MAD #541 — October 2016

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away — especially if you nail him in the solar plexus!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  with #126 bonus print
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• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • Paul Coker and Anton Emdin honored at NCS Reuben Awards
  2–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • The Fast Five — Other Changes in the New $20 Bills — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Kevin Pope
  • When the Going Gets Duff — evolution's next stage — J. C. Duffy
  • Hillary Clinton Celebrates Her Victory
  • Ways to Celebrate National Donut Day — Art by Al Jaffee
  • Overheard Outside of Chewbacca Mom's Car — Art by Hermann Mejia
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between Harambe The Gorilla and Donald Trump — Art by Stephen Silver
  • All You Need is Lubchansky — endless omelettes — Matt Lubchansky
  • A Children's Book We'd Hate to See — Curious George Zimmerman… — Art by Gary Hallgren
  • People Who Actually Should Be Banned from Public Restrooms — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • The Speedy Six — Ways McDonald's is Making McNuggets Healthier — Art by Josh Mecouch
  • Samuel Ferri's Misconnected Moments — analog push / evaporated spill / subtitles — Samuel Ferri
  • Losing Has a New Face: Deadpol — political movie poster
  • The Faster Five — What's Really Killing Off the Bees? — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Jonathan Edwards
  • Critics' Blurbs for Terrible Kids' Books — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Save the Dator — costume party — Joe Dator
  • A Trump University Poster We'd Like to See
  • A More Truthful Budweiser "America" Redesign
  6–10
• Fixer Hucksters (TV satire)

  Appetite for Construction Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor Vol. 5 — September 2026
  11–16
• Ad for The MAD Poster Gallery
  17
• Spy vs. Spy — photo face cut-out board with guillotine / telescope gun

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  18–19
• Recycled Ad Slogans

  And the Brand Played On Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka / Color by Jim Campbell
  20–22
• The U.S. Politician Price Guide

  Here Comes the Bribe Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre and Evan Waite / Art by Peter Kuper
  23
• MAD's Tips for Tipping — Part 2

  From Here to Gratuity Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Kerschbaum
  24–25 sample
• Ad for MAD Books
  26–27
• Crapped (website satire)

  The Path of List Resistance Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko
  28–29
• Signs You're at a White Trash Funeral!

  Seeing Redneck Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  30–31
• What's Your All-Time Favorite Comic Book and Why?

  Panels Discussion Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Justin Peterson
  32–33
• A Closer Look at Your Cell Phone Bill

  Fee Stings Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Tom Bunk
  34–35
• MAD's Meme Graveyard

  The Downward Viral Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by James Warhola
  36–37
• Ad — MAD is now on Android Phones and Tablets!
  38
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Mister Morals — "Keep Perverts Out of the Ladies Room" — Lance Hansen
  • The Bearded Kid — "You're not twelve." — Kevin Werth
  • Scribble Mountain — misreading 'winky frown' — John McNamee
  • How's My Driving? — grandma in power lines — Nathan Cooper
  • Strum und Drang — "everything but my guitar" — Todd Clark
  • The Dork Side — zombie fights buzzards for food — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel sample
  39–41
• The Stages of a Relationship After Netflix and Chill

  Phase of Our Lives Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz
  42
• Ad for MAD App for the iPad
  43
• A MAD Look at Coffee

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  44–47
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #446: Your Candidate and My Candidate — Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Peter Kuper
  48–49
• Similarities and Differences Between Binge-Watching Orange is the New Black and Doing Actual Prison Time

  Pain and Buffering Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Anton Emdin
  50
• Ad for Back Issues on the iPad App
  51
• America is Still #1

  First Case Scenario Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rich Powell
  52–53
• Historical Inaccuracies in Hamilton

  Dislocated Hip-Hop Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Sam Viviano / Color by Carrie Strachan

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs America — Special Collector's Edition 2026
  54–55
• The Gap-Toothed Gallery — "Lego Alfred"

  Brick-or-Treat Dept.

  Art by Nathan Sawaya
  56
• Fold-In — Who are the biggest idiots in air travel today?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — NEITHER! (non-adhesive bumper stickers)

  Idea by Jeff Kruse
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