MAD #477 — May 2007

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Also, there's lots of competition for handicapped parking!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  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, Doug Bratton, John Caldwell, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko, Frank Santopadre, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka — DETAILS

  • Classified Ads
  • Boy Scout Merit Badges for the 21st Century — Art by Charles Akins
  • Britney Spears Publicity Stunts that would Really Get Our Attention... — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Fundalini Foto News: Fundalini Goes to The Grammys
  • Spoiled Bratton — Old Yeller's practical joke backfires (Doug Bratton)
  • Meet the '08 Presidential Candidates — Senator John McCain — Written by John Caldwell / Art by Jack Syracuse
  • Castro Comments: likes Kucinich's chances in '08
  • The Fast 5 — Reasons to Upgrade to the New Microsoft Windows Vista OS — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Fundalini Foto News: Fundalini Goes to The Oscars
  6–8
• The Biggest Lardass (TV satire)

  Fat's Entertainment! Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Bunk
  10–15 sample
• MAD's Teacher Translation Guide

  Sez Education Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Jose Garibaldi

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  16–17
• Unabridged Corporate Slogans (Part II)

  A Long Phrase Journey Into Blight Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  18
• Ad for MAD Kids
  19
• A MAD Look At Airport Security

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  • MAD #515 — June 2012 — The MAD Vault
  20–23
• How Global Warming is Affecting Various People

  An Inconvenient Spoof Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Drew Friedman
  24–25
• 7 Periods Closer To Death

  Rallstones Dept.

  Ted Rall
  26
• Monroe and... The New Kid

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  27–30
• Spy vs. Spy — border fence springboards

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  31–32
• Ad for Subscriptions — "Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as a lobster

  Written by Joe Raiola / Photos by Irving Schild
  33
• Signs Your Stalker Has Spring Fever

  Season Desist Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  34–35
• MAD's Villainous Outtakes from Heroes

  Comic Schnooks Dept.
  36–37
• Ad for Absolutely MAD DVD
  38
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • I'm With Stupid (Rich Moyer)
  • The Machine That Travels Through Time (Joey Alison Sayers)
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • Me, Myself and My Puppet — and the Law (John Kovaleski)
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Thoughts of Home (Christopher Baldwin)
  • Just Below the Surface: A Dark Moment in Evolution (Douglas Paszkiewicz)
  • Futile (Sebastian Conley)
  • Fantabulaman (Ted Rall)
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Extremely Moronic MAD — 2012
  39–42
• My Stupid Spoiled 16 (TV satire)

  A Bitch in Time Dept.

  Written by Dave Croatto / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  43–45
• The Unknown Hardships of Professional Mascots

  Sports Character Assassination Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  46–47
• Ad for MAD Classics Subscription with Bonus MAD #166 Offer
  48
• Fold-In — On what program can many of America's biggest stars be seen?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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