MAD Magazine #423 MAD Magazine (USA) Updated: November 2nd, 2021 Country: USAEdition: 1st Edition - New YorkCompany: E.C. Publications, Inc.Published: November 1st, 2002Cover: All-new 50th Anniversary Issue!Sale price: $3.50Format: Magazine Editorial Cover Artist: Patrick Merrel Additional Images Featured characters Abraham Lincoln (Politician) Table of ContentsThe Usual Gang of Idiots 1952-2002 Pull-Out PosterContents PagePage: 1LettersPage: 2Road to SedationDepartment: Hanks for NothingArtist: Hermann Mejia Writer: Arnie KogenPage: 8The Mad 50th Anniversary Timeline 1952-2002Department: Mock it on your CalendarPage: 16Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows - The Late Show with David LettermanDepartment: The Chat'N The StatWriter: Desmond Devlin Artist: Rick TulkaPage: 20Monroe and PlayStation 2 - Part TwoDepartment: Angster's ParadiseArtist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony Barbieri Colorist: Mike ManleyPage: 23People Who Should Have Won This Year's Nobel PrizesDepartment: Award to the UnwiseArtist: Drew Friedman Writer: Mike MikulaPage: 28Spy vs. SpyDepartment: Joke and DaggerArtist, Writer: Peter KuperPage: 32A Mad Look at AdvertisingDepartment: Serge-In GeneralArtist, Writer: Sergio AragonésPage: 36Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Breaking UpDepartment: The Schmucks Stop HereWriter: Desmond Devlin Artist: Kevin PopePage: 40When Other Magazines Follow Maxim's "Sex, Beer & Babes" Formula For SuccessDepartment: Knock Off, Who's ThereArtist: Scott Bricher Writer: Ricky SpraguePage: 44The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg - 1920-2002 - Thanks for 45 Years of Madness!)Department: Berg's Eye ViewArtist, Writer: Dave Berg Colorist: Digital ChameleonPage: 47Cents-Less CouponsPhotographer: Irving Schild Writer: Scott MaikoPage: 51New America Online 9.0Writer: Mike SniderPage: 55The Distinguishing Warning Signs of a Crummy FraternityDepartment: Oh, Be Hazed!Artist, Writer: John CaldwellPage: 56Minority RetortDepartment: Wrecking CruiseWriter: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Mort DruckerPage: 60Mad's Ridiculous 50th Anniversary Crossword PuzzleDepartment: Blanks for the MemoriesWriter: Patrick MerrelPage: 66Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)Artist, Writer: Sergio AragonésBack Cover Inside: Fold-In - For years, where has there been a major intelligence failure?Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee