MAD #454 — June 2005

"Whoever said 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' obviously never cut class!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Spy vs. Spy Video Game
  2, 4, 6
• 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: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Josh Eiserike, Matthew A. Cohen, Evan Dorkin, Garth Gerhart, Charlie Kadau, Scott Mendenhall, Patrick Merrell, Eric Palma, Joe Raiola, Mike Snider, Jack Syracuse — DETAILS

  • New Job Opportunities For Locked-out NHL Players — Art by Scott Mendenhall
  • Best Sellers Cut Down to Size — The 9/11 Commission Report — Written by Josh Eiserike
  • A Movie Poster We'd Like To See — Batman Begins — Written by Charlie Kadau
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • The Freebie MAD — 2005
    • White Castle Goes MAD — 2005
  • The Fast 5 — The Apprentice: The Martha Stewart Edition — Art by Eric Palma
  • What People Earn
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith — Opening Crawl: The Annotated Edition
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • Monkeys Are Always Funny — Prince Charles and Camilla — Evan Dorkin
  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Ben Affleck — Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Syracuse
  • The Puzzle Nook — “---ty breeds contempt” — Patrick Merrell
  • This Month's Least Visited Websites
  • Lesser-Known Causes of Fatal Car Accidents — Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • Bitterman — aquarium calm — Garth Gerhart
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — Alfred E. Lucas — Art by Jack Syracuse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  8–10
• A Day in the Life of George Lucas

  Star Bore Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  12–15 sample
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — nitroglycerine tattoo ink

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  16–17
• Pet Peeves of Mafia Hitmen

  A Pain in the Assassin Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  18–20
• MAD's Pesky Questions for the Cast of 24

  Kiefer Madness Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Sam Sisco
  22–23
• Once Baseball Comes to Washington DC

  George W. Bush League Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  24–25
• 7 Periods Closer to Death

  Rall's Well That Ends Well Dept.

  Ted Rall
  26
• Monroe and... Star Wars

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  31–34
• Disposable Camera Prom Photos That Didn't Make the Album

  Prints Uncharming Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Drew Friedman
  36–38
• MAD's Star Wars Outtakes: Sith Happens

  See You Vader Dept.
  40–42
• Tedium (TV satire)

  The Psychic Plotline Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #27 — October 2022
  43–46
• Ad for The New and Improved MAD Website — madmag.com
  47
• What Caused Anakin Skywalker to Become Darth Vader?

  Come to the Dark Snide Dept.

  Written by Kent Parker / Art by Evan Dorkin / Color by Sarah Dyer

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi — Special Collector's Edition 2017
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  48–49
• A MAD Look at Robots

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  50–52
• MAD's Batman Begins Outtakes... Begin

  A Movie Franchise on the Wayne Dept.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  • White Castle Goes MAD — 2005
  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  54–55
• Fold-In — Which epic space battle will prove to be the bloodiest?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  C3