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
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Contents Page1
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Letters and Tomatoes Dept.2, 4, 6, 7
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(various places around the magazine)
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The Fundalini PagesRandom 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
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- Calvin and Jobs — our most valued customers — Art by Gary Hallgren
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- Pull My Cheney! — "Is he...Is he..." — Tom Cheney
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- Lost and Found Pets — Written by Jeff Kruse
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- The Godfrey Report
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- Dregslist "Dissed Connections" — Written by Jeff Kruse
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- Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Miley Cyrus
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- 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
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Barack Obama — The 46-Year-Old Political Virgin (poster)Rookie Monster Dept.
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Inadiaper Jones and the Kingdom of the Creative Dry Spell (movie satire)An Indy Film Dept.Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Hermann Mejia12–16
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Spy vs. Spy — rocket net trap / angry falconJoke and Dagger Dept.
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In Stores This Week — Now That's What I Call Monotony! (ad parody)Sloppy Disc Dept.Written by Darren Johnson
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Monroe and... the New PhoneAngster's Paradise Dept.29–32
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Subscription Ad — "Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as an astronautWritten by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild33
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MAD Heads For The Hills OuttakesLauren Order Dept.
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The MAD World of... TravelTrip Tease Dept.Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel
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John McCain — No Country For Old Man (poster)Leave it to Geezer Dept.
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Ad for MAD Kids42–43
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The Chronic-Ills of Yawnia — Prince Thespian (movie satire)Whose Lion is it Anyway? Dept.Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
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What The Heck is the Difference? — featuring cover MAD #229Observation Dreck Dept.48
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Fold-In — What horrific disaster is leaving many experts feeling bewildered and helpless?
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