RIP Mad Magazine

[JimK]

I just bought Mad's '70s-era mag that lampooned The Sting (one of my favourites).
Check out the cover-
When making fun of politics was fun.

This arrived yesterday. A very clean cover considering it was from December 1974...that's the month/year I got my Fender Bassman 100 cab...
Anyway, carried this issue into work today. A lot of off-color, non-PC humour. Some of it prophetic.
All agreed none of it would fly today.

 

[Scottgun]

MAD trained me in the tao of smart-ass. Haven't really decided if that was a good thing or not, but this gives me the nostalgic sads.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I always enjoyed the parody songs.

^^^This. There are still some from the late 1960s whose lyrics I know better than the originals!

 

[buldog5151bass]

I still see "A Crew that's Expendable (Age of Aquarius)" from the Star Trek parody.

 

[JimK]

^^^This. There are still some from the late 1960s whose lyrics I know better than the originals!

"The Girl From Ipanema" goes like-

Short and fat and bald and ugly...

Crap! Just did a quick search...

 

[Alkali Ike]

Saw a funny political cartoon involving this story and Alfred E. Neuman. Can’t share it.

 

[Bob_Ross]

"The Girl From Ipanema" goes like-

Short and fat and bald and ugly...

“The guy from Jersey City is loaded” ...right?

Edit: Just saw your YouTube link! Holy crap, talk about memories!

 

[Pandastylebass]

Here is an article written by my best friend, the Art Director of Mad.
An Unusual Gang of Idiots: The Joy of Working at MAD Magazine Past Its Heyday | The Comics Journal

 

[slobake]

Bummer! I grew up reading Mad magazine. That may explain some things about me.