MAD Magazine #439

Contents Page

Page: 1

Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Page: 2

The Fundalini Pages

• List of all contributors

  Author: Desmond Devlin Author: Bill Wray Author: Ray Alma Author: Jack Syracuse Author: Scott Bricher Author: Kevin Pope Author: Jeff Kruse Author: Scott Maiko Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Evan Dorkin Author: Arie Kaplan Author: Mike Snider Author: Tom Nick Cocotos

  Page: 6

• 9 Questions We'd Like to Ask Saddam Hussein

• The Cover We Didn't Use - Alfred E. Neuman Cow - "In this issue we probe The Simple Life"

• Bitterman - wasting time playing video games

• Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds - Jessica Simpson

• Video Game Corner - How the Top Game Consoles Compare: A Consumer's Guide

• Monkeys Are Always Funny - George W. Bush Serves Turkey to the Troops

• The Godfrey Report

• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Winter Frolic

• Oscar by the Numbers

• The Fast 5 - The 5 Darkest Secrets Discovered in Rush Limbaugh's Medical Records

• Gangsta Rapper or IRA Extremist?

• Classified Ads - Kitty Rescue

• Graphic Novel Review - Cathy: Revenge of the Chocoholic by Cathy Guisewite and Frank Miller

MasichistCommander on the farce side of the world (Master & Commander Parody)

Department: Nothing to Crowe about

Artist: Angelo Torres Writer: Arnie Kogen Colorist: Wildstorm

Page: 10

The Valet Parking Attendant's Secret Oath

Department: Road Scholars

Artist: Liz Lomax Writer: Butch D'Ambrosio

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A MAD Look ate the Oscars

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Page: 18

The Lord of the Rings - The Jewelry never ends

Department: MAD Poster

Artist: Mark Stutzman Writer: Arie Kaplan Writer: Greg Leitman

Page: 24

Monroe and... Survivor Jr. Part 2

Department: Angster's Paradise

Artist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony Barbieri

Page: 26

MAD's down-on-the-farm the simple life outtakes!

Department: Is Paris churning?

Writer: Mike Snider

Page: 30

iPoop - American Standard

Department: Ad Parody

Artist: Scott Bricher

Page: 32

Rock solid indications you are too old for the Goth Lifestyle

Department: The dark aged

Artist, Writer: John Caldwell

Page: 33

Are you a member of Hollywood's D-List?

Department: A star is scorned

Artist: Drew Friedman Writer: Matthew A. Cohen

Page: 36

Spy vs. Spy

Department: Joke and Dagger

Artist, Writer: Peter Kuper

Page: 38

iPop - Clearasil

Department: Ad Parody

Artist: Scott Bricher

Page: 40

MAD's Oscar Preview

Department: We'd like to spank the academy

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Writer: David Shayne Writer: Barry Liebmann Writer: Mike Snider Writer: Greg Leitman Artist: Hermann Mejia

Page: 41

iPot - The American Medical Marijuana Association

Department: Ad Parody

Artist: Scott Bricher

Page: 48

Back Cover Inside: Fold-In - What is bigger than ever among American students?

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee