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Issue: Mad #396
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Pages: 52
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Mad’s 50 Worst Things About TV

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humorous
Andy Rooney; David Letterman; Kathie Lee Gifford; Adam Carolla; Jimmy Kimmel; Barbara Walters; Dr. Drew Pinsky; Al Roker; Kyle Broflovski; Eric Cartman; Kenny McCormick; Stan Marsh; James Lipton; Adam Sandler; Fred; Daphne; Shaggy; Scooby-Doo; Michael Eisner; Fran Drescher; Florence Henderson [as Carol Brady]; Sam Donaldson
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Miscellaneous
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A Mad Look at Gladiators

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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humorous
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4
Monroe and… the High Seas Part One

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humorous
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Miscellaneous
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Quasi Rider

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humorous
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Johnson Family Garage Saleorama

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Danno Sullivan
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Slam Junk Dept.
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Black Spy; White Spy
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A More Deceptive Version of That Home Depot Ad

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Sleuth in Advertising Dept.
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Kathie Lee Replacements We’ll Never See

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Hostess Stinkies Dept.
Regis Philbin; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Dr. Laura Schlesinger; Soon-Yi Allen; Ellen Degeneres; Patsy Ramsey; Li’l Kim; Fiona Apple; Cody Gifford
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Little-Known Contract Clauses of Today’s Biggest Sports Stars

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Who Demand? You Demand! Dept.
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Tom Green - The Obnoxious Early Years

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And a Child Shall Peeve Them Dept.
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The Comics Page of L’Osservatore Romano

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Pope-pourri Dept.
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Letters to Magazines That We’ll Never See

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Missive Impossible Dept.
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Words and Phrases That Left the English Language During the 90s

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humorous, opinion
Humor in a Vernacular Vein Dept.
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Sofa’s Choice

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Angle

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The Vampire Strikes Back Dept.
David Boreanaz [as Angle]; Count von Count (cameo); Alexis Denisof [as Wetly]; Charisma Carpenter [as HardCordelia]; Glenn Quinn [as Dolt]; Elisabeth Röhm [as Kite]; Sarah Michelle Geller [as Busty] (cameo)
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Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds

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Elian Gonzalez
Odds on how a celeb will bite the big one.
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Who’s Responsible for the Ugliest Acts of Violence in Sports?

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Inside back cover.

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