MAD #506 — December 2010

"Naysayers have it all wrong!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?

  George Woodbridge art from MAD #116
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• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters

  Notes

  • Photo of cast of Mad Men enjoying MAD — The Spy vs. Spy Mega Mini Kit ad
  2–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various obscure places around the magazine)
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • How the GOP is Planning to Recapture the House and Senate — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Mort Drucker
  • Phrases to Avoid on Your College Application Essay — Written by Joe Masterman
  • LeLievre and Let LeLievre — Last Supper book deals — Glen LeLievre
  • What's on Mel Gibson's Nightstand? — Written by Jacob Lambert
  • Lindsay Lohan's Recently Discovered Prison Tweets
  • The Fast Five — Ways to Punish Arizona for Their Anti-Immigration Law — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer
  • The Lost iPhone Commercial — Written by Dave Croatto
  • The Eggregious Eight — The Real Reasons Lebron James Signed With Miami — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
  • Lil' Lindsay Lohan — Eric Scott
  • Clark Can't — foodie flies — Todd Clark
  • Other Possible Answers to the Ridiculous Question "Could switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?" — Art by Rick Tulka
  6–8
• Fold-In (real ad for Cartoon Network) — What's the one thing dumber than reading MAD Magazine?

  Al Jaffee
  9
• The Fundalini Pages (continued)

  • Plugged Nickel — Scott Nickel
  • Possible Last Lines from the Kids on How I Met Your Mother — Written by Matthew A. Cohen / Art by Angelo Torres
  • Insane Theories from Glenn Beck to Watch For This Fall — Written by Brian Farrelly and Sean Farrelly / Art by Anton Emdin
  • Other Problems with the iPhone 4 — Written by Dick DeBartolo
  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Lady Gaga — Art by Jack Syracuse
  • Silly Bandz Condomz (ad parody) — Written by Dave Croatto
  • When the Going Gets Duff — J. C. Duffy
  • Why Levi Johnston is Supremely Qualified to be the Next Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — Art by Ward Sutton
  • Cathy: Final Episodes You Never Saw — Corey Pandolph
  10–12
• Ad for MAD Presents Spy vs. Spy Magazine
  13
• Glee-tarded (TV satire)

  High School Snooz-icle Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  14–18
• A MAD Look at the Oil Spill

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  19–22
• Rosetta Stone — Mel Gibson Domestic Abuse Edition (ad parody)

  So You Think You Can Rant Dept.

  Robert Kenney photo
  23
• A Beginner's Guide to a More Prosperous Career in Panhandling

  Spare Change You Can Believe In Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  24–25
• MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories (sixth in a series) — Some Serious Monkey Business

  The Beast and the Brightest Dept.

  Written by Brian McConnachie / Art by Leonardo Rodriguez
  26–27
• Tea Party Logic

  A Crass Roots Movement Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  28–29
• Signs You've Got a Bad Roommate

  Move-In Violation Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  30–31
• The MAD World of… Fashion

  Case Clothes Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  32–34
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Sergio Aragones — Five Decades of His Finest Works
  35
• Deleted Passages from George W. Bush's New Book

  Omission Accomplished Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  36–37
• MAD's Less-Than Magical Outtakes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  Grint and Bear It Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  38–39
• Spy vs. Spy — rube goldberg fail and win / rock rocket

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  40–41
• The 2010 Lack-of-Entertainment Book

  Bargain De-Basement Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko
  42–43
• Ad for Subscriptions with bonus MAD #96 print offer
  44
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Me, Myself and My Puppet — In the Rain — John Kovaleski
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Totally Useless MAD — 2013
  • Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with Lady Gaga — Keith Knight
  • Good Enough — Peet Tamburino sample
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • Got Your Nose — Jacob Lambert
  • that sinking feeling — Jason Yungbluth
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Christopher Baldwin
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
    • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  • Just Below the Surface — Douglas Paszkiewicz
  45–48
• MAD's Handy Quick Primer to World of Warcraft

  Surely, You Quest Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  49–52
• The MAD Vault — 1978

  The Articles Formerly Known as Reprints Dept.

  Featured Article Excerpts and Contributors

  • Eight covers from 1978 interspersed within the following collage of article excerpts:
  • One Night in the City — Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Jack Davis
  • When Those "Old Line" Comic Strips Follow the New Wave, Cerebral "Doonesbury" Trend — Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  • Saturday Night Feeble (movie satire) — Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
  • Star Roars (movie satire) — Written by Larry Siegel and Dick DeBartolo / Art by Harry North, Esq.
  • MAD Diplomacy in Everyday Life Situations — Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Recycling Your Throw-Aways — Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Al Jaffee
  • Some MAD Things We'll Never Understand — Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Rickard
  • A MAD Look at Some Unfinished Sentences — Written by John Caldwell / Art by Bob Clarke
  • Lust Boat (TV satire) — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  • Around Noon on a Movie Set — Don Martin
  53–55 collage
• Dead Lobster (ad parody)

  Oil You Can Eat Dept.

  Written by Andy Ross / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  56 sample
• Fold-In — What American enterprise is still widely regarded as too big to fail?

  Al Jaffee
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