MAD #405 — May 2001

"A judge is nothing more than a lawyer who's been benched!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  Notes

  • "Vey To Go" — "That? That's my other eye." by P. C. Vey
  1–2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • George W. Bush poses with MAD #389
  4–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Traff-eccch! (movie satire)

  Michael Drugless Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About The Oscars — 2004
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  • MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  6–11
• A MAD Look at Survivor II

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  12–16
• Ad for Spy vs. Spy Soft Toys
  17
• Has Your Food Been Genetically Altered?

  I Can't Believe I Mutated the Whole Thing Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  18–20
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: George W. Bush

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #11 — November 2006
  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  21
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a College Admissions Office

  Apply Swatter Dept.

  Written by Amy Gillett / Art by Amanda Conner

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  22–23
• Instant Music Reviews

  Chords and Defects Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #10 — October 2006
  24–25
• The Legend of Beggar Vance

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #11 — November 2006
  26 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — bomb egg hatches bird attack

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  28–29
• Oh Rubber, Where Art Thou?

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  30
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  31–34
• Subscribe to Shrill's Content — The Monthly Media Magazine
  That Exposes How Untrustworthy the Media Is (ad satire)

  Beat the Press Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  35
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to School Spirit

  The Schmucks Stop Here Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #10 — October 2006
  36–37
• Monroe &... The Tree House

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  38–41
• You Can Fuhgeddabout Becoming a Made Man in the Soprano Mob If...

  A Word to the Wise Guys Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  42–43
• MAD Closing Credits for a Typical Movie Theatre Audience

  Patron Taints Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  • MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!) — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  44–45 sample
• Ad for MAD "shoddy merchandise"

  Norman Mingo art from Trash #3
  46
• C.S.OY (TV satire)

  DNA-Holes Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  47–51
• Fold-In — What Texan is under severe national pressure to prove his worth?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  C3