MAD #546 — August 2017

"Whoever said it's lonely at the top was probably talking to himself!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD About Trump
  C2
• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2–4
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Inside MAD bonus
  5
• The Trumpalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • A Movie We'd Hate to See
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
  • Planned Provisions of Trumpcare — Written by Evan Waite / Art by Bob Staake
    Reprinted in 4 collections

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
    • MAD About Trump — 2017
    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • Questions We'd Like to Ask Donald Trump — Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Rick Tulka
    Reprinted in 3 collections

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
    • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • The Fast Five — Ways Neil Gorsuch Celebrated His Supreme Court Appointment — Art by Anton Emdin
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • Sean Spicer's Stupid Television Show
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • Trumpalini Employment Opportunities
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
  • "Mitch McConnell Had a Job" (Sung to the Tune of "Old MacDonald had a Farm") — Art by Ward Sutton
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  6–7
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  • Game of Thrones Characters You Might Have Missed — Written by Mike Morse / Art by Stephen Silver
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • The Cover We Didn't Use: Kendrick E. Lamar
  • Oy Vey! — chest pains (P. C. Vey)
  • School Cafeteria Yelp Reviews — Written by Todd Clark
  • Gimme a Flake — mobster training (Emily Flake)
  • Phrases That Sound Like They're From the Bible - But Aren't — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Lesser-Known Reasons For Recalling Cars — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rich Powell
  • A Bestseller We'd Like to See: Bill O'Reilly - Killing Integrity
  • The Fast Five — Advantages of Having an Outdated Cellphone — Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Jose Garibaldi
  • The Kitchen Sink: Least Popular YouTube Tutorials — Written by McKinley Rodriguez
  • Kuper Market — "Uh-oh, not a good omen." (Peter Kuper)
  8–10
• This Wall (TV satire)

  Something Hardwick-ed This Way Comes Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond
  11–15
• What's That Smell?

  Uncommon Scents Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  16–17
• Spy vs. Spy — spring in treasure gangplanks pirate to shark, graffiti paint line followed to manhole

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  18–19
• Make Up Your Own Anti-Trump Rant

  Need for Screed Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Sam Sisco

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  20–21
• A MAD Look At Practical Jokes

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #37 — June 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  22–25
• Ad for tons of MAD books
  26–27
• Not-Too-Brightbart (website satire)

  Everything's Gonna Be Alt-Right Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Mike Loew

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  28–29
• Enjoying Your Parents' Fights For Fun and Profit

  Spat's Entertainment Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
  30–31
• Dewey Derwin Destroys the World! "Pest Control"

  Character Flawed Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Justin Peterson
  33–36
• Ad for MAD Presents Goodnight Batcave
  37
• The MAD Vault — from MAD #285 — Don't Be Fooled (Elvis Presley song parody)

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Gerry Gersten
  38–39
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Humour - While You Wait — Roman Flytrap (Kyle Bridgett)
  • How's My Driving? — dad's Walmart weekend (Nathan Cooper)
  • Scribble Mountain — lamp-haunting ghost (John McNamee)
  • Projectile Vomit Baby — purse-snatcher foiled (Scott Nickel)
  • Captain Red America — climate change isn't a problem (D.R. Beitzel)
  41–43
• New National Park Upgrades for the Modern Explorer

  Overhaul of the Wild Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
  44–45
• MAD's Celebrity Supermarket

  The Brand of Make-Believe Dept.

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Scott Bricher
  46–47
• Recipe Directions You Hope You Never Read

  Food for Thoughtless Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  48–49
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  50–51
• A TV Ad We'll Soon See — Trump's Russian Ties

  Thou Shalt Knot Dept.

  Written by Christian Alsis / Art by Alejandro Rivas

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special Convention Sampler — 2017
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • MAD #40 — December 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 10 — Jan/Feb 2025
  52
• The Worst Things About Marijuana

  The Doobie Bothers Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  53–55
• The Gap-Toothed Gallery: MAD-Express

  Out With the Old, In With the Neuman Dept.

  Art by Mo Willems
  56
• Fold-In — What is this year's biggest news story?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  C3 sample