MAD Magazine #242 
Editorial
- Cover Artist: Richard Williams
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Cover: Mad Unmasks "The Return Of The Jedi" And "The A-Team"
Artist: Richard Williams
Table of Contents
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Department: Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Artist: Don Martin Artist: Norman Mingo Artist: Jack Rickard
A Mad Guide Of Life's Annoying Little Uncertainties...Or...You're Never Really 100% Sure...
Department: Topical Satire
Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: John Ficarra
Mad's Video Game Arcade Owner Of The Year
Department: Mad Interview
Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Angelo Torres
A Short History Showing How Different Publications Slant The News
Department: Political Satire
Artist: George Woodbridge Writer: Paul Laikin
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Peanuts Comic Strip
Department: Mad's Do-It-Yourself
Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Jack Rickard
Poetic Tributes To People Who Wouldn't Ordinarily Get Them
Department: Mad Poetry
Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: Harry North
Lose Weight (Mainly Because You Lose Your Appetite) With The Mad Gross-Out Diet
Department: Topical Satire
Artist, Writer: Paul Peter Porges
Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)
Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés
Back Cover Inside: What Is Changing America's Drinking Habits ?
Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee
Back Cover: One-On-One Night In The Laboratory
Writer: Don Edwing Artist: Don Martin
