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MAD #411 — November 2001

Cover art: Norman Mingo Cover design by: Nadina Simon

“The most troublesome side effect of many prescription drugs is that they make you feel well enough to go back to work!” — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

Contents Page
Notes
- Vey To Go — "there's nothing here to see" (P. C. Vey)
1–2
Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
Notes
- Ad for The MAD Page-A-Day 2002 Calendar
4–5
Drawn-Out Dramas

Marginal Thinking Dept.

Sergio Aragones

(various places around the magazine)
Planet of the Remakes (movie satire)

Chimp Off the Old Block Dept.

Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Ray Alma
Reprinted in 3 collections
6–11
Spectator's Fun Guide to the New York City Marathon

Put on a Happy Race Dept.

John Caldwell
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #19 November 2007
12–14
Monroe &… The Great American Road Trip — Part Three

Angster's Paradise Dept.

Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

16–19
Ad for tons of MAD merchandise

20
What the Film 2001 Predicted / What the Year 2001 Actually Delivered

To Hal and Back Dept.

Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Rick Tulka / Color by Digital Chameleon
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #15 June 2007
21–23 sample
The Pet Peddler — Your One-Stop Source for Adopting the Animals Other People Eventually Got Sick Of

Is there an Adopter in the House? Dept.

Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Scott Bricher
Reprinted in 11 collections
24–25 sample
Under-Represented and Over-Represented Groups on TV

Balancing Axed Dept.

Written by Mike Snider / Art by Angelo Torres
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #20 January 2008
26–28
Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — she steals back top secret spy killer choppers

Joke and Dagger Dept.

Peter Kuper
Reprinted in 2 collections
- Spy Vs. Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files - 2007
- Spy vs. Spy - The Top Secret Files - 2011
30–32
New Questions Based on the Stanley Kraplan SAT Prep Course

Like Money in the Blanks Dept.

Written by Amy Gillett / Art by Tom Bunk
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #11 November 2006
34–36
A MAD Look at the Navy

Serge-In General Dept.

Sergio Aragones

38–41
The 25 Least Powerful People in Show Business

Working Class Zeroes Dept.

Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia
Reprinted in 2 collections
- MAD Classics #23 October 2008
- Disturbingly Awful MAD - 2013
42–45
A TV Scene We'd Like to See: The Crocodile Hunter

Big Game Blunder Dept.

Don (Duck) Edwing

46
Job Opportunities for the New Millennium

A Swift Kick in the Career Dept.

Written by Mike Snider / Art by Leslie Sternbergh
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #14 April 2007
48–50
In the Bartlet West Wing... / In the Bush West Wing...

By George, I Think Sheen's Got It Dept.

Written by Mike Mikula / Art by Drew Friedman

(Desmond Devlin incorrectly credited as writer)
Reprinted in 4 collections
51–54
MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Angelina Jolie

Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia
Reprinted in 1 collection
- MAD Classics #23 October 2008
55
Fold-In — What mind-altering experience is leaving more and more people out of touch with reality?

Al Jaffee
Reprinted in 1 collection
- The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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