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Mad Magazine Is Dead
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| 7.4.2019 1:15 PM
| BRIAN DOHERTY
Posted on 07/06/2019 3:05:34 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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It seems that today's children are doomed to grow up in a laughter-free world, where every joke, gag and witticism must be approved by the most humorless gang this side of Tehran.I pity them.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:05:34 PM PDT
by
jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
A shame. I loved it growing up.
Like everything else they touch, libs f***ed up something good.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:07:59 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: jmcenanly
Alfred E. Buttigieg killed it.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:08:20 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
To: jmcenanly
A bit of my childhood dies. I read Mad Magazine from 10 years old in 1966 to past college.
Very sharp, non-partisan humor that skewered all parties. It’d never fly in today’s PC culture. They satirized blacks, Europeans, Native Americans, Asians, rich, poor, cultured, uncultured. I haven’t subscribed to a magazine in about 30 years, but an equivalent to Mad, I might.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:11:54 PM PDT
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:13:10 PM PDT
by
Bratch
(IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
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To: jmcenanly
I would get an issue every time I had the money. This was during the 50s and early 60s. Mother didn’t approve but still let me buy them.
The thing which made them different was they made fun of everybody.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:20:58 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Forgiven_Sinner
There was a cartoon captioned in the bathroom alone for the first time. A huge dude washes his hands and goes to the paper towel dispenser the sign says pull down tear up. Hes dressed in a little juniors sailor shorts suit. When he turns to leave, the towel dispenser is ripped off the wall, crumped and in pieces. RIP MAD Magazine.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:21:05 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
To: Bratch
As DC Knocks Back MAD Magazine, Marvel Revives CRAZY
That will land with a thud. If MAD was Coke, "Cracked" was Pepsi, and "Crazy" might have been RC on a good day.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:21:53 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: Forgiven_Sinner
I read the very first issue when it first came out, in 1952 (I was a freshman in high school).
My mother said it would rot my mind.
She was right, but the ferment had already begun....
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:23:35 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(The difference between real life and fiction? Fiction has to make sense and follow some logic.)
To: alloysteel
.....I read the very first issue when it first came out, in 1952..... I remember those early issues. They were the size of a comic book and the "logo" read 'Humor In A Jugular Vein'.
I one I really liked was "BatBoy & Ruben" but those others were good too. LOL
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:31:36 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: jmcenanly
My favorite part of Mad Magazine ...
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:32:02 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: jmcenanly
From the slums of Baltic Avenue,
Round to Boardwalk and Park Place,
We will buy up all the properties,
Building hotels on every space,
We will drive our foes to bankruptcy,
If they fail to pay the price.
But we cannot even start the game,
Til somebody finds the dice.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:34:31 PM PDT
by
coaster123
(Trump fights for you. Fight for him.)
To: jmcenanly
Roll the ball,
Roll the ball, roll the ball, roll the ball,
Its a crucial frame, now,
So take good aim, now,
And we would have won if you let go of the ball!
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:38:21 PM PDT
by
coaster123
(Trump fights for you. Fight for him.)
To: jmcenanly
On you shooters,
On you shooters,
Get down on your knees,
Roll a seven,
Roll eleven,
...
This poster has forgotten the rest.
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:40:46 PM PDT
by
coaster123
(Trump fights for you. Fight for him.)
To: jmcenanly
Mad’s humor lost its cutting edge years ago. It’s too bad they weren’t able to navigate through the PC minefield of liberal bias. For me, South Park has long since picked up the torch. If you can’t rip on everyone and everything, you’re not qualified to do satire.
To: coaster123
A few lines from when “The Sound Of Music” was popular:
The hiiiills are aliiive
With the sound of money
(The rest was really funny, but I forgot it.)
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:42:43 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Worry ends where faith begins.)
To: MayflowerMadam
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:46:56 PM PDT
by
coaster123
(Trump fights for you. Fight for him.)
To: NFHale
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:49:00 PM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: shanover
Me too. Was enjoyable to read. Loved “Spy vs Spy”...
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posted on
07/06/2019 3:53:18 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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