Mad #456 August 2005

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters (Dr. David Lubin gets Mad-related letter published in Medical Economics magazine) (stills from Beck "Girl" video inspired by Al Jaffee fold-ins)
• Ads for Subscriptions, Mad Classics #1, Spy vs. Spy Video Game
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Fundalini Pages (Ray Alma, Scott Bricher, Paul Coker, Jr., Desmond Devlin, Don (Duck) Edwing, Drew Friedman,
  Garth Gerhart, Gary Hallgren, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse,
  Scott Mendenhall, Kevin Pope, Alan Roberts, Timothy Shamey, Dennis Snee, Mike Snider, Jack Syracuse)

• What I'm Watching...
• The Progress of Electronic Communication in America
• Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds - "Mr. Britney Spears"
• Animal Housed
• The Clint Howard Collection 10-disc Anthology
• Winners at the 2005 Video Game Awards
• The Godfrey Report
• Signs That Your Teammate May Be on Steroids
• The Cover We Didn't Use
• The Fundalini Comedy Spotlight: Penguin & Salsa Jokes!
• Britney and Kevin: The Chaotic Outtakes
• Bitterman
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Housekeeping
• Star Bores Epic Load III - Retread of the Sh*t! (movie satire)
  (written by David Shayne / Hermann Mejia art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Mad's Grotesquely Mutated Fantastic 4 Outtakes
• A Mad Look at Summer Jobs (Sergio Aragones)
• Pizza Trough (ad parody) (written by Scott Maiko / Scott Bricher art)
• A Kid's Guide to B.S.-ing Through Life the George W. Bush Way
  (written by Mark Cantrell / Amanda Conner art)
• Monroe and... Summer Break! (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• Bowelflex (ad parody) (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• Things You Never Want to Read About the Summer Camp You're Being Sent To (John Caldwell)
• The Fantastic Four has a Crap-tastic Two Weeks!
  (written by Greg Leitman and Johnny Ryan / Johnny Ryan art)
• Dump My Ride (TV satire) (written by Dave Croatto / Tom Richmond art)
• Fold-In -- What is the leading cause of heart attacks among Americans? (Al Jaffee)