Mad #461 January 2006

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Fundalini Pages (Carolyn Abram, Grey Blackwell,
  John Caldwell, Michael Capozzla, Tom Cheney, Desmond Devlin, Tom Fowler, Megan Ganz, Gary Hallgren,
  Darren Johnson, Jacob Lambert, Barry Liebmann,
  Michael Lore, Kevin Pope, Irving Schild, Rick Tulka)
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Our Animal Friends
  • An Ad We'd Like to See
  • Pull My Cheney!
  • The Godfrey Report

• 3 Quick and Easy Things King Kong Could Do to Improve His Image
• The Fast 5 - PBS's New Conservative Direction
• Scary Threats... Scarrier Realities
• Monkeys Are Always Funny
• MySpace By the Numbers
• Yoga For Smokers
• New On DVD! The Sisterhood of the Traveling Implants
• Graphic Novel Review - The Thoroughly Updated, All-Inclusive Handbook to the Marvel Universe
• Adults Only Chat Lines
• The 25 Worst Things About Christmas (written by Jeff Kruse / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Go Fetch! (Tom Bunk art)
• Ads for Mad Kids, Spy vs. Spy Jr Action Collectible Race Cars
• A Progress Report From ExxonMonopoly (ad parody) (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• Monroe and... The Mystery Cream - Part Two (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• A Mad Look at Alien Invasions (Sergio Aragones)
• The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2005!
  • 1. Huricane Katrina - The Bush League Response (written by Jeff Kruse / Doug Holgate art)
  • 2. Tom Cruise - From Pretty Boy to "Hoo Boy!" (written by Desmond Devlin / Mort Drucker art)
  • 3. There Goes the Bride - Jennifer Wilbanks Says "Adieu"
    (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Scott Bricher art)
  • 4. Russell Crowe's Telephone Tantrum - Dial "M" For Moron
    (written by Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photos / sculpture by Liz Lomax)
  • 5. Karl Rove - A Man For All Treasons (sculpture by Anthony Cipriano / Irving Schild photos)
  • 6. Prince Harry - Not Knowing Reich From Wrong (written by Dave Croatto / Richard Williams art)
  • 7. Dave Chappelle - Must Flee TV
  • 8. Pat Robertson - Hitman of the Cloth
  • 9. Scam Artist Gives Wendy's the Finger (written by Scott Maiko / Scott Bricher art)
  • 10. Rafael Palmeiro Testifies Negative, Tests Positive (James Bennett art)
  • 11. The Terri Schiavo Media Circus (Tom Richmond art)
  • 12. Michael Jackson's Touching Tale (written by Desmond Devlin)
  • 13. Brajelina - The Lame of Love (written by Justin Tyler / Jack Syracuse art)
  • 14. Teen Queens' Extreme Weight Loss - Into Thin Err
    (written by Paul Gilligan / Hermann Mejia art)
  • 15. Saddam Photographed in Jail - The News in Briefs (written by Desmond Devlin)
  • 16. Homo-Neurotic - Right-Wing Group Outs SpongeBob (written by Arie Kaplan)
  • 17. Paula Abdul - Judge Juicy (Tom Nick Cocotos art)
  • 18. Kevin Federline - From Beer to Paternity (written by Scott Maiko / Richard Williams art)
  • 19. Teaching Evolution in Schools Controversy - Fold-In (Al Jaffee)
  • 20. What Screws Up Must Come Down - The A-List of A-Holes (Drew Friedman art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)