I bought ALTER EGO #85, which reprints one of the covers of CONFESSIONS ILLUSTRATED, a magazine from EC Comics, and front and inside front covers and two pages from SHOCK ILLUSTRATED, a magazine from EC Comics.
I knew that MAD ESP had been mentioned in Maria Reidelbach's book, COMPLETELY MAD, but I didn't know that MAD ESP had been mentioned in the MAD Letters Department columns.
I remember they did a satire of ads including The Jolly Green Giant, and they said to the Jolly Green Giant, "Hey, Jolly Green Giant! What's new besides ho ho ho?" And I thought they were innocently saying what's going on besides that? But it turns out that they were being sarcastic; they were saying, besides Jolly Green Giant's usual saying, "ho ho ho", as if they were tired of Jolly Green Giant saying his usual saying all the time. The Jolly Green Giant made a squash sound, "Squash!" There was also an EC Comics horror story called "Squash, Anyone?" No offense.
I remember from when I was a kid, the joke by Dave Berg where a woman said "Darn it! I overslept!" and then realizes she has to make an excuse to her boss for being late. She thinks of, "I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Dilly, but my train ran late and my car had a flat tire." She thinks to herself again, "I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Dilly, but my train ran late and my car had a flat tire." She goes into Mr. Dilly's office and blurts out, "I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Car, but my dilly ran late and my train had a flat tire. " She looks for the right words to say and then ultimately says, "I overslept!"
I remember when the GARBAGE PAIL ADULTS issue of MAD was released, my friend gave me a copy of that issue, and someone explained to me who some of the people depicted in the GARBAGE PAIL ADULTS satire were.
I just finished reading Mad Magazine's 500th Issue and it's made me realize that I've read every issue since 1979. I also just realized that they've increased their price from $o.60 cents (Cheap) to $5.99 ( not so cheap ).
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