[Ipg-smz] A moment of silence, please - MAD magazine

[Steve Wexler]

I loved Alfred E. Neuman and friends -- at least until National Lampoon
launched and stole my (dis)affections.

On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 23:02, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:

>
>  I learned to read using MAD magazine. My personal and cultural identity
> are closely wrapped up with that magazine.
>
> https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/04/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/
>
>      MAD magazine may stop publishing, but MAD itself is eternal. It is
> the wind blowing thru the trees, it is the
> whoopee cushion on your co-workers chair, it is the prank pulled off with
> great flair.
>
>        We are a better nation -- a better world -- because of MAD
> magazine.  MAD took an amorphous blob
> of a country and made it into a less amorphous blob of a country. It was
> the precursor of all progenitors.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine)
>
>                        phil
>
>
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>
> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
> "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from
> real options."  David Suzuki
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Steve Wexler
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