MAD Magazine Issue February 2005

The 47th Annual Super Bowl Issue is the 450th issue of the American humor magazine "MAD". It was released in February 2005

Contents

Which Simpson Character is Gay?

The issue features a parody of the popular animated series "The Simpsons", which isn't really a parody, more of a test. The question is "Wich Simpson character is gay?", on the Warner Brothers commercial page, several examples are given:
The Comic Book Guy, Never seen with a girlfriend, wait, that's because he's a comic book guy, not because he's gay, sorry.
Snowball II, who says all those hairballs she caughs up came from her?
Moe Syszlak, He's around drinking guys a lot... things happen
Below the page a picture of Krusty the Clown putting on lipstick is shown.

Two and a Half Wits

Inside the Issue is also a five-page parody of the the award-winning CBS Sitcom "Two and a Half Men". It's called "Two and a Half Wits" and the artwork is done by MAD artist Tom Richmond. Richmond, who never watches TV himselfcite web |url=http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=254|title=The Wall of Shame, Part Deux|work=Two and a Half Men in Mad Magazine|publisher=Tom's MAD Blog|accessdate=2008-05-27] TIVOed some of the episodes and found it very amusing. Before the issue came out, the shows creator Chuck Lorre contacted Richmond for the artwork, since he was incredibly excited about his show being in MAD Magazine. Richmond sent Lorre the artwork and an oversized copy of the splash to get some autographes. Even though Richmond found himself a little bit hard on the characteristic version of actor Jon Cryer, since he gave him huge lips and no chin (because Richmond was nicknamed Duckie in high school, as a result to close resamblance to Cryer in the film "Pretty in Pink"), the splash came back with autographes of the complete cast (including Cryer). The article was released under the tagline:

"Are you bored with half what's on TV?, Do you think the writing is half-assed?, Do you have half a mind to skip this intro?, Too late"cite web |url=http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_450/twits.html|title=MAD Magazine, On the Stands|work=Two and a Half Wits in this Month's MAD|publisher=Warner Brothers Website|accessmonthday=June 13|accessyear=2008] .

More

Other features in the issue were:
* 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything - Part VIII
* Viewing Guide to Super Bowl Halftime Counterprogramming
* Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest
* Spy vs. Spy 2005 Calendar (Extra)
* Monroe and the Swap
* A Series of Unfortunate Outtakes from Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events
* Suggested Titles for the Next Indiana Jones Movie
** Indiana Jones and the More affordable Canadian prescription drugs.
** Indiana Jones and the Search for a firm mattress, with good lower back support.
** Indiana Jones and those Damn kids playing in the front yard again.
* The Fundalini Pages
* Lines Cut From George W. Bush's 2005 Inauguration Speech
* John Caldwell -- Broadcast Highlights and Innovations to Watch For in Super Bowl XXXIX
* Spy vs. Spy -- Sling Shot Bomb Bounce Back
* Another Morning on Fifth Avenue
* Sergio Aragones -- A MAD Look at The Incredibles
* Al Jaffee Fold-In -- What controversial transportation issue has politicians in an uproar?

References

External links

* [http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-covers.html A list of features + a cover on Collectmad.com]
* [http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_index.html On the Stand, highlights from this month and past "MAD Magazine" Issues]