Do you know ‘what the heck it is’? To play, come up with the right answer, or make up a silly, or inventive answer that we find funny or clever that describes the gizmo shown. We give away up to 18 autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 6 for the correct answer, up to 12 for cute, silly answers.) The judges have very small attention spans, so make sure entries are no more than 25 words, and please make just one guess per entry. You must sign your entry with a nickname, screen name, fake name, or even real name, but sign it! If it’s not signed, it’s not eligible.

You’ll be playing for the October 2021 issue of MAD, produced by the now, tiny (it’s down to two people!) LA MAD staff.  In that issue I have “The MAD Guide To Sky Diving” with great art by Jack Davis. Remember cute or clever wrong answers can win too! Please be sure to put ” WTHII” in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. Good luck!

E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (EDT) August 31st 2021. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of September 2021, so come back to see if you won. Because like MAD, we’re really low budget here, we can only mail winning copies to United States addresses. Please don’t answer on this website; it won’t count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something – initials, first name, last name, full name, fake name, screen name, something or it won’t count. We cut & paste the answers in a long list, so we need a name attached to it. Once again entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com

A gadget my grandmother once had for threading sewing needles. Richard Lewis

It’s a needle threader. Dual Sized for large and small eyed needles. L.Howell.

Desktop Needle Threader Ruben Capetillo

Automatic needle threader. It threads large or thin needles. Brandon Hanke

Needle threader. Roger

Looks to me like a needle threader for sewing needles. ScooterX

See ‘how to get your MAD magazine’ below, under the ‘cute, clever, could be’ winners.

“Miniature adjustable two strand pasta maker” Bob Layton

Thumb wrestling game with score keeping technology. -Jason

Spacecraft control panel found in Roswell. Scott T

Rolladex for people who only have two things to remember. Steve C. in Phoenix.

That gadget is a manual thumb exerciser. Carole Marciano

It’s a two tone variable pitch pipe. David Danielson

It is a dual flag holder. Mr Tom.

Early prototype of a self-managed heart valve. StuHunter

You place it on your forehead and it projects your thoughts in 3D! Chad Masters

Dual stamp-licker. Mike Ferguson

It is a dual headphone splitter with individual volume controls. This one was created at home with a 3D printer. Made one myself. Mrtom

Eye-ball distance measuring device, to determine the distance between your eye-balls or from the center of your nose bridge for ordering new glasses. Sparkie48

WINNERS (Who live in the U.S.) get the August 2021 issue of MAD. (Wow, I have 20 pages of material in that issue with art by Mort Drucker, Harry North, Angelo Torres & Hermann Mejia!) Even though MAD moved to LA in December 2017 I’m continuing the WTHII game and sending out MAD magazines to winners since so many people say they love to play it. I pay the postage so winners of MAD magazine are for US addresses only. If you win and live in the US, email me your full name & address and put MAD WINNER in the subject so I can pick it out easily. I’ll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify “Dick’s name only”. If you’d rather have one of those 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman pictures, instead of February MAD, put “SEND ALFRED PIC NOT MAD” in the subject line. Soon, they will be no more of those either. The remaining Alfred E pics were shipped to MAD in LA. If you won more than once using different names, please just ask for one MAD. If you live anywhere outside of the US email me with WINNER in the subject line and I’ll autograph an Alfred E. Neuman photo to you, scan it & email it to you. You can print it out & no one should know the difference. (I’ve done it quite a few times already and people say the photo looks great.)

Email me at gizwizbiz@gmail.com

We’ve never done this before – and perhaps never again! We’re running six losing answers. People who were in the final go-round, but didn’t quite make the final cut. (This was a very hard WTHII to judge. There were almost 200 entries.) But we thought if they didn’t win a MAD, they should at least get some online credit for being close. So here they are – the clever, but not winners:

Pfizer “Nasal Evacuator.” It has color coding to prevent nostril cross contamination. Rufus Thompson

It’s a mixer for ketchup and mustard. Tubing delivers condiments to vertical nozzles and yellow tabs control the mixture. Keith Phillip

Easter grass dispenser to spool out custom length grass that fits perfectly in your Easter baskets. Brian Burwell

A stair stepper for mice. — Deborah Ann Stressner

New cable company wifi modem. Slow internet? Move one of the yellow sliders to a new position. Scott Williams

Looks like a calliope for a mouse. Tom Jensen

Remember cute or clever wrong answers can win too! Please be sure to put ” WTHII” in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. Good luck!

E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (EST) June 30th 2021. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of July 2021, so come back to see if you won. Because like MAD, we’re really low budget here, we can only mail winning copies to United States addresses. Please don’t answer on this website; it won’t count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something – initials, first name, last name, full name, fake name, screen name, something or it won’t count. We cut & paste the answers in a long list, so we need a name attached to it. Once again entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com

Here’s a look at the great Tom Richmond art cover of August 2021 MAD. I have a lot of satires in that issue. Son Of Mighty Joe Kong, drawn by Mort Drucker. King Korn, drawn by Harry North, Esq. GotSilly (It Was The Beast Of Times) drawn by Angelo Torres. And the later, big budget King  Korn (in full color) drawn by Hermann Mejia.

It was an extreme close-up of:

The Bright Basics Clip-On LED Glasses Light! Clip them on any pair of glasses and wherever you look, you have light. They’re from Audro Products (I’ve bought a lot of their stuff over the years) and two of them is about $15.00. I didn’t see them on Amazon when I looked on May 1st, but they are on the company website

https://www.aduroproducts.com/products/bright-basics-2-pack-universal-clip-on-led-glasses-light 2/ $14.99