MAD Magazine #445 MAD Magazine (USA) Updated: Country: USAEdition: 1st Edition - New YorkCompany: E.C. Publications, Inc.Published: September 2004Cover: The 50 worst things about Comedy #1: Chris RockSale price: $3.50Pages: 58Format: Magazine Editorial Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson Cover Variations AustraliaFinland Featured characters Brad Pitt (Actor)Mary Tyler Moore (Actor)Orlando Bloom (Actor)Leah Remini (Actor)Adam Sandler (Actor)Kevin James (Actor)Jim Belushi (Actor)Hugh Jackman (Actor) Table of ContentsContents PagePage: 1"It's true that school prepares you for a job - in both, you sit behind a desk being bored all day!"Department: Alfred E. Neuman QuotesPage: 1Random Samplings of Reader MailDepartment: Letters and TomatoesPage: 2The Fundalini PagesList of all contributorsAuthor: Desmond Devlin Author: Ray Alma Author: John Caldwell Author: Leonardo Rodriguez Author: P.C. Vey Author: Jeff Kruse Author: Steve Rosso Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Sam Sisco Author: Evan Dorkin Author: Mike Snider Author: Nathan Fox Circulation Director: Jack SyracusePage: 8If a Political Convention was Produced by...The Fast 5 - Fun Facts About J. Lo's Marriage to Marc AnthonyMonkeys Are Always Funny - sitting with Presidents in churchThe Cover We Didn't Use - We Poop On TroyCelebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds - Tony HawkClimaxes to Really Lame Urban LegendsRejected Applicants From ABC's Extreme MakeoverBitterman - no escape from "NO" signsFun With John Paul & GeorgeGeorge Tenet's Resignation LetterVey To Go! -- "The morgue, and step on it."Bonus DVD Features We'd Like to See - Mel Gibson's The Passion of the ChristMagazine Corrections You May Have Missed - wrong horoscope adviceGreek Gods of the 2004 OlympicsDepartment: Doctored ZeusArtist: Gary Hallgren Writer: Jeff KrusePage: 12William Shakespeare, political commentatorDepartment: The Winners of our discontentArtist: Frank Jacobs Artist: M.K. Perker Photographer: AP/Wide World PhotosPage: 14Unwritten rules for Olympic AthletesDepartment: Pros and con-ductArtist, Writer: John CaldwellPage: 18Van Helstink (Van Helding Parody)Department: Hugh JackassWriter: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Tom RichmondPage: 2224 Hours of NBC's endless olympic coverageDepartment: Must Flee TVArtist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Andrew J. SchwartzbergPage: 26A MAD Look at National ParksDepartment: Serge-In GeneralArtist, Writer: Sergio AragonésPage: 30The Obesity OlympicsDepartment: Let the Games be thinArtist, Writer: Teresa Burns ParkhurstPage: 34MAD's 50 worst things about... ComedyDepartment: Malignant HumorArtist: Hermann Mejia Writer: Scott MaikoPage: 37The dying gameDepartment: Tales from the Duck SideArtist, Writer: Don EdwingPage: 45Monroe and... Europe (Part Two)Department: Angster's ParadiseArtist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony BarbieriPage: 46Spy vs. SpyDepartment: Joke and DaggerArtist, Writer: Peter KuperPage: 50Troy-Vey! (Troja Parody)Department: Achilles SpielArtist: Mort Drucker Writer: Arnie KogenPage: 52MAD Magazine's Official Portrait of William J.ClintonDepartment: MAD Mini PosterArtist: Scott BricherPage: 56Back Cover Inside: Fold-In - Where do all Americans hope the vicious attacks will end soon?Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee