MAD #442 — June 2004

"Whoever said 'fighting never solves anything' obviously never won a fight!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Mad About Dad book
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • What's Pete Rose Betting On This Month? — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Things Overheard Outside the Martha Stewart Trial Jury Room — Art by Charles Akins
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Helping Others — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • Monkeys Are Always Funny — in Osama bin Laden's cave — Evan Dorkin
  • William Hung's Glorious Music Career — A Look Ahead
  • Video Game Review — Fielder's Choice '04 — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Scott Bricher
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD Kids #4 — August 2006
    • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • Breaking News from the World of Sports: Yankees Shock Sox Again: Acquire Ted Williams' Head
  • Superheroes When Their Mothers Are Around — Written by Brian Frazer / Art by Gary Hallgren
    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • The Freebie MAD — 2005
    • White Castle Goes MAD — 2005
    • MAD Kids #1 — December 2005
    • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  • Personal Ad of the Month — ex-gay, turned straight — Written by Jeff Kruse / Photo by Irving Schild
  • Classified Ads
  • Vey To Go — giant lens cap — P. C. Vey
  • The Godfrey Report
  • The Fast 5 — The 5 Ways The Passion of the Christ Has Influenced the Movie Industry — Art by Ray Alma
  • Bitterman — suppressing feelings — Garth Gerhart
  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Joe Rogan — Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Syracuse

  Notes

  • Friends of Fundalini contributors: Charles Akins, Ray Alma, Scott Bricher, John Caldwell, Paul Coker, Jr., Russ Cooper, Desmond Devlin, Evan Dorkin, Brian Frazer, Garth Gerhart, Gary Hallgren, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko, Kevin Pope, Irving Schild, Mike Snider, Johnny Styne, Jack Syracuse, P. C. Vey — details
  6–8
• The O.D. (TV satire)

  Californicators Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Tom Richmond
  10–15
• Yao Ming's Chinese/English Phrase Book

  The Translate Show Dept.

  Written by Jonathan Bresman and Scott Sonneborn / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  16–17
• MAD's Monstrously Ogre-Rated Shrek 2 Outtakes

  The Green Smile Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Video captures by Mike Snider
  20–21
• A MAD Look at Braces

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Kids #6 — March 2007
  • MAD Kids — Burger King — 2007
  22–24
• Our Letter on Behalf of Martha Stewart

  It's a Good Zing Dept.

  Written by Dave Croatto
  25
• If Corporate "Mission Statements" Told the Truth

  Creed it and Weep Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
  28–30
• Star Shrek

  Space: The Final Affront Here Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  31–33 sample
• Monroe and… The Zoo

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  34–37
• MAD Ranks the Top Celebrity Prisons

  Jail, Jail the Gang's All Here Dept.

  Written by Doug Lansky / Art by Liz Lomax
  38–39
• Tell-Tale Signs Your Parents Have Hired You the Wrong Tutor

  Coming to a Teaching Halt Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • White Castle Goes MAD — 2005
  40–41
• The Prize is Slight! (TV satire)

  Corn on the Bob Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Bunk
  42–46 sample
• Similarities Between the Middle East and the U.S.A.

  Cultures Clubbed Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Nathan Fox
  47
• Harry Potter and the Outtakes of Azkaban

  Hogwarts and All Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #28 — July 2004
  48–49
• Spy vs. Spy — thought icons and falling comic frames

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  50–51
• There Are Just Some Things You Shouldn't Give the Homeless

  Dos and Donates Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  52
• Fold-In — Which celebrity do Americans most want to see convicted?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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