MAD Magazine #491

Contents Page

Page: 1

Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Page: 2

The Fundalini Pages

• List of all contributors

  Author: Tom Bunk Author: Paul Coker, Jr. Author: Dick DeBartolo Author: Scott Nickel Author: Scott Bricher Author: John Caldwell Author: Kevin Pope Author: Leonardo Rodriguez Author: Rick Tulka Author: P.C. Vey Author: Jeff Kruse Author: Kiernan P. Schmitt Author: Bob Staake Author: Matthew A. Cohen Author: Dan Long Author: Darren Johnson

  Page: 6

• The Disadvantages of Polygamy

• Plugged Nickel - Dr. Numnutz's discovery

• Answers to Last Month's "Matchstick Mindbender"

• Amazing, Incredible & Awesome Products to Look for in the Next Wave of... Billy Mays Infomercials

• Vey To Go!

• The NFL's Ref Report - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• The Fast 5 - Rejected Baseball Promotional Days

• Robots in Disguise (other than Transformers)

• Phrases That Sound Like They're from the Bible - But Aren't

• The Long Shot - do not tap on the aquarium glass

• Fundalini Asks "What If...?" - What If There Was a Five-Day Waiting Period to Buy Pants?

• The O'Reilly Spin vs. The Olbermann Spin

Subscription Advertisement - Jeffrey Lozenge dressed as a bride

Writer: Joe Raiola Photographer: Irving Schild

"G*d Damn America"

Department: Pulpit Friction

Writer: Franklin "Frank" Jacobs Artist: Jack Syracuse

Page: 10

A MAD Look at going green"

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Page: 12

Dr.Seuss for the Digital Age

Department: Clicks are for kids

Artist: Gary Hallgren Writer: Darren Johnson

Page: 14

The Pros and Cons of Working at Home!

Department: Domicile Maniacs

Artist, Writer: Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Page: 16

Reprinted in: US MAD Magazine #15

Now that anyone can become a celebrity...

Department: When you dis upon a star

Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Jacob Lambert

Page: 18

The Darker Side of The Lighter Side

Department: Berg's-Eye Askew

Artist, Writer: Dave Berg

Page: 20

Things we'd like to see at this year's political conventions

Department: Behind the nominate ball

Artist, Writer: Ted Rall

Page: 23

What's being thaught at other Corporate Colleges

Department: Hire Learning

Artist: Tom Richmond Writer: Scott Maiko Writer: John Samony

Page: 26

Guide to proper Paparazzi Etiquette

Department: Getting their shoot together

Artist, Writer: John Caldwell

Page: 28

Spy vs Spy

Department: Joke and Dagger

Artist, Writer: Peter Kuper

Page: 30

Monroe and... Teen Obesity

Department: Angster's Paradise

Writer: Anthony Barbieri Artist: Tom Fowler Colorist: Carl Peterson

Page: 33

The Strip Club

• It only hurts when I laugh

  Artist, Writer: Christopher Baldwin

  Page: 37

• The Beavertons

  Artist, Writer: Paul Gilligan

  Page: 38

• The legendary deliveries of Pete Zahn

  Artist, Writer: John Kovaleski

  Page: 38

• Calendar Girl!

  Artist, Writer: Jason Yungbluth

  Page: 38

• The Machine that travels through time

  Artist, Writer: Joey Alison Sayers

  Page: 39

• Rex in the City

  Artist, Writer: Dustin Glick

  Page: 39

MAD's helpful Guide to The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian

Department: B.S. Lewis

Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Hermann Mejia

Page: 41

MAD's Bewitching Prince Caspian Outtakes

Department: A kick in the Aslan

Page: 46

What the Heck is the difference?

Department: Observation Dreck

Page: 48

Back Cover Inside: Fold-In - Where will the world turn a blind eye to torture and human rights violations in the months ahead?

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee