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MAD #543 front cover

MAD #543 — February 2017

Cover art: Mark Fredrickson
"There's no 'I' in 'team' — but how many athletes these days can even spell?" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

  • Ad for Subscriptions
    C2
  • Contents Page
    It's the List We Can Do Dept.
    1
  • Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
    Notes
    2–4
  • Drawn-Out Dramas
    Marginal Thinking Dept.
    Sergio Aragones
    (various obscure places around the magazine)
  • 5
  • The Fundalini Pages
    Random Acts of Mindless Dept.
    • Reasons for the NFL's Ratings Drop — Art by Ward Sutton
    • Critics' Blurbs For Terrible Kids' Books: Holiday Edition — Written by Jeff Kruse
    • Gimme a Flake — ransom note font delay (Emily Flake)
    • Why is President Obama's Approval Rating So High? — Art by Paul Coker
    • The Fast Five — The Real Reasons Why Angelina Jolie is Divorcing Brad Pitt — Art by Tom Bunk
    • A Walk in the Parkhurst — miracle arch-support (Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
    • What the New Emoji Really Mean
    • Features of the Clintons' New Chappaqua Home
    • Fundalini Asks: Why Didn't You Vote on Election Day? — Written by Jeff Kruse
    • Eckstein Marks the Spot! — Auto Correct Man (Bob Eckstein)
    • The Faster Five — Ways That Billy Bush Celebrated His Birthday — Art by Bob Staake
    • Signs You're Way Too Into Snapchat — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz
    6–8
  • Ad for Subscriptions with MAD #126 bonus print
    9
  • Silly (movie satire)
    Plane Nonsense Dept.
    Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond
    10–15
  • Spy vs. Spy — hacked computer hacks / careful spy can't avoid the crunch
    Joke and Dagger Dept.
    Peter Kuper
    Reprinted in 1 collection
    16–17
  • A MAD Look at Commuting
    Serge-In General Dept.
    Sergio Aragones / Color by Jim Campbell
    19–22
  • The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2016
    Introduction page art by Mark Fredrickson
    • 1. The Donald Trump Run for the Presidency — “The Toxic Contender” (The Toxic Avenger poster parody) — Art by Hermann Mejia (24) — sample
      Reprinted in 2 collections
    • 2. The Clinton Foundation — “Money Girl” (Funny Girl movie poster parody) (25)
    • 3. Flint, Michigan's Toxic Water — “Poisoning Children Since 2014!” (beer poster meme parody) — Art by R. Sikoryak (26)
      Reprinted in 1 collection
    • 4. Fox News' Roger Ailes — “Roger & Me” (movie poster parody) — Art by Sam Viviano (27)
    • 5. Donald Trump's Advisors — “Moral Slide Squad” (Suicide Squad movie poster parody) — Art by Mike Loew (28–29)
      Reprinted in 1 collection
    • 6. Cliven Bundy's Sons Lay Siege to Wildlife Refuge — “Bundy Land” (Candy Land board game parody) — Written by McKinley Rodriguez / Art by Jacob Chabot (30)
    • 7. Ryan Lochte's “Mugging” — “Sullied” (Sully movie poster parody) — Art by Scott Bricher (31)
    • 8. Wells Fargo Bank — (an apology letter to customers they defrauded) — Written by Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau (32)
    • 9. Anthony Weiner Sext Scandal (continued) — “The Secret Life of Putz” (The Secret Life of Pets movie poster parody) — Art by Tom Richmond (33)
    • 10. Pokémon Go — “Pokémon GOthic” (American Gothic painting parody) — Art by Richard Williams (34)
    • 11. North Carolina's Transgender Bathrooms — “Governor Pat McCrory: Stall Cop” (Paul Blart: Mall Cop movie poster parody) (35)
    • 12. EpiPen's Price-Gouging — “Instructions for EpiPen Abuse — brought to you by Heather Bresch, Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO” — Art by Dennis Wunderlin (36)
    • 13. Donald Trump's Misogyny — “Deplorable People” (People magazine cover parody) (37)
      Reprinted in 1 collection
    • 14. Hillary Clinton's Email Debacle — “Catch Her in the Lie” (Catcher in the Rye book parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Sam Sisco (38–39)
    • 15. Gary Johnson Stumped By Easy Questions — “Are You Smarter than a 3rd Party Candidate?” (Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? TV poster parody) — Written by Mike Morse (40)
    • 16. Donald Trump Paid No Taxes — “Tax Evader” (Taxi Driver movie poster parody) — Art by Roberto Parada (41) — sample
      Reprinted in 1 collection
    • 17. Exploding Samsung Phones — “Hot Phone Ring” (Hotline Bling song parody) — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Anton Emdin (42–43)
    • 18. Michael Strahan Bolts for GMA — “Kelly and Michael Aren't Friends” (Frog and Toad Are Friends book parody) — Written by Meredith Zeitlin / Art by Gary Hallgren (44)
    • 19. Fold-In — What gender-based change are many Americans stubbornly refusing to accept? (Al Jaffee) (45)
    • 20. The Trump Foundation — “National Buffoon's Foundation” (National Lampoon's Vacation movie poster parody) — Art by Jason Seiler (46)
      Reprinted in 1 collection
    23–46
  • One Day at the Doctor's Office
    Neckelodeon Dept.
    Written by Kit Lively / Art by Tom Bunk
    47
  • Ad for tons of MAD books
    48–49
  • Planet TAD!!!!!
    In Blog We Trust Dept.
    Written by Tim Carvell
    50–51
  • Ad — MAD is now on Android Phones and Tablets!
    52
  • The Strip Club
    Pen and Stink Dept.
    53–55
  • The Gap-Toothed Gallery — workers build/maintain a giant mechanical Alfred within a nuclear reactor-like core
    Out With the Old, In With the Neuman Dept.
    Art by Jesse Jacobs
    Reprinted in 1 collection
    56