s i c a l T a l e n t W h a t s o e v e r .

    3 . Bes t A r t i s t Tha t Few L i ke , bu t W hose CD Mos t Peop l e Buy

    Bec aus e it 's t he " Po l i t ica l l y Co r re c t " Th i ng t o Do .

    4 .

      M o s t U n n e c e s s a r y ( a n d P a i n f u l ) H i g h N o t e b y a N e w

    Fem a l e Voca l i s t Jus t T ry i ng t o " Show Up " W h i t ne y Ho us t on

    5 . M o s t I n j u r i e s a t a H e a v y M e t a l C o n c e r t C a u s e d b y L e a d

    S i nger W h i pp i ng Fans I n t o a F renzy .

    6 . B es t F i c ti ti o u s P R . V e r s i o n o f H o w " M a d e - t o - O r d e r "

    S i n g i n g G r o u p J u s t " H a p p e n e d " t o G e t T o g e t h e r .

    7 . M o s t S h a m e l e s s T V - C o m m e r c i a l " S e l l - O u t " b y a S u p e r s t a

    W h o N e e d s t h e M o n e y A b o u t a s M u c h a s R os s P e ro t.

    8 . M o s t U n r e c o g n i z a b l e R e n d i t i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l A n t h e m

    Per f o rmed a t a Spor t i ng Even t .

    9 . B e s t R a p A l b u m T h e y C o u l d n ' t G i v e A w a y U n t il O u t r a g e d

    Po l i ti c ians Sh ow er ed i t W i t h F ree Pub l ic i ty .

    10 .

      B e s t S i m u l a t e d " L o v e - m a k i n g N o i s e s " b y P r e - Te e n P o p

    S i n ge r s W h o H a v e N e v e r E ve n  Kissed  a

      Gi r l .

    11.

      B e s t L iv e C o n c e r t , L i p - s y n c h e d t o P r e - r e c o r d e d V o c a l s ,

    W i t h P r e - t a p e d M u s i c a n d P r e - p r o g r a m m e d S y n t h e s i z e r s

    12 .  B e s t " F a c e - s a v i n g " E x c u s e f o r R e t u r n i n g to O l d B a n d A f t e

    So l o Ca ree r F i zz l es .

    13 .  Best N e w Rock Gro up Tha t W i l l be Sp l i t up i n S i x M on t hs

    B e c a u s e T h e y C a n 't H a n d l e S u c c e s s .

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    I C A N ' T B E L I E V E I T ' S N O T B E T T E R P E P T .

    W e a l l g o t h r o u g h b a d t i m e s . F o r t u n a t e l y , t h e s e

    b a d t im e s u s u a l l y l e a d t o g o o d t i m e s , e x c e p t w h e n

    t h e y d o n ' t a n d t he y l e a d t o m o r e b a d t i m e s , o r e v e n

    w o r s e t i m e s , w h i c h , s o m e t i m e s , l e a d t o t h e w o r st o f

    w o r s e t i m e s W h i c h i s o u r w a y o f in t r o d u c i n g . . .

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    NTING OUR SPLEEN DEPT

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      o u r t u rn t o t a k e a sho t a t V a n H a l e n ' s p o p u l a r so n g a n d v i d e

    G H T N O W / ' w h i l e m a k i n g a b s o l u t e l y n o re f e r e n c e to C l e

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    INSTRUCTORS

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    RIGHT  N O W

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    secretly

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    o n e o f

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    YUG

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    T A L E S F R O M T H E P U C K S I D E D E P T .

    T H E G O O F Y G A L A P A G O S G O O N S Q U A D

    A RTIS T A ND WRITE R: DUCK E DWING

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    T H E Y ' R E T H E D I S E A S E A N D W E ' R E T H E C U R A T O R D E P T .

    Visitors to our nation's capital delight in catching a glimpse of Am erica's wri

    national symbol. No antbrain, n ot Strom Thurmond The California Raisins Those da

    purple fruits are now strutting their stuff in the Sm ithsonian, next to the Apollo

    When The Simthsonmn

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    and the Spirit of St. Louis, as an "exam ple of pop c ulture.

    9

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    now the only nation on the face of the planet with clay raisins on display in a

    museum And we can only imagine what other crapola they'll put in there...

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    S E R G E - I N G E N E R A L P E P T .

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     sure are different

     nowadays.

