MAD #530 — December 2014

"People try to throw money at all of their problems — except their debt!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • The Extremely Sunny Side of Global Warming — Written by Mike Morse / Art by John Kerschbaum
  • Overheard at the Apple Watch Unveiling
  • The Fast 5 — MAD's Guide to Leading a More Spiritual Life — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Hermann Mejia
  • Least Popular Halloween Costumes of 2014 — Art by Scott Bricher
  • Results of The Fundalini Pages Readers' Poll — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Anton Emdin sample
  • When "Reverse Image Search" Goes Wrong — Written by Kenny Keil
  • Nike T-Shirts We'd Like to See
  • Monkeys are Always Funny: Dreadnaughtus Edition
  • Pull My Cheney! — it's not a 'meteor' — Tom Cheney
  • Chopsticks Wrapper Instructions We'd Like to See
  • Side Effects of Drug Side Effects — Written by Evan Waite / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • The Faster 5 — Signs That You're Too Old to Still Be Living With Your Parents — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • Art Instruction Books We Don't Recommend — Written by Jeff Kruse
  6–8, 10–11
• Ad for Subscriptions

  with #126 bonus print
  12
• Orange is the New Blecch (TV satire)

  You've Got Jail Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  13–20
• The Prohibitive Cost of Bathing Tub (ad parody)

  The Soak's On You Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher
  21
• Fun Facebook Facts

  Zuckerberg's-Eye View Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre and Evan Waite / Art by John Martz

  Notes

  • Includes a Richard Williams baby Alfred image from the cover of MAD About Dad
  22–23
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  24–25
• Phrases That Left the English Language in 2014

  Humor in a Vernacular Vein Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Kevin Pope
  26–27
• The Slobbit / Bored of the Rings 2015 Middle Earth Calendar

  In One Year and Out the Other Dept.

  Lovingly recycled art from Hermann Mejia, Tom Richmond, Dale Stephanos
  28–29
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — Three Decades of His Greatest Works
  30
• A MAD Look at Puberty

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  31–34
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #251: Only in the Middle of the Night… — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  36–38
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Almost Perfect Universe — Dakota McFadzean
  • Patience Man — David DeGrand
  • What If Dog Was One Of Us? — Kenny Keil
  • One Foot in the Grave — Christopher Baldwin
  • Ace Grapefruits: Traveling Problem Solver — Box Brown
  • WTF, Jeff? or My Roommate Might Be a Serial Killer — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel
  • How's My Driving? — Nathan Cooper
  39–42
• Ad for MAD Books
  43
• Spy vs. Spy — spy's Google glasses misread crosswalk signal

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  44–46
• AAUGH Reverse Mortgages (ad parody)

  Escrowing Pains Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #14 — August 2020
  47
• Ad for even more MAD Books
  48–49
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows — TMZ Live and TMZ on TV

  The Chat 'n the Stat Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Bunk
  50–53
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Orlando Bloom vs. Justin Bieber: The Tale of the Tape
  • Burger King Takes the Tax Duck-It Challenge
  • Celebrities Without Their Makeup — Volume 10
  • MAD Dorm Posters: Einstein / Belushi / Pulp Fiction
  • Obama's Latest Executive Order
  • What's Your Don Martin Sound Effect Name?
  54–55
• Questions We'd Like to Ask the Turkey Hotline

  Pranksgiving Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Josh Mecouch
  56
• Fold-In — What's the next big development in e-cigarettes?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  C3
• Back Cover — Ad for Planet Tad and Return to Planet Tad books
  C4