Mad #473 January 2007

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters ("Dump My Ride" from #456
  inspires the real "Pimp My Ride" MTV Show)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Fundalini Pages (Charles Akins, John Caldwell, Jeff Kruse, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, P. C. Vey, Nicholas Michael Ferry IV, Garth Gerhart, Kevin Pope,
  Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Adam Rust)
  • In Stores Just in Time for the Holidays!
  • On Newsstands Now! Scientific Republican
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Saddam Sez:

• Vey To Go!
• An Honest "Printer Test Page" We'd Like to See
• Other Things, Besides Offending Muslims, The Pope Must Apologize For
• When Other Helplines are Outsourced to India
• The Fast 5 - Things You Shouldn't Say in a Wedding Reception Toast
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to New Friends
• Bitterman
The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2006!
• 1. The Iraq War - Mish-mosh Accomplished
  (written by Jacob Lambert / sculpture by Hermann Mejia / Irving Schild photos)
• 2. Bode Miller at the Olympics - It's All Downhill from Beer
  (written by Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau / Scott Bricher art / AP & Wide World photos)
• 3. The Cheney Hunting Accident - Shoot Happens
  (Mark Stutzman art / idea by Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
• 4. Richard Hatch Vs. the I.R.S. - Debt Man Walking (Irving Schild and AP & Wide World photos)
• 5. Zinedine Zidane - A Butthead's Headbutt (written by Scott Maiko / Mick Coulas art)
• 6. Ann Coulter - Queen of the Vile (AP & Wide World photos)
• 7. Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Anti-Semite (written by Adam Rust)
• 8. Tainted Spinach - It Ain't Easy Being Green (written by Scott Maiko / Jack Syracuse art)
• 9. YouTube - A Streaming Pile of Sh*t (written by Jacob Lambert)
• 10. Floyd Landis - Pedaling Dope
  (written by Jeff Kruse and Harrison Greenbaum / Scott Bricher art / AP & Wide World photos)
• 11. North Korea Tests the Bomb - The Nutty Aggressor (Tom Richmond art)
• 12. The Muhammad Cartoon Controversy - A Real Laugh Riot
  (written by Scott Maiko / AP & Wide World photos)
• 13. Barry Bonds, Home Run King - The Sultan of Squat
  (written by Jacob Lambert / Mark Fredrickson art)
• 14. Isaac Hayes Quits South Park - L. Ron Hubbub
  (written by Jacob Lambert / AP & Wide World photos)
• 15. K-Fed Raps - Some Records Were Meant to be Broken (AP & Wide World photos)
• 16. Congressman Mark Foley - The Louse of Representatives
  (written by Desmond Devlin / AP & Wide World photos)
• 17. Paris Hilton's Vow of Celibacy - Just Say Ho
  (written by Arie Kaplan / J. Scott Campbell art / color by Edgar Delgado)
• 18. John Mark Karr's Extradition - Fake on a Plane (Irving Schild, AP & Wide World, Corbis photos)
• 19. Star Jones Gets Sacked - The View to a Kill (idea by Arie Kaplan / Sam Sisco art)
• 20. Bush's Assault on Civil Liberties - The Kill of Rights
  (written by John Kovaleski / Mark Fredrickson art)
• Ad for Subscriptions
• A Mad Look At Trying to Pick-Up Women (Sergio Aragones)
• Monroe and... The Army - Part 2 (written by Anthony Barbieri / Tom Fowler art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• The Mad World of... The Holidays (written by Stan Sinberg / Marc Hempel art)
• Dear Roger, (Christopher Baldwin)
• Fold-In -- What athletic embarrassment do many Americans never want to see compete again? (Al Jaffee)