MAD #527 — June 2014

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away — but only if you throw it really hard!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • DC variant covers promoted
  • Picture of Oliver Michael Bucci — great grandson of William M. Gaines
  • Howard Stern and Jerry Seinfeld talk about MAD in Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"
  • 50th Anniversary of Al Jaffee's fold-in from #86 featured
  2–5
• Drawn Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Lena Dunham — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Alternatives to Google Glass — Written by Evan Waite / Art by John Martz
  • Things You Don't Want to Hear at a Sobriety Checkpoint — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
  • Oy Vey! — "stop watering them" — P. C. Vey
  • A-Rod Tweets on Opening Day — Written by Matt Lassen
  • U.S. Race Relations by the Numbers — Kenny Keil
  • Bitterman — school rules of conduct for parents — Garth Gerhart
  • Second Career Options for Miley Cyrus — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Mike Loew
  • A-Rod Tweets on Opening Day — Written by Matt Lassen
  • Unabridged Parental Cliches — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Rich Powell
  • Ways Target Plans to Protect Their Credit Card Customers from Fraud — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Staake
  • LeLievre and Let LeLievre — chicken in the wrong part of town — Glen LeLievre
  • Rapper or U.S. Airport Code? — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Justin Peterson
  • AOL Start-Up Screens We'd Like to See — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Celebrity Chore Wheel — Kim and Kanye Edition — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Sarah Chalek
  • Out to Lynch — line of ants on the wall — Mike Lynch
  • A-Rod Tweets on Opening Day — Written by Matt Lassen
  • Things You Don't Want to Say at a Sobriety Checkpoint — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
  6–10
• Ad for Inside MAD book
  11
• The Slobbit: The Adaptation's A Slog (movie satire)

  A Tolkien Gesture Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  12–18
• Sports Atrocity

  Nothing to Fear But Gear Itself Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Scott Bricher
  19–21
• When Delivery Drones Go Bad

  Ship Happens Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #41 — February 2025
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
  22–23
• The Darker Side of The Lighter Side

  Berg's Eye Askew Dept.

  Dave Berg originals / Uncredited altered dialogue
  24–26
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Dave Berg — Five Decades of "The Lighter Side of..."
  27
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  28–29
• MAD's Common Sense Tips for First Aid

  Pain and Simple Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  30–31
• Spy vs. Spy — plane becomes missile / ball of thread bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  32–33
• College Courses for the Lousy New Economy

  Being Thrown Under the Syllabus Dept.

  Written by Neil Berliner / Art by Chris Houghton
  34–35
• Ad for tons of MAD books
  36–37
• A MAD Look at Legalized Marijuana

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Jim Campbell
  38–41
• New Rules for Bill Maher

  "Real Time" Waster Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Paul Coker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  42–43
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #182: A MAD Gallery of People It's Hard to Feel Sorry For — Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard
  44–45
• Ad for issues #92–131 through the MAD App
  46
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Almost Perfect Universe — Dakota McFadzean
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Special Loot Crate Edition of MAD — May 2015
  • Elf Droppings — Jason Yungbluth
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Christopher Baldwin
  • What If Dog Was One Of Us? — Kenny Keil
  • I'm Afraid It's Very Serious — Phil McAndrew
  • Patience Man — Written by Kit Lively / Art by David DeGrand
  • Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with Shia LaBeouf!! — Keith Knight
  47–50
• Forgotten Moments from 30 Years of Wrestlemania

  An Impressive Bodyslam of Work Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Anton Emdin
  51–53
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  • I Want Ukraine (and You Can't Stop Me) sample
  • Abraham Lincoln on "Between Two Ferns"
  • An Arizona Welcome Sign We're Sure to See
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between Hulk Hogan and Taco Bell's New Waffle Taco
  • Candy Hearts for Modern Lovers
  • John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Revisited)
  • Shia LaBeouf-inspired Paper Bag Messages for Other Celebrities
  • MAD's 2014 Oscar Picks
  54–55
• Ad for Subscriptions with #94 bonus print
  56
• Fold-In — What once-rampant disease is finally on the verge of eradication?

  Al Jaffee
  C3