>> Several days ago, the cartooning legend got vaccinated for the coronavirus.
There are people approaching that age WITH cancer who don’t get treatment because the “cure” could do them more harm.
Speaking of which Joe Biden promised to cure cancer. How is that going? How much of the 1.9 TRILLION goes to curing cancer? Any of it? Not one dime? Who is his cancer czar? Does he even have a name? What progress has he made? Does he have any interesting approaching to curing cancer that they are looking at?
Dead in a week.
I thought Mad Magazine went out of business? Is this something like those special editions of Life Magazine you occasionally see at the check out counter?
I used to take the covers off Mad magazines and turn them into book covers for my junior high school books. Mid 1960s.
1) A parody of letters written by “concerned women” complaining about vulgar content in ads. One had a woman complaining about Midas muffler commercials discussing “lube jobs” and “tailpipes.”
2) A parody of politicians reviewing famous movies. My fave was Mario Cuomo reviewing “The Godfather,” and going on a rant about its defaming of a “successful Italian American family.”
Happy Birthday, Al Jaffee. I grew up with your cartoons.
The last time I read a Mad magazine was at least 30 years ago and they seemed liberal to me so I never read it again.
and I said it looked like one of Jaffe's fold-ins and asked if it showed a Cuomo graveyard when folded.
Happy birthday to a guy who gave me plenty of laughs. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Keep me posted with any news on Dave Berg or Don Martin.
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Jaffee and Don Martin were my favorites.
And, of course, Spy VS Spy.
Al hardly looks a day over 99.
I have a complete PDF edition of Mad Magazine from their first copy in 1952 through 2005. I just wish that I had time to enjoy it! And I’m retired!
Years ago I read a story about Mad’s only subscriber in the Dominican Republic dropped his subscription. Al Jaffee and the other Useful Idiots flew down to the Island to convince him to resubscribe, which he did. 70s or 80s I believe.
I grew up reading MAD magazine in the 60’s. My Mom said it would rot my brain. She was right!
I still credit that magazine for my somewhat subversive sense of humor. Eternal thanks!
I had a bunch of MADs in the early-mid 70s. Loaned them to my first girlfriend, “If you want to understand me, read these.” Broke up, didn’t get them back.
One of my favorite covers was that of two men and a woman, all standing and peeing at Men’s Room urinals. It was about women have equal rights.
Today it might show a Moslem extremist female terrorist standing there saying “Piss on you, infidels”.