      It used to be that parents  IF M P A M

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    AND:

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    APPLY

     for

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    IN AMERICA

    and get:

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    f o r c i n g y ou

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    E A M C A R E E R F W T H C H A R T

    ARTIST: BOB CLARKE WRITER: MIKE SNIDE

    STAY AT HOM E

      A N D

      SPONGE OFF  YOUR PARENTS

    ~ 1 ~

    DON'T GRADUATE

    SERVE FOUR

    YEARS  N THE

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    THEY

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    THEY KICK

    YOU OUT

    THEY START

    TO "CRAM P

    YOUR STYLE"

    AND

     THEN

    l eav ing

    no one to

    pay your

    bi l ls

    Remember ing to

    change the

    l oc ks th i s t ime

    IF  Y O U  KNOW

    WHAT

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    UNTIL YOU SPOT THE

    FAMILIAR

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    AND

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    AND GET

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    out of

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    CLUB

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    s o

      you

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    to

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    the home

    owner

    CAUGHT

    by the

    POLICE

    terminal

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    agencies

    for not

    fi l l ing out

    proper

    forms

    GO t o  the  HOSPiTAL

    GO t o JAIL

    wh ich BANKRUPTS

    both   Y O U  and

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    so you ALL  have to:

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    If your current financial

    situation forces you to

    wait awhile before having

    akid  ...IT'SARECESSION

    If your current financial

    situation forces you to

    wait awhile before feeding

    your  kid...

      ITS

     A

     DEPRESSION

    If you can't afford to repla

    that broken-do wn refrigera

    of yours..  IT'SARECESSION

     IS A PENNY YEARNED PEPT

    s a n o ld sa y in g t h a t go e s , 'A re c e s s ion i s

    e n y o u r n e i g h b o r l o s e s h i s jo b — a d e p r e s s i o n

    e r s d o n 't h a v e j o b s a n y w a y w e t h o u g h t w e ' d

    If you like Sunda ys

    because it gives you

    a break before you have

    to start the job hunt

    again.  .IT'SARECESSION

    If you like Sundays

    because the newspapers

    are the thickest and

    warmest that day...

    ITS

     A

     DEPRESSION

    If Ted K oppel hosts an

    economic summit in orde

    to discuss the merits

    ofK eynesian theory on

    the current crisis...

    IT'SARECESSION

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    If a .255, 14-homer

    hitter signs  a  5-year,

    36-million-dollar

    contract.

      . IT'S A RECESSION

    If you re fighting other

    vagrants over  the box  it

    me

      in...

      ITS A DEPRESSION

    If the same player signs

    the same contract—but

    the fifth year isn t

    guaranteed...

      ITS A DEPRESSIO

    If Ted Koppel wipes

    a greasy rag across

    your windshield...

    rrs  A D E P R E S S IO N

    If the biggest business

    deal you pulled off in

    the last year was just

    one-fourth of what it was

    in 1988...

      IT'S A RECESSION

      •

    ARTIST:  PAUL COKER WRITER: DESMOND DEVL

    If your biggest deal in

    the past year was trading

    Ventnor Avenue and the

    Water Works for Park

    Place...

      ITS A DEPRESSION

     

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    If you're supple

    menting your diet

    clipping coupo ns...

    IT'S

     A

     RECESSION

    If you're supple

    menting your diet

    by eating coupons..

    ITS A DEPRESSION

    If you have to

    move back in with

    your parents...

    IT'S A RECESSION

    If mom 's in the front

    seat,

      dad's in the

    back

      seat,

      and you

    get the trunk...

    IT S A DEPRESSION

    If the tellers down

    at the savings bank

    even recognize

    you anymore...

    IT'S A RECESSION

    If the gang down at

    the blood bank gives

    you high fives and

    your "usual table"...

    ITS A DEPRESSION

    If you can't

    eat out as often as

    you used to...

    IT'S

     A

     RECESSION

    If you eat out much

    more often than you

    used to—only out

    of dumpsters...

    ITS A DEPRESSION

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    BERG'S-EYE V I EW DEPT.

    THE

     LIGHTER SIDE

     OF.

    ARTIST AND WRITER: DAVE BER

    T E C H N O L O G Y

    Thanks for b eing so  p a t i e n t But 1 j ,

    I think I 've go t the

     h a n g

     of this I

    n e w  c o m p u t e r iz e d  cash register

    ": looks l ike it 's

     w o r k in g

     f i ne . . .

    your b i l l is e igh teen tho usa nd

    do l l a r s a n d   fo r ty - thr e e ce n ts

    M E N D A T I O N S

    Steve, I asked Tracy Per sof f

    to go to the dance Saturday

    nigh t , but she tu rn ed me

    do wn Now I'm stuck Do

    you know someone   I can ask?

