MAD #514 — April 2012

"No one's doing anything about the growing apathy in this country!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Kindle versions of MAD About Super Heroes
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• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • Photo of Sam Viviano during USO trip with the National Cartoonists Society
  2, 4, 6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • The Fast Five — Colleges Without Sex Abuse Allegations — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Charles Akins
  • Gifts Received by Jay-Z and Beyonce's New Baby — Kenny Keil
  • Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds — Kristen Stewart — Art by Rick Tulka
  • Cards from "Monopoly: The Mitt Romney Edition"
  • The Yungbluth & The Restless — speaker at Clone-Con — Jason Yungbluth
  • Semi-Fun Facts About Chocolate — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  • Lines Sure to Get Applause at GOP Debates — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Ward Sutton
  • The Startling Similarities Between Harvard University and Clown College — John Caldwell
  • Product Acronyms You Never Knew Existed: Tech Edition — Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Inspection Tags You Wish You Never Saw — Written by Dick DeBartolo
  • Favorite Dog Breeds of the Zombie Community — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD #22 — December 2021
  8–12
• Ad for Subscriptions with #154 bonus print
  13
• Bigg & Bulky (TV satire)

  Fat's Entertainment Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond
  14–19
• Ad for various MAD books
  20
• The MAD Guide to Smartphone Etiquette

  In a Manners of Speaking Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Tim Hamilton
  21–23 sample
• MAD's Make Your Own Twilight Movie

  There Will Be Blood-Sucking Dept.
  24–25
• Spy vs. Spy — ski race rubber band finish / cannonball cord

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  26–27
• The Soft Stool Diner Placemat

  Where Eats Meets Jest Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Various photos

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Special Loot Crate Edition of MAD — May 2015
  28–29
• MAD's Dreadfully Undercooked The Hunger Games Outtakes

  Snack to the Future Dept.
  30–31
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #207: Parents Are Unconstitutional — Written by Stan Hart / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  32–34
• The Strip Club

  Pen & Stink Dept.

  Featuring /

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012 (ran all eight articles)

  • The Dork Side — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel
  • Scooby-Don't! — Jason Yungbluth
  • lil Popi — Box Brown
  • Brown Bear — Noah Van Sciver
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Christopher Baldwin
  • Good Enough — Peet Tamburino
    Reprinted in 1 additional collection

    • Special Loot Crate Edition of MAD — May 2015
  • Got Your Nose — Jacob Lambert
    Reprinted in 1 additional collection

    • Disturbingly Awful MAD — 2013
  • Just Below the Surface — Douglas Paszkiewicz
  35–38
• Banana Republican (catalogue parody)

  The Elephant in the Dressing Room Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  39–42
• 7 Periods Closer to Death

  Rall of America Dept.

  Ted Rall
  43
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / Various photos
  44–45
• Clues You've Hired a Not-So-Certified Personal Trainer

  This Isn't Working Out Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  46–47
• A MAD Look At The Filthy Rich

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  48–51
• Inappropriate Questions to Ask During a Job Interview

  Hire Education Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  52–53
• More Movie Mashups We'd Hate to See

  Birth of a Combination Dept.

  Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  54–55
• Love Is... (Special Mike & Molly Edition)

  Fat's Entertainment Dept. Part II
  56
• Fold-In — What political movement have politicians from both parties embraced?

  Al Jaffee
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