MAD #525 — February 2014

"Constantly looking at your smartphone can really make you look stupid!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2,4,6
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Dave Berg — Five Decades of “The Lighter Side of...”
  3
• Ad for MAD Issues #92–131 through the MAD App
  7
• Drawn Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • Secrets Edward Snowden Is Still Sitting On — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Anton Emdin
  • Eckstein Marks the Spot! — King Kong 2013 (drones) (Bob Eckstein)
  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Miley Cyrus — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Downton Abbey Character or Drag Queen? — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Justin Peterson
  • The Fast 5 — Clever Ways To Get Rid Of Your Student Loans — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Kevin Pope
  • Rand Paul Responds To Accusations Of Plagiarism — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Bunk
  • Medicalert Bracelets We'll See Now That Obesity is a “Disease” — Art by Bob Staake
  • The WeissAcre — sorry for leering (Steven Weissman)
  • A Walk in the Parkhurst — Jesus's bad hair day (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) sample
  • 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Can You Link The Polar Ice Caps to Tim Tebow? — Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by John Kerschbaum
  8–10
• The Swallowing (TV satire)

  Sick Degrees of Kevin Bacon Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond
  12–17
• Spy vs. Spy — swiss army knife chopper / umbrella bat

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  18–19
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  20–21
• Ad for Subscriptions

  with #94 bonus print
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• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2013

  (introduction page) — Irving Schild photo

  Featuring /

  • 1. The Dysfunctional U.S. Congress — "National Buffoons' Abysmal House" — (National Lampoon's Animal House movie poster parody) — Written by Jay Rath / Art by Tom Richmond

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    24–25
  • 2. The Boston Bomber and Rolling Stone — (four other covers: Bon Appétit, Cat Fancy, Field & Stream, Weight Watchers) 26
  • 3. Weiner and Spitzer Attempt a Comeback — "Wangs of New York" — (Gangs of New York movie poster parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Drew Friedman 27
  • 4. Miley Cyrus Appears on the VMAs — "Buns of Anarchy" — (Sons of Anarchy TV parody poster) — Art by Scott Bricher 28–29
  • 5. The Winklevoss Twins' Bitcoin Venture — "Fake Money: The Bitcoin Issue" — (Money magazine cover parody) — Art by Mike Loew 30
  • 6. Manti Te'o's Dead "Girlfriend" — "Hawaiian Punk'd" — (Hawaiian Punch ad parody) — Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Mick Coulas 31
  • 7. Ikea Serves Up Horse Meat — "Ikea Instruction Sheet: Svedish Meatball" 32
  • 8. Obama's Drone Policy — "The Drone Ranger" — (The Lone Ranger movie poster parody) — Art by Mike Loew

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    33
  • 9. George Zimmerman — "Curious George Zimmerman Beats the Rap" — (Curious George book parody) — Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Gary Hallgren 34–35
  • 10. Dennis Rodman, Our North Korean Ambassador — "Dennis and The Menace" — (Dennis The Menace comic strip parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Gary Hallgren / Color by Jim Campbell 36
  • 11. The Obamacare Website Launch — "White House Website Down" — (White House Down movie poster parody) — Written by Frank Santopadre / Art by PJ McQuade

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    37
  • 12. The CBS/Time Warner Cable Dispute — A Greed Tragedy — Written by Dick DeBartolo 38
  • 13. Russia Passes Anti-Gay Laws — "Russia's National Destiny Can Only be Imperiled by Two Dudes Kissing" — (older Soviet-style propaganda poster parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Peter Kuper 39
  • 14. Paula Deen Drops The N-Word — "Fried and Prejudice" — (Pride and Prejudice book cover parody) — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Roberto Parada 40
  • 15. Obama's Bluff on Syria's Chemical Weapons — "Red Linings Playbook" — (Silver Linings Playbook movie poster parody) 41
  • 16. The Leaking of Classified Documents — "Abercrombie & Snitch" — (Abercrombie & Fitch catalog ad parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Scott Bricher 42
  • 17. Reese Witherspoon's DWI Incident — "Legally Bombed" — (Legally Blonde movie poster parody) — Art by Richard Williams 43
  • 18. The NSA Spying On Everyone — "Blurred Laws" — (Blurred Lines song parody) — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    44–45
  • 19. The NRA's "More Guns" Solution — "The Big Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Theory" — (The Big Bang Theory TV poster parody) — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Sam Sisco 46
  • 20. What chemical-using villain could not be brought to justice in 2013? — Fold-In (Al Jaffee) 47
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• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • That Sinking Feeling (Jason Yungbluth)
  • How's My Driving (Nathan Cooper)
  • The Dork Side — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel
  • What If Dog Was One Of Us? (Kenny Keil)
  • Patience Man (David DeGrand)
  48–49
• Ad for MAD Books
  50–51
• A MAD Look At Sleepovers

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  52–55
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  • A Justin Bieber Great Wall of China Twitpic We'd Love to See
  • Kim Kardashian's Birthday Selfie
  • Emoji Biographies
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between Grand Theft Auto V and the Obamacare Website
  • Dos Equis Presents Fascinating Facts About The Least Interesting Man in the World
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• Ad for Inside MAD book
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