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38. I always summarized "articles" from my big brother's Mad magazines in school when I was little.

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:37 PM

Apr 2012

Other kids would do Life, Look, Sunset, all those grownup magazines. I did Mad and Famous Monsters of Film Land.

I remember Mr. Clausen's blank face (4th grade) as I sang this:

Off we go into the lunchroom yonder
Pushing girls out of the way.
Here we go, start moving down the counter.
C'mon boys, fill up your tray!
Try the beans, they were prepared last Friday,
and the meat's tough as a mule.
The soups cold, the bread's got mold (YUCK)
Anything beats our lunches at school!

That was the same year I did a book report on The Dunwich Horror. I never was told anything I did was unacceptable, so I must have been entertaining.

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Who got Mad magazine growing up? [View all] RiffRandell Apr 2012 OP

I met Al Jaffee as an adult KurtNYC Apr 2012 #1

I got it from the Rexall every month. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #2

Me! I did, I did! frogmarch Apr 2012 #3

I read MAD religiously when I was a boy hifiguy Apr 2012 #4

It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide. mac56 Apr 2012 #6

And who could forget 43-man Squamish? hifiguy Apr 2012 #7

George Woodbridge, right? TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #31

YEAH abq e streeter Apr 2012 #40

I wonder if this was the inspriation for Quidditch. mac56 Apr 2012 #51

I used to buy it at the candy store/newsstand. Never had enough $$$ for a sub. PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #5

i got that then started getting a mag by natl lampoon (forgot the name tho) leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #8

Was it Cracked? RiffRandell Apr 2012 #13

Cracked was what I always bought with my second week's allowance Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #19

it was national lampoon mag i remember the one with the cover of the dog leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #35

In the 70s - 80s, with regularity. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #9

Dad got MAD magazine every month, religiously. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #10

And the best thing about Mad was... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #11

Not true anymore. mac56 Apr 2012 #14

Yeah, right about 2000, Mad started taking ads. Right about the same time they went color. TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #28

Remember you could always fold the back page into another picture? RiffRandell Apr 2012 #12

Some online MAD interactive folding pages... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #20

I remember it treestar Apr 2012 #15

It was instrumental in developing my loathing for advertising, jingoism, and other bullshit Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #16

Oh yeah, I bought it. Folks didnt like the waste of money but,,,,,, benld74 Apr 2012 #17

Car Repair Bill HERVEPA Apr 2012 #18

Levittown rodak Aug 2012 #64

One of the first things I remember reading. alphafemale Apr 2012 #21

Fester and Karbunkle! mac56 Apr 2012 #22

I was very impressionable. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #23

My brother did. He gave all of his old Mads to my sons. femmocrat Apr 2012 #24

Me! It was 35 cents. And I'm still cheap. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2012 #25

I didn't subscribe to it, but Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #26

People who had subscriptions to it. nt. harmonicon Apr 2012 #27

Dave Berg's the lighter side of... TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #29

The Lighter Side TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #45

I forgot about that one! RiffRandell Apr 2012 #50

I did RZM Apr 2012 #30

And who here played the boardgame? TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #32

Wow - never knew there was a boardgame! BrendaBrick Apr 2012 #37

My grandma had one.... TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #41

I always bought it. nt raccoon Apr 2012 #33

If you can, get the "Best of the 70s" Collection to view "The Silent Majority" magazine parody. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #34

I think new ones only came out 10 times a year. mikeSchmuckabee Apr 2012 #36

I always summarized "articles" from my big brother's Mad magazines in school when I was little. Still Blue in PDX Apr 2012 #38

Famous Monsters of Film Land is another wonderful memory from childhood Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #42

Another old "Mad"man checking in. abq e streeter Apr 2012 #39

And let's not forget the deep meaningful music that Mad also provided . abq e streeter Apr 2012 #43

me! Kali Apr 2012 #44

I loved Mad TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #46

I started reading MAD around 1965. Gemini Cat Apr 2012 #47

My Dad had a subscription for years and we always read them. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #48

I blame it for my warped sense of humor. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #49

I used to read it at the drugstore. bif Apr 2012 #52

Oh yeah sarge43 Apr 2012 #53

Still cracks me up yea these many years sarge43 Apr 2012 #54

Frank Frazetta was the artist. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #58

Yes he did and a lot of fantasy work. sarge43 Apr 2012 #59

Used to BEG my mom to buy them for me. davsand Apr 2012 #55

I recall Mad's spoof of the "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" Kaleva Apr 2012 #56

I loved their movie parodies... mikeargo Apr 2012 #57

I discovered as a teenager, but have not read it in years now. n/t RebelOne Apr 2012 #60

I bought it from time to time when I was a kid/teen. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #61

I never got Mad Bruce Wayne Apr 2012 #62

Happy memories... Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #63