MAD #462 — February 2006

"It's funny how no one is ever so busy that they can't find the time to complain about how busy they are!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • George Lucas with MAD #454
  2, 4, 5
• Ad for MAD Kids
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• 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: Charles Akins, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Nate Fakes, Tamara Federici, Emily Flake, Garth Gerhart, Paul Gilligan, Jeff Kruse, Jim Mahfood, Brian McConnachie, Kevin Pope, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka, P. C. Vey — DETAILS

  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Charity Work — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • 12 Ways to Know You're Flying on a Bankrupt Airline
  • The Fast 5 — Phrases You'll Never Hear on an Infomercial — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Charles Akins
  • King Klutz — Kong slips on banana peel (Paul Gilligan)
  • Bitterman — Spenzer's Gifts (Garth Gerhart)
  • Ask Lynne Cheney — "My parents recently got divorced..." — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Vey To Go! — Doris' new skirt (P. C. Vey)
  • How the Bush Administration Would Handle an Attack by King Kong — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • The Anne Geddes 2006 Dick Cheney Calendar — Art by Jack Syracuse
  • Coming in 2046 — The 12,465th Chapter of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" — Art by Jim Mahfood
  • George W. Bush's Valentine Candy Hearts — Written by Jeff Kruse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  6–8
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself American Idol Judges' Critiques

  Mad Cowell's Disease Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  10–11
• The MAD World of... Food

  Eats Meets Jest Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  12–14
• Ad for Subscriptions

  Richard Williams art from MAD Special #64
  15
• Spy vs. Spy — lasso cactus bull snake

  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
  16–17
• Heartbreaking Problems of Aging Elvis Impersonators

  Hip-Break Hotel Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #13 — June 2020
  • MAD #48 — April 2026
  18–19 sample
• The Good Points and Bad Points of the New NBA Dress Code

  He Suits, He Scores! Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse and Nate Fakes / Art by Tom Richmond
  20–21
• A MAD Look at Bling

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  22–24
• Monroe and... The Dream Date

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  29–32
• MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories (second in a series) —
  The Dog That Played Football for Notre Dame

  The Beast and the Brightest Dept.

  Written by Brian McConnachie / Art by Leonardo Rodriguez

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  34–35
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Middle School Nostradamus — Written by Simon Rich / Art by M. K. Perker
  • Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with Kate Moss (Keith Knight)
  • I'm With Stupid (Rich Moyer)
  • The Hero Santon! (Don Asmussen)
  • Jump Cut — Jerry Maguire (Paul Gilligan)
  • Fantabulaman (Ted Rall) sample
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
    • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  37–39
• American Idol Also Rans: Where Are They Now?

  Rejects Education Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  40–42
• Go Fetch!

  License to Shill Dept.

  Notes

  • Art by Peter Bagge promoting 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Ads for MAD Kids magazine and MADvertising book
  43, 44, 46
• Louse, S.O.B. (TV satire)

  Hugh Dirty Rat Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  48–52
• Fold-In —
  What was President Bush most upset to see destroyed by Hurricane Katrina?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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