MAD #472 — December 2006

"To be a member of the upper crust you need a lot of dough!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Tom Richmond featured in Pearls Before Swine comic
  • 43-Man Squamish reference in "Weird Al" Yankovic video
  4, 6, 8
• 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: Scott Bricher, Tom Cheney, Kevin Pope, Matthew A. Cohen, Dick DeBartolo, Kiernan P. Schmitt, Desmond Devlin, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Andrew J. Schwartzberg, Jack Syracuse, Angelo Torres, Rick Tulka — DETAILS

  • Other Things Hidden in the Prison Break Tattoo!
  • More High Concept Movie Titles from the Producers of Snakes on a Plane — Written by Matt Cohen
  • Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to the Science Fair — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Pope
  • The Fast 5 — Reasons Why Rocky Balboa Will Be the Best Rocky Yet — Art by Jack Syracuse
  • In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, AND… — Art by Rick Tulka
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — "We Bone Up On Grey's Anatomy" — Art by Angelo Torres
  • After Pete Rose's Autographed Baseball Apology Comes… Other Autographed Apologies of Baseball Players
  • Important Product Recall Information — Product: The Electronic Talking Alfred E. Neuman Doll
  • Wakipedia — Man Walks on the Moon
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Pull My Cheney! — weapons-grade uranium — Tom Cheney
  • Other Things John Mark Karr Has Confessed To — Written by Jeff Kruse
  10–12
• Groin's Monotony (TV satire)

  H.M.Ho's Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  14–18
• 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part IX

  The Dissing Link Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  20–21
• The Strip Club — 2007 MAD Calendar

  Week-al Matter Dept.
  24, 29
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / Art by Brian Durniak
  30–31
• From the Files of Wanda Goldstein Flenkman: Animal Psychiatrist

  It's 'Splaining Cats and Dogs Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 1 — Apr/May 2025
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  32–33
• Spy vs. Spy — rotating cannon / slapping billboard arms

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  • MAD #35 — February 2024
  34–35
• Questions We'd Like to Ask the Turkey Hotline

  Pranksgiving Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #13 — February 2007
  • MAD Kids #13 — December 2008
  36
• Monroe and… The Army — Part 1

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Tom Fowler
  37–40
• Unexpected Hassles of New Video Game Consoles

  Unintendo Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Peter Bagge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  42–43
• MAD's Devilish Outtakes from Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny!

  Schlock 'N Roll Dept.
  44–45
• What Would Happen to Disney Characters in the Real World?

  Tragic Kingdom Dept.

  Written by Adam Rust / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  46–48
• Lesser-Known Comic Book Villains

  Foe is Me Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse

  • The Vague Viper — Art by Terry Dodson
  • Professor Generico — Art by Sam Kieth
  • The Trillionaire — Art by John Cassaday / Color by Laura Martin
  • The Yakmaster — Art by Mike Mignola / Color by Dave Stewart
  • Sarcasma — Art by Chris Bachalo
  • Dr. Umbrage — Art by Kevin Nowlan
  • A.N.N.O.Y — Art by Glenn Fabry
  • The Clarinetist — Art by Humberto Ramos / Color by Leonardo Olea

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD New York Comic-Con Special Edition — 2008
  • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  49–52
• A MAD Look at Thanksgiving

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  53–55 sample
• Fold-In — What has been revealed as one of the major causes of global warming?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — Real ad for Dodge — Fold-In

  Al Jaffee
  C4