Mad #489 May 2008

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters
• Ad for Subscriptions (9th message from Mad's Jeffrey Lozenge)
• Ad for Spy vs. Spy - The Joke and Dagger Files,
  The Mad War on Bush, Mad About Star Wars,
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin books
• Ad for Mad Classics Subscription with bonus #166 offer
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Fundalini Pages (Peter Bagge, Tom Bunk, Desmond Devlin, Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Glen LeLievre, Hermann Mejia, Kevin Pope)

• Castro Comments:
• Less Popular Conspiracy Theories
• Fundalini Asks "What If...?" - What If Barack Obama were a Zombie?
• Least-Listed Items on the Average American's "Bucket List"
• Highlights from the Pope's Visit to Yankee Stadium
• Defenses to Use When You're Sued by the Music Industry for Illegal Downloading
• The Fast 5 - Easter Candies Still Left on the Shelf
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Pet Care
• LeLievre and Let LeLievre
• Revelations Left Out of the Tell-All Tom Cruise Biography
• How to Tell a Terrorist from a Regular Schmoe
• Pitches Made in Hollywood Now that the Writers' Strike is Over
• Bitterman
• What The Heck is the Difference? (featuring cover #326)
• Slomantha? Who Cares! (TV satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Tom Richmond art)
• An AT&T Commercial We'd Like to See (written by Desmond Devlin / Drew Friedman art)
• Other Kids Book Secrets Revealed Now That Dumbledore Has Been Outed
  (written by Jeff Kruse / Gary Hallgren art)
• Hello, I'm Barack. And I'm H.C. (ad parody) (Hermann Mejia art)
• If Different Comedians Told the Same Joke: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
  (written by Harrison Greenbaum / Jason Seiler art)
• Bad News Bare-Asses - Baseball Has Rules. Not That These A-holes Care. (poster) (Sam Sisco art)
• Ad for Mad Kids
• Planet TAD!!!!! (written by Tim Carvell / Brian Durniak art)
• A Mad Look At Doctors (Sergio Aragones)
• Mad's Do-It-Yourself 24 Season 7 Plotline
  (written by Darren Johnson / Rick Tulka art / color by Wildstorm FX)
• Signs You've Chosen the Wrong Spring Break Destination (John Caldwell)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Monroe and... Extreme Makeover (written by Anthony Barbieri / Tom Fowler art / color by Ryan Flanders)
• Hello, I'm Barack. And I'm H.C. (ad parody) (Hermann Mejia art)
• Mad's Washed-Up Lost Outtakes
• Things We'll Probably Overhear at the Upcoming Barry Bonds Trial...
  (written by Jeff Kruse / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Fold-In -- Where does everyone agree the level of patient care is deplorable? (Al Jaffee)