    There's

    Kathy

    Jo rdan

    Why not

    ask her?

    Kathy, I 'd l ike someone

    to go to the da nce

    w i t h Sa t u rday n i gh t

    I'd like

    that

    too l

    Gee,

      I don ' t kno w an yone,

    but I was hoping you 'd

    know a g i r l  I can ask

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    S U P E R S T I T I O N

    It's

     my da u ghte r 's

      f i f teenth

    b i r t hday t omor ro w Do you

    have any  suggestions?

    The bes t th ins is to bu y

    her somethin g that she

    wou ldn ' t buy f o r herself

    Are you kidding?  There's

    n o th i n g

     she

     wou ldn ' t

    bu y

     f o r herself

    D o n ' t

     eve r

     o p e n

     a n

    umbrella inside

    th e house It

    br ings

     bad luck

    Th e

     b a

    luck

    already

    a r r i v e d

    M E R V A C A T I O N F A S H I O N

    What a

     wi ld scene

    When the f inal

     be l l

    r ang in schoo l

     today, everyon e

     r a n o u t

    of the bu i ld ing ye l l i n g and  screa ming

    You'd think th e t e a che rs  wou l d

    have

     mor e d i gn i ty

      than

     t h a t

    Since  b e l l b o t t o m s  a re coming  back

    in style , I though t I cou l d  sa v e

    m o n e y

     by t rying on the

     c l o the s

    in  th e  a t t i c The t rouble is

    all the p a n t s a re  t o o t ig h t

    Too

    t ight

    aroun

    the

    waist

    DIFFERENCES

    M o m , Bernie Buda

    a ske d me t o

    marry

      him

    What

    do yo u th ink?

    B e f o r e

      you give him your

    dec is ion,

     the most

    i mpor t a n t thi n g  you

    must c o n s i de r t o d a y  is. . .

    ... is

     he

     the

     ma n

     you'd want

    you r children

     t o

      spe n d

    e v e r y o t h e r w e e k e n d wi th?

    Do you

      be l i e v e

      the

    co lo r o f

      the

      wa t e r

    in this  lake?   Talk

    about  pol lut i i

    I kn ow

    There's

    only

      two kinds

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    Lookers—people wh o carefully examine thei

    Kleenex after blowing their nose into

     it...

     Su

    IN - LA W S

    Brian,

     I need yo ur

     a d v i c e

    I got so

     a n g ry

     at my

    boss I

     really

      t o ld

    h er o f f

    W h a t

     do

    yo u  th ink I should I do?

    If I we re

     y o u ,

     Lisa F itterman,

    Id march r ight back

     to

     her

    of f i ce and

     humble

     mysel f

    Id

    get dow n on my knees and

     b e g

    he r to fo rg ive my s tu pid i ty

    I need yo ur

      ad v ice

    C R IM E

    H ow do you l ike the  n e r v e  of

    this  guy? He says  he's the

    one who

      broke in

     last

    month and

     s t o l e

     o ur

     TV set

    That  is nerve

    What's he

    ca l l ing

     about?

    The

     s e t

     isn't

     w o r ki n g w e l l

    He wants

     to

     k n o w

     w h e r e  we

    got

      it

     so he can

     exch ang e

    it  for

     a brand

     n e w o n e

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    Joe, you're be ing ver y

    n e g a t i v e   again You

    should be taking a

    more   pos i t i v e a t t i t ude

    Are yo u k idd ing? No

    o n e

     arou nd here has

    a mor e pos i t i v e

    a t t i t u d e t ha n I d o

    I'm p o sit ive  I have the  wo rst luck

    I'm positive

     It'll

     n e v e r cha n ge

    I'm p os it ive   life is  passing me by

    I'm

     posi t i ve

      I'm just a

     bo r n l ose r

    Ka pu tn i k ,  I 'm pu t t ing yo u on

    this

     n e w me di ca t i on I wa n t

    y o u t o c o n t i n u e   taking  it

    unt i l you've u s e d  i t a l l up

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    J O K E A N D D A G G E R D E P T .

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    D E V I C E A G E P E P T .

