MAD #427 — March 2003

"Money can't buy happiness — but it can rent it repeatedly!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Marlee Matlin with #411; photos of Amy Vozeolas with Anton Fig & Paul Shaffer
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas (various places around the magazine)

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
• MAD's Proposed Rule Changes for the Upcoming NASCAR Season

  Race Under Fire Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  6–9
• Pre-nuptial Agreement of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

  Yours, Mine and Our Lawyers Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Drew Friedman
  10–11
• A MAD Look at Spring Break

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  12–14
• Cents-Less Coupons

  All Hail Scissor Dept.

  Photos by Irving Schild / Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #2 — March 2006 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  • MAD Kids #14 — March 2009 (excerpt)
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  15–18
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest — space alien abduction and implant

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #39 — October 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  19
• Are You a Terminal Slacker?

  Still Lazy After All These Years Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  20–21
• Monroe and... The Medieval Faire

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  22–25
• Some Pleasant Little Thoughts That Might Help You Sleep Better At Night

  Good Snooze Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Ray Alma

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  26–27
• MAD Artists Pay Tribute to The Lighter Side Of...

  Berg's-Eye Review Dept.

  Written by Dave Berg (from his unillustrated script) / Art by Rick Tulka, Peter Kuper, Sergio Aragones, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, John Caldwell, George Woodbridge, Bill Wray, Angelo Torres, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Bunk, Sam Viviano, Paul Peter Porges, Bob Clarke, Hermann Mejia, Al Jaffee, Paul Coker, Jr., Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  28–32 sample sample
• MAD's Ecchbay Item of the Month — A Night of Hard Drinking with the Bush Girls!

  All Bidding Aside Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Scott Bricher
  33
• Spy vs. Spy — jet-powered skater meets missile under ice

  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
  34–35
• You're An Official Over-The-Top, Card-Carrying, No-Life, Whack-Job NASCAR Fanatic If...

  Addicted to Track Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #16 — July 2007
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  36–38
• MAD's Totally Honest Digital Cable Listings

  TV Snide Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman / Photo captures by Mike Snider

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  39–41
• 8:Mild (movie satire)

  Family Mathers Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia
  42–47
• Diamond-Ersatz!

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Dick DeBartolo
  48
• Fold-In — Who's most likely to steal the show at this year's Academy Awards?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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