Mad #423 November 2002

Cover Design: Patrick Merrell

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• The Usual Gang of Idiots 1952-2002 Pull-Out Poster (inside cover)
  BIG LINK / GIANT LINK (C2+)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (readers recall first exposure to Mad), subscription ad (Kelly Freas art from #72) (2,4,6)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas **various places around the magazine
• Road to Sedation (movie satire) (written by Arnie Kogen / Hermann Mejia art) (8-13)
• The Mad 50th Anniversary Timeline 1952-2002 (16-18)
• Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows - The Late Show with David Letterman
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka art) (20-21)
• Monroe and PlayStation 2 - Part Two
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art / color by Mike Manley) (23-27)
• People Who Should Have Won This Year's Nobel Prizes
  (written by Mike Mikula / Drew Friedman art) (28-30)
• Spy vs. Spy - cave-painting cavemen dinosaur (Peter Kuper) (32-33)
• A Mad Look at Advertising (Sergio Aragones) (36-38)
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Breaking Up (written by Desmond Devlin / Kevin Pope art) (40-41)
• When Other Magazines Follow Maxim's "Sex, Beer & Babes" Formula For Success
  (written by Ricky Sprague / Scott Bricher art) (44-45)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg - 1920-2002 - Thanks for 45 Years of Madness!)
  (color by Digital Chameleon) (47-50)
• Cents-Less Coupons (written by Scott Maiko / Irving Schild photos) (51-54)
• New America Online 9.0 (ad parody) (written by Mike Snider) (55)
• The Distinguishing Warning Signs of a Crummy Fraternity (John Caldwell) (56-57)
• Minority Retort (movie satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (60-64)
• Mad's Ridiculous 50th Anniversary Crossword Puzzle (Patrick Merrell) (66-67)
• Fold-In -- For years, where has there been a major intelligence failure? (Al Jaffee) (C3)