Mad Magazine Recurring Features


Fake Article Titles


(seen within the Contents Pages)

in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues

compiled by Bradford N. Smith (mostly)

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The inclusion of fake article titles within the MAD regular issue contents pages appears to have its origins in the June 1999 issue #382, with few interruptions occurring from then to the present day.
Department headings related to these titles were a Master class in good bad pun writing that fit the format for the "real" articles we know and love.
Some were obviously fake, others hard to tell. In many cases I think I would have enjoyed many of the fake articles based on the titles.

Personal favorite from #532, April 2015: STOP AND SMELL THE MOSES DEPARTMENT -- MAD's Scratch 'N Sniff Bible

Please, please let us know if you come across any earlier ones we may have missed!
FAKE DEPARTMENT FAKE ARTICLE TITLE PAGE # ACTUAL PAGE ARTICLE ISSUE / DATE
Mock-A-Doodle Doo Department The MAD People Watcher's Guide to a Cockfight 31 The Lighter Side of... 382 - Jun 1999
Son Of A Milosevic Department Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions During the Bombing of Belgrade 35 The Lighter Side of... 383 - Jul 1999
Rash Hour Department The MAD Salve, Ointment and Balm Primer 31 Unspoken Rules of Double Dating 384 - Aug 1999
This Gland Is Your Gland Department What Your Urologist Says... What He Really Means 31 MAD’s Guide to Telling the Difference Between
Pro Wrestling, Jerry Springer and Politics		 385 - Sep 1999
Turning Geria-Tricks Department You Know Your Grandmother’s a Hooker When 43 The Lighter Side of... 386 - Oct 1999
Rock A Bye-Bye Baby Department You Know Your Parents Have Sold You For Crack Money When... 26 MAD Regurgitates the 20th Century — 1960-1969 387 - Nov 1999
Much Perdue About Nothing Department If It Tastes Like Chicken, Then How Come...? 41 The Lighter Side of... 388 - Dec 1999
Born Oozers Department It's a Pustule... It's a Fever Blister... It's a Canker Sore... 47 MAD's Political Christmas Carols 389 - Jan 2000
The Gettysburg Undress Department If Lap Dancing Existed in the Age of Lincoln 29 The Lighter Side of... 390 - Feb 2000
Bedrock The Vote Department If Cavemen Held Political Primaries 42 Which Webcam Is It? 391 - Mar 2000
Babez N The Sainthood Department If Mother Teresa Was a Gangster Rapper 35 Half Fact / Whole Fact 392 - Apr 2000
The Bus Stops Here Department Only the Assistant Undersecretary of
Transportation Would Possibly Believe...		 28 All-New Even Yet Still More Badly
Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums		 393 - May 2000
Half Past 10 Pin Department Bowling Shoes to Match Time Zones — A MAD Exposé 33 The Lighter Side of... 394 - Jun 2000
The Tickle Finger Of Fate Department A Peek Inside the Dumpster Behind the Proctology Clinic 35 The Lighter Side of... 395 - Jul 2000
Needy Gonzalez Department Martha Stewart Redecorates Elian’s Relatives’ Home After the Raid 37 The Comics Page of L’Osservatore Romano —
The Vatican Newspaper		 396 - Aug 2000
The Choker’s Wild Department If Bobby Knight Coached the Special Olympics 41 The Lighter Side of... 397 - Sep 2000
Liver La Vida Loca Department Who’s Who at a Botched Organ Transplant Operation 31 The Lighter Side of... 398 - Oct 2000
Behind The Irrigate Ball Department If They Can Make a Disposable Douche, Then Why Can’t They... 35 The Presidential Candidate’s
Choose Your Own Adventure Book		 399 - Nov 2000
