Mad #390 (Nick Meglin and John Ficarra) - Toilet Jokes and Boy Bands Issue - February 2000

The only thing worse than a series of toilet jokes is a five-page article on "How to Become a Big-Time Boy Band Producer".  There are only two types of Mad fans - those who like boy bands and those who do not like boy bands.  Those who like boys bands do not like to see a satire of them.  Those who do not like boy bands do not like to see any articles about them at all.  Therefore, it is obvious that nobody wanted to see this.  The better article in the issue is "9 Signs Lottery Fever Has Spread to Your Town" by Mike Snider.  Thanks are due to artist Ralph Reese for finding room in it for Dilbert, Olive Oyl, Alice the Goon and an Asian (?) version of Alfred E. Neuman.  [JAM 11/9/13]

Departments:
Judd And Jury - Double Jerkery
The Woodstock Degeneration - Products for Aging Hippie Parents
Just a Phrase We're Going Through - Still More Same Words/Different Circumstances
Angster's Paradise - Monroe & ... The School Newspaper
The Trite Stuff - How Various People Will React to the Next Random Act of Senseless Violence
Joke And Dagger - Spy vs. Spy
The Guides Must Be Crazy - Mad's Eight-Step Guide for WB Network Teen Wannabes
Sacrilegious Order - When Nuns Go Bad
Berg's-Eye View - The Lighter Side
The Gettysburg Undress - If Lap Dancing Existed in the Age of Lincoln  [Fake Department]
New Kids on the Schlock - How to Become a Big-Time Boy Band Producer
Whole Lotto Love - 9 Signs Lottery Fever Has Spread to Your Town
Serge-In General - A Mad Look at Museums
The Traits of Wrath - Spot Your Parents!
What a Difference a Gay Makes - Wilt and Craze
Cartoon Character Assassination - The Execution of Pikachu Poll Results
Grieving Las Vegas - Mad's Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds  [Judge Judy]

Fold-In - Closed Museum