Mad Magazine
May 23, 2023 10:10:30 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember Mad Magazine? Al Jaffee, the creator of it, died last month at 102 years old.
The secret to longevity is having fun, a good humor, laughing at yourself and others. Bob Hope and George Burns died at 100, Mort Sahl, Milton Berle, and Sid Caesar all lived into their 90s.
Stan
May 23, 2023 10:13:09 #
Different times...the WW2 crowd was in charge...and they were cool as heck.
My friends and I were constructing a small bomb tin my room to blow up outside.
Dad walked in...looked at us...looked at the explosives we had gathered...
What are you doing?
We're trying to make a bomb to blow up.
Dad looks at what we had...shook his head.
That's not how you do it...let me show you some tips.
Two hours later we all went in the backyard and blew two bombs off...
Different times...better times.
My friends and I were constructing a small bomb tin my room to blow up outside.
Dad walked in...looked at us...looked at the explosives we had gathered...
What are you doing?
We're trying to make a bomb to blow up.
Dad looks at what we had...shook his head.
That's not how you do it...let me show you some tips.
Two hours later we all went in the backyard and blew two bombs off...
Different times...better times.
May 23, 2023 11:26:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember Mad Magazine? Al Jaffee, the creator of it, died last month at 102 years old.
I believe I saw that notice. And he did have a fantastic sense of humor and the outre. Sergio Aragones was my top favorite.
Al certainly appreciated the art of the comic and the bizzare. I loved the various motif send ups, making MAD a mirror of the times.
May 23, 2023 11:47:35 #
47greyfox wrote:
Without “Mad” and “National Lampoon,” the 60s and 70s would’ve not been half as fun.
May 23, 2023 12:44:57 #
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.
My parents also thought Leave it to Beaver put the parents in a bad light. Looking back, I think Ward and June were pretty cool. I think MAD tickled the gray cells. You had to be on top of things to understand the sarcastic humor. I can pick out any number of posters on UHH and say...."didn't read MAD as a child."
May 23, 2023 13:12:40 #
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May 23, 2023 14:23:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember Mad Magazine? Al Jaffee, the creator of it, died last month at 102 years old.
Mad was great. But I liked R. Crumb even more. Mr. Natural, Flakey Foont and company.
May 23, 2023 14:35:49 #
May 23, 2023 14:47:58 #
There was a story about a guy submitting a school report about raising hogs. Every year was the same report with better grammar all this till his post-graduation report. it was the most hilarious I ever read.
May 23, 2023 15:15:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember Mad Magazine? Al Jaffee, the creator of it, died last month at 102 years old.
I had a few of the Snappy Answers books, my Mom used to tell me I didn't need a training manual because I was already way to sarcastic.
May 23, 2023 15:56:01 #
DavidPhares wrote:
Alfred E. Newman
looked just like Bush the younger. He could double for Alfred E. Newman.
May 23, 2023 16:06:10 #
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 stil
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
Turned upside down it was stil
Mad Mag was not allowed in my house and suffice to say neither was Cracked.
I remember that issue. I still have some copies Mad an Cracked around . The trick is to find them. Like a treasure hunt these days.
May 23, 2023 16:23:29 #
And if you read Mad and the other magazines, didn't you have to also read Analog?
May 23, 2023 17:37:02 #
DavidPhares wrote:
Alfred E. Newman
A high school classmate was accused of looking like Alfred E. Newman. It was true.
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