    WHAT

    IF

    T E C H N O L O G Y

    What if  Moses

    had a Fax Machine

    What if

     Alexander Graham

    Bell had Call Waiting

    What if

     Medieval Knights

    had Refrigerator Magnets

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    HISTORY? ?

    ARTIST AND WRITER: JOHN CALDWELL

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    had Post-It Notes

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    a Karaoke Machine

    What if

     Paul

    Revere had a Pager

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    A D H E R E T O D A Y . G O N E T O M O R R O W D E P T .

    People who

     answer

     their call

     wait

    an d

     forget they are talking to

     you.

    Society tells us that if we "play by the rules" we will always get ahead in life. Well,

    we've been playing by the ru les and we haven't gotten   anywhere  for ou r trou bles It's the

    people w ho don't "play by the rules" tha t seem to be getting ahead , while shm oes like us

    go nowhere Is the only way to w in the g am e of life to ch eat? It kin da m ak es you wonder...

    W h a t D o e s it Say A bout

    P laying b y th e R ules W h en . ..ARTIST: SA M VIVIA NO WRITER: MIKE SNIDER

    ...America's current "National Hero" and "Elder Statesman"

    are two schmucks who barely escaped serving time in jail?

    . . . the col lege coaches who often pract ice

    "grade fixing" and illegal recruiting can almost

    always boast having team s with winning records?

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    ...hoodlums who flunk a grade are p romoted,

    just so the teacher can be rid of them?

    ...supermarket tabloids make tons of money

    telling lies while papers that practice

    responsible reporting are going bankrupt?

    ...people who dutifully pay for car insurance also wind

    up paying for dam ages caused by deadbeats who don't?

    ...a tennis player who curses, screams,

    and even spits at officials gets paid

    big bucks for comm ercial endo rsements

    because he's a "highly visible" player?

    ...the only Miss America in the last 25

    years to get anywhere in Show Biz is the

    one who posed starkers in  Penthouse?

    ...jerks who smuggle every piece of luggage they own

    onto the plane as "carry on" usually get away with it?

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    Exercycling M in u s A Sa ddle

    P A I N ' S W O R L D P E P T .

    The fa mo us s l oga n i n phys i c a l f i t ne s s i s , "No pa i n

    gain." Similarly, a macoch ist is one who derives a twi

    perv erse pleasu re in their own suffering. It stand s to re

    Exercising W ith A Hiba chi Ste pma ste r

    Stretch Exercising In B a ggy Pan tyho se Do ing Pushups Ov er A B u sted Septic Tan

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    .-/JZtfZg

    Aerobic Dan cin g W ith A

    Temperamenta l Pi tbul l

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    It's

     a

     mean tough world out there, but you w ouldn't know it read

    the daily comics Well, enough is enough , and

     MAD

     think s it's

    mm  DW

    wmsss

     

    By Cathy Gesundhe

    MOM, m

     TWO

    MONTHS PREGNANT

    AND I'M GETTING

    AN ABORJ10N.

    (Ses^dheit

    I M S DATE-RAPED/ l't(\ NOT

    EVEN SURE LUHO THE FATHER,

    IS.'THE BABY ML l BE ILLE

    GITIMATE .' I' M GETTING AN

    ABORTION AND YOU CAN'T

    STOP M E.'

    NOT SO,

     DARLING.

     TWO

    PRO-LIFERS ARE MOVING IN

    WITH YOU TO PREVENT YOU

    FROM VI0LATIN6 THE  WILL

    0F60D. e>ye .

    M l

    WHV CANT

    SHE LEAVE

     ME

    ALONE?

    THE NEED

     TO BE A

    GRANDMOTHER

    OVERRIDES

    ALL ELSE.

    G R THE HORRIB LE

    By DIS BROWN

    AN ENTIRE V IU A S 0 /

    f PREFER

    T

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    rlie Brown, Hagar and the othe rs to exit the age of innocence

    nter the age of reality This said, let's see what we'd have...

    When

      someone is talking to you. and a little drop of s

    amies fly in 'out of their mouth and lands right on yo

    lip... Sucks

    I  MAKE 6URE LORETTA WALK"? NEAREST THE

     CUR

    \H CA$e

      THERE2 A PRIVE-BY

     $hOO T\H6 "

    By SCHLIT

    I'M A FAILURE AT LIFE, MV

    BAS EB ALL TEAM IS IN LAST

    PLACE. THE

     LITTLE F?EP-HAIREP

    6IRL POESN'T KNOCU

     1

     EXIST,

    A ND M V P O 0 —

    HOLP IT/ PO VOU MAVE HEALTH

    INSURANCE COVERA GE ? PO VOU

    HAVE SOUR UNIVERSAL MEPICAL

    CARP WITH VOU

     ?

