MAD #461 — January 2006

"Most siblings won't share anything — except embarrassing stories about you!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Friends of Fundalini Notes

  • "Friends of Fundalini" list of contributors not originally attached to the articles in this section: Carolyn Abram, Grey Blackwell, John Caldwell, Michael Capozzla, Tom Cheney, Desmond Devlin, Tom Fowler, Megan Ganz, Gary Hallgren, Darren Johnson, Jacob Lambert, Barry Liebmann, Michael Lore, Kevin Pope, Irving Schild, Rick Tulka — DETAILS

  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Our Animal Friends — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • An Ad We'd Like to See — New Dove Firming
  • Pull My Cheney! — Eunice shoots out window, delays card game — Tom Cheney
  • The Godfrey Report
  • 3 Quick and Easy Things King Kong Could Do to Improve His Image — John Caldwell
  • The Fast 5 — PBS's New Conservative Direction — Art by Grey Blackwell
  • Scary Threats... Scarrier Realities — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Monkeys Are Always Funny — with Tom DeLay
  • MySpace By the Numbers
  • Yoga For Smokers — Art by Gary Hallgren
  • New On DVD! The Sisterhood of the Traveling Implants
  • Graphic Novel Review — The Thoroughly Updated, All-Inclusive Handbook to the Marvel Universe — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Fowler
  • Adults Only Chat Lines — Photos by Irving Schild
  6–8
• The 25 Worst Things About Christmas

  Yule Be Sorry Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Kids #1 — December 2005 (excerpt)
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012 (excerpt)
  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  10–12
• Go Fetch! (ad parody)

  License to Shill Dept.

  Art by Tom Bunk / Ads for MAD Kids, Spy vs. Spy Jr. Action Collectible Race Cars
  13, 14, 16, 17
• A Progress Report From ExxonMonopoly (ad parody)

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo
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• Monroe and… The Mystery Cream — Part Two

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  19–21
• A MAD Look at Alien Invasions

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  22–24
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2005!

  (introduction page)

  Featuring /

  • 1. Hurricane Katrina — "Where's W?" (Where's Waldo? book parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Doug Holgate

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The MAD War on Bush — 2007

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  • 2. Tom Cruise's Self-Destruction — "Mission: Insufferable" (Mission: Impossible movie poster parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Mort Drucker

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012

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  • 3. There Goes the Bride, Jennifer Wilbanks — "Runaway Bride" (Modern Bride magazine cover parody) — Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Scott Bricher

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

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  • 4. Russell Crowe's Telephone Tantrum — "Crowe-Magnon Man's Early Attempt at Communication" (museum display parody) — Written by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild / Sculpture by Liz Lomax 33
  • 5. Karl Rove — "Lil' Leaker" (toy parody) — Sculpture by Anthony Cipriano / Photos by Irving Schild

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

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  • 6. Prince Harry — "When Harry Went Nazi" (When Harry Met Sally movie poster parody) — Written by Dave Croatto / Art by Richard Williams 35
  • 7. Dave Chappelle — "Comedy Central Resents: Chappelle's Season 3 No-Show" 36
  • 8. Pat Robertson Calls for the Assassination of Venezuelan President Chavez (parody of photo of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald) 37 sample
  • 9. Scam Artist Gives Wendy's the Finger — "Lawsuit Helper" (Hamburger Helper ad parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher 38
  • 10. Rafael Palmeiro Testifies Negative, Tests Positive — "King Con" (King Kong movie poster parody) — Art by James Bennett 39
  • 11. The Terri Schiavo Media Circus — "The Most Shameless Show On Earth" (circus poster parody) — Art by Tom Richmond 40–41
  • 12. Michael Jackson's Touching Tale — "An Open Letter to My Billions of Fans and Supporters" — Written by Desmond Devlin 42
  • 13. Brajelina — "ArchRival Comics" (Archie Comics comic book cover parody) — Written by Justin Tyler / Art by Jack Syracuse 43
  • 14. Teen Queens' Extreme Weight Loss — "Lean Girls" (Mean Girls movie poster parody) — Written by Paul Gilligan / Art by Hermann Mejia 44
  • 15. Saddam Photographed in Jail — "The Adventures of Captive Underpants" (The Adventures of Captain Underpants book cover parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin 45
  • 16. Dr. James Dobson's Right-Wing Group Outs SpongeBob — "The Sinister Hidden Agendas of Today's Cartoon Characters" — Written by Arie Kaplan 46
  • 17. Paula Abdul Alleged Affair with an American Idol Contestant — Art by Tom Nick Cocotos 47
  • 18. Kevin Federline — "Whut Tuh Expect When Yer Expectin'" (What to Expect When You're Expecting book cover parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Richard Williams

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

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  • 19. Teaching Evolution in Schools Controversy — Fold-In: What controversial relationships are many teachers now having to deny? — Al Jaffee / Idea by Megan Ganz 49
  • 20. The A-List of A-Holes — "The Biggest Losers" — Art by Drew Friedman 50–51
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• Spy vs. Spy — toilet flush slingshot

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
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