Don Martin and his "sound effects"...

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In my formative years (late '50's/early '60's) my folks wouldn't allow me to have Mad Magazine. Had to buy it on the sly at the drug store, then read it in study hall by cleverly inserting it in a Time Magazine. I was 'bad to the bone' before 'bad to the bone' was invented.

I favor, and value in my friends, obtuse, ironic, topical humor to this day. It is truly an art form.

What's amazing is that it lasted this long in our thin-skinned, politically-correct society. Comedy, in general, has been ruined.

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I read MAD whenever I could get my hands on a copy. I don't remember many of the jokes in MAD but this one has popped up in my mind several times over the years.

Don Martins' art.
Al Jaffe's "Snappy answers to stupid questions"
The fold-in
The "Letters to the editor"

all good stuff.

Now get Kaputnik and Fonebone on the line.

Nailed it! This is exactly the sound of a speed bag!



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From a send-up of “Then Came Bronson”...(1970 or so)

“Takin’ a trip?”
“No, this is a regular cigarette I’m smoking.”

S'long Melvin Cowznofski - ????

Like so many other in my age group, I went from Mad magazine to National Lampoon.

The Mad magazine movie and TV show parodies are what I always liked, not only for the bad jokes but also because they had some truly talented illustrators.

"Star Blecch" and (as previously mentioned) "Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid" are two that spring to mind.

The mock stickers are also a fond memory. My brother still calls "Chock Full of Nuts" brand coffee "Chock Full of Nuts and Bolts".

Some years back I spent a bit and purchased the Mad Magazine collection on CD/DVD. I haven't looked at it in quite some time, but I am going to now.

By the way, "Mad Libs" has found its way into popular culture among younger people who have never read or even heard of the magazine. Literally yesterday, my daughter was turning a newspaper story about allegations of high-level corruption in a particular city into a Mad Lib, and that is how she referred to it.

Apt observation.

I do have some Mad memories. This thread brought them back. Another spy vs. spy fan here.

Probably the only feature I looked at in Mad.

That's Prince Charles, right?
 

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+1 (I was just thinking about posting that!)

That's cool! I think I too have some old issues - not boxes of them though.

I love the boxing sound effects. I cant find the pic I have stashed but the sales manager is beating the crap out of the salesman for not selling enough chamomile tea.

Manage says "And the chamomile tea?" Salesman says "Alas"

Takita-takita-takita with the gloves beating his face.

The vanity license plate on Don Martin's car was "SHTOINK".

One over my favorites. Best thing was the indignant persons writing them about an article they did not like and threatened to boycott their advertisers. They always told them to go ahead!!
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Spy vs Spy and any Don Martin cartoons were my first reads every issue. My parents were not thrilled about me reading Mad but were ok with watching the Stooges every afternoon on Captain Bob's show. Go figure.Great satire vs sometimes violent slapstick. (Actually just watched/recorded "Women Haters" this past weekend)
Also moved from Mad to Lampoon. Damn they did some incredible stuff back then - The Religion Issue, the Nationalities issue. No way anything that non PC could be done today as we seem to have forgotten how to laugh at ourselves. Imagine the ASPCA/ PETA looking at the "Shoot This Dog" cover

You should maybe take some time to look into what happens when PETA "takes care" of animals.

It ain't all warm fuzzies I'll tell you that much.

Yes. Big fan. I have a spy vs spy t- shirt that always gets a great response.