RIP MAD Magazine

GlennDog
GlennDog Posts: 3,121
edited July 2019 in The Clubhouse
In my youth, I spent countless hours thumbing through this rag… What fun it was!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48865342
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,022
    Oh man. RIP.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    A shame. I used to love the stuff Don Martin contributed, also the Spy vs Spy bits. And the small margin drawings by Antonio Prohias were worth looking for too.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,646
    RIP. I loved MAD back in my youth.
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  • gurot1
    gurot1 Posts: 519
    I used to love MAD back in the day! Always would pick up an issue when I was going to travel.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,723
    What, me worry?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    There are memories of packs of stickers, similar to a pack of baseball cards, that was a spin off, or, product of Mad. Anyone else remember them?
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    Folding in the last page was always fun too!!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    Given the content they have produced over the last several years, I cannot say I am surprised.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Mad was part of youth. RIP. You did good.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I have like the first fifty years? of Mad on disc. I looked at it like once and found issues that I read when I was 10. I have no idea if they will play on a computer now.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,958
    Always used to pick up a copy of MAD magazine at the grocery store on Sundays when I would go with my mom!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    kharp1 wrote: »
    There are memories of packs of stickers, similar to a pack of baseball cards, that was a spin off, or, product of Mad. Anyone else remember them?

    Garbage Pail Kids?
    Carl

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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    schwarcw wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    There are memories of packs of stickers, similar to a pack of baseball cards, that was a spin off, or, product of Mad. Anyone else remember them?

    Garbage Pail Kids?

    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,135
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,795
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,336
    Mad started out as a comic book. When they started the Comics Code Authority (CCA stamp in the top corner of a comic book ) in order to avoid government oversight, they switched it to a magazine.
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Viking64 wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

    kwqdvxww4w6e.jpg

    Those are the ones! Thanks.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    I really liked those
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

    kwqdvxww4w6e.jpg

    Those are the ones! Thanks.

    Somewhere in my attic full of boxes I have about 200 of those, for some reason I never bothered peeling them off and sticking them anywhere. Wonder if they're worth anything...
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    polrbehr wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

    kwqdvxww4w6e.jpg

    Those are the ones! Thanks.

    Somewhere in my attic full of boxes I have about 200 of those, for some reason I never bothered peeling them off and sticking them anywhere. Wonder if they're worth anything...

    How much you want for em?
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    Willow wrote: »
    Folding in the last page was always fun too!!

    I can’t believe I forgot about that!
    Jimbo18 wrote: »
    Mad started out as a comic book. When they started the Comics Code Authority (CCA stamp in the top corner of a comic book ) in order to avoid government oversight, they switched it to a magazine.

    I did not know that.
    In my Arte Johnson voice from Laugh In “very interesting”

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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    afterburnt wrote: »
    polrbehr wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

    kwqdvxww4w6e.jpg

    Those are the ones! Thanks.

    Somewhere in my attic full of boxes I have about 200 of those, for some reason I never bothered peeling them off and sticking them anywhere. Wonder if they're worth anything...

    How much you want for em?

    Whatcha got? And remember, the price I am willing to accept will depend mostly on how long I have to suffer while I search for them in the heat of July in an un-airconditioned space. o:)

    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    http://www.hifilit.com/Mad/Mad.htm

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    polrbehr wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    polrbehr wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Mo, they were released in 1985, this was back in the mid to late 70's. Seems like I remember them being connected to Mad in some way. IDK.

    Wacky Packages?

    kwqdvxww4w6e.jpg

    Those are the ones! Thanks.

    Somewhere in my attic full of boxes I have about 200 of those, for some reason I never bothered peeling them off and sticking them anywhere. Wonder if they're worth anything...

    How much you want for em?

    Whatcha got? And remember, the price I am willing to accept will depend mostly on how long I have to suffer while I search for them in the heat of July in an un-airconditioned space. o:)

    Will there be a Thanksgiving sale?
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