I’ve Grown A Custard To Your Face Department MAD’s 8 Sure-Fire Signs It Ain’t Pudding 35 The Lighter Side of... 400 - Dec 2000
Merry XXXmas Department Santa Claus, Porn Star 41 The Lighter Side of... 401 - Jan 2001
Slopey Seconds Department MAD's Grand Plan for Converting Cemeteries into Ski Resorts 35 6 Degrees of Separation
Between Anyone and Anything - Part V		 402 - Feb 2001
Angio-Plasticman Department Dick Cheney Electrocardiograms We’d Like to See 40 Home Despot Sales Circular 403 - Mar 2001
Powder To The People Department MAD Presents Some Overlooked Situations
Where It Pays To Have a Good Talc		 41 The Lighter Side of... 404 - Apr 2001
Wee The People Department The MAD Urinary Tract Infection Primer 33 The Lighter Side of... 405 - May 2001
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Clubs You Department A MAD Look at Baby Seal Hunting 41 The Lighter Side of... 406 - Jun 2001
Between A Spock And A Hard Place Department A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Trekkie Orgy 40 MAD’s Complete Guide to Shipping
Your Aging Relative Off to a Nursing Home		 407 - Jul 2001
Mennonite Of The Living Dead Department If the Amish Used Zombies to Do Their Chores 47 The Shoddier Image Catalog 408 - Aug 2001
Inca Dinka Boom Department You Know There’s A Peruvian Terrorist In Your Bathroom When... 36 The Lighter Side of... 409 - Sep 2001
Peter Parker Picked a Pack
of Peculiar People Department		 The Spiderman Movie: Fun Family Fare or Scientology Propaganda! 40 The Lighter Side of... 410 - Oct 2001
Socket To Me Department What’s Behind Grandpa’s Eye Patch? 44 The 25 Least Powerful People in Show Business 411 - Nov 2001
The Pins Of The Father Department If The Vatican Had a Bowling Team 37 The Lighter Side of... 412 - Dec 2001
Have Your Primate and Eat It Too Department How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture of a Monkey Hunt? 40 The MAD 20 Dumbest... of 2001 413 - Jan 2002
Row Vs. Wade Department MAD Explores When to Take the Kayak and When to Swim 40 The MAD 20 Dumbest... of 2001 414 - Feb 2002
Cereal Killers Department What if Capt. Crunch Was Brought Before a Military Tribunal? 35 The Lighter Side of... 415 - Mar 2002
Nanny Get Your Gun Department When Goats Go Bad 40 A MAD Look at The Lord of the Rings 416 - Apr 2002
Fourscore and 7 & 5/8 Ago Department What if Lincoln Wore a Fez? 31 The Lighter Side of... 417 - May 2002
The Gays of Our Lives Department 58 Reasons Why Rosie O'Donnell Should Go Back in the Closet 37 The Lighter Side of... 418 - Jun 2002
When Priests Meet Jest Department When the Catholic Sex Scandal Spreads to the Sunday Comics 38 A MAD Look at Waterparks 419 - Jul 2002
Who's Your Caddy Department A MAD Look at Paternity Suits on the PGA Tour 43 MAD Scans the Human Body 420 - Aug 2002
The Gift Of Scab Department Sure Fire Signs Your Boil Isn’t Healing Properly 33 The Lighter Side of... 421 - Sep 2002
If Cooks Could Kill Department MAD Presents 50 Things Guaranteed to Blow Up Your Microwave 40 MAD’s Comprehensive 10-Step Guide to Success in
the Highly Charged World of Illegal Ticket Scalping		 422 - Oct 2002
A Wound With A View Department MAD Picks at Celebrity Scabs 49 The Lighter Side of... 423 - Nov 2002
After Dinner Lint Department When Laundromats Offer Hors D'oeuvres 35 How the Economic Recession
is Affecting Certain Fringe Businesses		 424 - Dec 2002
Pope Fiction Department If Quentin Tarantino Ran the Vatican 29 A MAD Look at Golf 425 - Jan 2003
Squirrel, Interrupted Department MAD’s Rhyming Guide to Roadkill 34 MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows...
This Month: The O’Reilly Factor		 426 - Feb 2003
Ku Klux Klam Department If Trent Lott Had a Shellfish Allergy 30 MAD Artists Pay Tribute to The Lighter Side of... 427 - Mar 2003
Friar In The Hole! Department When Clergymen Get Stuck Down Wells 35 Disposable Camera Wedding Photos
That Didn’t Make the Album		 428 - Apr 2003
Blix Are For Kids Department When the U.N. Sends Inspectors to Michael Jackson’s Neverland 38 Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy 429 - May 2003
Wolf Blintzes Department What If CNN Merged With The Food Network? 38 MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows...
This Month: The View		 430 - Jun 2003
Don’t Touch That Vial Department If the PBS Pledge Drive Was Run by Crackheads 41 Monroe and... The Big Apple 431 - Jul 2003
Circus of the SARS Department A Peek Behind The Scenes at Barnum & Bailey's Tour of China 38 Outtakes from: Charlie's Angels Full Throttle 432 - Aug 2003
It Was An Honor Just To Be Dominated Department MAD’s Look at Oscar-Winning Fetish Films 35 Cents-Less Coupons —
Your Money-Saving Circular		 433 - Sep 2003
Dungeons And Dagwoods Department Torture Techniques for Comic Strip Characters 39 Spy vs Spy 434 - Oct 2003
Monkey Pee, Monkey Poo Department 101 Uses for Zoological Waste 48 A MAD Look at Fashion 435 - Nov 2003
Getting Your Plymouth Rocks Off Department If The Pilgrims Had Access to Internet Porn 45 The On-Screen/Off-Screen Videogame
Sound Effects Comparison Guide		 436 - Dec 2003
The Croak’s On You Department Assisted Suicide Knock-Knock Jokes 54 Monroe and... The Presidency 437 - Jan 2004
The Butt Stops Here Department MAD’s Celebrity Colonoscopies 33 The League of Rejected Superheroes 438 - Feb 2004
This Old Douse Department If Home Improvement Shows Turned to Arson 35 Rock Solid Indications You Are
Too Old for the Goth Lifestyle		 439 - Mar 2004
Custer’s Last Fruit Stand Department If Notable Generals Worked at a Farmer’s Market 37 Monroe and... Survivor Jr. Part 3 440 - Apr 2004
The Bridle Party Department When Massachusetts Allows Horses to Marry 39 Outtakes from: Survivor All-Stars 441 - May 2004
1600 Transylvania Ave. Department What If John Kerry Picked Dracula as His Running Mate? 39 MAD Ranks the Top Celebrity Prisons 442 - Jun 2004
You’re Expired! Department What If Omarosa Dated O.J. Simpson? 40 Monroe and... Grandpa’s Last Ride 443 - Jul 2004
Plaque To The Future Department If Dentists Could Time Travel 42 Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions 444 - Aug 2004
Poop And Circumstance Department When Laxatives Go Bad 40 MAD’s 50 Worst Things About Comedy 445 - Sep 2004
The Passion Of The Mice Department If Mel Gibson Had Directed Stuart Little 44 Monroe and... Europe Part Three 446 - Oct 2004
Roebuck V. Wade Department What If Sears Offered Family Planning? 47 Real Ad for The Simpsons Christmas Village 447 - Nov 2004
Dude, Where’s My Carb? Department If Ashton Kutcher Went on The Atkins Diet 43 A MAD Look at Fear Factor 448 - Dec 2004
Hook, Federline And Sinker Department If Britney Spears’ Husband Had a Fly-fishing Show 50 A MAD Look at New Year’s 449 - Jan 2005
Canine Innings Department A Preview of the New Dog Baseball League 46 Outtakes from: Lemony Snicket’s
A Series of Unfortunate Events		 450 - Feb 2005
Whittle Me This, Batman Department What if Christian Bale Took Up Wood Carving? 42 Monroe and... The Inheritance 451 - Mar 2005
