MAD helped the world learn to laugh at itself, including comedic cynicism and sarcasm with top notch satire aimed at everyone including themselves at MAD. MAD

MAD helped the world learn to laugh at itself, including comedic cynicism and sarcasm with top notch satire aimed at everyone including themselves at MAD. MAD inspired all types of comedy from many greats today. Terry Gilliam called MAD's Harvey Kurtzman his mentor [1]. Judd Apatow says similar. It inspired Cracked, National Lampoon and many other comedy media. MAD was even partially responsible for the counter culture [2]. The re-launch I think wasn't truly the MAD spirit but I was hopeful for it continuing, always a subscriber. MAD didn't transition well after the internet, even though they were like a pre-internet must see destination. After 2000 they held under 250k subscribers [3]. I'll miss dearly new content from Alfred E. Neuman and the 'usual gang of idiots' for sure, but we'll always have MAD history. MAD will forever have changed the world and comedy for the better. The world could use more MAD satire today so it is sad to see it go. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5756899/My-MAD-mentor-Terry-Gilliam-on-Harvey-Kurtzman.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5756899/My-MAD-men... [2] https://groovyhistory.com/mad-magazine-covers-1960s https://groovyhistory.com/mad-magazine-covers-1960s [3] https://blog.comichron.com/2019/07/the-complete-mad-magazine-sales-history.html https://blog.comichron.com/2019/07/the-complete-mad-magazine...