MAD #474 — February 2007

"Why doesn't time ever fly when you're stuck on an airplane?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — “Jeffrey Lozenge” dressed as a bride

  Written by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Sharon Osbourne with MAD #420
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Ad for MAD Classics 2006 Yearbook — February 2007
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• 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: Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Todd Eisner, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Glen LeLievre, Adam Rust, Benjamin Schultz, Sam Sisco, Rick Tulka, P. C. Vey — DETAILS

  • Worst Skee-Ball Ticket Prizes Ever — Written by Todd Eisner and Benjamin Schultz
  • Fundalini Celebrity Portrait Series #1 — "The KKKramer"
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Vey To Go! — last snack (P. C. Vey)
  • Monkeys Are Always Funny — as ringbearer at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
  • Rush Limbaugh's Thoughts on Other Celebrities Who Are Suffering — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Sam Sisco
  • The 5 Fast 5's — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
    • Good Things About Being Adopted by Madonna
    • George Bush's Possible New Slogans for the Inevitable Troop Withdrawal from Iraq
      Reprinted in 1 collection

      • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
    • Fun Facts About the U.S./Mexico Border Wall
    • Lines Edited Out of O.J. Simpson's Book
    • Newly Released Congressional Page I.M. Responses to Mark Foley
  • Paint Like the Masters — Andy Warhol (Second in a Series) (Adam Rust)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #602 — December 2026
  • Graphic Novel Review — How to Draw Comics The New Yorker Way — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Glen LeLievre
  6–8
• SPEA(RED) — Kevin "K-Fed" Federline (Gap ad parody)

  Red Man Walking Dept.

  Art by Mark Fredrickson
  9
• War Cliches: Completing the Sentences

  Rebels Without a Clause Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Politics — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  10–11 sample
• Ad for MAD Kids
  12
• A MAD Look At The Amazing Race

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  13–16
• FI(RED) — Donald Rumsfeld (Gap ad parody)

  Red Man Walking Dept.

  Art by Mark Fredrickson

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
  17
• MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories (third in a series) — The Eye of a Kitten

  The Beast and the Brightest Dept.

  Written by Brian McConnachie / Art by Leonardo Rodriguez

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  18–19
• The Multifaceted Upside Of Having A Multiple Personality Disorder In School

  The Minds is a Terrible Thing to Waste Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  20–21
• Other Inconvenient Truths About Global Warming That Al Gore Didn't Mention

  The Heat Shall Inherit the Earth Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Peter Kuper
  22–23
• Other Rules Inspired By The 5 Second Rule

  The Timing of the Shrewd Dept.

  Written by John Samony / Art by Jose Garibaldi

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  26–28
• Monroe and... The School Dance

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler
  29–32
• DISAPPEA(RED) — Osama Bin Laden (Gap ad parody)

  Red Man Walking Dept.

  Art by Mark Fredrickson

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD War on Bush — 2007
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• MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Public Apology

  Faking Amends Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker
  34–35
• Practical Uses For The Diet Coke/Mentos Formula

  Soda Popped Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  36–37
• Spy vs. Spy — caveman wheel weapon

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  38–39
• ABHOR(RED) — O.J. Simpson (Gap ad parody)

  Red Man Walking Dept.

  Art by Mark Fredrickson
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• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • "Flavor Country" — Vic Black
  • Cruel and Unusual — Zach Weiner
  • Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with Angelina Jolie — Keith Knight
  • I'm With Stupid — Rich Moyer
  • The Machine That Travels Through Time — Joey Alison Sayers
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Epic MAD — 2012
    • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • Scooby-Don't! — Jason Yungbluth
  • Just Below the Surface — Douglas Paszkiewicz
  41–44
• Foolastic Book Club

  Take Me to Your Reader Dept.

  Written by Dave Croatto / Art by Scott Bricher and Gary Hallgren

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Kids #3 — May 2006
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  45–48
• Fold-In — Who's been manipulating pages in despicable and embarrassing ways for far too long?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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