MAD Magazine #495 
Editorial
- Editor: John Ficarra
Featured characters
Table of Contents
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Department: Letters and Tomatoes
Page: 2
The Fundalini Pages: "Questions you may hear during the vice presidential debates", "Fundalini Voter Guide to third party candidates", "The real reasons Harry Potter and the half blood prince was delayed", "Least popular halloween costumes of 2008", "Biiterman", "Pull my Cheney", "Advantages and disadvantages of High Def TV", "Outtakes from John Edward's Nightline Interview"
Department: Random Acts of Mindless
Author: Tom Bunk Author: Dick DeBartolo Author: Desmond Devlin Author: Scott Bricher Author: Jeff Kruse Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Sam Sisco Author: Tom Cheney
Page: 8
The dork knight
Department: Don't wayne on my parade
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Tom Richmond
Page: 12
MAD's updated Glossary to the War on terror
Department: Lexicon-Job
Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Desmond Devlin
Page: 18
Hopeless
Department: A MAD Political Poster
Page: 24
MAD Deconstructs TV Talkshows
Department: The Chat'n the stat
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Peter Kuper
Page: 26
A Look Back at the Historical Carrer of John McCain
Department: Antique Slideshow
Artist: Scott Bricher
Page: 30
Monroe and... Domestic Terror
Department: Angster's Paradise
Writer: Anthony Barbieri Artist: Tom Fowler Colorist: Carl Peterson
Page: 33
The Strip Club: It only hurts when I laugh
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Writer: Christopher Baldwin
Page: 37
The Strip Club: How to dump an Invisible Man!
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Writer: Glen LeLievre
Page: 38
The Strip Club: The machine that travels through time
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Author, Writer: Joey Alison Sayers
Page: 38
The Strip Club: Me, myself and my puppet
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Writer: John Kovaleski
Page: 39
The Strip Club: The roommates: John, Joe and Jerry
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Writer: Todd Clark
Page: 39
The Strip Club: Just below the surface
Department: Pen and Stink
Artist, Writer: Douglas Paszkiewicz
Page: 40
No Vetting Sarah Palin
Department: A MAD Political Poster
Page: 41
When High School Elections are run like Presidential Elections
Department: Electoral College Prep
Writer: Nathaniel Stein Artist: Jose Garibaldi
Page: 46