Letters And Tornados Department Random Samplings of Reader Mail From Midwest Trailer Parks 2 Letters and Tomatoes Department 452 - Apr 2005
No Lime Or Reason Department MAD Ranks the 10 Most Irrational Citrus Fruits 6 The Fundalini Pages 452 - Apr 2005
A Kite At The End Of The Tunnel Department MAD Examines Some Classic Picnic-Related Train Wrecks 10 Limited Thickwit’s A Series
of Uneventful Misfortunes		 452 - Apr 2005
Shooting From The Replacement Hip Department A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at the AARP Skeet Competition 14 Real Ad for Spy vs Spy XBox Game 452 - Apr 2005
Tide And Prejudice Department Your Oceanographer Might Be a Bigot if... 18 A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes
at Celebrity Poker Showdown		 452 - Apr 2005
Def Traffic Jam Department Russell Simmons’ Tips for Avoiding Gridlock 25 Real Ad for MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf 452 - Apr 2005
Rubbing You The Thong Way Department MAD’s Funny-But-True Yeast Infection Stories 28 Real Ad for MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf 452 - Apr 2005
When Bush Comes To Shovel Department What if The President Moonlighted Plowing Snow? 32 Repeat the Fock-Ups 452 - Apr 2005
Joke And Jagger Department Spy Vs. The Rolling Stones 35 Dan Rather’s Final News Broadcast 452 - Apr 2005
Serge-in Benadryl Department A MAD Look at Pollen Allergies 38 A MAD Look at Bullies 452 - Apr 2005
On The Rodent To Recovery Department The Wacky Misadventures of Therapist Squirrel 42 MAD’S Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of a
Typical Red-Carpet Pre-Awards Show		 452 - Apr 2005
Margarine Thinking Department “Drawn Out Butter” by Sergio Aragones various “Drawn Out Dramas” by Sergio Aragonés 452 - Apr 2005
Heaven Can Weightlift Department What if Priests Used Steroids 38 The 25 Least Powerful People in Sports 453 - May 2005
Hanging New Wallpapal Department Trading Spaces at the Vatican 38 Disposable Camera Prom Photos
that Didn’t Make the Album		 454 - Jun 2005
Droid Rage Department If Mark McGwire Was a Robot 34 Monroe and... Therapy 455 - Jul 2005
12-Year-Old Angry Men Department A Peek Inside the Michael Jackson Jury Room 42 Monroe and... Summer Break 456 - Aug 2005
Queer Eye For The Hate Guy Department More Neo-Nazi Makeovers We’d Like to See 43 Monroe and... Summer School 457 - Sep 2005
Drama Sutra Department Favorite Sexual Positions as Chosen by Shakespearean Scholars 28 A MAD Look at School Security 458 - Oct 2005
Soapy’s Choice Department The Startling Differences Between Washcloths and Loofahs 41 Spy vs Spy 459 - Nov 2005
Fat’s Entertainment! Department A MAD Portfolio of Celebrity Liposuction Scars 43 A MAD Look at Cell Phones 460 - Dec 2005
Partial Mirth Department The Pro-Lifer’s Practical Joke Handbook 21 Monroe and... The Miracle Cream Part II 461 - Jan 2006
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Meth Department What If Patrick Henry Was a Speed Freak 31 Monroe and... The Dream Date 462 - Feb 2006
Return To Slender Department You Know It’s Time For Your Mailman
to Get Gastric Bypass Surgery When...		 38 Go Fetch! 463 - Mar 2006
Dance, Dance Evolution Department What If Charles Darwin Had Designed Videogames? 34 A MAD Look at The Prom 464 - Apr 2006
Mind Over Bladder Department MAD’s Guide for Incontinent Psychics 34 The NBA from A to Z 465 - May 2006