     ARE VOU A PART

    OP T HE   H M O   I BE LON G T O ? ARE

    VOU PREPAREPTOMAKE CO-PAV-

    ^ ^ M E N T S IF N EC ES SA RV

      ?

    WEV PO NT BLAME M E / BLAME

    BILL ANP HILLARV CLINTO N

    ANP THEIR STU PIP HEALTH

    CARE PLAN,

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    B y Gary Larseny ZIGGY

    By TOM KILSUM

    LA. wolf pol ice.

    | \ 3 | PATHETIC

    • • • •

    " / g x ^ / < ^ & ( g ^

    By M ARTIN B LANDFORD

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    A H I G H P R I C E T O U P E E D E P T .

    Burning

      the

     roof of your

     mouth SO

     h ad that a little

     piece

     of

    skin

     hangs

     down an d flaps arou nd for, like two

     days...

     S u c k s

    I n t h e o l d d a y s , w h e n y o u h a d a n a c c i d e n t o r p e r s o n a l t r a g e d y , y o u c a l l e d t h e p o l i c e a n d

    w i t h in m in u t e s c o p s , f i re m e n a n d m e d i ca l p e r s o n n e l w e r e a t y o u r d o o r t o he l p y o u . B u t

    t h e s e d a y s , e v e r y t h i n g is s h o w b i z . C a l l f o r h e l p a n d a l o n g w i t h t h e co p s c o m e t e l e v i s io n

    p r o d u c e r s w i t h l ig h t s a n d c a m e r a s , r e a d y t o v i d e o y o u r p a i n , m i s e r y a n d s u f f e r i n g in t h e

    n a m e o f p r im e t im e e n t e r t a i n m e n t B e f o r e w a r n e d . N e x t t im e d i sa s t e r s t r i ke s y o u , y o u

    m i g h t e a s i l y f in d y o u r s e l f in a n e v e n b ig g e r d i s a s t e r — t h e t e l e v i s io n s h o w w e   c a l l . . .

    M I S C U E 9 1 I

    RTIST: JACK DAVIS WRITER: DICK DEBARTO

    Good evening I'm William

    Shatter The scenes you are

    about to see involve real

    people No actors were used

    This is because actors cost

    real money, and we can get

    real people for no money

    I've been in this hole

    longer re-creating this

    scene than when I was

    really trapped I 'm tired

    and hungry Can't I

    please, please go home?

    Hey, there are

    a mil l ion 911

    stories each week

    You're damn lucky

    we picked yours

    So shut up

    Although some real footage

    is used, to heighten the

    dramatic effect, we re-create

    re-write, re-edit, make-up,

    add to, change, alter and

    fabricate addit ional "facts"

    Hang a

    litt le

    further

    over

    the

    ledge

    ~~r~

    But I could be killed

    Besides, this is where I

    actually landed when my

    safety belt broke during

    my real 911 emergency

    What a wuss Prop

    department, see if

    you can get some bats

    to fly in his face while

    he's hanging on This

    scene needs more zap

    Of course, the tense background

    music and dramatic "stingsV you'll

    hear throughout this show were not

    present during the actual emergency

    —except for the time a tidal wave

    hit the Miami Philharmonic

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    Now that we got that ever recurring scene of the tape machine out of

    the way, let 's go back to the hiking story Ama zingly, the victim turns

    out to be DeFrosted Kelly, a man I 've worked with many times in the past

    nine decades Let's beam dow n to DeFrosted as he picks up the story

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    The salesman had

      n eve r b een invo l ved

      in

      an emer

    gency situat ion before,  and  he   was   very nervous

    m

    W hi le wa i t i n g  for assistance, the salesman

    wa i te d

      on two ira te customers who were rea l

    short

      on compass ion M eanw hi le ,

      DeFrosted

    Kelly,   seeing a   police car  passing by,  waved

    his hands to signal them   and  broke his wrist

    A call comes in to the

      Beverly Hil ls Police

    D ep ar tmen t Th e  party  cal l ing  is lucky to

    have the i r  phone number ,   because it 's  unlist

    ed—as

      you

      might expect

      in

      Beverly Hil ls

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    $ *

    2i

    )

