Mad Magazine
May 22, 2023 05:17:38 #
Remember Mad Magazine? Al Jaffee, the creator of it, died last month at 102 years old.
May 22, 2023 08:14:47 #
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May 22, 2023 08:50:28 #
I'll never forget the cover of the 1961 issue. It's going to be a mad year!
Turned upside down it was still 1961...
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
Turned upside down it was still 1961...
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
May 22, 2023 09:44:54 #
DaveO wrote:
I'll never forget the cover of the 1961 issue. It's going to be a mad year!
Turned upside down it was still 1961...
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
Turned upside down it was still 1961...
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
I never really got involved with Mad, although I do remember reading it.
May 22, 2023 09:47:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never really got involved with Mad, although I do remember reading it.
Besides being funny, it was the proverbial "forbidden fruit!"
They did a fantastic job on a version of The Night Before Christmas or at least it was to a 12 year old.
https://biskey7.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/twas-the-night-before-christmas-mad-magazine-52-jan-1960-2/
May 22, 2023 09:52:53 #
DaveO wrote:
Besides being funny, it was the proverbial "forbidden fruit!"
They did a fantastic job on a version of The Night Before Christmas or at least it was to a 12 year old.
https://biskey7.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/twas-the-night-before-christmas-mad-magazine-52-jan-1960-2/
They did a fantastic job on a version of The Night Before Christmas or at least it was to a 12 year old.
https://biskey7.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/twas-the-night-before-christmas-mad-magazine-52-jan-1960-2/
That was definitely something adults frowned upon.
That sounds like typical 1960s-speak.
May 22, 2023 09:54:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That was definitely something adults frowned upon.
LOL, The Untouchables and The Three Stooges were also taboo for many.
May 23, 2023 07:06:54 #
I started reading Mad in 1954 when it was a comic book. I did miss the first few issues though.
May 23, 2023 07:31:19 #
May 23, 2023 08:53:32 #
I was not allowed to have a Mad magazine in our house because my father said it "made the average American look like an idiot." Needless to say, I found ways to acquire and read the magazine without my parents knowing...same with Playboy, a few years later.
May 23, 2023 09:18:54 #
fourlocks wrote:
I was not allowed to have a Mad magazine in our house because my father said it "made the average American look like an idiot." Needless to say, I found ways to acquire and read the magazine without my parents knowing...same with Playboy, a few years later.
May 23, 2023 09:23:28 #
May 23, 2023 09:46:20 #
kvanhook wrote:
I used to enjoy "Spy vs Spy".
Me too...went for that straight away.
Mad was great...but the taboo magazine was National Lampoon.
My Mom picked up a copy from the back seat of my Nova....the 'centerfold' was two naked midgets.
WTH? Dad just looked at it...smiled and walked off...and that was that. I miss that rag.
May 23, 2023 10:08:32 #
Without “Mad” and “National Lampoon,” the 60s and 70s would’ve not been half as fun.
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