Leaving Positive Feedbag Department What If Horses Sold on eBay? 42 Go Fetch! 466 - Jun 2006
Hive And Seek Department MAD’s Guide to Identifying Rashes and Other Skin Eruptions 40 A MAD Look at Fishing 467 - Jul 2006
Would You Like Thighs With That? Department What if McDonald’s Offered a Cannibal-Friendly Menu? 48 Real Ad for Dew Action Sports Tour 468 - Aug 2006
Clay Achin’ Department The Most Common Injuries Suffered by Wallace & Gromit 40 The DMV Road Test for the Real World 470 - Oct 2006
Incontinental Airlines Department A MAD Guide to Liquids You Can Still Take on Jet Flights 52 Liberals and Conservatives Agree... and Disagree 471 - Nov 2006
An Inconvenient Booth Department MAD Examines History’s Least-Practical Diner Layouts 40 Monroe &... The Army Part I 472 - Dec 2006
Give Me Ribbity Or Give Me Death Department When the Right to Vote is Extended to Frogs 43 Monroe &... The Army Part II 473 - Jan 2007
Tyrannosaurus Hex Department What if Dinosaurs Dabbled in Voodoo? 32 Monroe &... The School Dance 474 - Feb 2007
Fiddler On The Roofie Department If Someone Slipped Something into Itzhak Perlman’s Drink 37 Monroe &... The New Grillz 475 - Mar 2007
Bris Congeniality Department MAD Looks at the Nation’s Friendliest Mohels 31 Monroe &... The Big Freeze 476 - Apr 2007
Subordinate Claus Department What if Kris Kringle Were Into S&M? 29 Monroe &... The New Kid 477 - May 2007
The Clot Thickens Department Conspiracy Theories About Vice President Dick Cheney’s Health 26 Monroe &... Cruelty Free 478 - Jun 2007
Turning Back The Cluck Department What if Chickens Could Time Travel? 33 Monroe &... Harry Potter 479 - Jul 2007
The Incontinental Congress Department What if Politicians Wore Adult Diapers? 35 A MAD Look at Spider-Man 3 480 - Aug 2007
The Devil Wears Nada Department If The Satanic Church Opened a Nudist Colony 37 Real Ad for AST Dew Tour 481 - Sep 2007
Chocolate Rain Of Terror Department What if Tay Zonday Made it to the Finals of American Idol? 35 Monroe &... The Summer Job Part 2 482 - Oct 2007
The Booth Fairy Department A Peek Behind the Scenes at the Minneapolis Airport Men’s Room 36 Real Ad for AST Dew Tour 483 - Nov 2007
Wettysburg Address Department What if Abraham Lincoln Were Incontinent? 484 - Dec 2007
Pasta La Vista, Baby Department What if Arnold Schwarzenegger Was a Waiter at The Olive Garden? 47 A MAD Look at Dancing with the Stars 485 - Jan 2008
Violence Of The Lambs Department What if Farm Animals Had the Right to Bear Arms? 44 MAD Ad for Absolutely MAD 486 - Feb 2008
Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ham Department What if Boar’s Head Ran a Bordello? 40 A MAD Look at Halo 487 - Mar 2008
Frodo-Shop Department What if Hobbits Were Graphic Designers? 32 A MAD Look at Doctors 489 - May 2008
Optimus Prime Rib Department What if Transformers Worked as Butchers? 30 Monroe and... Evolution 490 - Jun 2008
Unidentified Dying Objects Department MAD’s Hospice Bingo 36 Monroe and... Teen Obesity 491 - Jul 2008
The Good Tumor Man Department What if the Ice Cream Guy Suddenly Had a Benign Growth? 39 A MAD Look at This Summer’s Super Heroes 492 - Aug 2008
Hitting The Snail On The Head Department What if Slugs Fought in Mixed Martial Arts Competitions? 30 Monroe and... The New Phone 493 - Sep 2008
