An Exclusive Look at MAD Magazine's Worst of 2008 List

In an effort to appeal to a crowd other than the snot-nosed, obnoxious thirteen year old market, the usual gang of idiots at MAD Magazine have been on the nose this election season with biting political commentary. (You can see the previous Huffington Post exclusives of that commentary here and here.) But now that the election is over and all of the other more reputable magazines are having a stab at their 10, 20, 50, 100 or 1000 best and worst of 2008 lists, MAD just had to follow suit. So they decided to come up with a list of the worst people, places, and things of 2008.

The difference between MAD and all the other magazines? MAD doesn't play by rules of maturity. So it is without maturity that I am proud to unveil exclusively for Huffington Post readers item #6 on their worst of 2008 list: Hillary Clinton's Campaign for the White House.

The issue with the full list is on stands December 16th, but be sure to check back next week. Those suckers at MAD told me that they'd let me unveil the absolute dumbest person, place or thing from 2008. I have a sneaking suspicion it has to do with politics and will please the readers of Huffington Post greatly...

So, until then: What me worry?

(Bryan Young is the producer of Killer at Large and writes about really geeky stuff at Big Shiny Robot!)

Comments

[jalowe1957]

Sorry, but I'm still longing for those great movie satires of yesteryear, like "Hack Hack, Sweet Has-Been" (or "Whatever Happened to Good Taste?"), their devilishly skewered take on "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte."

[normathumb]

It ain't what it used to be. Then again, maybe it never was. Still jarring to see advertising in its pages. It used to be the "Consumer Reports" of satire. The MBA's took it over long ago.

[RadicalRuss]

You know you're getting old when you can no longer read the Sergio Aragones cartoons in the margins. (Does MAD still have those little cartoons in the margins? - Last time I read one I was fifteen and trying to find a dictionary to figure out what "furshlugginer" meant...)

[johnie2xs]

Don Martin cartoons and send ups of movies and TV shows............Ah!!!!.....the days of my youth.

[robiform]

Oh yes--MAD magazine was a required purchase for me when I was in high school and college.
Best spoof ever: the satire of the original Star Trek series. I remember reading it in English class, my teacher spotting me, and then HE read it out loud to the entire class!!

[marignymitch]

Mad Magazine, bless it. Helped me survive my teens.

[larry278]

OK, W Gaines is dead, but he liked money too; MAD wants us to buy a copy of the only useful, year-end list in the world. WTF, I have to wait too. A little thing like a depression due to the meltdown isn't going to stop MAD [from taking our money].