MAD #502 — January 2010

"There's a lot to be said for brevity!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
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• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Family Guy episode features Don Martin character; plug for Sergio Aragones's retrospective exhibition at The Ojai Valley Museum in Ojai, California; Toonseum at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh honors Tom Richmond with "The MAD Art of Caricature" exhibit
  2, 4, 5, 7
• Ad for Subscriptions

  Art from MAD #52 by Kelly Freas
  3
• Ad for calendar and books
  6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Kate Gosselin
  • LeLievre and Let LeLievre — Easter Bunny and Santa Claus — Glen LeLievre
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Personal Health — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • Answer to Last Month's Problem: "The $50 Bill and the Drinking Straw" — Written by Darren Johnson
  • The Cougar (Episode 1) — Scott Nickel
  • The U.S. Auto Industry: An Incomplete Timeline — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
  • Worst-Selling 2010 Calendars — Written by Jeff Kruse / various photos
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — Thumbs Up to Another Dumb Year! — Art by Mark Fredrickson
  • Medical Myths You Just Shouldn't Believe — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
  • The Ryan's Den — no cellphones in heaven — Written by Ryan Pagelow
  • The Cougar (Episode 2) — Scott Nickel
  • The Fast Five — 5 Reasons Why Microsoft Thinks You'll Love Windows 7 — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by John Caldwell
  • Ice Cream Truckers (TV ad parody) — Written by Dave Croatto
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
    • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  • Katz All, Folks — ironic Hitler moustache — Farley Katz
  • Make Your Own Best-Selling Book Title — Written by Darren Johnson
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • The Cougar (Episode 3) — Scott Nickel
  8–12
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2009

  (introduction page)

  Featuring /

  • 1. The Canonization of Michael Jackson — (Mark Stutzman art — Saint Michael in stained glass)

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    14–15
  • 2. Corporate Bailouts — Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photo parody — Art by Hermann Mejia — sample

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    16
  • 3. Jon and Kate Plus 8 — “Family Guise” (Family Guy TV poster parody) — Art by Jack Syracuse 17
  • 4. Henry Gates Arrested in Own Home — “Ultimate Stereotyping Championship” (Ultimate Fighting Championship TV ad parody) — Art by Tom Richmond 18
  • 5. Dick Cheney Won't Shut Up — “Dixter” (Dexter TV poster parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    19
  • 6. Angry Town Hall Meetings — parody of Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech painting — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Richard Williams — sample

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    20
  • 7. Jim Cramer's Stock Predictions — Fold-In — Al Jaffee 21
  • 8. David Letterman Caught With His Worldwide Pants Down — Michelangelo's David parody

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    22
  • 9. Baseball's Ongoing Scandal — “Commemorate Baseball's Biggest Scandal with The Official MLB Piss Cup Collection” (ad parody) — Art by Scott Bricher 23
  • 10. The Octomom — “The Suleman Family Circus” (The Family Circus comic strip parody) — Art by Gary Hallgren / Color by Carl Peterson 24–25
  • 11. Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme — “Scumbag Billionaire” (Slumdog Millionaire movie poster parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    26
  • 12. Minnesota Senate Race — “Democra-Cialis is Here” (Cialis ad parody) — Art by Roberto Parada 27
  • 13. Glenn Beck — “Act Like a Lunatic, Think Like a Maniac” (Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man book cover parody) — Art by Mort Drucker 30
  • 14. Chris Brown Assaults Rihanna — “You're a Bad Man, Chris Brown” (Peanuts — Charlie Brown comic strip parody)

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    31
  • 15. Obama's Senate Seat For Sale — “The Untrustables” (The Untouchables movie poster parody) — Art by Drew Friedman 32
  • 16. Kanye West — “VMA-Hole Award” — Art by Hermann Mejia

    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014
    • MAD #11 — February 2020

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  • 17. Cheating Celebs — “Adultery Swim's 'The Adventure Boners'” (Adult Swim's 'The Venture Bros.' TV poster parody) — Art by Sam Viviano

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    34
  • 18. Alaska Loses its Governor, Sarah Palin — “Blunder Woman” (Wonder Woman comic book cover parody) — Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by J. Scott Campbell / Color by Nei Ruffino 35
  • 19. Michael Phelps Smokes Pot — High Times magazine cover parody

    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • The 100 Dumbest People, Events & Things of the Century (so far) — Special Collector's Edition 2014

    36
  • 20. Michael Jackson's Doctor, Conrad R. Murray — “Killer” (Thriller album cover parody) 37
  • MAD 20 Addendumb — More Random Acts of Dumbness 38
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• The Sergio Aragones 2010 Calendar

  In One Year and Out the Other Dept.
  28–29
• Monroe and… The Job

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler / Color by Carl Peterson
  39–41
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / various photos
  42–43
• Spy vs. Spy — fairy tale wolf in bed

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  44–45
• Board Game-Based Movies We'll Soon Be Seeing

  Dice, Camera, Action! Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Tom Richmond
  46–47
• A MAD Look At The Great Recession

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  48–51
• Ad for tons of MAD merchandise
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• The MAD Vault — 1988

  The Articles Formerly Known as Reprints Dept.

  Featured Article Excerpts and Contributors

  • Eight covers from 1988 interspersed within the following collage of article excerpts:
  • Quick Recoveries for Embarrassing Situations — Al Jaffee
  • The MAD Nasty File — Volume III — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Gerry Gersten
  • Star Blecch — The Next Degradation (TV satire) — Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker
  • Rambull III (movie satire) — Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres
  • A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comedy Club — Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Sam Viviano
  • Other McD.L.T. Type Ideas We'd Like to See From McDonalds — Written by Mike Snider / Art by Al Jaffee
  • When Other Comic Strips Start Using the "Far Side" Formula — Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Bob Clarke
  • Same Words...Different Circumstances — Written by John Prete / Art by Paul Coker, Jr. / Idea by Christopher Allen
  • The MAD Guide to "Forgivable" and "Unforgivable" Sins — Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  • The Colossal Courtroom Confrontation — Don (Duck) Edwing
  • The MAD Nasty File — (Vol Two) — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Gerry Gersten
  53–55 collage
• What the Heck is the Difference? — Twilight: New Moon Poster

  Observation Dreck Dept.
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