MAD #408 — August 2001

"Understatement is a zillion times more effective than exaggeration!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  Notes

  • Pull My Cheney — seeing eye kangaroo cartoon — Tom Cheney
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #449 — January 2005
  1, 3
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for MAD XL #11 — August 2001
  4–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• MAD's 50 Worst Things About Sports

  Let the Shames Begin Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  6–12
• A MAD Look at The Mummy Returns

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  14–17
• 15 Minutes of Fame — MAD's Latest Disposable Dozen

  We Bring You Fleetings Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Drew Friedman
  18–20
• The Miracle Jerker

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  22
• The Garish Institute For Impulsive Plastic Surgery

  Scars & Gripes Forever Dept.

  Written by John Prete and Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild
  24 sample
• The King-size of Queens (TV satire)

  Tele-Chubby Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #10 — October 2006
  26–29
• Ad for the MAD Collector's Box

  featuring MAD Neumanisms
  30
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a National Park

  Yosemite Sham Dept.

  Written by Amy Gillett / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • MAD #32 — August 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  31–33
• MAD's Guide to Out-Of-Business Theme Restaurants and the Reasons They Went Belly Up

  When Eat Meets Jest Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor Vol. 4 — April 2026
  34–35
• Monroe and... The TV Commercial

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  36–38
• Spy vs. Spy — missile trap

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  40–41
• Dashboard “Idiot Lights” We Desperately Need

  Display's the Thing Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  42–43
• The Shoddier Image (ad parody)

  Schlock Till You Drop Dept.

  Written by Brian Farrelly and Sean Farrelly / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  • MAD Kids #9 — December 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #10 — March 2008 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 (excerpt in The MAD Vault)
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  45–49
• Bicker (TV satire)

  Danson in the Dark Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  50–54
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Carson Daly

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia
  55
• Fold-In — What seems to be the only safe and convenient air carrier left?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Presents Harry Potter — September 2011
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  C3