MAD #470 — October 2006

"The problem with parents putting in their two cents is that they expect change!" — 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) 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: Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Scott Maiko, Patrick Merrell, Rich Powell, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Johnny Ryan, Kiernan P. Schmitt, Jack Syracuse, P. C. Vey, Adam Zyglis — DETAILS

  • Classified Ads
  • Bitterman — "...you're not that type of woman." (Garth Gerhart)
  • The Puzzle Nook — "the only thing certain is that ---ing is certain" (Patrick Merrell)
  • Saddam Sez: ketchup gas
  • The Fast 5 — Likely Future Quotes from Ann Coulter —
    Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Art by Jack Syracuse
  • Vey To Go! — cliff idea (P. C. Vey)
  • Troubling Signs That Your Parents Actually Are Crazy — Art by Rich Powell
  • The NFL's Ref Report: Beauty and the Beast — Written by Kiernan P. Schmitt
  • Other Comic Book Character Secrets Following Batwoman's Coming Out of the Closet — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Johnny Ryan
  • Fundalini Foto News: President Bush Rubs German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Wrong Way
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  • In the Zeitgeist of Zyglis — The Passion of the Cuervo (Adam Zyglis)
  8–10
• How Lame Is Earl (TV satire)

  Swindler's List Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Mort Drucker
  12–16
• Back-To-School Look at Common Miscues,
  Flubs & Screw-ups of the Novice Class Clown

  The Joke's on Youth Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  18–19
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  22–23
• A MAD Look At Price Clubs

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  25–28
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Me, Myself and My Puppet — At the Store (John Kovaleski)
    Reprinted in 5 collections

    • Epic MAD — 2012
    • Inside MAD — 2013
    • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
    • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Scooby-Don't! (Jason Yungbluth) — sample
  • Middle School Nostradamus — Written by Simon Rich / Art by M. K. Perker
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #19 — June 2021
  • The Hero Santon! (Don Asmussen)
  • I'm With Stupid (Rich Moyer)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  • Just Below the Surface (Douglas Paszkiewicz)
  • Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with The Olsen Twins (Keith Knight)
  • Why Cartoons Shouldn't Smoke (Glen LeLievre)
  • The Pandering Process (Dustin Glick)
  33–36
• The DMV Road Test For the Real World

  The Wheel Deal Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Tom Bunk
  38–40
• 10 Things Not To Say During A Hospital Visit

  The Sick Sense Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  42–43
• Ad for MAD Kids
  44
• Monroe And... The New Beginning

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler
  45–48
• Children's Holiday Characters From 'Round The World

  Breaking the Lore Dept.

  Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Art by Hermann Mejia
  50–51 sample
• 7 Periods Closer To Death

  Another Brick in the Rall Dept.

  Ted Rall
  52
• Ad for Subscriptions

  Norman Mingo art from Follies #2
  53
• Spy vs. Spy — boomerang arm and gun

  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
  54–55
• Yell's Kitchen (TV satire)

  If Cooks Could Kill Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  56–59
• Fold-In — What group is guilty of the most flagrant invasion of privacy?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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