MAD #420 — August 2002

"Most people are so concerned about getting in the last word, they ignore all the previous ones!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • MAD notes the passing of Dave Berg; photos of Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristen Kreuk, and John Schneider with #415; Ed Norris letter mentions the Don Martin Dictionary
  2–3
• Who's Who On Our Ridiculous Cover
  4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Dark Side of the Tunes Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Drew Friedman
  6–12
• Last Bango In Paris

  Tales From the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  14
• Ad for Winamp Contest with Alfred E. Neuman skin
  16
• Monroe &... Disney World — Part Two

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  17–20
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — magnetic double hanging

  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
  22–23
• The Everlasting Ridiculous Impacts of Who Wants to be a Millionaire

  The Regis Link Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Ray Alma

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  24–26
• Endless-Prize (TV satire)

  Bakula to the Future Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Mort Drucker
  28–33
• A MAD Look at Cruises

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  34–36
• Shoddy Osbournes Merchandise We'll be Seeing Soon

  Ozzjest Dept.

  Written by Arie Kaplan / Photos by Irving Schild / Doll construction by John Sazaklis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  37–41
• MAD Scans the Human Body

  Diagnosis Murdered Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  42–43
• Important Product Recall Notice From Heavenly Slumber, Inc.

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Gary Hallgren
  44 sample
• The Scorpion Ka-Ching! (movie satire)

  Can You Smell What the Rock is Filmin'? Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2022
  46–51
• Fold-In — What shocking events have resulted in countless lives being ruined?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3