MAD #540 — August 2016

"Just because someone has a trophy wife doesn't mean they're not a loser!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD on Android Phones and Tablets
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• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • MAD remembers Lenny Brenner 1932–2016
  2–4
• Ad for Back Issues on the iPad App
  5
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • The Fast Five — How Kobe Bryant is Spending His Retirement —
    Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Jose Garibaldi
  • Signs That You've Chosen the Wrong Airbnb — Written by Mike Morse / Art by John Martz
  • When City Recycling Trash Bins Go Too Far — Written by Dick DeBartolo
  • Gimme a Flake — shoulder devil (Emily Flake)
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between Beyoncé's Lemonade Video and the Game of Thrones Season 6 Premiere — Art by Jonathan Edwards
  • Star Wars Planet or Prescription Antidepressant? — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Stephen Silver
  • Dos Equis Presents Fascinating Facts About The Most Interesting Communist in the World
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • The Fast Five — Things You Don't Know About Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rich Powell
  • Smells Like Katzenstein Spirit — Tarzan talk (Jason Katzenstein)
  • Unabridged Signs That Tell It Like It Is — Written by Alison Grambs
  • How Justin Bieber Celebrated His 22nd Birthday — Art by Sarah Chalek
  6–8
• Ad for Subscriptions

  with MAD #63 bonus print
  9
• The Trumpalini Pages

  • Donald's Latest Magazine Cover: Whine Enthusiast
  • Trump Recalls Other Tragedies (Besides “7/11”)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between Donald Trump and Burger King's “Angriest Whopper”
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017
  • The First Sign of Spring
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017
  • Trump University Diploma
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Trump — 2017
  10–11
• Battyman v Stuporman — Dumb and Joyless (movie satire)

  Battle of the Blands Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  12–19
• Spy vs. Spy — poolside bomb glasses / superglue flypaper

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  20–21
• Donald Trump vs. The Bible

  From Bad to Verse Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Ward Sutton

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About Trump — 2017
  22–24
• Ad for Spy vs. Spy: An Explosive Celebration
  25
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  26–27
• MAD's Tom Bunk Visits Coney Island

  Shore Losers Dept.

  Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  28–29
• New Olympic Events That Americans Are Sure to Win

  A Complete Disaster Dept.

  Written by Mike Morse / Art by John Kerschbaum

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  30–31
• America's Civil War vs. Captain America: Civil War

  Red, White, Blue and Gray Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Rick Geary and Justin Peterson
  32–34
• The Official Stormtrooper Recruitment Pamphlet

  I'll See You in Helmet Dept.

  Written by David Richards / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  35–38
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Scribble Mountain — cop has seen it all (John McNamee)
  • The Dork Side —
    selfie stick lightning rod (Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel) — sample
  • Patience Man — rescues cat in tree (co-written by Kit Lively / David DeGrand)
  • The Roommates: John, Joe and Jerry — jiggle-my-handle.com (Todd Clark)
  • Almost Perfect Universe — intelligent lifeforms (Dakota McFadzean)
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — boss and squid (Christopher Baldwin)
  • 7 Periods Closer to Death — for and against ‘dropping out’ (Ted Rall)
  39–42
• The MAD Vault — Saluting Lenny Brenner (1932–2016)

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  “Lenny's most memorable appearances in and out of MAD's pages.”

  Design by Patrick Merrell

  Featured pieces (17)

  • Concertina Expanding Can — Lester Krauss photo
  • Sketch by Nick Meglin during a MAD trip
  • Introduction page to “Sing Along With MAD” bonus — Lester Krauss photo
  • Drawing by Paul Peter Porges on a MAD trip to Tahiti
  • Ad — You'll “Fight ’Em Off” in your MAD T-Shirt!
  • Aren't you glad you Dial correctly? — Lester Krauss photo
  • The Lighter Side of Sex — Dave Berg
  • Jerkules and Zima (TV satire) — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  • Let's Kill-off Ridiculous Ad Campaigns — Irving Schild photo
  • The MAD Running Primer — Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Davis
  • MAD Salutes the Modern “Catch of the Day”
  • The Lighter Side of Relatives — Dave Berg
  • Are You a Foodie... or Not? — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Paul Coker
  • Warner Bros. Studio Stores — Unofficial Catalog — Irving Schild photos
  • The Flim Flam Film Man — Magazine for Videocassette Rental Store Owners —
    Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge
  • A MAD Look at the Circus — Sergio Aragones
  • The Lighter Side of... — Dave Berg
  43–45
• Perks of the New $1,049 Disneyland Annual Pass

  Cringe Benefits Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Paul Coker
  46–47
• A MAD Look At Trees

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  48–51
• Ad for tons of MAD books
  52–53
• Dating Tips for Ronda Rousey

  UFC Match.com Dept.

  Written by Mike Morse / Art by Anton Emdin
  54–55
• This Week's How-To Clinics at The Home Despot

  D.I.Y. Bother Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko
  56
• Fold-In — What pervasive problem is causing more and more people to have their heads examined?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
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• Back Cover — Clinton-Trump: Uncivil War

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About Trump — 2017
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