The Blizzard Of Oz Department What if the Yellow Brick Road was Closed Due to Snow? 28 The Darker Side Of... The Lighter Side 494 - Oct 2008
Why So Sirius? Department What if the Joker Became the
President of a Satellite Radio Company?		 35 Monroe and... Domestic Terror 495 - Nov 2008
Feel Or No Feel? Department 10 Signs You May Be a Rush-Hour Subway Groper 40 The Darker Side Of... The Lighter Side 496 - Dec 2008
Porky Jig Department If There Were an All-Swine Production of Riverdance 48 A MAD Look at Hard Times 497 - Jan 2009
Little Blouse On The Prairie Department MAD Examines Cross-Dressing in the Old West 36 The MAD World of Pets 498 - Feb 2009
Horton Hears A Ho Department What If Dr. Seuss Wrote Porn? 42 The Strip Club 499 - Apr 2009
Unlimited Tights And Weekends Department What if Acrobats Ran the Cell Phone Companies? 40 The Strip Club 500 - Jun 2009
Spanx-Giving Department MAD’s Control-Top Hosiery Shopping Guide 18 The Big Bomb Theory 503 - May 2010
Release the Wise-Crackin' Department What if Don Rickles Starred in Clash of the Titans? 35 The Strip Club 504 - Aug 2010
Testicular Homicide Department What to Expect When You’re Expecting to be Castrated 46 The Darker Side Of... The Lighter Side 505 - Oct 2010
Kindle In The Wind Department What if Elton John Sang at Jeff Bezos’ Funeral? 34 The MAD World of Fashion 506 - Dec 2010
I Pity The Gruel Department What if Mr. T Ran an Orphanage? 16 Harry Plodder and It’s Dreadful What Follows 507 - Feb 2011
Mind Over Bladder Department What if Everyone in Mensa Suffered from Incontinence? 19 What We Really Learned from WikiLeaks 508 - Apr 2011
A Hardened Dictator Department What if Qaddafi Took Viagra? 23 The Strip Club 509 - Jun 2011
The Boxers Rebellion Department What If All Men Were Required to Wear Tighty Whities? 37 The Strip Club 510 - Aug 2011
A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind Department What’s NJ Governor Chris Christie Eating Now? 21 Dictators Next to be Overthrown 511 - Oct 2011
Never Judge A Hook By Its Cover Department MAD Asks: What If Pirates Wore Gloves? 39 Punitive Damages 512 - Dec 2011
The Prof is in the Pudding Department What if Universities Had a "Jell-o Wrestling" Major? 32 The MAD 20 Dumbest of 2011 513 - Feb 2012
Spine-Spine-Spine Department What if Herman Cain Became a Chiropractor? 51 A MAD Look at the Filthy Rich 514 - Apr 2012
Words With Bends Department Playing Scrabble with Inexperienced Scuba Divers 51 The 50 Worst Things About America 515 - Jun 2012
Did He Leaf A Note? Department Signs that Your Houseplant has Committed Suicide 46 The Strip Club 516 - Aug 2012
Absence Of Mallets Department Signs You’re at a Cut-Rate Croquet Tournament 53 Real Ad for MAD on Kindle/Nook 517 - Oct 2012
Minstrel Cramps Department MAD Examines Common Lute Injuries 20 The Toilet Saga 518 - Dec 2012
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Blitzer Department CNN-Themed Cautionary Fables 8 The Fundalini Pages 519 - Feb 2013
Fifty Shades Of Bray Department MAD Examines the Best in Erotic Donkey Fiction 36 A MAD Look at Washington 520 - Apr 2013
Rest In Fleece Department MAD Revisits the Funeral of Eddie Bauer 42 The MAD Vault 521 - Jun 2013
America’s Got Talons Department What If Vultures Had Their Own Reality Show? 24 A MAD Look at The Internet 522 - Aug 2013
The Rodent Less Traveled Department Touring America’s Rural Backroads With a Squirrel Chauffeur 42 The Strip Club 523 - Oct 2013
