Mad #401 January 2001

• Cover Artist: James Bennett

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• Ad for Subscriptions (Kelly Freas art from #52) (C2)
• Pull My Cheney - death penalty tater grater (Tom Cheney)
• Contents Page (1-3)
• "A shepherd with no flock falls asleep counting creditors!"
  -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Ad for Mad XL #7 - January 2001
• Letters (4-5)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Technology Carols for the Holiday Season
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Peter Kuper art) (6-9)
• Mad's Parental Etiquette Guide for Kids' Sporting Events
  (John Caldwell) (10-11)
• Spy vs. Spy -
  high-voltage light chain pull (Peter Kuper) (12-13)
• Monroe &... The Fishing Trip
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (14-16)
• The 20 Dumbest People,
  Events and Things of 2000 (introduction page) (17)
  • 1. Election 2000 (featuring versions with Al Gore or George Bush being sworn in in separate issues)
    (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (18)
  • 2. Atlanta Fans Cheer John Rocker's Return (19)
    (written by Anthony Barbieri / Drew Friedman art)
  • 3. Napster: Defenders of Copyright Infringement
    (written by Scott Maiko) (19)
  • 4. Eminem - "Introducing The Amazing Lifelike Singing and Dancing Fish! Big Mouth Eminem" (20) -
    (Big Mouth Billy Bass ad parody) (Scott Bricher art)
  • 5. The U.S. vs. Microsoft - "Companies We Can Expect to See After the Microsoft Breakup"
    (written by Mike Snider) (20)
  • 6. The Elian Gonzalez Fiasco - "The Perfect Political Storm" - The Perfect Storm movie poster parody)
    (Scott Bricher art) (21)
  • 7. Darva Conger: Who Wants To Marry a Centerfold Bimbo? (Playboy magazine cover parody) (written by Dave Croatto) (22)
  • 8. Bobby Knight: Serial Bully - "Oops!... He Did It Again" - (Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears song parody) (Ray Alma art) (23)