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Like, Mad: Mad Reader (Mad Readers) (Volume 9)

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If you can remember when this material was new, hip, and cutting-edge, well.... you are getting old, man- real old. The pieces in this collection are from the 1956 and 1957. This is back before the "usual gang of idiots" was known as the "usual gang of idiots"- they were merely idiots. I mean the hot topic here was "beatniks", so you know that you are dealing with "classic" stuff. And you really are, reading this paperback of classic MAD Magazine material from the 50's is like breaking open a time capsule- especially if you remember those days.

Contents: Foreign Movies, Top Atom Bomb Song Hits, Mad Coats of Arms, Movie Scenes We'd Like to See, MAD's Picture-Phone Backdrops, Motorist Beware, Spoofs on the comic strip "Nancy", Backyard Barbeques, MAD Bubble Gum Cards, The Children's Hour (Don Martin), The MAD Dating Technique, Movie Scenes We'd like to See II, 35mm Camera Comparison, Sin-Doll Ella, Future TV ads, The Potrzebie System, Dead Letters, Raw Guts, Mad Eating Utensils, More Civilized Mousetrap, The Railroad Timetable, and The Seaside Incident (Don Martin.)

As the intro states: Like, MAD is not square (it's much longer than it is wide), Like, MAD is real cool (if you keep it in the refrigerator), Like, MAD is the most (the most asinine stuff you've read), Like, MAD is the end (the end of a long line of successful paperbacks if it doesn't sell.) Well, it's been nearly 50 years and it's still selling....

If you like this one, then check out _MAD about the 50's_.

This book represents the early CLASSIC period of MAD circa late '50's. Wallace Wood does most of the contributions with "Foreign Movies", "Sin Doll-ella" & "The Potrzebie System of Weights & Measures". Joe Orlando makes some significant contributions with Bob Clarke, along with some early Dave Berg. George Woodbridge, Don Martin, Jack Davis have also arrived. Very solid! Very hip! Very funny! The book is very durable & should last many years without wear. I'm very glad they reissue these paperbacks as it takes me to my youth. MAD really needs to reissue ALL of their paperbacks. They are so damn classic, we must save them from exinction. So MAD fans unite and buy any old MAD paperback you can find on Amazon or elsewhere. They are relatively cheap and are usually in good condition. MAD, we need your dedication to this hallowed task!! We DEMAND it!!