Mad #425 January 2003

• Cover Artist: Roberto Parada

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• Contents Page
• Letters (photo of Nicky Katt and Anthony Heald with #413)
  (plug for book Mad Art: A Visual Celebration of the Art of Mad Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Satirize That (movie satire)
  (written by Josh Gordon / Mort Drucker art)
• George W. Bush's Notes From His Last Cabinet Meeting
  (written by Michael Gallagher)
• Christmas Carols for Post 9/11 America
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art)

• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest (P. C. Vey)
• Monroe and... Wedded Bliss (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers Outtakes (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• Mad's Ecchbay Item of the Month - Pamela Anderson's Breast Implants
  (written by Scott Maiko / Scott Bricher art)
• A Mad Look at Golf (Sergio Aragones)
• The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2002
  • 1. Martha Stewart's Recipe For Cooking Her Own Goose (Scott Bricher art)
  • 2. Dead Letter Office: The INS Sends Visas to 9/11 Terrorists (James Warhola art)
  • 3. Mike Tyson Knocks Himself Out (written by Jeff Kruse / Drew Friedman art)
  • 4. The Anna Nicole Show: Reality TV Goes Bust (written by John Biederman / Hermann Mejia art)
  • 5. Fox: Must-Flee TV (Steve Chorney art)
  • 6. The Israel/Palestine Conflict: Two Wrongs Make A Fight
    (written by Jeff Kruse / James Warhola art)
  • 7. Corporate Corruption: White-Collar Slime (Jack Syracuse art)
  • 8. Olympic Figure Skating: The Agony of Deceit (Al Jaffee art)
  • 9. The Color-Coded Warning System: Homeland Insecurity (written by Mike Snider / Sam Sisco art)
  • 10. The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Cover-Up: The Sins of Our Fathers (sculpture by Liz Lomax)
  • 11. Baseball Strikes Out: A Major League Disaster (Bob Staake art)
  • 12. John Ashcroft's Tips: Ain't Life a Snitch? (written by Steve Sonneveld / Hermann Mejia art)
  • 13. Penthouse's Double Fault: The Anna Kournikova Nude Photos (written by Don Vaughan)
  • 14. Jayson Williams' Foul Shot (written by Michael Gallagher / James Bennett art)
  • 15. R. Kelly: I Believe I Can Lie (R.J. Matson art)
  • 16. America West Airlines: High in the Sky (written by Kenny Byerly / Scott Bricher art)
  • 17. Stupid Net Tricks: The David Letterman/Ted Koppel Saga
    (written by Russ Cooper / Tom Nick Cocotos art)
  • 18. Fatties vs. Fast Food: The Big Mac Attacked (Dale Stephanos art)
  • 19. Ted Williams: From the Batter's Box to the Ice Box (Michael Koelsch art)
  • 20. Bush vs. Pretzel - Fold-In (Al Jaffee)
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest (P. C. Vey)