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Post by snsurone on Mar 2, 2018 18:05:36 GMT
I had always loved MAD Magazine when Bill Gaines was the editor-in-chief. Its movie spoofs were hilarious.
I remember the cartoon lampooning DANCES WITH WOLVES; in one frame, there was a close-up of an Oscar statuette with a tag attached saying "Congratulations, Jeremy Irons". This was a back-handed slap to Best Actor nominee Kevin Costner, who had lost to Irons.
Some of these spoofs were milder--for example, "What's Entertainment?", which supposedly was a mockery of THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT. This cartoon really lambasted Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM, where those great musicals were made. It also displayed Gaines' love for classic Hollywood movies--a love I share. Another example is "Mentl", a spoof of Barbra Streisand's YENTL. Many of the writers and illustrators of MAD were Jewish, and their backgrounds were similar to the environment of YENTL.
I stopped buying MAD Magazine when Gaines retired (he passed away many years ago). I feel that the periodical has moved from humor to vulgarity.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 2, 2018 18:12:54 GMT
I really loved the musical spoofs.
"West Side Story" πΆWhen you use Crest, You use Crest all the way. From your first baby tooth, To your last gold inlay?
My Fair Lady πΆAn ad that's bad Will end up spoofed in Mad!
Sound of Music πΆHow come I'm alone, And there's all this music?
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 2, 2018 18:18:39 GMT
I really loved the musical spoofs. Sound of Music πΆHow come I'm alone, And there's all this music? I'm not singing now I am prerecorded I'm just mouthing words I have sung before And how does it feel To be singing nothing? It's an awwwwwww-ful bore
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Post by snsurone on Mar 2, 2018 18:34:29 GMT
I remember that one, Dog. It's from "The Sound of Money".
Later on, MAD did a sequel called "The Sound of (More) Money". Not as good as the original.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 2, 2018 18:45:40 GMT
I remember that one, Dog. It's from "The Sound of Money". Later on, MAD did a sequel called "The Sound of (More) Money". Not as good as the original. Right! "The Sound Of Money." Thank you! How could I have forgotten that?
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Post by Lebowskidoo πππ» on Mar 2, 2018 18:54:07 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Mar 2, 2018 19:06:39 GMT
Oh I loved those old Mad magazine parodies of movies and TV-series. The Mad magazine cover, and the real actors recreating the Mad Magazine cover of L.A. Law TV-series
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Post by snsurone on Mar 2, 2018 19:13:53 GMT
I hope you have seen the cover of MAD Magazine, July, 2017.
It depicts Trump being interviewed by the press, and Alfie's mic shoved into Trump's eye. Hilarious, but I would have rather liked the mic shoved into Trump's big mouth!
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Post by Lebowskidoo πππ» on Mar 2, 2018 19:22:34 GMT
I hope you have seen the cover of MAD Magazine, July, 2017. It depicts Trump being interviewed by the press, and Alfie's mic shoved into Trump's eye. Hilarious, but I would have rather liked the mic shoved into Trump's big mouth!
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Post by teleadm on Mar 2, 2018 19:39:54 GMT
John Wayne according to Mad Magazine:
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 2, 2018 23:12:04 GMT
...I remember seeing a photo at the back of an old issue depicting "The Joint Chiefs of Staff". It was 5 images of John Wayne in 5 different uniforms.
And how about Fester Bester Tester???
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 3, 2018 0:03:12 GMT
My first Mad mag at 12, l became an avid collector of back issues with some exciting finds from second hand book shops, Now deeply regretting selling the lot some years back...
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Post by snsurone on Mar 3, 2018 1:52:31 GMT
Ah, yes--"The Poopside Down Adventure". When I was a child, I lived across the street from Harvey Kurtzman, one of the original contributors of MAD Magazine, and his family. In fact, his eldest daughter was my best friend. However, like all kids, I was ignorant of the fact that my neighbor was a celebrity, . A dispute with Bill Gaines caused Harvey to resign from MAD, and since then, he drew comics for other publications, especially the "Little Annie Fanny" strip in Playboy. He passed away in 1993.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 3, 2018 20:59:14 GMT
The Don Martin version of Oliver Twist:
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Post by snsurone on Mar 3, 2018 21:20:05 GMT
Ah, those great artists: Don Martin, Dave Berg, etc. Sadly, most of them have passed on.
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Post by bess1971s on Mar 4, 2018 18:56:24 GMT
I recall a Mad parody of Singing In The Rain with Gene Kelly singing "I'm winging it alone, I'm winging it alone. No broads to upstage me, like Leslie Caron". I choked up on that one because watching him dance with anyone, I always got the feeling that his favorite partner was himself. I know he was absolutely brutal to Debbie Reynolds for which she forgave him.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 4, 2018 19:40:27 GMT
I recall a Mad parody of Singing In The Rain with Gene Kelly singing "I'm winging it alone, I'm winging it alone. No broads to upstage me, like Leslie Caron". I choked up on that one because watching him dance with anyone, I always got the feeling that his favorite partner was himself. I know he was absolutely brutal to Debbie Reynolds for which she forgave him. That was from "What's Entertainment?". In the movie on which this is based, Kelly admitted that his favorite dancing partner was (wait for it!) Fred Astaire. Could be the reason why the two were teamed for THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT II.
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Post by jervistetch on Mar 4, 2018 21:30:29 GMT
I had a bunch of them, including the Poseidon Adventure issue. I think this was my first one:
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Post by snsurone on Mar 4, 2018 23:56:20 GMT
Do you remember the spoof of WHERE EAGLES DARE? It's called "Where Vultures Fare".
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Post by snsurone on Mar 5, 2018 1:51:37 GMT
In retrospect, I wish that I knew Bill Gaines. We might have been good friends, as we shared common interests: a passion for movies during Hollywood's Golden Age, a love of Shakespeare, and an affection for NYC. Granted, I would have not approved of his homophobia and his disdain of women's rights (as depicted in a number of MAD stories), but I do believe we still could have become friends.
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