MAD #537 — February 2016

"When people get a taste of their own medicine, it usually makes them sick!" — 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)
• Ad for Subscriptions with MAD #63 Bonus Print
  5
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Why Playboy is Dropping Nudity from the Magazine — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Anton Emdin
  • Reasons to Cast Celebrities as Advertising Characters — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Scott Bricher
  • Prison Break Do's and Don'ts — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz
  • Password Safety Tips — Written by Dick DeBartolo
  • The Fast 5 — The Real Reasons John Boehner Resigned from Congress — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker
  • Founding Father or Game of Thrones Character? — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka
  • Eponyms That Should Exist — Written by Mike Morse
  • Bitterman — camping for movie tickets (Garth Gerhart)
  6–8
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2015

  • 1. Donald Trump — GOP Frontrunner — "The Great Gasbag" — (The Great Gatsby movie poster parody) — Art by Roberto Parada

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017

    10
  • 2. Josh Duggar — "Tales of the Creep" — (Tales from the Crypt comic book cover parody) — Art by Tony Moore 11
  • 3. Volkswagen Fakes Emission Tests — "The Illicit Engine That Could" — (The Little Engine That Could book parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by James Warhola 12–13
  • 4. Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal — "The Gowdy Boys: Hillary's Secret Server" — (The Hardy Boys book parody) — Art by Richard Williams 14
  • 5. Dentist Kills Cecil The Lion — "The Lion Killing" — (The Lion King movie poster parody) — Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Bill Morrison 15
  • 6. The Seahawks Blow The Super Bowl — A Play that Will Live in Infamy 16
  • 7. The Confederate Flag — Southern Discomfort — Art by Richard Williams 17
  • 8. Robert Durst Confesses on HBO — "The Durst-Case Scenario Indictment Handbook" — (The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook book parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Ty Templeton 18
  • 9. The Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight — "The Bores of the Ring" — (The Lord of the Rings movie poster parody) — Art by Mark Stutzman 19
  • 10. Ben Carson's Bizarre Statements — "Inside Dr. Ben Carson's Brain" — Art by Ward Sutton 20
  • 11. Amazon's Horrific Working Conditions — "Amazon Worker's Wishlist" sample

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #11 — February 2020

    21
  • 12. Tom Brady Deflates Footballs — "The Pat and the Flat" — (The Cat in the Hat book parody) — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Gary Hallgren 22–23
  • 13. FIFA Corruption — "Bribes Made" — (Bridesmaids movie poster parody) — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Tom Richmond 24
  • 14. What controversial bill has done irreparable harm to an untold number of Americans? — Fold-In (Al Jaffee) 25
  • 15. SeaWorld — "An Open Letter to SeaWorld Customers" — Written by Desmond Devlin 26
  • 15 (tie). Jared Fogle — "Dawn of the Ped" — (Dawn of the Dead movie poster parody) — Written by Matt Lassen 27
  • 16. The Republican Presidential Candidates — (The Last Supper painting parody) — Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017

    28–29
  • 17. Anti-Vaccine Hysteria — "Now there's a vaccine to prevent 'Parental Anti-Vaccine Hysteria'" — Written by Alison Grambs / Irving Schild photo 30
  • 18. Rachel Dolezal — "Often Black" — (Orphan Black TV parody poster) 31
  • 19. Kim Davis Refuses to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses — "Meet Kim: All-American Girl" — (American Girl book parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Sculpture by Kira Shaimanova / Photo by Manolo Studios / Art by Sarah Chalek 32
  • 20. Brian Williams' Tall Tales — "Black Hawk Clown" — (Black Hawk Down movie poster parody) — Written by Chris Tarry 33
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• A MAD Look at Selfie Sticks

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Jim Campbell
  34–37
• MAD's Do-It-Yourself Constantly-Reoccurring Mass Shooting News Story

  The Wrong Remains the Same Dept.

  Art by Peter Kuper
  38–39
• Ad for MAD Books
  40–41
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  42–43
• Spy vs. Spy — defused bomb holds spy / pool of cement

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  44–45
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Scribble Mountain (John McNamee)
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh (Christopher Baldwin)
  • Crude Awakening (Feggo)
  • Mister Morals (Lance Hansen) sample
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Stocking Stuffer — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  46–47
• Ad for Spy vs. Spy: An Explosive Celebration
  48
• ForceSonic 92-cm Lightsaber Owner's Manual

  Weapon of Mass Instruction Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  49–52
• Ad for MAD's Original Idiots Slipcase Set: Will Elder, Jack Davis and Wally Wood
  53
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  • Tale of the Tape: Hillary "Lady Benghazi" Clinton vs. Bernie "The Punchin' Pinko" Sanders
  • 6 Reasons to Buy Star Wars Tickets Tonight
  • 6 Disturbing Signs that Starbucks Hates Christianity
  • Overheard at Pope Francis' Meeting with Fidel Castro
  • Features of Domino's New Delivery Cars
  • You Know You're Really 60 When... Bill Gates Edition
  • Fallout from New Claims that Processed Meats Cause Cancer
  • The Fartian — Hold Your Nose — Releasing October 2
  54–55
• Things We'd Like the New Hello Barbie to Say

  Not Just Another Pretty Phrase Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
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• Ad for Subscriptions
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