This Boomer agrees with you about Mad Magazine. My brother and I saved up our nickels and bought copies at the local drugstore (yes, back when drugstores sold magazines, sold us cigarettes for our Mom, and also had lunch counters.) As little kids we didn't always understand the satire, but the magazine taught us that there are no sacred …
This Boomer agrees with you about Mad Magazine. My brother and I saved up our nickels and bought copies at the local drugstore (yes, back when drugstores sold magazines, sold us cigarettes for our Mom, and also had lunch counters.) As little kids we didn't always understand the satire, but the magazine taught us that there are no sacred cows, and also - very important - that life will take its own course no matter what voodoo you do to forestall the future. Nuclear war, communists, assassins, riots, all out of our control. To this day, my very different brother and I still share a view of the world that was brought to us by Mad Magazine: What, me worry?
This Boomer agrees with you about Mad Magazine. My brother and I saved up our nickels and bought copies at the local drugstore (yes, back when drugstores sold magazines, sold us cigarettes for our Mom, and also had lunch counters.) As little kids we didn't always understand the satire, but the magazine taught us that there are no sacred cows, and also - very important - that life will take its own course no matter what voodoo you do to forestall the future. Nuclear war, communists, assassins, riots, all out of our control. To this day, my very different brother and I still share a view of the world that was brought to us by Mad Magazine: What, me worry?