MAD #441 — May 2004

"Most people still believe in a hard day's work, but they also believe it should be spread out over the course of a week or two!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Plug for MAD About Peanuts exhibit at the Charles Schulz Museum, March 20 – Sept. 27, 2004
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Friends of Fundalini Notes

  • "Friends of Fundalini" list of contributors not originally attached to the articles in this section: Charles Akins, Ray Alma, Tom Bunk, John Caldwell, Tom Cheney, Tom Nick Cocotos, Amanda Conner, Desmond Devlin, Drew Friedman, Garth Gerhart, Al Jaffee, Arie Kaplan, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko, Patrick Merrell, Kevin Pope, Irving Schild, Mike Snider, Jack Syracuse, Don Vaughan — DETAILS

  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Ashton Kutcher — Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Syracuse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • White Castle Goes MAD — 2005
  • Best Sellers Cut Down to Size — Pete Rose — My Prison Without Bars (Jeff Kruse)
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Classified Ads — Puppy Placers (Irving Schild photos)
  • Bitterman — great day until getting out of bed (Garth Gerhart)
  • New Socially Acceptable Stereotypes (Tom Bunk art)
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • The Freebie MAD — 2005
    • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Culture — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • What Alex Rodriguez is Thinking Since He Joined The Yankees (Tom Nick Cocotos art)
  • Pull My Cheney! — office cubicle men's room (Tom Cheney)
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — We Bust Janet Jackson! (Ray Alma art)
  • The Puzzle Nook — "---ney is the root of all evil" (Patrick Merrell)
  • Graphic Novel Review — The Blandman — Endless Tripe by Neil Graveman — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Amanda Conner
    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • The Freebie MAD — 2005
    • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
    • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  • Homeland Security Warning Chart for the Colorblind (Al Jaffee)
  • Why the Mars Rovers Cost $820 Million (Charles Akins art)
  • The Fast 5 — The 5 Real Reasons Howard Dean Dropped Out of the Presidential Race (Drew Friedman art)
  6–8
• Ailing-Us (TV satire)

  Undressed to Kill Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Hermann Mejia
  10–15
• It's a Comedy! It's a Drama! It's a Reality Show!

  Wry Definition TV Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Rick Tulka
  16–17
• Spy vs. Spy — murderous advertising succeeds / attached shadow bash

  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
  18–19 sample
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows — Howard Stern on E

  The Chat 'n the Stat Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Nathan Fox
  20–22
• Barbie's "Dear John" Letter to Ken

  Byes and Dolls Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  23
• Dogs Playing Video Game (poster)

  Hit the Paws Button Dept.

  Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  24–25
• A Day in the Life of David Letterman's Baby

  Top 10-Month-Old Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Jack Syracuse
  26–27
• Monroe and... The Mechanic

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  28–31
• When Video Game Designers Go Bad

  A Creep at the Controls Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  32–33
• A MAD Look at Bowling

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  34–36
• MAD's Less-Than-Stellar Outtakes from Survivor All-Stars

  The Trite Has Spoken Dept.

  Written and video captures by Mike Snider
  37–39
• Coupon Funbooks For Places Other Than Las Vegas

  Bargain Debasement Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Scott Bricher, Timothy Shamey, and Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  40–43
• Everwooden (TV satire)

  Treat, Don't Fail Me Now Dept.

  Written by Josh Gordon / Art by Mort Drucker
  44–48
• Fold-In — Where are American boys under constant attack?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3