Mad #434 October 2003

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters
• Chef Widget (ad parody)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild photos)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Mad's Deck of Least Wanted Americans
  (written by Desmond Devlin and Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Hermann Mejia, Sam Viviano art)
• When Hardcore Gamers Take Their Place in Society
  (John Caldwell)
• All-Access Pass to the MTV Video Music Awards - Part Two (written by Greg Leitman / Jack Syracuse art)

• Monroe and... Back to Skool (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• A Mad Look at Trying Out For the Team (Sergio Aragones)
• More Mr. Fix-It Tackles Your Occult and Paranormal Home Repair Problems
  (written by P. C. Vey / James Warhola art)
• Without Sports... (written by Barry Liebmann / Tom Richmond art)
• The Telltale Signs of a White Trash Wedding (Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• An Iraqi Scene We'd Like To See (written by Christopher Allen / John Caldwell art)
• Self-Defeating Consequences in Modern American Life (written by Mike Snider / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Using Kiddie TV to Explain the War on Terrorism (written by Desmond Devlin / Gary Hallgren art)
• Mad's Twisted Truisms, Axioms & Theories (written by Stan Sinberg / Rick Tulka art)
• 8 Simple Rules for Writing a Mad Spoof of a Dopey ABC-TV Sitcom (TV satire)
  (written by Josh Gordon / Angelo Torres art)
• Fold-In -- What does the Bush administration have millions of Americans on the lookout for? (Al Jaffee)