MAD #485 — January 2008

"A watch without hands tells no time, but neither does a digital watch with no batteries!" — 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)
• 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: Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Harrison Greenbaum, Glen LeLievre, Hermann Mejia, Todd Nauck, Bob Staake, Don Vaughan — DETAILS

  • Fundalini Asks “What If...?” — What If the British Royal Family Ran a Carnival?
  • Diary of a Wii Owner — Art by Bob Staake
  • The Fast 5 — Things Overheard After Henry Hager Proposed to Jenna Bush — Art by Hermann Mejia
  • LeLievre and Let Die! — watercooler goldfish — Glen LeLievre
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Tips to Avoid Identity Theft: A Fundalini Consumer Fraud Feature — Written by Dick DeBartolo
  • MAD's Sketchy Comedy Outtakes from 30 Rock
  • Graphic Novel Review — The Amazing Spider-Man: Irreversible Terminal Demise, Vol. 1 — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Todd Nauck
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
    • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  8–10, 12
• Ad for Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files, The MAD War on Bush, MAD About Star Wars, and The Completely MAD Don Martin books
  11
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2007

  (introduction page)

  Featuring /

  • 1. Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennel — “Michael & Me” (Marley & Me book cover parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Mark Fredrickson

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    14
  • 2. Bush Breaks Presidential Record For Time Off — (Lincoln Memorial parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Mark Stutzman

    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • MAD About Politics — 2008
    • 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

    15
  • 3. Don Imus — “NappyQuest” (MapQuest parody) — Written by Dave Croatto

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    16
  • 4. Britney Spears — “Britney and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year” (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day book parody) — Art by Gary Hallgren 18–19
  • 5. Walter Reed Army Hospital Scandal — “G.I.Woe — Forgotten Warrior” (G.I.Joe toy parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert / Figure by Dave Croatto / Photos by Irving Schild sample

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    20
  • 6. The Anna Nicole Smith Paternity Trial — “Three Men and Anne Nicole's Baby” (Three Men and a Baby movie poster parody) — Art by Mort Drucker 22
  • 7. Paris Hilton — “Let's Go — Guide to Paris 2007 Prison Edition” (travel book parody)

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    23
  • 8. The Crazy Diapered Astronaut — “Unrequited Luvs” (ad parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Charles Akins

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    24
  • 9. The Giant Chinese-Made Toy Recall — “Recalled Toys-R-Us” (ad slick parody) — Written by Matthew A. Cohen and Jason Schneider 26
  • 10. Isaiah Washington Bashes Homosexuals — “Homo Phobe” (Home Alone movie poster parody) — Art by Richard Williams 27
  • 11. Keith Richards Sniffs His Father's Ashes — “Snorting News” (Sporting News magazine cover parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Mark Fredrickson 28
  • 12. Scooter Libby — “MAD Libbys” (Mad Libs book parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert 29
  • 13. The Sopranos Finale — “Alternate Sopranos Endings That Would Have Been Better” — 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 Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015

    30–31
  • 14. The Creation Museum — “Night at the Creation Museum” (Night at the Museum movie poster parody) — Written by Josh Eiserike / Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    32
  • 15. If I Did It By O.J. Simpson — “If We Did It — Confessions on the Ways We'd Kill O.J.” — Art by Drew Friedman 33
  • 16. Lindsay Lohan — “Lindsay — Fully Loaded” (Herbie: Fully Loaded movie poster parody) — Written by Nick Danzi / Art by Scott Bricher

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    34
  • 17. Alberto Gonzales — “Looney Times: Alberto ‘Sleazy’ Gonzales” (Looney Tunes: Speedy Gonzales TV poster parody) — Art by Steve Smallwood 35
  • 18. Senator Craig In The Bathroom Stall — “There's Something About Larry” (There's Something About Mary movie poster parody) — Art by Mick Coulas

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    36
  • 19. Tainted Pet Food — Fold-In — Al Jaffee 37
  • 20. Sanjaya Malakar — “Really Freakin' Bad” (Bad — Michael Jackson album cover parody) — Art by Scott Bricher 38
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• Ad for Subscription with bonus MAD #43 print offer
  17
• Ad for MAD Classics #20
  39
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / Art by Brian Durniak

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  40–41
• Spy vs. Spy — palm tree top slides down / general's shoulder pad rig

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  42–43
• What The Heck is the Difference?

  Observation Dreck Dept. (featuring cover MAD #276)
  44
• A MAD Look At Dancing With The Stars

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain on MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  45–48