MAD #490 — June 2008

"Presidents are like diapers — just because you've changed the old one doesn't mean the new one's not going to end up being full of crap, too!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos of Jonathan Bresman promoting MAD About Star Wars at Ocean County Library in Toms River, NJ
  2–5
• 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: Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Garth Gerhart, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Randy McIlwaine, Bob Staake, Ward Sutton, Rick Tulka — DETAILS

  • Lines Cut from the Candidates' Convention Speeches —
    Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Ward Sutton
  • Randy's Dandy Toon Time — taking care of the dog (Randy McIlwaine)
  • Teen Car Laws That Should Be Enacted — Art by Bob Staake
  • Fast Food Motto or Jenna Jameson Movie Title? — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
  • The Swift 6 — Innovative Ways MAD Magazine is Going Green
  • Wartime Birds Closely Related to the Chickenhawk —
    Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Diet Tips from Fat Steve — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Solution to Last Month's "Mini-Mystery" — how the murderer eluded police
  • Most Despised Disney Dalmatians — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Least E-Mailed Articles
  • Sports Injuries from Around the World —
    Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  • Bitterman — subject of science project (Garth Gerhart)
  6–8
• Ads 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
  9
• 30 Crock (TV satire)

  Oy Fey! Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  10–14
• SuperDelegate

  Washington DC Comics Dept.

  Written by Joe Raiola / Art by R. Sikoryak

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About Super Heroes — volume 2 — 2010
  • MAD About Super Heroes — version 2.5 — 2012
  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
  16–17
• The Top-Secret "Indiana Jones Memo" from George Lucas to Steven Spielberg

  Hit & Missive Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Jack Syracuse
  18–19
• A MAD Look At Science Fairs

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  20–23
• Embryonic Jones and the Temple of Womb (poster)

  Fetal Attraction Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Richard Williams
  24–25
• Subscription Ad — "Jeffrey Lozenge" Dressed as The Riddler

  Written by Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photos
  26
• Monroe and... Evolution

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler / Color by Ryan Flanders
  27–30
• Ad for MAD Classics Subscription with bonus MAD #166 offer
  31
• MAD's Rusty Iron Man Outtakes

  Monkey in the Metal Dept.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About Super Heroes — volume 2 — 2010
  • MAD About Super Heroes — version 2.5 — 2012
  32–33
• A-Hole Foods Market (ad parody)

  Taking the Wind Out of Their Sales Dept.

  Written by Kiernan P. Schmitt

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  34 sample
• 7 Periods Closer to Death

  Rall of Duty Dept.

  Ted Rall
  35
• Ad for MAD Kids
  36–37
• 10 Things Indiana Jones Hates More Than Snakes

  Reptile Dysfunction Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  38–39
• Spy vs. Spy — brick wall camouflage

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  40–41
• Deathster (TV satire)

  Good Kill Hunting Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  42–46
• What The Heck is the Difference?

  Observation Dreck Dept. — featuring cover MAD #228
  47
• Fold-In — What frightening ancient relic will be the focus of much attention and fanfare this summer?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About Politics — 2008
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3