Winners for cute clever answers. All winners in US & Canada get October, 2016 MAD

These entries and the ones above are all winners of October MAD, assuming you in live in the US or Canada. (If not, email us and we'll give you a shout-out on The Giz Wiz Show!) 

My guess is the world's most terrible ice cream scoop. Scott Napier

t's the snowplow from your model train set. Ian Winkler

It's a mold for a yield sign. Dave Martel

Angry Birds catapult v 2.1 Terry

A Zero Gravity Mustard Dispenser. Obviously. Nickolas

These arrows are embedded in the pavement to guide the latest version of a driverless car - currently being tested at Legoland. Marty

It is the little yellow arrow that follows you around on a handheld GPS -Bryon J. Hammer

Pizza catapult so you can serve pizza faster! =D Scott Perrino

It's a prosthetic duck bill with built in quacker. John M.

That is a "Automatic direction finder for a Nomad. Glued to head and always know the direction you are going. Ahead!" Steve..

The object is a juicer. You stick it in your favorite fruit (or least favorite friend), give it a squeeze & out comes the juice. Fred Sciarratta

A shoe horn for elves. Petrina Copes

For the man that always misses "The Toilet Indicator" Les Mcilnay

Tis indeed a corn cob holder with an arrow that shows where to begin eating your corn. -Amy McDonald

It's a Minion Urinal - Jerome Blackman

This is a spout slash opener for the old style motor oil cans. Chris Thornton

It's a car port for you to park your pet armadillo Fuzzy

It's a real-world mouse pointer, possibly controlled via remote control. It allows you to point to things, like the cat, for example. Dickie L S Williams

- pooper scooper for miniature dogs Steve Overton

Its a MOMA version of a triceratops dinosaur. Dave Folkner

That is a juice extractor for grapefruit, oranges, etc. Skullman

A Zero Gravity Mustard Dispenser. Obviously. Nickolas

 It's an easel for the artists who paint those triangular slow-moving vehicle warning signs seen on Amish buggies. R. Osinski

This is an easy one, the Beatles told us about this item back in the sixties.  It’s a yellow submarine. Dave. J 

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS! If you won more than once, please just ask for one autographed MAD. Yes, we know some enter several times under different names. :) Email me your full name & address - (US/Canada only - otherwise email me & we'll give you a shout-out on The Giz Wiz). I'll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify Dick's name only.  Please put MAD WINNER in the subject line, so I can pick it out quickly. Thanks!!!  Dick De, The Giz Wiz & MAD's Maddest Writer. Email me at: gizwizbiz@aol.com

Don't forget to go back to the top of this page to play the Sept/Oct 2016 WTHII game. And be sure to sign your entry with a name, initials, something - or it won't be counted. Last month

Here's the old July/August 2016 "What The Heck Is It?" Game. And the Winners of the May/June 2016 game!

Here it is! Do you know what 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 three dozen autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 12 for the correct answer, up to 24 for cute, silly answers.) And remember, 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 in the past. But 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 2016 issue of MAD! 

Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win! Please be sure to put " WTHII" in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. And good luck! E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@aol.com by midnight (EDT) August 31st 2016. 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 2016, so 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. If you've won, follow the directions below to claim your prize! I'll tweet a few reminders for folks to check to see if they've won when winners are announced, so please follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thegizwiz Please don't answer on this website; it won't count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US and Canada can have their names included as a "shout-out" on an upcoming Giz Wiz Show as their prize. Yep, MAD is that CHEAP!

Here are the winners of the May/June 2016 "What The Heck Is It?" Game with the correct answer!

Seems like this wasn't a good choice for the “What The Heck Is It?” game. More than 100 people knew the real answer. We picked a dozen at random since that's how many MAD's we have for correct answers. Here are the winners with the correct answers picked at random: 

It's a Gardex leaf scoop. Here it is on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Gardex-LS-1000-Leaf-Scoops/dp/B000H5SZ1Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1462120050&sr=8-3&keywords=leaf+collector Steve Miller

This gadget is the Gardex Leaf Scoops. You put them on your hands to scoop leaves up like big claws. Brandon Hanke

The item for May/June 2016 is Leaf Scoops. Rick Kramer

I'm pretty sure those are "claws" for picking up leaves. Sam

Those are leaf scoops. Stan Cook

rake-like attachment that makes it easy to scrape leaves into the trash. -- John Hattan

​It's a leaf mitt. Use two of them to pick up leaves in the yard. Bill in RI

It's a leaf scoop, for scooping raked leaves into garbage bags. George Cabalo

Those are rake hands. You hold them via the handle on the back and use them to rake and pick up leaves. Dan Wakerhauser

Leaf scoops -- large claw hands worn to pickup leaves etc. John Nooncaster

I believe these are used to pickup leaves or lawn clippings and put in trash can or trash bag. Hands go in rectangular slot and increase pickup ability. Robert Oneill

It's a Leaf Grabb'r - Nancy S.

These folks and the people on the cute, clever list below are winners. See the bottom on the next panel on how to collect your prize.

Winners for cute clever answers. All winners in US & Canada get August, 2016 MAD

THERE WERE SO MANY GOOD ANSWERS WE PICKED 27 WINNERS INSTEAD OF 24. THE MOST GIVEN ANSWER INVOLVED PAC-MAN, WE PICKED THREE:

The object is Pac-Man ™ on the loose with a new dental implant. Dave Schmarder

This object is clearly Pac-Man's comb. Andrew Lenahan

Punk PacMan Gunky from the north

OTHER FUNNY, CLEVER WINNERS:

It's a badly designed pasta fork for a wide-mouth frog. Since wide-mouth frogs hate pasta, it wasn't a big market success. George (aka GVDub)

The object is a Mohawk comb. David Levenson

Hand operated paper shredder. You push the paper down on the spokes, then pull it through, when finished, you stuff the shreds into the slot. Beckee

Bart Simpson Home Barber Training Tool. Rob

The gizmo is a coin operated beard and mustache comb. A quarter in the slot started the teeth moving back and forth. David Mikelberg

It is the business end for a set of hair clippers. Bryon J. Hammer

Lice combs for Sasquatch Doug Stacey

Lion mane groomers. G.A. Jones

Frisbee rescued from the wood chipper. Snake from TO.

Donald Trump’s pocket comb to maintain his well groomed orangutan look. Six-guns from Airdrie

it is a portable hand held tv dish receiver – with FM receptors. stanp40

You have an “automatic cheese slicer accessory for a ‘roomba’ vacuum” Joe in California”

Slightly used battle shield for sale. ..cheap! Ernest

Flipflop for a duck. Marcia V

That is a " litter box Cleaner for the Dodo bird" Steve..

It's the sun suffering from acid rain. Dave Martel

It is a battery powered pet comb with a built in vacuum. /Rojello….

This item is for the avid smoker, you place a cigarette in each of the v spaces and light them all at once. 10 smokes at a time. then ash them in that rectangle hole. Ivan R. Hahn

Phyllis Diller’s favorite comb! Melinda Acrey

Coin operated lice comb. Dave Martel

"Whistling death frisbee". Shane Schickowski

It's a spaghetti detangler because who wants their noodles all in a bunch! Patty Thomas

Paul Bunyan’s mustache comb -JLK

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS! If you won more than once, please just ask for one autographed MAD. Yes, we know some enter several times under different names. :) Email me your full name & address - (US/Canada only - otherwise email me & we'll give you a shout-out on The Giz Wiz). I'll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify Dick's name only.  Please put MAD WINNER in the subject line, so I can pick it out quickly. Thanks!!!  Dick De, The Giz Wiz & MAD's Maddest Writer. Email me at: gizwizbiz@aol.com

Don't forget to go back to the top of this page to play the July/Aug 2016 WTHII game. And be sure to sign your entry with a name, initials, something - or it won't be counted. Last month more than a 16 entries weren't signed and were disqualified. Thanks. DickDe 

This was the Jan/Feb 2016 "What The Heck Is It?" Game. And the Winners of the Nov/Dec 2015 game!

Here it is! Do you know what 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 three dozen autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 12 for the correct answer, up to 24 for cute, silly answers.) 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 in the past. But 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 April 2016 issue of MAD! 

Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win! Please be sure to put " WTHII" in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. And good luck! E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@aol.com by midnight (EDT) February 29th 2016. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of March 2016, so 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. If you've won, follow the directions below to claim your prize! I'll tweet a few reminders for folks to check to see if they've won when winners are announced, so please follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thegizwiz Please don't answer on this website; it won't count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US and Canada can have their names included as a "shout-out" on an upcoming Giz Wiz Show as their prize. Yep, MAD is that CHEAP!