I remember getting Mad Magazine when I was a kid, loved the Spy-vs Spy stories, there was always some edgy comedy.
Friend sent me this, he got it as a birthday present.. June 1961. You can be sure they would be getting all kinds of crap on UnSocial Media....
Still, funny stuff.
Check out the School Lesson they printed inside.
and the answers
May 24, 2019, 01:34 PM
newtoSig765
I remember that cover!
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
May 24, 2019, 01:45 PM
Sigmanic
Good stuff - loved Mad Magazine. It was nice to grow up in a time and generation that had real humor!
May 24, 2019, 01:45 PM
Sailor1911
Ah, the good old days. Miss my MM subscription!
Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
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May 24, 2019, 01:54 PM
Jimbo54
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Originally posted by newtoSig765: I remember that cover!
I do too. I wish I still had all of my mags from those days.
Jim
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May 24, 2019, 01:59 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by Sailor1911: Ah, the good old days. Miss my MM subscription!
I had a subscription for 2 years. One of the magazines was my first exposure to The Godfather with its parody. I came across this unaired clip a couple of years ago
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
May 24, 2019, 02:09 PM
YooperSigs
What, me worry?
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
May 24, 2019, 03:02 PM
PHPaul
Oh yeah!
I happened across a current copy. I think I made it about 5 pages before tossing it in the trash.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
May 24, 2019, 03:44 PM
mr kablammo
"Down with rules, down with laws. Down with the world and up up yours!"
From the Sex Pistols punk rock satire issue.
I do reference getting life advice from Roger Kaputnik sometimes, but noone gets it.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
May 24, 2019, 04:01 PM
MattW
There is a documentary due out soon, I believe on Netflix, about Mad Magazine. The guy doing it has been working on it for a handful years, has several interviews with old writers and what not. Some of them have since passed away from when he recorded them. Rumor is it's supposed to be very well done.
May 24, 2019, 04:59 PM
FN in MT
Or...Take a look at the "Unwanted Foreigners" issue of National Lampoon. Anyone recall that one?
Originally posted by FN in MT: Anyone recall that one?
I was thinking of that article just within the past couple of weeks for some reason (no idea why ) and ... smiled.
It is so outrageous that if it were published today, the reaction would make the Charlie Hebdo incident seem like a stiffly-worded note.
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May 24, 2019, 05:48 PM
sjtill
Every time I see Mayor Pete on the news I get nostalgic for Mad Magazine!
Also every time I hear about Brennan vs. Comey!
It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide IIRC.
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May 24, 2019, 05:55 PM
RichardC
And the beat goes on … :
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May 24, 2019, 09:12 PM
synthplayer
I enjoyed reading Mad's "interpretation" of a movie FIRST, then going to the movie. Sometimes, other people in the theater must have wondered, "Why is that kid laughing at this scene?"
I found what you said riveting.
May 24, 2019, 09:31 PM
Bassamatic
I was a huge fan, never missed an issue. I still am.
My favorite cover has to be the one where they tell you to buy the magazine or they shoot the dog.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
May 24, 2019, 09:48 PM
Rolan_Kraps
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Originally posted by synthplayer: I enjoyed reading Mad's "interpretation" of a movie FIRST, then going to the movie. Sometimes, other people in the theater must have wondered, "Why is that kid laughing at this scene?"
I did the same thing! I often think that MAD is why I have such a twisted sense of humor.
Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home
May 25, 2019, 12:42 AM
newtoSig765
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Originally posted by synthplayer: I enjoyed reading Mad's "interpretation" of a movie FIRST, then going to the movie. Sometimes, other people in the theater must have wondered, "Why is that kid laughing at this scene?"
Remember Lawrence of Arabia, The Musical? Peter O'Toole dancing in his new white outfit, singing "I feel pretty" from "West Side Story."
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
May 25, 2019, 03:54 AM
sybo
Great stuff! I remember loving these magazine so. Oh the days.......
May 25, 2019, 04:00 AM
flashguy
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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
quote:
Originally posted by synthplayer: I enjoyed reading Mad's "interpretation" of a movie FIRST, then going to the movie. Sometimes, other people in the theater must have wondered, "Why is that kid laughing at this scene?"
I did the same thing! I often think that MAD is why I have such a twisted sense of humor.
Charles Addams cartoons in the New Yorker also contributed to mine.
) and ... smiled.