R.I.P. the great Al Jaffee of MAD magazine

[Abigail_Adams]

Al Jaffee made it to the ripe old age of 102, and zillions of kids might not have made it through childhood and teenhood without Al's "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" and "Ridiculous" (his word) back cover fold-ins. Thanks for the great memories, Al! Here's is obit on NBC:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/al-jaffee-award-winning-mad-magazine-cartoonist-dies-102-rcna79069

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. My favorites... Al Jaffee and Don Martin.

[Submariner]

2. Don's sick sense of humor like this cartoon

had our school nuns horrified that our pre-teen eyes were exposed to such "filth", and we should avoid that (MAD) magazine, because God is watching, and He remembers everything,

[PCIntern]

3. I wouldn't have my outlook today

But for MAD Magazine…

The movie parodies were among my favorites. I remember vividly “007” with songs to the tune of “Oklahoma!” And a terrific sendup of Connery as Bond. I can still sing those songs 60 years later..

[MineralMan]

4. Sad. But, he outlived almost everyone, so there...

Mad Magazine got me through life in the late 50s and early 60s. It was sanity in the face of absurdity for me. It taught me about satire, and pissed off my parents' generation in a major way.

It was forbidden in my childhood house, so I bought it and read it elsewhere, and then passed each copy on to a friend, who passed it on, and so forth.

It was an important publication, even though that fact was not routinely mentioned by anyone. It helped me evolve into someone who questioned everything and took nothing for granted.

Still, "What, me worry?"

[misanthrope]

6. As a third and fourth grader, I was kept up to speed on Watergate

thanks to MAD magazine.

[Larissa]

5. Al Jaffee was living proof

That laughter really is the best medicine. I never laughed as hard as I did reading Mad Magazine. And, yes, "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" was my favorite.