MAD #507 — February 2011

"Too often, the helping hand you're being offered ends up in your pocket!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

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  C2
• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Plug for Al Jaffee's MAD Life book
  2–4
• Ad for Sergio Aragones — Five Decades of His Finest Works book
  5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various obscure places around the magazine)
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Katy Perry — Art by Sam Viviano
  • When the Going Gets Duff — flask, not cellphone — J. C. Duffy
  • The Fast Five — Reasons No One Is Watching Conan's New Show on TBS — Art by Rick Tulka
  • My Wife the Turtle (Episode 1) — Nate Fakes
  • Vey to Go — smoking duck — P. C. Vey
  • Seriously Sucky Secret Santa Gifts — Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • The Tea Party's Believe Barack It or Not! — Written by Nate Fakes / Art by Zachary Baldus
  • The Kitchen Sink — Upcoming Reality Shows For Senior Citizens — Art by Bob Staake
  • Doubting Thomas — Clarence and Virginia discuss Anita Hill — Eric Scott
  • Pull My Cheney — chronic sunburn group — Tom Cheney
  • My Wife the Turtle (Episode 2) — Nate Fakes
  • Just In Time For Christmas! — Where's Waldo's Pants? — Written by Darren Johnson
  • Donnie the Douche's Holiday Gift-Giving Tips — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • World of Warcraft Character of NBA Nickname? — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
  • LeLievre and Let LeLievre — “Thank God for your Nobel Peace Prize.” — Glen LeLievre sample
  • My Wife the Turtle (Episode 3) — Nate Fakes
  6–8,10
• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from #116
  9
• Ad for all sorts of Spy vs. Spy merchandise
  11
• Harry Plodder and It's Dreadful What Follows (movie satire)

  Pop Goes the Weasleys Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Presents Harry Potter — September 2011
  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  12–17
• Spy vs. Spy — kite tracker / sword gun

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  18–19
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Mob Mentality — Tom Bland
  • Got Your Nose — Jacob Lambert
  • The Dork Side — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel
  • 360 Degrees of Separation — Jason Yungbluth
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • Coombs & Coombs — Jason Coates
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • Lost At See — Feggo
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • The Machine That Travels Through Time — Joey Alison Sayers
  20–22
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2010

  (introduction page)

  Featuring /

  • 1. The BP Oil Spill — “Creators of the Black Lagoon” — (Creature from the Black Lagoon movie poster parody) — Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Richard Williams

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    24
  • 2. The Obama Presidency — “Diary of a Wimpy Prez” — (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book parody) — Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Jack Syracuse

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    25
  • 3. Mel Gibson's Rants — “Despicable Mel” — (Despicable Me movie poster parody) — Art by Sam Viviano

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    26
  • 4. Another Recall — “A message from America's Egg Farmers” — Written by Dick DeBartolo 27
  • 5. Lindsay Lohan, Jailbird — “Absolut Lohan.” — (Absolut Vodka ad parody) 30
  • 6. Tiger Woods Plays Around — “Cheat Pay Lose” — (Eat Pray Love book cover parody) — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Scott Bricher 31
  • 7. The Firing of Shirley Sherrod — “The Expendable” — (The Expendables movie poster parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Drew Friedman 32
  • 8. Lebron James — “The F#@% Cleveland Show” — (The Cleveland Show TV poster parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Jack Syracuse 33
  • 9. The Jersey Shore Cast — “Bodies — The Exhibition: Jersey Shore Edition” — Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • Totally MAD — 2012
    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • Totally Inside MAD — 2016

    34–35
  • 10. Leno Steals Back The Tonight Show — “Jaw” — (Jaws movie poster parody) — Art by Roberto Parada

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    36
  • 11. Pope Benedict XVI — “The Audacity of Pope” — (The Audacity of Hope book cover parody) — Written by Frank Santopadre / AP & Wide World photo 37
  • 12. Jet Blue Flight Attendant Flips Out — “Snapped on a Plane” — (Snakes on a Plane movie poster parody) — Art by James Warhola 38
  • 13. Lady Gaga Dresses in Meat — “Women's Wear Deli” — (Women's Wear Daily magazine parody) — Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Scott Bricher

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    39
  • 14. Glenn Beck's Unity Rally — (parody of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech) — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Ward Sutton 40–41
  • 15. The Unstoppable Toyota — “Toyota Car and Driver” (magazine cover parody) — Art by Scott Bricher 42
  • 16. The iPhone 4 — “The Antenna Commandments” — Art by Anton Emdin

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    43
  • 17. The Philandering Jesse James — “Unwanted” (poster) — Written by Scott Maiko / AP & Wide World and Rafael Laguillo photos 44
  • 18. The Vuvuzela — Fold-In — Al Jaffee 45
  • 19. The Mosque at Ground Zero — “If You Build a Mosque at Ground Zero” — (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie book parody) — Written by Dave Croatto / Art by Gary Hallgren 46–47
  • 20. The Tea Party Candidates — “Tea Titans” — (Teen Titans comic book cover parody) — Written by Frank Santopadre / Art by Ty Templeton

    Reprinted in 1 collection

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

    48
  • The MAD 20 “Addendumb” — Art by Paul Coker, Jr. — 49
  23
• Spy vs. Spy 50th Anniversary 2011 Calendar

  Dept.
  28–29
• A MAD Look At Twins, Triplets & Beyond

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  50–53
• The Upsides to a Nationwide Bedbug Infestation

  Insects Education Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  54–55
• The MAD Guide to Man Boobs — Volume 2

  The Jiggle's Up Dept.

  Written by Ryan Pagelow / Art by Drew Friedman
  56 sample