MAD Magazine Recurring Features
15 Minutes of Fame
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues
"In the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes."
— Andy Warhol
| Article Title | "Fast-Fading Celebs and Such" | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The ABC's of 15 Minutes of Fame | Anita Hill, Joey Buttafuoco, Carlos Leon, Divine Brown, Lyle and Erik Menendez, Larry Fortensky, Gennifer Flowers, Heidi Fleiss, Lance Ito, Jessica Hahn, Kato Kaelin, George Lazenby, Peter McNeeley, Norman Schwarzkopf, Scott O'Grady, David "Puck" Rainey, Shannon Faulkner, Roger Clinton, James Stockdale, Tonya Harding, Ted Kaczynski, Vanilla Ice, Willie Horton, John Bobbitt, The Yugo | Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman |
351 — Nov 1996 |
| The ABC's of 15 Minutes of Fame — Volume II | Autumn Jackson, Buddy Clinton, Oprah's Beef, Dolly the Sheep, Earl Spencer, Kelly Flinn, Linda Tripp, William H. Ginsburg, Heaven's Gate, Independent Probes of The Clinton Administration, Jerky Boys, David Koresh, Los del Rio, Jenny McCarthy, Louise Woodward, Richard Jewell, Mars Pathfinder, Martha Quinn, "The Rules," Soup Nazi, McCaughey Septuplets, Virtual Pet, Kathleen Willey, Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Sex Tape, Tina Yothers, Godzilla | Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman |
375 — Nov 1998 |
| 15 Minutes of Fame — MAD's Latest Disposable Dozen | Baha Men, Mike "Fluff" Cowan, Rick Rockwell, Budweiser's "Whassup" Guys, Big Mouth Billy Bass, The Pets.com Sock Puppet, Rick Lazio, Katherine Harris, Linda Chavez, Marisleysis Gonzalez, Darva Conger, John Carpenter from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" | Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman |
408 — Aug 2001 |
| 15 Minutes of Fame — MAD's Latest Batch of Has-Beens | Omarosa, Rocco DiSpirito, William Hung, Jason Allen Alexander, Lynndie England, Smarty Jones, Howard Dean, Morgan Spurlock, Jason West, Amber Frey, Rick Salomon, Michael Newdow, Hutton Gibson, Ken Jennings, Jayson Blair, Dennis Kucinich | Frank Jacobs / Sam Sisco |
448 — Dec 2004 |
| MAD's 15 Minutes of Fame | Kaavya Viswanathan | uncredited / Rick Tulka and Jack Davis | 469 — Sep 2006 |
excerpt from The ABC's of 15 Minutes of Fame — from #351, November 1996