Mad #380 (Nick Meglin and John Ficarra) - Alex Trebek Issue - April 1999

David O'Keefe created the sculptures for the cover of the issue and for "11 Ways Jeopardy! Contestants Can Really Piss Off Alex Trebek" written by Charlie Richards.  The full-color, four-page article was the central feature of the issue.  The best of the eleven is: "Bring along a sock puppet to answer all the questions."  Mr. Trebek purchased the sculpture of himself for his personal collection.

Continuing their excellent parodies of Star Trek movies, Dick DeBartolo wrote and Mort Drucker drew "Star Blecch: Imperfection" for the ninth Trek movie.  Drucker's drawings of Riker and Geordi on page 5 are excellent.  And, all of of the drawings of Donna Murphy capture her beauty with just a few pen strokes.  DeBartolo could not resist bringing Kirk and Spock back for the punchline. [JAM 8/13/2013]

Departments:    
Make It So-So - Star Blecch - Imperfection
Dead Man Squawking - Clues You've Chosen a Really Bad Funeral Parlor
An Intern for the Worse - How Monica Lewinsky Changed the World
Generation X-Ploit - Steve Grieve's Official Catalog of Rare, Unaffordable Rock & Roll Memorabilia
For Whom the Taco Bell Tolls - The Television Commercial
Joke And Dagger - Spy vs. Spy
Please Phrase Your Answer as a Form of Aggression - 11 Ways Jeopardy! Contestants Can Really Piss Off Alex Trebek
Berg's-Eye View - The Lighter Side
Serge-In General - A Mad Look at Nurses
Angster's Paradise - Monroe & ... The Walkathon
It's Writing Cats and Dogs - Responses to Kids' Letters to Socks & Buddy
Movie of the Geek - Flushmore
Two Thumbs Download - Mad's Parental Guide to Internet Web Sites
Grieving Las Vegas - Mad's Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds

Fold-In - Baby