Someone should ask Chuck if he wrote that infamous letter to MAD Magazine (Chuck was 9 at the time) complaining about the resemblance.
The letter has supposedly been lost, and the identity of the sender was never confirmed.
How’s about it, Chuck. Did you write it?
Someone should ask Chuck if he wrote that infamous letter to MAD Magazine (Chuck was 9 at the time) complaining about the resemblance.
The letter has supposedly been lost, and the identity of the sender was never confirmed.
How’s about it, Chuck. Did you write it? The author of that letter, in fact, denied that Neuman and Charles were look alikes. The text of that letter:
Dear Sirs No it isn't a bit – not the least little bit like me. So jolly well stow it! See! Charles. P. WP is correct that there were earlier jug-eared, gap-toothed cartoon kids. However, the Alfred E. Neuman version that debuted on Mad Magazine's issue #30 which appeared on news stands just before the 1956 election is certainly the likeness of Chuckles. The entire magazine from front to back is available online here:
Mad Magazine #30 They had a good reason to deny that it was based on the present English monarch, since they could have gotten sued for appropriating his likeness for commercial purposes. Austria-Hungary successfully sued a U.S. bank for using Emperor Franz Josef's image before WWI. Now that he is the king, he probably doesn't care about Mad Magazine, but don't expect them to admit anything until he's dead.