Beef Twerky Department What if Miley Cyrus Worked in a Slaughterhouse? 33 A MAD Look at Ethnic Restaurants 524 - Dec 2013
The Apes Of Math Department When Primates Learn Calculus 32 A MAD Look at Gravity 526 - Apr 2014
The Hurt Flocker Department The 10 Most Common Shepherding Injuries 46 Real Ad for digital MAD magazine back issues 527 - Jun 2014
Game Of Scones Department What if HBO’s Shows Starred Baked Goods? 21 Planet Tad!!!!! 528 - Aug 2014
Pails In Comparison Department MAD’s Consumer Guide to Buying a Garbage Can 33 Real Ad for MAD books 529 - Oct 2014
The Ice Puckett Challenge Department What if Deceased Minnesota Twins Stars Were Cryogenically Frozen? 37 The MAD Vault 530 - Dec 2014
Inaccurate Conception Department You Know There’s Been a Mix-up at the Sperm Bank When... 34 Real Ad for MAD books 531 - Feb 2015
Stop and Smell the Moses Department MAD's Scratch 'N Sniff Bible 24 The Darker Side Of... The Lighter Side 532 - Apr 2015
Planet Of The Grapes Department Signs That Your Sommelier is a Chimpanzee 16 Pages From Weird Al’s Notebook 533 - Jun 2015
Orange Is The New Quack Department What if Daffy and Donald Duck Went to Prison? 26 When Minions Go Really, Really Bad 534 - Aug 2015
Arroz By Any Other Name Department Famous Odes to Spanish Side Dishes 33 The Strip Club 535 - Oct 2015
Straight Out Of Comp. Lit Department What If Some of the World’s Greatest Writers Were Rappers? 32 A MAD Look at Beer 536 - Dec 2015
The Nog of War Department MAD Examines the Pentagon's Favorite Christmas Beverage 32 The MAD 20 Dumbest of 2015 537 - Feb 2016
The Hateful Bait Department Tell-Tale Signs That Worms are Trying to Kill You 49 The Hunger Pains: Much Delay, Parts 1 & 2 538 - Apr 2016
Prawn With The Wind Department When Classic Films are Recast With Sea Creatures 24 A MAD Look at Man Caves 539 - Jun 2016
Low Man on the Scrotum-Pole Department Vasectomies Through History 24 Donald Trump vs. The Bible 540 - Aug 2016
Anemone Of The State Department What if Sea Life Militarized? 47 A MAD Look at Coffee 541 - Oct 2016
#Squadfoals Department What if Taylor Swift and Her Friends Took Up Horse Breeding? 54 A MAD Look at New York 542 - Dec 2016
Make America Grate Again Department When Congress is Influenced by the Parmesan Lobby 18 Real Ad for MAD on Magzter 543 - Feb 2017
Wide And Prejudice Department MAD Examines America’s Fattest Bigot 38 One Miserable Day in North Dakota 544 - Apr 2017
Yakety Yak Department If Wild Oxen Could Talk 50 Decimated Survivor 545 - Jun 2017
True Grits Department MAD Examines the Histories of Famous Side Dishes 10 The Fundalini Pages 546 - Aug 2017
To Chill A Mockingbird Department MAD’s Guide to Exotic Frozen Treats 39 An Airline Carriers’ Service Pledge 547 - Oct 2017
Fake Nudes Department If Donald Trump Was a Porn Star 27 The Strip Club 548 - Dec 2017
The Scarlet Sweater Department MAD’s Guide to Shameful Winter Attire 37 Projectile Vomit Baby Through History 549 - Feb 2018
Urine The Money Department MAD Interviews the Incontinent Banker of the Year 25 Workers We’d Like to Go a Day Without 550 - Apr 2018
Where’s Waldo’s Rotting Corpse? (Post-Nuclear Apocalypse Edition) 42 Starchie Reconstituted / Riverdull 1 - Jun 2018
Map of the Scars: A Guide to Celebs’ Botched Surgeries 41 When Women Take Over Hollywood 2 - Aug 2018
Under or Over Your Underpants?
