MAD #467 — July 2006

"Every day is a gift — but good luck exchanging it if you don't like it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos: What Kind of Person Reads MAD?
  2, 4, 6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• 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: Ray Alma, Doug Bratton, Jeff Kruse, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Tom Cheney, Desmond Devlin, Charlie Kadau, Jacob Lambert, Glen LeLievre, Patrick Merrell, Kevin Pope, David Shayne — DETAILS

  • Little-Known Mentors for the Real World — Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • Movie Cliches You Can't Count On... — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • The Puzzle Nook — "---fe sucks and then you die" — Patrick Merrell
  • The Godfrey Report
  • LeLievre and Let Die — Super Carnival Winner — Glen LeLievre
  • WonkyPedia — The Lincoln Assassination — sample
  • Monkeys Are Always Funny — Cheeky Lindsay Lohan
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Wedding Toasts — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • Spoiled Bratton — wood chipper ends Billy's run — Doug Bratton
  • Clip 'N' Use Fraudulent Fortunes
  • "My Complaints, Gripes and Pet Peeves" — A Fundalini Exclusive Excerpt from the Blog of Superman — Art by Ray Alma
  • Saddam Sez: Seacrest Out!
  • Pull My Cheney! — bringing work home — Tom Cheney
  8–10
• Rejected Characters from Cars

  Return to Fender Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Tom Richmond
  12–14
• Comparing the War in Iraq to Previous Wars

  Prose and Conflicts Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  16–17
• MAD's Guide to Amusement Park Fun

  Derides and Attractions Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  18–19
• Don't You Hate When Your Parents...

  The Folks On You Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  20–21
• Outrageously Stupid Cell Phone Features and Accessories

  Can You Jeer Me Now? Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  24–25
• The FDA's Guide to the Best and Worst Choices in Fast Food

  Why Don't You Go to Health? Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  26, 31
• Resolutions in Congress You May Not Know About

  Jagged Little Bills Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Mort Drucker
  32–33
• Modern Hassles Superman Would Face If He Really Returned

  Truth, Justice and the American Oy Vey Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
  • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
  • MAD #44 — August 2025
  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  34–36
• A MAD Look at Fishing

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  37–40
• Ads for Subscriptions and MAD Classics

  Richard Williams art from Special #98
  41
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / Art by Brian Durniak
  42–43
• The Sights and Sounds of the 2006 World Cup

  A-Hooooooooles! Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  44–45
• How Does Jack Bauer Spend the Rest of the Month?

  The Weeks Shall Inherit the Mirth Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Rick Tulka
  46–47
• Spy vs. Spy — magnetic toilet seat

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Spy vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Presents Spy vs. Spy — January 2011
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  48
• Little Known Facts, Rumors and Total Fabrications About Cars

  Take This, Jobs, and Shove It Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  49–51
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows — The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

  The Chat 'n the Stat Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • MAD #49 — June 2026
  52–55
• A Message from the Naturally Oily American Gas Industry

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  56
• Fold-In — What ugly civil war are many Americans watching closely?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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