CATALOG RECORD

Mad #484

EC · Series began 1952 · December 2007

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Dates

Cover date: December 2007
Pages: 56

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Richard Williams, Bill Bramhall, Scott Gosar, Steve Greenberg, Mark Fredrickson, Sam Viviano, Tom Bunk, John Caldwell, Ward Sutton, Don Martin, Irving Schild, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Marc Hempel, Tom Fowler, Peter Kuper, Norman Mingo, Sergio Aragonés, Al Jaffeeinks: Richard Williams, Steve Greenberg, Scott Gosar, Bill Bramhall, Mark Fredrickson, Sam Viviano, Tom Bunk, John Caldwell, Ward Sutton, Don Martin, Irving Schild, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Marc Hempel, Tom Fowler, Peter Kuper, Norman Mingo, Sergio Aragonés, Al Jaffeecolors: Richard Williams, Scott Gosar, Irving Schild, Carl Peterson, Norman Mingoscript: Dick DeBartolo, Scott Gosar, John Ficarra, Paul Levitz, Desmond Devlin, Mo Willems, John Caldwell, Barry Liebmann, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Stan Sinberg, Anthony Barbieri, Peter Kuper, Sergio Aragonés, Scott Maiko, Albert Crudo, Al Jaffeeletters: John Caldwell, Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Stories

The Fundalini Pages · 3 pages
Various short satires of pop culture.
MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows · The Chat 'N The Stat Dept. · 3 pages
A look at the Colbert Report tv show.
Juggles · Humor In A Juggler Vein Dept. · 1 pages
A juggler keeps adding increasingly dangerous items to his act until he chokes on an apple and the whole mess comes down on him.
You're Not Exactly Full of The True Spirit of Christmas If... · Totally Scrooged Dept. · 2 pages
Things you might do during the Christmas season that show you're a jerk.
Are We Winning The War On Terrorism? · Homeland Insecurity Dept. · 2 pages
Questions about the progress of the war.
NEW Blose QuiteDiscomforting 3 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling Headphones · Noise Will Be Noise Dept.; A MAD Ad Parody · 1 pages
Phony ad for NEW Blose QuiteDiscomforting 3 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling Headphones.
Ways To Keep Voters Interested Until Election Day · A Case of Ballot Fatigue Dept. · 2 pages
Goofy ways to pump up interest in the election by using television show gimmicks.
The MAD World of Family Life · Mortal Kin Dept. · 3 pages
Mostly parents acting badly.
Monroe and...The Tutor · 4 pages
Monroe needs a tutor and the family finds a good one. Monroe actually passes a test but the tutor leaves due to nonpayment.
Spy Vs. Spy · 2 pages
The White Spy consistently escapes bombardment by the Black Spy and eventually drops a bomb himself.
A MAD Look At Sports Scandals · 4 pages
Monetary, drug and criminal sports scandals.
Not So Hot Topic Catalog · The Goods, The Fads And The Ugly Dept. · 5 pages
Catalog of ugly clothes and stupid gifts.
Drawn-Out Dramas · 0 pages

Reprinted in

Mad (2018), Mad Stocking Stuffer (2023), Mad Stocking Stuffer (2024)