    In

      the

      woods, a t ree has fa l l en ,

      creating a

    bridge   over a ravine Some kids  crawl  over

    th e

      fa l l en t runk

      to get

      t o

      th e

      other side

    Th e

      biggest boy is afraid

      to try

    because he's  heavier  than the  rest,

    but  he decides  to  chance i t anyway

    fe

    Y

    k

    Putting this

      "free ice cream"

    booth over here   did   th e  trick

    Nothing's

      going to

      stop

      these

    kids from   crawling over  that

    ro t t ed out t ree branch

    \i ^B&Kc^-

    But when  Sam Friedman   got to the  middle   of the  t ree t runk

    it

      started

      t o

      break

    A passerby cal led

      9 11

      on h is por tab le

    phone—we   intercepted  the cal l and  sent a camera crew first

    y

    *i&a£U8i£&. yzjaKiaz&ss&z

    t^\

    • I ' l l  II '" \S

    We learned a

      powerfu l

      lesson that day No matter

    h o w   dramatic  the shot wil l look on TV,  don ' t t ake

    chances Ou r came raman d id An d he was  fired—

    for losing

      a 30 thousand do l lar

      v id eo camera

    When the 911 f i lm crew got there, the   first thing  they d id was

    cl imb a b ranch

      a b o v e

      Sam to

      get dramatic shots

      of him

      b e l ow

    They had to   work fast  tho ugh Sam cou ld be  rescued any

    minute   w h i c h w o u l d  mess up everything   fo r  u s

    E B E Z Z Z Z B B ^ gc ^ E E z :

    Don' t move Your  weight  is  a ll   that branch can take

    Now listen  careful ly I'm going to   lower  this  50 pound

    video camera

      down to you Hang on to it and use it to

    shoot some footage   straight down,  so the audience can

    see the

      dangerous

      an d

      helpless position

      you are in

    Timmy, if you saw

    th e  house   was on

    fire,   why   didn't

    you

      call 911???

    It's

      your

      fault After I spent

      $187

    phoning the  WWF H o t l i n e ,  you told me

    n e v e r  to call a   9 00 nu mber aga in

    I was only

      following your orders

    6

    Inadvertently touching the underside of a chair or table in

    a public place and feeling Cod knows what... Sucks

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    ^ A \ N

      r

    2 a.m . M rs. Chic Glitz

      is abo ut to g ive

      birth Her husband puts

      her in the

      back seat of

      th e

      family car, but

      th e

      car won' t star

    Frant ica l ly , he ca l ls 91 1 The personne l there

      ca n

      r ead

      important instruct ions f rom

      emergency manua ls

      to the

      lay person

    O ur  " b ang up "  f inale takes us to a stretch of   highway  in

    Arizon a A c lear

      road is

      suddenly

      turned in to a

    demol i t ion derby

    As we drove our

      video truck

      at

      breakneck

    speed

      down the

      wrong

      side of the

      highway,

      into the

      o n

    coming traffic, we

      not i ced

      vehicles

      speeding right and left,

    an d

      sliding

      r ight

      o ff

      th e

      r oad

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    W H A T I S F A S T

    C I N G C A N D Y

    I N E

    F T M O R E A N D

    M O R E W O M E N

    D E S I R E

    H E R E W E G O W I T H A N O T H E R R ID I C U L O U S

    M AD FOLD-IN

    W o m e n a r e si ck o f r e c e i v i n g f a t t e n i n g c a n d y a n d q u i c k

    w i l t i n g f l o w e r s e v e r y V a l e n t i n e ' s D a y . I n t h e s e p r a c t i c a l t i m e s

    t h e y s e e k a m o r e s e n s i b l e k i n d o f g i f t , l b f i n d o u t e x a c t l y

    w h a t t h a t s p e c i a l s o m e t h i n g i s , f o l d p a g e in a s s h o w n . . .

    FOLD THIS SECTION OVER LEFT

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      B   FOLD B ACK  SO "A" MEETS

    CANDY IS NOT THE GIFT A GIR LFR IEN D OR M OTHER

    P R E F E R S ON V A L E N T I N E ' S D A Y . I T ' S W E L L K N O W N

    HOW DIET CONSCIOUS W OM EN ARE. THEY ARE DEM AND

    IN G M U C H B E T TE R P R E S E N T S . T H I S IS W H A T

    GUYS M UST B UY IN ORDER TO PLEASE THEIR W OM EN.

    A V

     

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