MAD #502

Another dumb year has come and gone – and it's time for MAD to announce the 20 dumbest people, events and things of 2009! We don't want to name names…but if we DID, here are some that would come up: Glenn Beck, Michael Jackson, Jon & Kate, David Letterman, Kanye West, Bernie Madoff, Chris Brown, Sarah Palin! Plus many, many other idiots! All this dopery, plus Spy Vs. Spy, the Fold-In, A MAD Look at the Great Recession and a bonus 2010 Sergio Aragones calendar! If you don't pick this issue up, it'll be the dumbest thing you do all year.

Characters: Alex Trebek, Alfred E. Neuman, Barack Obama, Black Spy, Chris Brown, Conan O'Brien, Data, David Letterman, Dick Cheney, Geordi La Forge, Hulk Hogan, Jean-Luc Picard, Jenkins (MAD), Jim Cramer, Kanye West, Kevin Bacon, Linus van Pelt, Lucy van Pelt, Melvin (MAD), Michael Jackson, Monroe (MAD), Paul Rudd, Paula Abdul, Rambo, Santa Claus, Sarah Palin, Seth Rogen, Snoopy, White Spy, William Riker, Worf