MAD #473 — January 2007

"Why is it that when it comes to doing something about global warming, most politicians get cold feet?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • “Dump My Ride” from MAD #456 inspires the real “Pimp My Ride” MTV show
  2, 4, 6
• 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: Charles Akins, John Caldwell, Jeff Kruse, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, P. C. Vey, Nicholas Michael Ferry IV, Garth Gerhart, Kevin Pope, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Adam Rust — DETAILS

  • In Stores Just in Time for the Holidays! — Art by Charles Akins
  • On Newsstands Now! Scientific Republican — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Saddam Sez: Screech's revival
  • Vey To Go! — poll becomes phone sex — P. C. Vey
  • An Honest “Printer Test Page” We'd Like to See
  • Other Things, Besides Offending Muslims, The Pope Must Apologize For — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • When Other Helplines are Outsourced to India — Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • The Fast 5 — Things You Shouldn't Say in a Wedding Reception Toast — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by John Caldwell
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to New Friends — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • Bitterman — true meaning of Christmas — Garth Gerhart
  8–10
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2006!

  (introduction page)

  Featuring /

  • 1. The Iraq War — “The Iraqi Quagmire Chess Set” (ad parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert / Sculpture by Hermann Mejia / Photos by Irving Schild

    Reprinted in 6 collections

    • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
    • MAD #497 — January 2009
    • Totally MAD — 2012
    • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    12–13
  • 2. Bode Miller at the Olympics — “Sports Inebriated” (Sports Illustrated magazine cover parody) — Written by Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau / Art by Scott Bricher 14
  • 3. The Cheney Hunting Accident — “Greetings from Armstrong Ranch, You'll be Blown Away!” (postcard parody) — Idea by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Art by Mark Stutzman

    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD About Politics — 2008
    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    15
  • 4. Richard Hatch Vs. the I.R.S. — “Prison Freak” (Prison Break TV poster parody) — Photos by Irving Schild and AP & Wide World 16
  • 5. Zinedine Zidane — “Jerk-in-the-Box by Mental” (Mattel toy parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Mick Coulas 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

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    20
  • 8. Tainted Spinach — “Fecal Farms — Organic Outbreak Blend” (ad parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Jack Syracuse

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #11 — February 2020

    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 / Art by Scott Bricher 24
  • 11. North Korea Tests the Bomb — “KimCity” (SimCity computer game parody) — Art by Tom Richmond

    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    25
  • 12. The Muhammad Cartoon Controversy — “Muslims Gone Wild” (Girls Gone Wild video parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / AP & Wide World photos

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    28
  • 13. Barry Bonds, Home Run King — “The Unnatural” (The Natural movie poster parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Mark Fredrickson

    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • Totally MAD — 2012
    • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016

    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 / Art by J. Scott Campbell / 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 / Art by Sam Sisco 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 / Art by Mark Fredrickson

    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
    • MAD #497 — January 2009
    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018

    36 sample
  11
• Ad for Subscriptions

  Norman Mingo art from MAD Follies #2
  37
• A MAD Look At Trying to Pick-Up Women

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  38–40
• Monroe and… The Army — Part 2

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler
  41–44
• Spy vs. Spy — retirement home walker trap

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  45–46
• The MAD World of… The Holidays

  Season's Gratings Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  48–50 sample
• Dear Roger,

  Text Education Dept.

  Christopher Baldwin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  52
• Fold-In — What athletic embarrassment do many Americans never want to see compete again?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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