MAD Magazine #429 
Editorial
- Editor: Nick Meglin
Featured characters
Table of Contents
MAD Fold-In
Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee
Random samplings of reader mail
Department: Letters and Tomatoes Department
Page: 2
SpongeBob Scrapbook
Department: Our Sea Creature Presentation Department Part 1
Artist: Jack Syracuse
Page: 8
New SpongeBob SquarePants Characters for the Upcoming Season
Department: Our Sea Creature Presentation Department Part 2
Artist: Gary Hallgreen Writer: Jeff Kruse
Page: 9
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pre-Stardom Acting Gigs
Department: Our Sea Creature Presentation Department Part 3
Artist: Scott Bricher Writer: Greg Leitman
Page: 10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Proposal for the SpongeBob Movie
Department: Our Sea Creature Presentation Department Part 4
Artist: Drew Friedman Writer: Arie Kaplan Writer: Scott Sonneborn
Page: 12
SpongeBobs Everywhere!
Department: Our Sea Creature Presentation Department Part 5
Writer: Charlie Kadau Artist: Jack Syracuse
Page: 14
MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows – This Month: Jerry Springer
Department: The Chat ’n’ Stat Department
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Hermann Mejia
Page: 16
A MAD Look at Home Improvement
Department: Serge-In General Department
Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés
Page: 20
When Corporate Naming Gets Out of Control
Department: Brands Cross America Department
Writer: Jacob Lambert Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos
Page: 24
Monroe and the Exterminators
Department: Angster’s Paradise Department
Artist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony Barbieri
Page: 28
MAD’s Genetically-Altered Outtakes from X2
Department: The Sound of Mutants Department
Writer: Greg Leitman
Page: 32
MAD’s Field-Tested Tips for Your First Date
Department: Rancid Meets Department
Artist, Writer: John Caldwell
Page: 34
Things that You’ll Probably Read in the Review of the Video Game Your Parents Just Gave You
Department: Disappoints to Ponder Department
Writer: John Caldwell Artist: Tom Nick Cocotos
Page: 40
MAD’s 2003 Spring Break Course Selections
Department: Binge Thinking Department
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Kevin Pope
Page: 42
Sure Bets in Vegas
Department: The Odds Must Be Crazy Department
Writer: Scott Maiko Artist: Daniel Guidera
Page: 46
TV satire: “24 Viewers”
Department: Hour Gang Department
Writer: Dick DeBartolo Tonal Rendering: Wildstorm Artist: Bob Julian
Page: 50
Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)
Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés
