Here's The New Nov/Dec 2021 "What The Heck Is It?" Gadget!

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.) 

You'll be playing for the February 2022 issue of MAD, produced by the now, tiny (it's down to two people!) LA MAD staff. 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.

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. E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (ET) December 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 January 2022, 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 & some Canada addresses. Please don't answer on this website; it won't count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US & Canada can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something or it won't count. 

Entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com

Surprise. No one guessed the Sept/Oct WTHII gadget!

This is rare. Absolutely no one knew the answer! It's a Valco Tube-Grip that greatly improves dispensing any material packaged in a flexible tube. Squeezes 96% of the contents out of a tube. Got 80% 5 star reviews on Amazon from more than 330 reviewers. Probably a bit heavy-duty for toothpaste tubes though! It's about $25.00 on Amazon.

I found it here on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EzB7CT 

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Cute, Clever, and 'It Might Be That' Answers That Won

Since no one guessed what the gadget really was, we're awarding 18 autographed MAD magazines to the "Cute, clever & 'it might have been' answers we liked.

Dozens of the those answers had something to do with a robotic or prosthetic leg. We picked four at random:

OMG!! You found my robot's prosthetic leg. Dave Rivera

Modern Pirate GQ Long John Silver footwear ... for the discriminating Pirate, Argh! Gus

It’s a prosthetic limb replacement for the Boston Robotics dancing dogs. Ron Guraliuck

It's a base that fits on a pirate's peg leg that puts a spring in their step. Keith Phillip

Other winers:

A miniature upright vacuum cleaner for use on your clothes. Jim Small

It is a resting platform for "thing" Thing T. Thing (Addams Family) Jade Splawn

It is a sandpaper holder for your finger. -Chad Masters

It's a really old and not used any more OIL CAN SPOUT. Bill Chambers

Automatic Matchbox toy car parking garage. Prongs at the bottom grab the car and they are stacked vertically for storage. Ian Winkler

White Castle hamburger press. John NY

It is a fly killer. You set the fly between the plates and pull the lever. Mr tom

A LEVER OPERATED MAGAZINE PRESS FOR FLATTENING OUT ALL of our old issues. Bob Guthrie

Hand piercer. Rather than piercing your ears or naval, you can pierce you hand instead. Ben from omaha Nebrasla

Looks like a clamp on flag pole/fishing pole holder to me. Cliff

Looks like a leveling leg. R Manning

Clearly this is a staple remover. Mary G.

Darth Vader’s toe nail clipper Manley

This thing is for smashing aluminum cans for recycling. Marty

WINNERS (Who live in the U.S.& I'll try to send to Canada) get the December 2021 issue of MAD. (I have two horror movie satires in that issue with art by one of MAD's most famous artists, Mort Drucker and the other by the wonderful Harry North, Esq. 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. Winners of MAD magazine are for US addresses only, although I have been able to send MAD magazine to some locations in Canada. If you win and live in the US or Canada, 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 December 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 & Canada 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 

Here's The New Sept/Oct 2021 "What The Heck Is It?" Gadget!

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 December 2021 issue of MAD, produced by the now, tiny (it's down to two people!) LA MAD staff. 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!

In the December issue I wrote The Omenous with art by the wonderful Harry North, Esq. & The Clamityville Horror with art by the amazing Mort Drucker!

E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (ET) October 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 November 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

So What The Heck Was The July/August "What The Heck Is It? Gadget?

Once again lots of people knew what it was. Or sort of what it was. We picked the 6 winning answers closest to what the WTHII gadget is. It's the CanPump Fizz-Keeper, designed to keep canned drinks from going flat. It won't work on a bottle, just a soda can. Pumping the top after you lock it on the can is supposed to add fizz to the remaining drink. Available in colors.

The winners are:

It is a top for an open soda can. You press the top to put air in the can to keep in the fizz. Tommy Grey

Fizz Keeper Can Pump. It repressurizes a can of soda. Keeps soda fresh for weeks. Brandon Hanke

It’s a closable can lid to keep an open soda can from losing its fizz. Sent from Pat’s iPhone

Device that fits on top a soda can. The green is a button that you press several times to pump out the air in the can. — PizzaGew,

The green top can be used to pump in some pressure to preserve the gizfizz. Dave Rivera

A lid for aluminum cans with pop top. Clamps top rim of can and you push lid down to latch and seal. Bob Guthrie

See 'how to get your MAD magazine' below, at the bottom of the 'cute, clever, could be' winners.