MAD #538 — April 2016

"Too many skinny dippers concentrate only on the dipping, and not enough on the skinny!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Spy vs. Spy: An Explosive Celebration
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• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.

  Notes

  • Dog hoverboard art by Mark Fredrickson
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Neil Patrick Harris recreates 1990 photo
  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.

  • Chipotle's New Food-Safety Precautions — Art by Chris Houghton
  • Eckstein Marks the Spot! — “opinions are like podcasts” (Bob Eckstein)
  • The Foundation for a Crappy Life — Written by Caitlin Bitzegaio (five installments)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017 (Ivanka Trump)
  • Groucho Marx Character or Nobel Prize Winner? —
    Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka
  • Hamilton on Rye — inedible selfie sticks (Tim Hamilton)
  • Lesser-Known Wedding Superstitions — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Paul Coker
  • The Stupid 7 — Fiction About Fiction — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Phil McAndrew
  • Pull My Cheney — receptionist after minefield (Tom Cheney)
  • 3 Reasons to Work Out and 3 Reasons to Not Work Out —
    Written by Mike Morse / Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  • Samuel Ferri's Misconnected Moments — internet ran out / tooth with teeth / soda craving (Samuel Ferri)
  • Expiration Date Phrasing That Actually Makes Sense —
    Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Josh Mecouch
  • The Squeaky Wheeler — playing ‘airport security’ (Shannon Wheeler)
  • Benefits of Having Iron Man as President — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Justin Peterson
  • Craigslist Missed Connections We'd Hate to See — Written by Kenny Keil
  • Fallout from Claims That Processed Meats Cause Cancer — Art by Kevin Pope
  • Oy Vey! — “dry off my phone?” (P. C. Vey)
  • Donald — GOP Nuts (political movie poster)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017
  6–10
• A MAD Look At Star Wars — The Force Awakens

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Jim Campbell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  12–16
• William Shakespeare, Pothead?

  Required Weeding Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Geary
  17
• Taylor Swift Fun Facts

  Stats Entertainment Dept.

  Written by Mike Morse and Evan Waite / Art by John Martz
  18–19
• 13 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Hoverboards

  Rolling Blunder Dept.

  Art by Tom Bunk
  20–21
• The Real Reasons Batman and Superman Hate Each Other

  Hero Intolerance Policy Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD #23 — February 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  22–23
• Ad for tons of MAD books
  24–25
• Sure-Fire Ways Your Parents Will Know You Had a Party

  All the Clues That's Fit to Print Dept.

  Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  26–27
• Star Wars — The Sales Force Awakens (movie poster parody)

  Goods vs. Evil Dept.

  Written by David Richards / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  28–29
• Ad — MAD is now on Android Phones and Tablets!
  30
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • The Dork Side (Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel)
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh (Christopher Baldwin)
  • Trigger McBride: Horse Cop in “Rotten Apples” (Peet Tamburino)
  • Almost Perfect Universe (Dakota McFadzean)
  • Jerry Stathes — Prank Expert — trick candles burn down house
    (Written by Charles Brubaker / Art by Pat Dorian)
  • The Continuing Adventures of Willy Nilly (Written by John Caldwell / Art by Jacob Chabot)
  31–34
• Ad for Back Issues on the iPad App
  35
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  36–37
• Spy vs. Spy — hoverboard into light pole / fattened spy bar stool TNT detonator

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  38–39
• MAD's Make Your Own Batman vs. Superman Movie

  D.I.Y. Bother Dept.

  Written by Matt Roppolis
  40–41
• MAD's Completely Honest Domino's Pizza Tracker

  Slice Guys Finish Last Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Rich Powell
  42–43
• Ad for MAD's Slipcase Set of Original Idiots: Will Elder, Jack Davis and Wally Wood
  44
• The Hunger Pains: Much Delay — Parts 1 & 2 (movie satire)

  Nothing Lasts for Everdeen Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  45–52
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #328: Ten Concrete Laws of Home Repair! — Tom Cheney
  53–55
• How to Avoid the Filthiest Parts of Airports and Airplanes

  Get Sick or Die Flying Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Gary Hallgren
  56 sample
• Fold-In — What's the greatest April Fool's joke ever?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
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• Back Cover — MAD Redesigns the U.S. Map

  Al Jaffee
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