MAD #493 — September 2008

"It's funny how the dumbest son and shrillest daughter-in-law never fail to produce the smartest, sweetest grandchildren on the planet!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2, 4, 6, 7
• 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: Peter Bagge, Zachary Baldus, Tom Cheney, Dick DeBartolo, Jonathan Edwards, Gary Hallgren, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Joe Quinones, Rick Tulka — DETAILS

  • Ways to Avoid Paying to Check a Suitcase When You Fly — Art by Peter Bagge
    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
    • MAD #32 — August 2023
    • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  • Calvin and Jobs — our most valued customers — Art by Gary Hallgren
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Pull My Cheney! — "Is he...Is he..." — Tom Cheney
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Lost and Found Pets — Written by Jeff Kruse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • The Godfrey Report
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Dregslist "Dissed Connections" — Written by Jeff Kruse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Miley Cyrus
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • Answers to Last Month's "Impossible Coin Toss Conundrum"
  • Tips for Coping With a Heat Wave — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
  • Rejected Comic Strips — Written by Jeff Kruse
    • The Unfunny World of Grant Dullard — Art by Zachary Baldus
    • Amnesia Cop — Art by Jonathan Edwards
    • Don Sequitur — Art by Joe Quinones
  8–10
• Barack Obama — The 46-Year-Old Political Virgin (poster)

  Rookie Monster Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  11 sample
• Inadiaper Jones and the Kingdom of the Creative Dry Spell (movie satire)

  An Indy Film Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Hermann Mejia
  12–16
• A MAD Look at Summer Fun

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  18–20
• 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
  21
• Amy by Amy Winehouse

  Crack is Aack! Dept.

  Art by Gary Hallgren
  22–23
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — rocket net trap / angry falcon

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  26–27
• In Stores This Week — Now That's What I Call Monotony! (ad parody)

  Sloppy Disc Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  28
• Monroe and... the New Phone

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler / Color by Carl Peterson
  29–32
• Subscription Ad — "Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as an astronaut

  Written by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild
  33
• When the Recession Hits Funeral Homes

  The High Corpse of Living Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  34–35
• MAD Heads For The Hills Outtakes

  Lauren Order Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  36–37
• The MAD World of... Travel

  Trip Tease Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #32 — August 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  38–40
• John McCain — No Country For Old Man (poster)

  Leave it to Geezer Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  41
• Ad for MAD Kids
  42–43
• The Chronic-Ills of Yawnia — Prince Thespian (movie satire)

  Whose Lion is it Anyway? Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  44–47
• What The Heck is the Difference? — featuring cover MAD #229

  Observation Dreck Dept.
  48
• Fold-In — What horrific disaster is leaving many experts feeling bewildered and helpless?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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