MAD #419 — July 2002

"For many bosses, ‘affirmative action’ means hiring more yes men!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Plug for Spy vs. Spy syndicated newspaper comic — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak, Sergio Aragones illustrates Sobe ad, Ad for MAD About Super Heroes
  2, 4–6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Special Star Wars Attack of the Clowns Section

  • The Jedi Bunch — Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Sam Sisco

    Reprinted in 5 collections

    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
    • Inside MAD — 2013
    • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
    • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017

    7
  • MAD Presents Missing Dialogue from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
    The Stills Are Alive Dept.
    Written by Greg Leitman 8–10
  • MAD's Ecchbay Item of the Month — Attack of the Clones stuff
    All Bidding Aside Dept.
    Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher

    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
    • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    12
  • Anakin Skywalker — The High School Years
    May the Course Be With You Dept.
    Written by Kenny Byerly / Art by Mort Drucker

    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • MAD XL #33 — June 2005
    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
    • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019

    13–15
  • Spy vs. Spy — attack of the clones smasher
    Joke and Dagger Dept.
    Peter Kuper / Idea by Jonathan Bresman

    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
    • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
    • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    16–17
  • Who's in the Crowd in the New Star Wars Senate Scene
    Hey Lucas Over Dept.
    Written by Dan Levine and Mike Martone / Art by Angelo Torres

    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • MAD Classics #1 — August 2005
    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
    • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009

    18–19
  • Startling Similarities between Star Wars and the War on Terrorism
    A Clone Application Dept.
    Written by Greg Leitman / Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
    • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    20–21
• Monroe and... Disney World — Part One

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  22–25
• Sergio Aragones illustrates Sobe ad
  26–27
• What if Chris Rock Performed at a Bar Mitzvah?

  Today, You Da Man Dept.

  Written by Arie Kaplan and Josh Malinow / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  28–29
• How Cool Would it be to be a Member of Ozzy Osbourne's Family?

  Home on the Strange Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  31–33
• How Everything Changed After the Attacks

  Altered States of the Union Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #2 — September 2005
  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34–35
• A MAD Look at Water Parks

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  • MAD Kids #12 — September 2008
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  36–39
• Hidden in the Liner Notes

  The Devil's in the C-Details Dept.

  Written by Dave Croatto / Art by John Cuneo

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #23 — August 2003
  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  40–41
• Mr. Fix-It Tackles Your Occult and Paranormal Home Repair Problems

  This Old Haunted House Dept.

  Written by P. C. Vey / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Horror — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD #27 — October 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  42–45
• The Oprah Magazine We'd Like to See

  Fat's Entertainment! Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  46
• Panic Ruined (movie satire)

  Domicidal Maniacs Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Ray Alma

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  47–51 sample
• Fold-In — What whopping expense looms on the horizon for every new parent?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #12 — January 2007
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3