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Mad Classics #23 October 2008
Cover Artist:
Don Martin
from
Super Special #17
-
Have you had a good laugh today?
Words on the spine
: "School's back in session -
Time to distract you from homework!"
Contents Page
A Mad Look Back at the Bush Family Circus
(written by
John Prete
/
Jack Syracuse
art)
Ads for
Mad Magazine Poster Book
and
Mad About Politics
books
More Mr. Fix-It Tackles Your Occult
and Paranormal Home Repair Problems
(written by
P. C. Vey
/
James Warhola
art)
The Do's and Don't's of Running Dead People For Elective Office
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Tom Cheney
art)
Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death
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Betting Odds: Angelina Jolie
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Hermann Mejia
art)
How Well Will You Do Freshman Year in College? - A Mad Quiz
(written by
Matthew A. Cohen
/
Kevin Pope
art)
Mad Examines Selected Pages in a Typical High School Theater Program
(written by
Butch D'Ambrosio
/
Monte Wolverton
art)
Ad for Mad subscriptions
Interminable 3 - Rise of the Bad Scenes
(movie satire) (written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Tom Richmond
art)
10 Once Loyal Baseball Fans
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
A Mad Look At Price Clubs
(
Sergio Aragones
/ color by
Tom Luth
)
Ad for
Mad #494
12 Signs You May Be Too Wired
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Tom Bunk
art)
The Presidential Candidate's
Choose Your Own Adventure
Book
(written by
Eric Perlin
/
Peter Kuper
art)
How to Spice Up Your Video Will
(written by
Jeff Kruse
/
Tom Bunk
art)
Trashing Places
(TV satire) (written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Tom Richmond
art)
Questions, Dilemmas & Philosophical Conundrums Raised By Reality TV
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Sam Sisco
art)
When "American-Style" Political Campaigning Catches On In Iraq
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Tom Nick Cocotos
art /
AP
&
Wide World
photos)
The Jerry Springer Spaniel Show
(
Teresa Burns Parkhurst
)
When Teachers Go Bad
(
John Caldwell
)
Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Party Going
(written by
Desmond Devlin
/
Kevin Pope
art)
Spy vs. Spy
- missile trap (
Peter Kuper
)
Monroe &... the Youth Job Expo
(written by
Anthony Barbieri
/
Bill Wray
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
Ad for
Spy vs Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files
,
The Mad War on Bush
,
Mad About Star Wars
, and
The Completely Mad Don Martin
books
Disposable Camera Bar Mitzvah Photos That Didn't Make the Album
(written by
Butch D'Ambrosio
/
Drew Friedman
art)
What The Heck is the Difference?
(featuring cover
#489
)
Blind Man's Fluff
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Mad Examines Some Examples of Misdirected Patriotism
(written by
Charlie Kadau
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows -
The Late Show with David Letterman
(written by
Desmond Devlin
/
Rick Tulka
art)
Meet the Crew Behind Your Favorite Reality Dating Show
(written by
Christopher Gates
/
Danny Hellman
art)
The 25 Least Powerful People in Show Business
(written by
Desmond Devlin
/
Hermann Mejia
art)
The Gamer's Guide to Functioning in the Real World
(written by
Kenny Byerly
/
Scott Bricher
and
Tom Bunk
art)
Fold-In --
What does the Bush administration have millions of Americans on the lookout for?
(
Al Jaffee
)
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