Cover: Mark Fredrickson
Mad #523
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The Fundalini Pages
Ho-hum Land
Rules of Office Cubicle Etiquette
A Fairy Tale We'd Like to See: Goldilocks
A Mad Look at the Theatre
9 Reasons Technology Sucks
The Strip Club
The Influence of 50 Shades of Grey on Modern Weddings
Spy vs Spy
Chilling Thoughts 2013 Edition
Silliams-Wonoma
The Best of the Idiotical
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Cast · 3 characters
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writer, artist, inker Peter Kuper
cover pencils, inks Mark Fredrickson
Reprints
↩ Reprints Mad #145 (1971)
Reprinted in Mad #18 (2021), Mad #47 (2026)
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