RIP Alfred E.

7 years ago

I loved Mad as a kid. I even watched the Mad TV show a few years back just because of the name. It wasn't the same as the magazine. It was more like SNL type skits.

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DWolfe

7 years ago

Use to always enjoy Spy vs. Spy in Mad magazine. My brother bought them all the time. Then I read them when he was done. Always good for a laugh.

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Kurt 7 years ago

Originally Posted by DWolfe

Use to always enjoy Spy vs. Spy in Mad magazine. My brother bought them all the time. Then I read them when he was done. Always good for a laugh.

Spy vs Spy ws my favorite too.
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lanfear63

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Mad Magazine is closing its doors. Even though I haven't paid attenttion to it in years, it's still sad to see an end of an era...

"I can't begin to describe the impact it had on me as a young kid-it's pretty much the reason I turned out weird," Weird Al Yanovic. "Goodbye to one of the all-time greatest American institutions."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...nds-180972572/

Whatty will be devastated. He has earned a living for the last 20 years showing up at parties and events as Alfred E. .

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tagiscom 7 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Whatty will be devastated. He has earned a living for the last 20 years showing up at parties and events as Alfred E. .

True, that reduces the number of mads he has left.
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whateverpedia 7 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Whatty will be devastated.

Not since I switched to his brother Donald E. Neuman.
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Janice Sperry

7 years ago

Another vote for Spy vs Spy!!!

The whole magazine was great when I could get one. My mother did not approve. My older brother could sneak one in now and then.

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tagiscom

7 years ago

Nah, Asterix all the way, well l didn't really get into it, but others couldn't get enough of that one.

More into hand helds than mag's under the table.

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pramodtapu

7 years ago

Yes, my vote Spy vs Spy.

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whateverpedia

7 years ago

My favourites were the Marginal Error Dept. drawn by Sergio Aragones in the margins of the magazine, plus Spy v Spy, plus Don Martin's efforts, plus the fold ins on the inside back cover

R.I.P..

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Claude Whitacre

7 years ago

My mother was hyper religious.

Most kids had Playboy hidden away from their parents. I had Mad magazine. I had maybe a hundred issues. I kept most of them in a drawer.

One day I came home from high school and they were all gone. I asked my mom where they were, and she had thrown them away.
I asked her why she threw them away. .....

She said that it was smut. because she found the word "bra' in an issue.

Fun times.

Sorry to hear that the magazine folded. While my wife shopped for groceries, I'd enjoy reading the latest issue at the magazine rack. Maybe my favorite part was where they would take a popular song and change the words.

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tagiscom

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

My mother was hyper religious.

Most kids had Playboy hidden away from their parents. I had Mad magazine. I had maybe a hundred issues. I kept most of them in a drawer.

One day I came home from high school and they were all gone. I asked my mom where they were, and she had thrown them away.
I asked her why she threw them away. .....

She said that it was smut. because she found the word "bra' in an issue.

Fun times.

Sorry to hear that the magazine folded. While my wife shopped for groceries, I'd enjoy reading the latest issue at the magazine rack. Maybe my favorite part was where they would take a popular song and change the words.

I hope Claude that you at least had access to National Geographic?

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lanfear63

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

My mother was hyper religious.

Most kids had Playboy hidden away from their parents. I had Mad magazine. I had maybe a hundred issues. I kept most of them in a drawer.

One day I came home from high school and they were all gone. I asked my mom where they were, and she had thrown them away.
I asked her why she threw them away. .....

She said that it was smut. because she found the word "bra' in an issue.

Fun times.

Sorry to hear that the magazine folded. While my wife shopped for groceries, I'd enjoy reading the latest issue at the magazine rack. Maybe my favorite part was where they would take a popular song and change the words.

"Most kids had Playboy hidden away from their parents. I had Mad magazine. I had maybe a hundred issues. I kept most of them in a drawer."

Undertakers Weekly was obviously not available in your area?

No surprise that you are always looking at Racks

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lanfear63 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Ask Surf

Amazing to read this

Yes, quite Mad. You don't get any points towards being able to get a signature by posting in the Off Topic.

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Jeffery

7 years ago

R.I.P.
Brings back a memory of taking a copy to school and sharing it with friends at break.

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Dan Riffle

7 years ago

Honestly, my first thought when seeing this headline was, "Oh, shit, Whatty died?!"

While I'm glad it wasn't actually Whatty, I'm a little sad to see another American institution fold.

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Claude Whitacre 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

I'm a little sad to see another American institution fold.

I can understand that. You probably spent most of your life in American institutions.
Good memories, I'm sure.
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  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  I can understand that. You probably spent most of your life in American institutions.
  Good memories, I'm sure.
  
  Without looking it up. Complete the name.
  
  The "Smithsonian I "
  
  When you have posted your answer you can see if you are correct
  
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whateverpedia 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

While I'm glad it wasn't actually Whatty

Hmmm. Face to face, sincerity is a hard thing to fake. It seems it's just as hard to fake it in forum posts.
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Jeffery

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I can understand that. You probably spent most of your life in American institutions.
Good memories, I'm sure.

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Without looking it up. Complete the name.

The "Smithsonian I "

When you have posted your answer you can see if you are correct

The "Smithsonian I "met my first roommate in?"

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lanfear63 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Jeffery

The "Smithsonian I "met my first roommate in?"

You met your roomate at the Smithsonian what
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  Originally Posted by lanfear63
  
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  the Smithsonian of Whatty?
  
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tagiscom

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Honestly, my first thought when seeing this headline was, "Oh, s***, Whatty died?!"

While I'm glad it wasn't actually Whatty, I'm a little sad to see another American institution fold.

We all have dreams.

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I can understand that. You probably spent most of your life in American institutions.
Good memories, I'm sure.

Now, now Claude we know you are not wearing the Micky Mouse watch because you are a Deadpool fan?