MAD #501 — October 2009
"Trying to enjoy the last few days of summer, knowing school is about to start, is like trying to enjoy the last few minutes of an in-flight movie, knowing your plane is about to crash!" — Alfred E. Neuman
Contents
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Contents PageNew layout this issue1
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Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
Notes
- Photo of Sam Viviano with National Cartoonists Society award, plug for Sergio Aragones's retrospective exhibition at The Ojai Valley Museum in Ojai, California, plug for The Art of Harvey Kurtzman book
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(various places around the magazine)
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GEICO (Government Endorsed Insane Corporate Over-compensation) (ad parody)Dollars Incensed Dept.7 sample
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Subscription Ad — "Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as a lobsterWritten by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild8
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The Fundalini PagesRandom Acts of Mindlessness Dept.
- A Passed-Over Supreme Court Nominee — Judge Maximo Goosecap IV — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
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- If Other World Leaders Tried the Michelle Obama "Sleeveless" Look — Written by Kiernan P. Schmitt
- Here on Gilligan's Bile — at the Terminator family reunion (Paul Gilligan)
- Should We Be Happy If Texas Secedes? — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
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- Vey To Go — "is it my husband or..." (P. C. Vey)
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- Take Me Out to the Ballgame (New York Yankees Fan Version) — Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
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- Least Understood Medical Conditions — Art by Dave Berg
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- Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Kim Kardashian
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- Plugged Nickel — swatted dog with Kindle (Scott Nickel)
- The Fast 5 — Rejected Titles for Sarah Palin's Upcoming Memoirs — Written by Jeff Kruse
- The Expedious Eight — Other Ways Playboy is Cutting Costs — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Drew Friedman
- Duck Droppings — retrieve hat after cliff jump (Don (Duck) Edwing)
- Netf%#x — All the Convenience and Excitement of Receiving Junk Mail! — Written by Jacob Lambert
- LeLievre and Let LeLievre — turtle gives urine sample at finish line (Glen LeLievre)
- Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions — Is that a big screen TV? (Al Jaffee)
- Financial Advice You Don't Want to Hear from Suze Orman — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
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- Excerpts from Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern's Guide to Proper Table Manners — Written by John Caldwell / Art by Hermann Mejia
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- Pull My Cheney — ring-side interview with head (Tom Cheney)
- A Guide to Little League Coaching Signs (Jim Hunt)
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- Calvin and Jobs — working through liver transplant — Art by Gary Hallgren
- Relatives of the Geico "Money You Could Be Saving" — Written by Jeff Kruse
- Sutton for Punishment — Paul McCartney trashes Rock Band (Ward Sutton)
10–14, 16 - A Passed-Over Supreme Court Nominee — Judge Maximo Goosecap IV — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
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Ad for three reprinted Spy vs. Spy classic books by Antonio Prohias with introductions by John Ficarra15
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A Brutally Honest Michael Jackson ObitAfter the Glove is Gone Dept.17
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Harry Plodder is a Hot-Blooded Putz (movie satire)Going Over a Radcliffe Dept.Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia
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Spy vs. Spy — elevator weight limit exceededJoke and Dagger Dept.
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Chasing Its Own Tale Dept.Art by Tom Richmond25–27
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The New iPhone Apps Are Here! (ad parody)The Apple of Our Ire Dept.28–29
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William Shatner Twitters While Watching Star TrekThe Agony of De-Tweet Dept.
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MAD's Guide to Making a Recently-Released Gitmo Detainee Feel Welcome in Your TownThere's No Displaced Like Home Dept.32–33
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Ad for The MAD 2009–2010 Calendar38
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A MAD Look at Star TrekSerge-In General Dept.Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
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Spy vs. Spy — helicopter targetJoke and Dagger Dept.
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A TV Commercial We'd Like to See — Scam Wow!There's a Soaker Born Every Minute Dept.Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Bunk
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The Hardships Faced by the Super Obese of America's Wild WestAll Fat and No Cowboy Dept.46–47
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Sanford and Sin — The Complete Scandal (ad parody)The Republican Partying Dept.48
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Pen and Stink Dept.Featuring /
- Jimmy The Geek — Keith Knight
- Rex in the City — Dustin Glick
- Little Nazi Nutkicker — Todd Clark
- 360 Degrees of Separation — Jason Yungbluth
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- Me, Myself and My Puppet — Get Saved (John Kovaleski)
- The Long and Short of It — Dan Long
- The Insanitarium — Johnny Ringo
- The Machine That Travels Through Time — Joey Alison Sayers
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The MAD Vault — 1973The Articles Formerly Known as Reprints Dept.
Featured Article Excerpts and Contributors
- Eight covers from 1973 interspersed within the following collage of article excerpts:
- You Never Can Win With a Bigot! — Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
- One Evening at a Masquerade Party — Don Martin
- Future Enlistment Posters — Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein / Art by Bob Clarke
- Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen — Al Jaffee
- "Realistic" MAD Model Car Kits — Dave Gantz
- Why Does it Always Happen That... — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Jack Rickard
- Planned Obsolescence in Everyday Products — Al Jaffee
- MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts! — Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke
- You Know You've Really Got a Problem When... — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke
- The Milking of The Planet That Went Ape (movie satires) — Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
- Graffiti Through History — Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Bob Clarke
- Keep America Beautiful
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What the Heck is the Difference? — Jonas Brothers Lines, Vines and Trying TimesObservation Dreck Dept.56
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Fold-In — What potential health threat has been linked to the nation's pig population?
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C3 sample