Mad #421 September 2002

  • Cover Artist: C. F. Payne
  • Contents Page (1)
  • "Most bosses never lift a finger at work - unless it's to
    point out something you did wrong!
    " -- Alfred E. Neuman
  • Letters (photo of John Walsh with #414)
    (Mad with pets photos) (2,4,6)
  • Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
    **various places around the magazine
  • 8 Top Secret Facts About Austin Powers in Goldmember
    That Mike Myers Doesn't Want You to Know
    (written by David Shayne / Hermann Mejia art) (8-9)
  • Drastic Cutbacks in the Music Industry
    (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka art)
    (idea incorrectly credited to Scott Lieberman)
    (color by Digital Chameleon) (10-12)
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  • Star Bores Epic Load II -
    Attack of the Clowns (movie satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (14-18)
  • Mad's Modern Animal Crackers (written by Mike Snider / James Warhola art) (19)
  • Monroe and... The Big House (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (20-23)
  • Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    (written by Desmond Devlin / Bob Staake art) (24-25)
  • The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Official Edict on Pedophile Priests
    (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Nick Cocotos art) (26-27)
  • Eminem - The Senior Citizen Years (John Caldwell) (28-30)
  • The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg / color by Digital Chameleon) (31-34)
  • Spy vs. Spy - flexible cannon canvas window ricochet (Peter Kuper) (35-36)
  • A Mad Look at Star Wars Attack of the Clones (Sergio Aragones) (37-40)
  • Ad for Winamp Contest with Alfred E. Neuman skin (41)
  • Conclusive Evidence of the Ever-Widening Gap Between Baseball's Small and Large Market Teams
    (written by Scott Lieberman / Tom Richmond art) (42-43)
  • Confidential Documents You Won't Find On thesmokinggun.com
    (written by Scott Sonneborn / Drew Friedman art) (44-47)
  • How to Spice Up Your Video Will (written by Jeff Kruse / Tom Bunk art) (48-49)
  • Mad's Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down Review - Why You Should or Shouldn't See Austin Powers in Goldmember (written by Barry Liebmann / Hermann Mejia art) (50-51)
  • Fold-In -- What goofy character is America's youth learning the most from? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
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