Another “too easy” What The Heck Is It? Game has ended! What was it?

Dog Training Clicker.  Eric Verhagen  (You’re going to get a lot of right answers on this one)

Yet, it was a dog clicker. You can buy them at sitstay.comEric guessed the What The Heck Is It? Device correctly. And he was so right when he added we would get a lot of right answers! More than 50 people got it right, but since we only give away 12 MAD mags for the right answer, that’s what we picked, 12 right answers. Here are the other 11:

its a clicker, makes a clicking noise when the black part is pressed. I've actually witnessed 300 of these going at the same time at a company meeting, very annoying. Bryan Bullock

It is a clicker trainer to train animals. Thehawknest

I worked at the Pet's Ahoy show at Sea World for about 6 months they use
these clickers to train the Dogs Cats and Birds, Oh and the Pig. Matt Batt

This is a 'Clcker', used for dog training.  Joe Kraus

This looks like a clicker for clicker training mostly used with dogs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clicker  todd b Norris

It is the dog training device that you click to make your dog give you its attention. Dominic C

It looks very much like a clicker used for dog training. Greg Gorman

It is a clicker.  You press on the oval shaped metal plate in the middle and it clicks. Mike Norris. (This was originally used during WWII for the troops to make clicking sounds in the night so they would know it was a friendly person approaching.)

It is a dog training clicker. You click it and give the dog a treat then the dog does stuff for you whenever you click it. Todd Thedell

It's a "clicker", the thing that they sell at Petco/Petsmart to train animals, you know , click, click "good boy", click, click, "bad boy". Bob Adams

It is used a lot to train dogs.  Jim

And the winners for cute, clever, unusual are…..

THE MAJORITY OF SILLY, CLEVER & FUNNY ANSWERS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A DOOR, A DOOR BELL, OR A DOOR KNOB. WE PICKED SEVERAL! (THERE WERE MANY, MANY ANSWERS THAT WERE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, BUT FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE.)

This is what the What The Heck Is It? gadget looked like?It's a door peephole cover. Gus Hinojosa

i believe it to be a silent door bell press for people who love in a quiet area
From mr Bean. (Did Mr. Bean mean “Love” or “live”? Works either way.) 

A replacement door knob and mounting plate for people who don't like/want company. Lloyd B.

A door bell sanitary device for a germaphobe.  You take it with you. Place it over your friends doorbell and ring it.  Then put it back it you pocket.  Ken

It's something for hanging the MAD Magazine joke doorknob signs on. --Francis A. Rodriguez

A replacement door knob and mounting plate for people who don't like/want company. Lloyd B.

Its the zappy doorbell. To get rid of unwanted visitors. Press on the button, close the circuit and get a zappy surprise! SmCook

I think it is the door bell at the Gadget Warehouse. David (medicwhite)

OTHER WINNING ANSWERS:

It's a Staples Easy Button from the 1800's. Myra Joyce

It looks like a kind of fire alarm, with a huge speaker to warn the whole floor that there's a fire.  -Agent 86

I didn't know you had connections at Apple. This is the new iPod design now with just 1 button and no screen, the thinest iPod ever! ~   Jalen

Some sort of wireless home entry system.  ~chrisazy

Since I have no idea what that is, I'm gonna go with a "swimming pool for insects". -Leigh Koven

The latest device is the new Apple Universal remote - only one button. Alan

It is the first Zune HD (High Density).  jj – Chicago

Clearly a dust-cover for the "eye" of your HAL 9000 computer! Jeff Pacitto

What you've got there is the worlds simplest TV remote: One button turns the tv on to a random channel. Coming Soon! The New & Improved remote turns OFF the tv!  Shane Shellenbarger

It's an ant farm and resort with a one hole golf course. Gary

It is a portable elevator button used to summon a portable elevator. Curt Eskridge

Early in the game Altoids wanted to expand. Here it is. The aPod.  The click wheel doubles as the built in speaker.  And the electronics are so small there is room for a few altoids inside. David Whipple

It looks like a box to keep an emergency key, magnetic on one side to hide it under the car. My dad had something that looked like this. Oh no! 28 words. I won't get my prize. Well... I wouldn't anyway, because you won't ship magazines to Mexico City. Alex Julien  (ALEX -- SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH A SHOUT OUT I CAN READ ON THE DAILY GIZ WIZ – THAT’S THE PRIZE FOR PEOPLE OUTISDE THE US!)

This is a “retro” universal remote for chronic channel surfers. One click, one channel. –Vernon

The first proto type telephone. Problem is you can only talk on it.  The crank and listening horn came shortly afterwards. Ol' Dadeo

The new electronic tupperware - Nancy S.

Here's the prize for the Winners of the What The Heck Is It? game! The new game begins right now! See below!

The prize for this month's What The Heck Is It? game is MAD 502, cover  date 2010! 

It's the MAD 20 issue: The 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2009. 

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In this issue I wrote something we call The Fast Five. My Fast Five is the 5 Reasons Why Microsoft Thinks You'll Love Windows 7!

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MAD is now a quarterly so we have to play our game a bit differently. If you didn't win this go round, the prize for the next What The Heck Is It? game will also be the MAD 20 issue show here since it has a cover date of 2010.

The What The Heck Is It? gizmo will be different. Only the prize will be the same. Details on how to claim your prize continue below.

A new game starts right now and will run through December 31st, 2009, midnight EST. But remember, the prize will be the same. MAD 502, cover date January, 2010 .

Here's the new What The Heck Is It? Game for November 15th to December 31st, 2009.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE! Like the last, the new "What the Heck Is It?" Game will also be played a little differently.

Because MAD is now a quarterly, the game has changed to work with MAD's new publishing schedule. The new game starts now and end on December 31st, 2009, at midnight EST. I'll be giving away up to 36 more copies of the January, 2010 issue: MAD 502. 

Winners of the game that just finished also get an autographed copy of MAD 502!

If you're a winner, email me your full name & address (US/Canada only). I'll autograph MAD 502 with your first name & my name unless you specify Dick's name only. Please put MAD WINNER is the subject line so I can pick it out from the hundreds of emails I get a day. Thanks!!!

Here's the new gizmo for the new WTHII game!

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 on the left! We give away up to three dozen autographed copies. (12 for the correct answer, up to 24 for a cute, silly answer.) Something to remember, though: The game rules are made up to fit the occasion and we might have to change them at a whim! After all, we're talking MAD Magazine here! IMPORTANT! 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 can enter more than once, and you can enter even if you've won many times in the past. And 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. Look at the photo on the right and guess "What The Heck Is It". Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win!

E-mail your entry to dick@gizwizbiz.com. by midnight (EST) December 31st, 2009. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs, and winners, chosen by the judges, get autographed copies of MAD Magazine. Winning answers are published on this website, so you have to come back to see if you won. Because MAD is real cheap, we have to limit mailing winning copies to the United States and Canada. Be sure to check back November 15th to see if you've won, and follow the directions below to claim your prize! Good Luck! Winners outside the US and Canada can have their names included as a "shout-out" on an upcoming Daily GizWiz Netcast as their prize.