Mad #495

(November 2008)

Sexdrive (Table of Contents)

Sexdrive / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for the movie by Summit Entertainment. On inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Table of Contents / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; The Joker; John McCain

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Why So Sirius? Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / letters page / 2.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra

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Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Bill Clinton; Jacobus Dixon; Michael Grinspan; Matt Lassen; Jon Marquis; Aaron Sidorov; Laurie Sanford; Erin Miller

Synopsis:

Photos of MAD interns.

Indexer Notes

Letters, photos and fan art from : Griffin Benzel; Andrew Rybczynski; Brenner Williams; Christina Collins; Nikki Franda; Evan Caprenter; Ryan Murphy; Bryce Waslak; Tommy La Voy; Jacob McDaniel; Yahawa Ashaqua

Silent Hill Homecoming (Table of Contents)

Silent Hill Homecoming / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for game from Konami. Appears between pages 1-2 of letters pages.

You Can Own MAD Original Art! (Table of Contents)

Heritage Auction Galleries; MAD / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for a Heritage auction. Shows covers of MAD #31, #43, #106, #126 and others. Appears between pages 2-3 of letters pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

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On 3rd page of letters column.

An Important Message From MAD's Director of Business & Development (Table of Contents)

Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Jeffrey Lozenge ?

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Characters:

Jeffrey Lozenge

Synopsis:

A message on liberty.

Indexer Notes

House ad for Mad subscriptions; #27 in a series.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Bitterman; Least Popular Halloween Costumes of 2008; The "Real" Reasons Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince Was Delayed; Pull My Cheney!; Advantages and Disadvantages / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Joe Biden; Sarah Palin; John McCain; Joe Bitterman; Bill O'Reilly; John Edwards; Jethro Gruntman; Heinrich von Boffo; Dogstar Zamana; Claxton Baker

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Scott Bricher; Tom Bunk; Tom Cheney; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; Garth Gerhart; Jeff Kruse; Sam Sisco

AST Dew Tour (Table of Contents)

NBC; USA Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Characters:

Bucky Lasek

Synopsis:

Ad for AST Dew Tour tv show series.

The Dork Knight (Table of Contents)

Don't Wayne On My Parade Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Desmond Devlin

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Tom Richmond

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Tom Richmond

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Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Battyman [Bruce Whine]; The Jokester; Radish Dawson; Harvey Dink; Katie Holmes; Tom Cruse (cameo); Bozo (cameo); Ronald McDonald (cameo); Superman (cameo); Commissioner Walk-on; Neuman; Cookie Monster (cameo)

Synopsis:

Loosely follows the plot of the movie "The Dark Knight."

Indexer Notes

No name is given for the Morgan Freeman character.

Mad's Updated Glossary to The War On Terror (Table of Contents)

Lexicon-job Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Desmond Devlin

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Paul Coker

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Paul Coker

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Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

George Bush; Joe Lieberman; Colin Powell; John McCain

Synopsis:

Fake definitions for words used to describe aspects of the War on Terror.

Indexer Notes

A follow-up to an article in MAD #438.

A MAD Look at Fortune Tellers (Table of Contents)

Serge-In General Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Sergio Aragones

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Sergio Aragones

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Sergio Aragones

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A look at some possible goofy outcomes of fortune telling.

Hopeless (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman; A MAD Political Poster; Campaignin' The Ass Dept. / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre:

satire-parody

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Alfred E. Neuman

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Barack Obama poster "Hope."

MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows (Table of Contents)

The Chat 'N The Stat Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Desmond Devlin

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Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Keith Olberman; George W. Bush; John McCain; John Edwards; Andrea Mitchell; Bill O'Reilly

Synopsis:

Minute-by-minute looks at features on "Countdown" taken to their extremes.

It's Wall-to-Wall Stupidity! (Table of Contents)

MAD books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Bill Clinton

Indexer Notes

House ad for MAD Magazine Poster Book and MAD About Politics pop-up book.

A Look Back At The Historical Career of John McCain (Table of Contents)

Antique Slideshow Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Scott Bricher; ? (photo)

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Scott Bricher; ? (photo)

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Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

John McCain; Thomas Jefferson; James Monroe; Meriwether Lewis; William Clark; Sacagawea; Abraham Lincoln; Betsy Ross; Charles Lindberg; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Joseph Stalin

Synopsis:

John McCain appears in historic paintings and photos of the past 400 years of American history.

Indexer Notes

Uses some real historic photos as bases for some computer changes.

Monroe and...Domestic Terror (Table of Contents)

Angster's Paradise Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Anthony Barbieri

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Tom Fowler

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Tom Fowler

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Carl Peterson

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Monroe; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather; Walter; Gustavo

Synopsis:

Monroe's chemistry experiment blows up in class and the FBI takes him in for interrogation as a terrorist suspect.

The Strip Club (Table of Contents)

Pen And Stink Dept.; Man On The Street; It Only Hurts When I Laugh; How To Dump An Invisible Man!; The Machine That Travels Through Time; The Family Follies!; Me, Myself and My Puppet; The Roommates: John, Joe and Jerry; Just Below The Surface / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Ryan Pagelow; Christopher Baldwin; Glen Lelievre;Joey Sayers; Rob Harrell; John Kovaleski; Todd Clark; Douglas Paszkiewicz

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Ryan Pagelow; Christopher Baldwin; Glen Lelievre;Joey Sayers; Rob Harrell; John Kovaleski; Todd Clark; Douglas Paszkiewicz

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Ryan Pagelow; Christopher Baldwin; Glen Lelievre;Joey Sayers; Rob Harrell; John Kovaleski; Todd Clark; Douglas Paszkiewicz

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Ryan Pagelow; Christopher Baldwin; Glen Lelievre;Joey Sayers; Rob Harrell; John Kovaleski; Todd Clark; Douglas Paszkiewicz

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

A collection of comic strips.

Not Vetting Sarah Palin (Table of Contents)

A Mad Political Poster; In Veep Trouble Dept. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

John McCain; Sarah Palin

Synopsis:

A parody of movie poster for "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

When Monkeys Go Bad (Table of Contents)

The Apes of Wrath Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Michael Jackson; Bubbles

Synopsis:

A look at the things apes would do wrong if they thought more like people.

Indexer Notes

Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke And Dagger Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy; Grey Spy

Synopsis:

The Grey Spy lures the others into a trap, with her feminine wiles.

When High School Elections Are Run Like Presidential Elections (Table of Contents)

Electoral College Prep Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Nathaniel Stein

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Jose Garibaldi

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Jose Garibaldi

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ty

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Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

What might happen if common practices in presidential elections were transfered to high schools.

The New British Invasion (Table of Contents)

BBC Video; Amazon.com; 2 entertain Video Ltd. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for DVDs of tv shows: Little Britain; The Office; Doctor Who; Robin Hood; Spaced; Torchwood

Who's Made A Fortune Collecting And Packaging Garbage? (Table of Contents)

Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Al Jaffee

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Al Jaffee

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Al Jaffee

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Answer is: TMZ.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

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Script:

Sergio Aragones

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Sergio Aragones

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Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 11 different pages.

In Hell's Darkest Chamber, Immortality Waits. (Table of Contents)

Hell In A Cell / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Characters:

Kane; Undertaker

Indexer Notes

Ad for wrestling DVD with mini-busts bonus figurines, from World Wrestling Entertainment. On back cover.