I grew up reading Mad Magazine, but lost touch with it many years until my son started getting a subscription. For those of you who don't read it, here are some things I found funny:
WHAT IF BOOKS WERE PRINTED ON DELI MEATS?
1. Illiteracy among vegetarians would skyrocket while dogs would suddenly become the most well-read segment of society.
2. Books would be even MORE popular with Oprah.
3. Year after year, the Pulitzer Price winner: Boar's Head.
4. All Barnes & Noble stores would be a cool 38 degrees year-round.
5. Book burnings would now smell deee-licious.
MOVIE SCREW-UPS: A CLUELESS, ANAL-RETENTIVE GUIDE TO CINEMA
1. GLADIATOR takes place in ancient Rome, yet everyone speaks English.
2. In FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5, Jason is seen throughout the movie, even though he died in each of the first four.
3. In the closing credits of Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, it says the film was made in 1968...an error of 33 years!
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WC: There are Mad lines that remain in my head decades later.
Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions:
Person A: Did you get a haircut?
Person B: No, I got them all cut.
And then there's their description of just how deep in the jungle King Kong was found: "Hundreds of miles from civilization and ten miles from the nearest Howard Johnson's."
I could go on and on, but I'm supposed to be working.
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