Mad #473 January 2007

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    The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2006! (introduction page) (11)
    • 1. The Iraq War - "The Iraqi Quagmire Chess Set" - (ad parody)
      (written by Jacob Lambert / sculpture by Hermann Mejia / Irving Schild photos) (12-13)
    • 2. Bode Miller at the Olympics - "Sports Inebriated" - (Sports Illustrated magazine cover parody)
      (written by Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau / Scott Bricher art) (14)
    • 3. The Cheney Hunting Accident - "Greeting from Armstrong Ranch, You'll be Blown Away!"
      (postcard parody) (Mark Stutzman art / idea by Teresa Burns Parkhurst) (15)
    • 4. Richard Hatch Vs. the I.R.S. - "Prison Freak" -
      (Prison Break TV poster parody) (Irving Schild and AP & Wide World photos) (16)
    • 5. Zinedine Zidane - "Jerk-in-the-Box by Mental"
      (Mattel toy parody) (written by Scott Maiko / Mick Coulas art) (18)
    • 6. Ann Coulter - "Basest Instinct" - (Basic Instinct movie poster parody) (19)
    • 7. Mel Gibson - "Mel Kampf" - (Mein Kampf book cover parody) (written by Adam Rust) (20)
    • 8. Tainted Spinach - "Fecal Farms - Organic Outbreak Blend" (ad parody)
      (written by Scott Maiko / Jack Syracuse art) (21)
    • 9. YouTube - A Streaming Pile of Sh*t (written by Jacob Lambert) (22)
    • 10. Floyd Landis - "Landis' End" - (Lands' End magazine cover parody)
      (written by Jeff Kruse and Harrison Greenbaum / Scott Bricher art) (24)
    • 11. North Korea Tests the Bomb - "KimCity" -
      (SimCity computer game parody) (Tom Richmond art) (25)
    • 12. The Muhammad Cartoon Controversy - "Muslims Gone Wild" -
      (Girls Gone Wild video parody) (written by Scott Maiko / AP & Wide World photos) (28)
    • 13. Barry Bonds, Home Run King - "The Unnatural" -
      (The Natural movie poster parody) (written by Jacob Lambert / Mark Fredrickson art) (29)
    • 14. Isaac Hayes Quits South Park - "Chef Retardee" -
      (Chef Boyardee canned pasta parody) (written by Jacob Lambert / AP & Wide World photos) (30)
    • 15. K-Fed Raps - "The Moronic" - (The Chronic - Dr. Dre album cover parody) (31)
    • 16. Congressman Mark Foley - "WordPervert Congress XXX" -
      (WordPerfect X3 software parody) (written by Desmond Devlin) (32)
    • 17. Paris Hilton's Vow of Celibacy - "No-Action Comics" - (Action Comics cover parody)
      (written by Arie Kaplan / J. Scott Campbell art / color by Edgar Delgado) (33)
    • 18. John Mark Karr's Extradition - "Pedophile Air" (airline ad parody) (Irving Schild) (34)
    • 19. Star Jones Gets Sacked from The View - "Firing of a Mad Black Woman" -
      (Diary of a Mad Black Woman movie poster parody) (idea by Arie Kaplan / Sam Sisco art) (35)
    • 20. Bush's Assault on Civil Liberties - "Pirates of the Constitution: Head Man's Mess" -
      (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest movie poster parody)
      (written by John Kovaleski / Mark Fredrickson art) (36)
  • Ad for Subscriptions (Norman Mingo art from Follies #2) (37)
  • A Mad Look At Trying to Pick-Up Women (Sergio Aragones) (38-40)
  • Monroe and... The Army - Part 2 (written by Anthony Barbieri / Tom Fowler art) (41-44)
  • Spy vs. Spy - retirement home walker trap (Peter Kuper) (45-46)
  • The Mad World of... The Holidays (written by Stan Sinberg / Marc Hempel art) (48-50)
  • Dear Roger, (Christopher Baldwin) (52)
  • Fold-In -- What athletic embarrassment do many
    Americans never want to see compete again? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
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