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As a 63yr.old, I have nothing but admiration and adoration for the staff, the magazine and the quick quips that remain with me. Nary a day goes by that my inter

As a 63yr.old, I have nothing but admiration and adoration for the staff, the magazine and the quick quips that remain with me. Nary a day goes by that my internal dialogue doesn't reference some part of MAD's escapes from the staid. As a child ( one of 5 siblings), Saturdays were spent going to and from dreary piano & theory lessons in St.Louis (pre-interstate and daylight savings time equaled a 2&1/2 hour ride, one way). Each of us usually had several hours in the city to "kill", wandering around the Woolworths and surrounding locale of Clayton, MO. MAD made the 2&1/2 hours home sandwiched inside the station wagon seem like my escape: the humour and wit between the pages, the cartoons & charactitures(sic?) hidden between the 'departments', and the political (sub)commentary relentlessly and endlessly amused me. I, too, read the issues from cover to cover, over and over..."Believe it or nuts", my heart mourns in its memory and mourns MAD's memorialized messages. RIP, Alfred E. Neumann! May you live forever in our minds and memories!

sizzzzlerz 7y ago
We're nearly the same age and I, too, was a huge fan of Mad during it's hey-days years in the 60s. I especially loved the satirization of current TV shows but what made the magazine so delicious was that our parents hated it (albeit, let us read it, anyway) and it was considered to be subversive by adults. How could it not be successful? I haven't read it in decades but it is a fond memory of my youth.
pjmorris 7y ago
I'm less than a decade behind you, but I share your appreciation. Just yesterday I was reminded of a joke from Mad that meant a lot to my entire family (I was the first, and most thorough, reader of each new issue, but everyone else sampled from it as well.) The appearance of a new issue at the grocery store was cause for celebration.

sizzzzlerz 7y ago

We're nearly the same age and I, too, was a huge fan of Mad during it's hey-days years in the 60s. I especially loved the satirization of current TV shows but what made the magazine so delicious was that our parents hated it (albeit, let us read it, anyway) and it was considered to be subversive by adults. How could it not be successful? I haven't read it in decades but it is a fond memory of my youth.

pjmorris 7y ago

I'm less than a decade behind you, but I share your appreciation. Just yesterday I was reminded of a joke from Mad that meant a lot to my entire family (I was the first, and most thorough, reader of each new issue, but everyone else sampled from it as well.) The appearance of a new issue at the grocery store was cause for celebration.