MAD #516 — August 2012

"Yoga is great practice for marriage — all you do is bend over backwards when someone tells you to!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • Ad for Planet Tad book (p.3) / ad for MAD App for the iPad (p.5) / ad for Subscriptions with MAD #154 bonus print (p.7)
  2, 4, 6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Re-Election Campaign Slogans for President Obama — Written by Matt Lassen
  • Our Economic Recovery by the Numbers — Kenny Keil
  • Disturbing The Price is Right Contestant T-Shirts — David DeGrand sample
  • LeLievre and Let LeLievre — Clown car crash — Glen LeLievre
  • Latest Classifieds — express hardwood floor refinishing — Written by Scott Maiko
  • Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Derek Jeter — Art by Rick Tulka
  • New Shows on the DogTV Channel
  • Overheard on Virgin Galactic's First Passenger Flight — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • The Kitchen Sink — Least-Downloaded Podcasts — Kenny Keil
  • Lassen is More — Wanted: Better Artist — Matt Lassen
  • Least-Recommended Dating Websites — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Unnecessary Special Skills to Have on Your Resume — Written by Matt Lassen
  • When the Going Gets Duff — "Kleenex? No, thank you, Doctor." — J. C. Duffy
  • Super Powers You Didn't Know The Avengers Have — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Anton Emdin
  8–12
• Ad for the new MadMagazine.com
  13
• Fading Bad (TV satire)

  Another Fine Meth Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  14–19 sample
• Tip-Offs that a Civil War Re-Enactment Isn't Quite Accurate

  The Emancipation Approximation Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Rick Geary
  20–21
• Spider-Man Tweets While Watching The Avengers

  World Wide Webslinger Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia
  22–23
• A MAD Look at Hospitals

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  24–27
• CNN.con (website satire)

  Faking News Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Special Loot Crate Edition of MAD — May 2015
  28–29
• 8 Practical Pointers for Doomsday Preppers

  The End is Jeer Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  30–31
• What If Batman Were Jewish?

  Do Not Go Gentile Into That Dark Knight Dept.

  Art by Al Jaffee
  32–33
• Chilling Thoughts — 2012 Edition

  The Fright Stuff Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  34–36
• Total Rip-Off Pillow (ad satire)

  Dick De Partment

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Scott Bricher
  37
• Spy vs. Spy — global warming freeze gun / fuse runs through spy

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  38–39
• New Laws Under Consideration to Regulate Women's Bodies

  Invasive Maneuvers Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  40–41
• Ad for Epic MAD and Insanely Awesome MAD books
  42
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Brown Bear — Noah Van Sciver
  • Got Your Nose — Jacob Lambert
  • Put a Quirk In It — Nathan Bulmer
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • Rods & Cones — Brian Gordon
  • I'm Afraid It's Very Siri-ous — Phil McAndrew
  • One Foot in the Grave — Christopher Baldwin
  • One Day in the Future — Peet Tamburino
  • Just Below the Surface — Douglas Paszkiewicz
  43–46
• Ad for various MAD books
  47
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  48–49
• MAD's Less-Than-Amazing Outtakes From The Amazing Spider-Man

  With Great Power Comes Great Rebootability Dept.
  50–51
• Ad for Kindle version of MAD About Super Heroes and other older MAD books
  52
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #357: Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to World Travel
  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  53–55
• 3 People in Search of the Perfect eReader Accessory

  Get a Download of This! Dept.

  Ward Sutton
  56
• Fold-In — What man-made disaster has many people shaking their heads in dismay?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  C3
• Back Cover — Ad for MAD Presents... Batman magazine and iPad app
  C4