Dates
- Cover date
- April 1983
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
Creators
Stories
- An Officer Ain't No Gentleman · C'est la Gere Dept. · 7 pages
In a parody of the film "An Officer and a Gentleman," a military recruit finds love while trying to survive a brutal drill sergeant.
- Don Martin's Atomic Holocaust Survival Manual · Fission Tackled Dept. · 5 pages
A guide to surviving nuclear attack.
- Mad's Suggestions for How Our Cities can Solve Their Problems · Urban on the Rocks Dept. · 3 pages
How major urban areas can creatively solve their problems.
- Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments Contracted at Hospitals · Sick Humor Dept. · 2 pages
Diseases and ailments specifically confined to hospitals.
- The U.S. Video Game Olympic Team · Shooting Stars Dept. · 2 pages
The best of the best video gamers.
- The Lighter Side of... · Berg's Eye View Dept. · 5 pages
The humorous trials of baby-sitting, growing up, job qualifications, modern morality, wisdom, relationships, status clothing, eating out, economics, conclusions, sacrifices, fire fighters, police, nagging, and assumptions.
- You Know He/She is Not for You When... · Mr/Miss-matched Dept. · 2 pages
Clues that you haven't met Mr. or Ms. Right.
- A Mad Look at the Differences Between Optimism, Pessimism & Realism · The Book of Ists Dept. · 4 pages
How the same situation is judged from three different perspectives.
- Mad's New Twists to Old Tales · Sappy Endings Dept. · 2 pages
Classic literature is updated with modern concerns.
- If Parents and Children Behaved like Professional Sports Figures · In a Jockular Vein Dept. · 3 pages
Parent/child relationships are described in contemporary sports terms.
- Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy steals the White Spy's safe.
- Private Benjurmind · Khaki Duty Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of the TV spin-off series "Private Benjamin," a clumsy goof tries to survive in the army.
Reprinted in
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad (2018)