Mad #423 November 2002

• The Usual Gang of Idiots 1952-2002 Pull-Out Poster (inside front cover) / BIG LINK / GIANT LINK
• Contents Page
• Letters (readers recall first exposure to Mad)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas **various places around the magazine
• Road to Sedation (movie satire) (written by Arnie Kogen / Hermann Mejia art)
• The Mad 50th Anniversary Timeline 1952-2002
• Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows - The Late Show with David Letterman
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka art)
• Monroe and PlayStation 2 - Part Two (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art / color by Mike Manley)
• People Who Should Have Won This Year's Nobel Prizes (written by Mike Mikula / Drew Friedman art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• A Mad Look at Advertising (Sergio Aragones)
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Breaking Up (written by Desmond Devlin / Kevin Pope art)
• When Other Magazines Follow Maxim's "Sex, Beer & Babes" Formula For Success
  (written by Ricky Sprague / Scott Bricher art)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg - 1920-2002 - Thanks for 45 Years of Madness!)
  (color by Digital Chameleon)
• Cents-Less Coupons (written by Scott Maiko / Irving Schild photos)
• New America Online 9.0 (ad parody) (written by Mike Snider)
• The Distinguishing Warning Signs of a Crummy Fraternity (John Caldwell)
• Minority Retort (movie satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art)
• Mad's Ridiculous 50th Anniversary Crossword Puzzle (Patrick Merrell)
• Fold-In -- For years, where has there been a major intelligence failure? (Al Jaffee)