MAD #534 — August 2015

"Cheating on your diet is a piece of cake — and vice versa!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

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

  Notes

  • Remembering Tom Koch and Lou Silverstone
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Ad for Subscriptions

  with #126 bonus print
  5
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • How the GOP Plans to Get the Latino Vote — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Ward Sutton
  • Most Popular Mall Fountain Wishes — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Tim Hamilton
  • A Walk in the Parkhurst — “Kevinissism” — Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  • This Issue's Unfunded Kickstarter Campaign — Written by Matt Lassen
  • Common Mistakes to Avoid in a Rap Battle — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Jose Garibaldi
  • A Yeezy Boost Ad That Tells It Like It Is — Written by Kenny Keil
  • Gimme a Flake — harassment consent form — Emily Flake
  • The Godfrey Report
  • The Stupid 7 — Tips for Enhancing Your Wine Experience — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
  • Samuel Ferri's Misconnected Moments — cardiologist on Valentine's Day / missed show because of Facebook / cheap graveyard monuments — Samuel Ferri
  • Parents' Text Abbreviations Every Child Should Know — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by John Kerschbaum
  • Phrases You'll Never See in a Car & Driver Review — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Worst Selling Power Rangers DVDs — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Justin Peterson
  • Pull My Cheney — liposuction pudding — Tom Cheney
  • More “Up for Whatever” Labels That Bud Light Should Get Rid Of
  • Bitterman — Apple Watch — Garth Gerhart
  6–10
• Chris Christie's World

  Paint Misbehavin' Dept.

  Written by J. C. Duffy / Art by Richard Williams
  11
• Ray Drearyman (TV satire)

  To Liev and Die in L.A. Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond
  12–17
• Amazing #Lifehacks That Will Totally Change Your #Life

  Faking Shortcuts Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Kevin Pope
  18–19
• Spy vs. Spy — TNT dummy slap diversion / castle flag chop

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  20–21
• Planning for Your Summer Music Festival

  Pros and Concerts Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  22–23
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — Five Decades of His Greatest Works
  24
• When Minions Go Really, Really Bad

  Henchmen at Work Dept.

  John Caldwell
  25–27
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  28–29
• Ad for tons of MAD books
  30–31
• A MAD Look At Cosplay

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Jim Campbell
  32–35
• New Ideas to Speed Up Baseball

  First Pace Dept.

  Written by Mike Morse / Art by Bob Staake
  36
• New Ideas to Slow Down Baseball

  Second Pace Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
  37
• The Haunting Legend of Echo Point

  It's a Wonderful Strife Dept.

  Written by John Caldwell / Art by Phil McAndrew

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #27 — October 2022
  38
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #264: Why 999 Shoppers out of 1000 Never Collect Those Manufacturers' Rebates — Written by Tom Koch / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  39–41
• Despicable People Live-Tweet “Minions”

  Character's Flawed Dept.

  Art by Anton Emdin
  42–43
• Ad for back issues of MAD on the iPad App
  44
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • What If Dog Was One Of Us? — Kenny Keil
  • Nitemare Zone — KC Green
  • Hats Off — Ricardo Siri Liniers
  • The Bearded Kid — Kevin Werth
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Christopher Baldwin
  • Deadly Survival — Nathan Cooper
  45–47
• Ad for MAD App for the iPad
  48
• Fashion Police Takes on Avengers — Age of Ultron

  Summer Frockbuster Dept.

  Written by Mike Morse / Art by Hermann Mejia
  49–52
• Pocket Hoser 2 (ad parody)

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Scott Bricher
  53
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  • USPS Issues Corrected Maya Angelou Stamp
  • MAD Explains the Indiana State Seal
  • How to Tell if Your Kraft Mac & Cheese Contains Metal Filings
  • The Startling Similarities and Differences Between March Madness and Utah Reinstating the Firing Squad
  • Hillary's Mrs. Clean Magic Hard Drive Eraser
  • Avengers: Age of All Ron
  • Ted Cruz-Lines — sample
  • 7 Effects of California's Water-Use Restrictions
  54–55
• Things You Don't Want to Hear from Your Uber Driver

  Death and Taxis Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Tom Bunk
  56
• Fold-In — What powerful figure will conservatives be most thrilled to see leave the public stage?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  C3