MAD’s Guide to the Perfect T-shirt Tuck		 34 The Lighter Side of Self-Involvement 3 - Oct 2018
How Batshit Can Make You Crazy 27 Spy vs Spy 4 - Dec 2018
Equal Time: The NRA’s Edward Gorey Parody 12 Real Ad for MAD Magazine 5 - Feb 2019
The MAD Guide to Proust 39 The Lighter Side of Hooking Up 6 - Apr 2019
A Cinematic Masterpiece:
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of American Pie		 39 The Lighter Side of Fear 7 - Jun 2019
“This Is Not My Beautiful Knife” and Other
Flowery Expressions to Avoid Prosecution		 45 Political Action Figures 8 - Aug 2019
The Brown Note Department Can You Look at This Image Without Soiling Yourself? 34 The Monotonous Mrs. Mazel 9 - Oct 2019
ZAGAT Guide to the Best I.C.E. Detention Centers 51 The Lobbyist 10 - Dec 2019
Snappy Impeachments for Stupid Presidents 9 A MAD Look at New Year’s Resolutions 11 - Feb 2020
A Bag of Fleas’ Perspective on Fleabag 30 MAD’s Reality Street 12 - Apr 2020
The Sound of Breaking Wind: Is it Music? 19 Eminem 13 - Jun 2020
One Size Fits Al: A MAD Catalog of Jaffee’s Jeans 25 Bullbit 14 - Aug 2020
The Potrzebie System for Starting an Autonomous Zone 41 Bat Boy and Rubin! 15 - Oct 2020
Shartnado 35 Eccchh, Teenage Son of Thing 16 - Dec 2020
Sergio Aragonés’ Water Ballet Workout Tips 39 A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes
at a Fancy Restaurant		 17 - Feb 2021
Extreme Home Makeover with Alexa & Siri:
Big Brother Edition		 40 A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at the Making of
Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me		 18 - Apr 2021
MAD’s 2021 Fashion Prediction:
Sadly Seers See Seersucker Style Swing Soon		 37 What Will It Be Like When Every Device “Talks” 19 - Jun 2021
Hollywood Insider: Kong Jealous of Godzilla's Walk of Fame Star 43 King Korn! 20 - Aug 2021
MAD's Golfing Tips for the Moon:
How to Make a Bunker Shot in 1/6 Gravity		 24 A Mad Look at Basketball 21 - Oct 2021
The Dog Whisperer: Cujo Episode: The Whispering Stops 54 The Calamityville Horror 22 - Dec 2021
Five Facts That Prove
Batboy is Bruce Wayne's Illegitimate Love Child		 50 The Lighter Side of Crime in the Streets 23 - Feb 2022
Urine Trouble: What Your Pets Really Do While You Sleep 32 Willies 24 - Apr 2022
Benjamin Franklin vs. Shazam! Debate:
The Positives and Negatives of Lightning		 53 A MAD Look at Superheroes Uniting 25 - Jun 2022
Charmin NFTP Wipes Up with Cryptocurrency Commodes 25 A Mad Look at our Consumer Society 26 - Aug 2022
Clairvoyant Cooking with The Amazing Criswell:
Mastering Medium Steak Grilling with Your Mind		 50 Spy vs. Spy 27 - Oct 2022
Horrifying Crochets 27 Mad's Avalanche O' Catalogs 28 - Dec 2022
12 Other Uses for Leftover Mashed Potatoes in the Bedroom 18 The 50 Worst Things About Food 29 - Feb 2023
Tales from the Encrypt Keeper: Breaking the Fourth Firewall 38 Mad's 50 Worst Things About the Internet 30 - Apr 2023
"Can You Hold?" True Stories of Urology Receptionists 32 A Mad Look at Alternative Medicine 31 - Jun 2023
Time Travel Tips: Should You Use Valet Parallel Universe Parking? 19 A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of a National Park 32 - Aug 2023
MAD's First Shave Razor Burn:
If Satan went bald would there be Hell toupee?		 24 The Raven 33 - Oct 2023
MADical Mystery Department Scrabble Champion Hospitalized After Consonant Vowel Movements 9 A MAD Look at Lego 34 - Dec 2023
Advice on How to Become a Great Velcro Vendor:
Stick With it and Don't get Ripped Off		 48 Trademark Graffiti 35 - Feb 2024
Romance Is Dead Department Why Shovels Are the Must-have Item This Valentine's Day 49 A MAD History of Sex 36 - Apr 2024
I'll Be Here All Weak Department I Once Bought a Hat for My Leg. It Was a Kneecap. 44 The Monotonous Mrs. Mazel 37 - Jun 2024
Heatstroke Joke Department What Do You Call a Librarian with a Sunburn? Well Red. 47 Babewatch 38 - Aug 2024
Alien Autopsy Department What do you call an alien with a heart condition? An extra cholesterol. 48 A Mad Look at Alien Abductions 39 - Oct 2024
Swing States: They Sound More Fun Than They Are! 20 The Fascist & The Feeblest 40 - Dec 2024