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In reply to the discussion: Who got Mad magazine growing up? [View all]benld74
(9,904 posts)17. Oh yeah, I bought it. Folks didnt like the waste of money but,,,,,,
Mad MAgazine is NOW in Cartoon form. In the block of channels the cartoons come in on cable,,,,
STILL FUNNY after all these years. Relevant also.
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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
Yeah, right about 2000, Mad started taking ads. Right about the same time they went color.
TheMightyFavog
Apr 2012
#28
It was instrumental in developing my loathing for advertising, jingoism, and other bullshit
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#16
If you can, get the "Best of the 70s" Collection to view "The Silent Majority" magazine parody.
HughBeaumont
Apr 2012
#34
I always summarized "articles" from my big brother's Mad magazines in school when I was little.
Still Blue in PDX
Apr 2012
#38