MAD #434 — October 2003

"A gambler who thinks he has a ‘can't lose’ system for winning at blackjack isn't playing with a full deck!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2, 4, 6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Chef Widget (ad parody)

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  5
• MAD's Deck of Least Wanted Americans

  52 Schtick-Up Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin and Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Hermann Mejia, and Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  8–14
• When Hardcore Gamers Take Their Place in Society

  Claiming Your Playstation in Life Dept.

  John Caldwell
  16–17
• All-Access Pass to the MTV Video Music Awards — Part Two

  Three-Bling Circus Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman / Art by Jack Syracuse

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  18–19
• Monroe and... Back to Skool

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  20–23
• A MAD Look at Trying Out For the Team

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  24–26
• More 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 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  28–30
• Without Sports...

  Let the Games Be Gone Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Tom Richmond
  32–33 sample
• The Telltale Signs of a White Trash Wedding

  A Marriage Made in 7-11 Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  34–36
• Spy vs. Spy — muscle-builder meets quicksand

  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
  38–39
• An Iraqi Scene We'd Like To See

  Six Feet Blunder Dept.

  Written by Christopher Allen / Art by John Caldwell
  40
• Self-Defeating Consequences in Modern American Life

  Adding Result to Injury Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  42–44
• Using Kiddie TV to Explain the War on Terrorism

  Tot's Entertainment! Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Gary Hallgren
  46–48
• MAD's Twisted Truisms, Axioms & Theories

  Postulation Explosion Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Rick Tulka
  49
• 8 Simple Rules for Writing a MAD Spoof of a Dopey ABC-TV Sitcom (TV satire)

  A Ritter Runs Through It Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Angelo Torres
  50–55
• Fold-In — What does the Bush administration have millions of Americans on the lookout for?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3