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Mad #166

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Doohickamabob

Doohickamabob

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Funny story about Mad #166: Many parents were P.O.'ed and either complained or just canceled their subscriptions. William Gaines ended up sending out a letter to all subscribers in which he apologized for the breach of good taste -- probably the first time Gaines has ever done such a thing.

 

But it wasn't the last: A few years later, Gaines would apologize to all Mad fans for the poor quality of the teen comedy film "Up the Academy," which was produced with a vague tie-in to Mad magazine. Gaines had lobbied, and failed, to get Mad's name disassociated from the film prior to its release. In fact, I saw the movie solely on the basis of the Mad angle. The only things I remember are a sculpture of Alfred E. Neuman in a town square, and a busty, jiggly Barbara Bach teaching a classroom of drooling teenage boys about how to handle a machine gun.

 

How's that for going off on a tangent? Aw, to heck with it, might as well just do this:

 

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Senormac

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The power of the people (thumbs u

 

Where is Dice anyways ? He should make an appearance in this thread so we can all salute him lol

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