MAD #415 — March 2002

"If you lend someone your ear, don't expect to be repaid with interest!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • plug for reissues of The MAD Reader and MAD Strikes Back! paperbacks
  2, 4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Smellville (TV satire)

  Tales from the Clark Side Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  6–10
• MAD's Ecchbay Item of the Month — Melissa Etheridge's Turkey Baster

  All Bidding Aside Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher
  11
• Rejected Harry Potter Merchandise

  The Hogwarts Distress Dept.

  Written by Dave Croatto / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  12–13
• A MAD Look at Street Vendors

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  14–17
• Still More Instant Movie Reviews

  The Truth Is in There Dept.

  Written by Russ Cooper / Art by Amanda Conner
  20–21
• Monroe &... The Congressman

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  22–25
• Unintended and Unfortunate Consequences of "IT"

  Ginger Ails Dept.

  Written by John Caldwell / Art by Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  28–29
• Ways NASA Can Appeal to the 18-34 Male Demographic

  Position Control Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Ray Alma

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  30–32
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg / Color by Digital Chameleon

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  33–36
• Key Points of My, George W. Bush's, Environmental Plan

  Oil's Fair in Love and War Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  37–39
• Spy vs. Spy — heat-seeking birthday cake candle missile

  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
  40–41 sample
• When Teachers Go Bad

  Head of the Crass Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  42–44
• Behind Empty Lines (movie satire)

  Plane Stupid Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond
  45–48
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Madonna

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  49
• New Children's Titles to Cash in on the Taliban-Related Book Craze

  Shelf Abuse Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Gary Hallgren

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  50–51
• Fold-In — What civil liberty will Americans never give up, even during international conflicts?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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