MAD #457 — September 2005

"Politicians only display creative thinking when making excuses after they get caught doing something illegal!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Angus T. Young with MAD Color Classics #11
  2–4
• 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: Peter Bagge, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Nate Fakes, Frank Jacobs, Peter Kuper, Jacob Lambert, Barry Liebmann, Scott Mendenhall, Patrick Merrell, Ted Rall, Timothy Shamey, Mike Snider, Jack Syracuse — DETAILS

  • This Month's Hot New Toys — Rapco's Pocket Mazes! — Art by Jack Syracuse
  • The Puzzle Nook — "use ---ce only as a last resort" — Patrick Merrell
  • The Fast 5 — 5 Things to Expect at the Wedding of Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Why Americans Still Want to Have a Beer With George Bush — Art by Timothy Shamey
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • Activist Ribbons We'd Like to See — Art by Scott Mendenhall
  • Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Dave Chappelle — Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Syracuse
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • Areas of the Star Trek Universe We Never Got to See — Ted Rall
  • The Updated Library of Extremely Thin Books
  • Spam Email Headings You Just Know Are Bullsh*t
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • What Your Parents Say / What You Hear — Art by Peter Bagge
  • The President's Dog — pro-choice or pro-life? — Peter Kuper
  6–8
• MAD's 50 Worst Things About Video Games

  Prose & Consoles Dept.

  Written by Kenny Byerly, Jacob Lambert, Matthew Schwartz, David Shayne / Art by Peter Bagge, Scott Bricher, Hermann Mejia, Francis Mao

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Kids #5 — December 2006 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #6 — March 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #9 — December 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013 (excerpt)
  10–17
• Spy vs. Spy — caveman torch burns weight rope

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  18–19
• 12 Ways to Make Divorce Easier on Kids

  Split Happens Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  20–21
• A MAD Look at Pets

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  22–24
• The Strip Club

  Pen & Stink Dept.

  • Jump Cut — Paul Gilligan sample
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
    • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • The Hero Santon! — Don Asmussen
  • How to Make a Punk Smile… — Mo Willems
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
    • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • Pondering the Really Meaningful Stuff… — Rob Harrell
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  • Fantabulaman — Ted Rall
    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
    • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  29–31
• Telltale Signs that the Street Gang You're Joining Ain't All that Tough

  Just Say No to Thugs Dept.

  John Caldwell
  32–33
• What's in Your Living Will?

  Instant Coma's Gonna Get You Dept.

  Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  34
• Pre-Movie Screens We'd Like to See

  Coming Detractions Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  36–37
• The MAD World of... Dating

  Courtship of Fools Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  38–40
• Monroe and... Summer School!

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  41–44
• Go Fetch!

  License to Shill Dept.

  Sculpture by Liz Lomax

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD Classics #2, Subscriptions Contest — C. F. Payne art from #347
  45–48
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest — sale cheese gone bad

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey
  49
• What Celebrities Laugh At

  That's Amuse to Me Dept.

  Written by Bob Wieder / Art by Sam Sisco

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  50–51
• Fold-In — What's the hot new way many are getting their music?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #5 — February 2006
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3