Mad Magazine's Dumbest People, Events and Things of the Year
*** 1998: "Starr Wars," a movie poster parody of the partisan Kenneth Starr investigation, depicting Starr as Darth Vader, and Bill Clinton holding a cigar instead of a light saber;
*** 1999: "Y2K Panic," a chaotic cartoon showing a crashing airplane displacing the Times Square New Year's Ball, sending it careening into a terror-stricken crowd;
*** 2000: A rewritten Presidential oath of office. The issue went to press one week after the disputed 2000 election; the editors had thought they could plug in the winner, but were obliged to publish two versions of the image, one with Al Gore being sworn in, the other depicting George W. Bush.
*** 2001: "A.I. Asinine Ideology," a movie poster parody of the Steven Spielberg film A.I. highlighting Jerry Falwell's placing blame on the 9/11 attacks on gays, feminists, abortionists and the ACLU;
*** 2002: "Martha Stewart Lying," a magazine spoof of Martha Stewart's insider trading scandal;
*** 2003: "Term Eliminator," a movie poster parody of the third Terminator film mocking Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in the California recall election;
*** 2004: "Donny Rumsfeld and the Prisoners of Abu Ghraib," a book cover in the style of the third Harry Potter jacket, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
*** 2005: "Where's W?", a book parody in the style of the "Where's Waldo?" series. The cover shows a tableau of the crowded, flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with George W. Bush completely impossible to find.
*** 2006: "The Iraqi Quagmire Chess Set," in the style of a Franklin Mint collectable. Literal chess pieces were sculpted and photographed, depicting such figures as Dick Cheney, Joseph Lieberman, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi and Muqtada al-Sadr.
*** 2007: "Michael & Me," a faux "feel-good" book in the vein of "Tuesdays with Morrie" and ostensibly written from the perspective of one of Michael Vick's illegal fighting pitbulls. The book cover depicts Vick strangling a dog.
Missing:
* Abu Ghraib (2004)
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1998
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Attorney
100% (4 of 4 votes)
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24
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1998
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U.S. President
32.19% (524 of 1628 votes)
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28
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1998
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Designer
31.45% (89 of 283 votes)
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36
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1999
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Fictional Character
0% (0 of 5 votes)
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11
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2000
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U.S. Vice President
59.77% (52 of 87 votes)
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17
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2000
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U.S. President
49.85% (164 of 329 votes)
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10
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2001
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Location
59.87% (373 of 623 votes)
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16
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2001
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Televangelist
52.25% (93 of 178 votes)
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14
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2002
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TV Personality
59.09% (65 of 110 votes)
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23
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2003
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State
32.20% (19 of 59 votes)
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25
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2003
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Actor
32.17% (74 of 230 votes)
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2
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2004
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Military Personnel
100% (10 of 10 votes)
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33
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2004
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Military Personnel
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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37
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2004
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Military Personnel
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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18
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2005
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U.S. President
49.85% (164 of 329 votes)
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34
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2005
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Location
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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13
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2006
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Location
59.31% (669 of 1128 votes)
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5
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2007
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Football Player
80.0% (12 of 15 votes)
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30
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2008
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Politician
20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)
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8
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2009
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Vocalist
62.21% (489 of 786 votes)
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4
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2010
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Entrepreneur
100% (1 of 1 votes)
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6
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2011
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U.S. Senator
70.19% (471 of 671 votes)
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9
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2011
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U.S. President
60.02% (1461 of 2434 votes)
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15
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2011
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U.S. Senator
55.56% (5 of 9 votes)
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19
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2011
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U.S. President
49.61% (44159 of 89011 votes)
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27
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2011
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U.S. Senator
31.70% (188 of 593 votes)
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29
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2011
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U.S. Congressman
30.14% (892 of 2960 votes)
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31
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2011
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U.S. Congressman
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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32
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2012
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Artist
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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7
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2013
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Politician
65.23% (349 of 535 votes)
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12
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2013
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Politician
59.35% (146 of 246 votes)
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26
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2014
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Organization
32.02% (162 of 506 votes)
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20
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2015
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U.S. President
36.94% (6223 of 16845 votes)
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21
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2016
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U.S. President
36.94% (6223 of 16845 votes)
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22
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2017
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U.S. President
36.94% (6223 of 16845 votes)
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35
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2018
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Location
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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3
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2019
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Corporation
100% (1 of 1 votes)
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