MAD Magazine Recurring Features
6 Degrees of Separation
Between Anyone and Anything
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues
Taking the theory to its illogical extreme…
| Article Title | Can You Link… | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | The Pill to The Pope? Crop Circles to Kevin Costner? A Big Mac to Beirut? Courtney Love to Mad Cow Disease? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 363 — Nov 1997 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part II | A Meteor Crater to the Wayans Family? A Jumbo Jack to the J.F.K. Assassination? Fen-Phen to Al Gore? Björk to That Symbol used by Prince? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 370 — Jun 1998 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part III | A Marathon to 60 Minutes? The X-Files to Sweatshops? The Taco Bell Dog to The McLaughlin Group? El Niño to Movie Popcorn? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 377 — Jan 1999 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part IV | Killer Bees to Bruce Willis? The Supreme Court to Cher's Face? Nascar Fans to Jar-Jar Binks? A Terrorist Training Camp to A Chia Pet? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 393 — May 2000 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part V | The Former Yugoslavia to Moosehead Beer? The Vice-Presidency to Egypt Air? The Invasion of Poland to Olestra Users? Cellulite to Rigor Mortis? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 402 — Feb 2001 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part VI | Golf to Shrek? The Rolling Stones to Charlie Sheen? Osama Bin Laden to Camryn Manheim's Thighs? Cockfights to AOL? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 410 — Oct 2001 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part VII | Charlie Chaplin to Everyone on Joe Millionaire? Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to Spongebob Squarepants? Country Clubs to Adam Sandler? Dental Floss to Nia Vardalos? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 432 — Aug 2003 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part VIII | Bigfoot to Michael Moore? Jon Stewart to The Homeless? Gravity to Voter Apathy? a Jellyfish to "Mr. Britney Spears"? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 450 — Feb 2005 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part IX | Corporate Scandals to Hillary Duff CDs? The Flag-Burning Amendment to Mel Gibson? Drugs to Living in Iraq? The Boy Scouts to Melissa Rivers? |
Mike Snider / Rick Tulka | 472 — Dec 2006 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | Hula Dancing to Glenn Beck? | uncredited / Rick Tulka | 503 — May 2010 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | U.S. Autoworkers to an Oompa-Loompa? | — | 511 — Oct 2011 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | The Polar Ice Caps to Tim Tebow? | Stan Sinberg / John Kerschbaum | 525 — Feb 2014 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | Anti-Virus Software to The Lone Ranger? | Stan Sinberg / John Kerschbaum | 526 — Apr 2014 |
| 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything | Antonin Scalia to The Creation Museum? | Stan Sinberg / John Kerschbaum | 528 — Aug 2014 |
excerpt from 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — from #363, November 1997
(Note: extra little badly-done direction arrows are mine. Linked panels stretched over two pages originally.)