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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:29:33 AM EDT
Creator of the MAD Fold-In.
Al Jaffee dead at 102 Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” has died. He was 102. Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson. He had retired at the age of 99. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:31:59 AM EDT
[#1]
R.I.P., Mr. Jaffrey.
I enjoyed your work for decades! 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:33:27 AM EDT
[#2]
Wow. Our family had a subscription to Mad in the 60s and 70s.
RIP |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:34:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:36:21 AM EDT
[#4]
MAD was a big part of my youth. My older brothers friend had a subscription and had a box full of issues. I read every one.
The earlier ones, 60's and 70's were best, in my opinion. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:37:26 AM EDT
[#5]
RIP Al Jaffee and the usual gang of idiots
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:37:38 AM EDT
[#6]
102!
Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor. In a 2010 interview, Jaffee said, "Serious people my age are dead |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:39:02 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: MAD was a big part of my youth. My older brothers friend had a subscription and had a box full of issues. I read every one. The earlier ones, 60's and 70's were best, in my opinion. I've read all of my brother's collection from Issue 23 until Bill Gaines passed away. I lost interest after that. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:40:09 AM EDT
[#8]
RIP
I enjoyed his work back in the day. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:41:18 AM EDT
[#9]
Was curious if MAD Magazine is still a thing. Surprisingly, it apparently is. Wonder if they have gone woke. I will have to keep an eye out for it at the store.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 11:41:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2023 12:16:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2023 12:57:37 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: RIP Al Jaffee and the usual gang of idiots Al Jaffee -- a name I've not heard in a long time.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:00:07 PM EDT
[#13]
Man, I remember him and Sergio Aragones from Mad Mag.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:02:18 PM EDT
[#14]
Mad was blamed for juvenile delinquency back in the day.
 60 Minutes - Mad Magazine Segment from 1988 |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:04:29 PM EDT
[#15]
Wow, this thread takes me back. RIP sir.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:08:04 PM EDT
[#16]
Man, Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions got me in so much trouble. Made me the asshole I am today, though!
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:14:25 PM EDT
[#17]
Loved MAD Magazine growing up. Lots of laughs.
Alfred E. Newman, FTW. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 1:33:41 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: MAD was a big part of my youth. My older brothers friend had a subscription and had a box full of issues. I read every one. The earlier ones, 60's and 70's were best, in my opinion. Agreed. 60’s and 70’s were peak Mad. Al Jaffe was my favorite but I also liked Don Martin, Sergio Aragones, and Dave Berg. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:12:04 PM EDT
[#19]
Mad magazine made me what I am today.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:19:21 PM EDT
[#20]
Huh, Sunday my dad asked if he should bring all my old Mad(70s-80s) magazines next time they visit.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:23:26 PM EDT
[#21]
That type of humor is gone now.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:23:37 PM EDT
[#22]
Enjoyed many a Mad Magazine. RIP Al Jaffee.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:23:48 PM EDT
[#23]
I liked the 30th anniversary (I think that was it) of the bombing of Hiroshima addition. It was a picture of the Enola Gay flying away from Hiroshima with a mushroom cloud in the back ground and in script across the cover was “Pearl Harbor, no hard feelings.”
Japan banned Mad Magazine for that one IIRC |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:27:31 PM EDT
[#24]
That name takes me back. Surprised he was till alive. He certainly influenced generations of young me with his humor
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:30:44 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I liked the 30th anniversary (I think that was it) of the bombing of Hiroshima addition. It was a picture of the Enola Gay flying away from Hiroshima with a mushroom cloud in the back ground and in script across the cover was “Pearl Harbor, no hard feelings.” Japan banned Mad Magazine for that one IIRC I believe that was actually National Lampoon.... 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 2:45:29 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe that was actually National Lampoon.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285/PHHHHH-2778643.gif Imagine trying to publish that today. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:07:43 PM EDT
[#27]
RIP, Al Jaffee.
I read every issue from summer 1964 until early 1968 (seventh grade at the time). A major influence, I am happy to say. I think it was summer 1966 and my grandma, my mom's mom (Vassar College, 1921) said to her, "I can't believe you let him read Mad Magazine! It's liberal and vulgar!" Fast forward to the late 1990s. I come home from work and see a copy of Mad in our kitchen. I say to my wife, "Hey! Whose issue of Mad is this?" She said it belonged to our son, in parochial school at the time. So, I look through the latest issue of Mad. Then think to myself, "Grandma was right. Mad is liberal and vulgar." 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:14:08 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ^ this Al Jaffee -- a name I've not heard in a long time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: RIP Al Jaffee and the usual gang of idiots Al Jaffee -- a name I've not heard in a long time. I was 12 when I got into MAD and was introduced to Jaffee's style of humor. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:16:33 PM EDT
[#29]
MAD was a staple when I was growing up. RIP
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:21:34 PM EDT
[#30]
MAD Magazine, Cracked and SNL in 87-92 were how I got introduced to satire and politics.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:24:16 PM EDT
[#31]
Ears glued to a transistor radio stands out in my memory of Mad....
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:25:45 PM EDT
[#32]
Thanks for all the laughs, Al.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:26:54 PM EDT
[#33]
Spy vs Spy was cool and the little drawings along the inseam.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:44:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2023 3:48:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:00:41 PM EDT
[#36]
My dad gave me a pile of MAD magazines from the 50's including the 1st issue that is super rare. None of them are collectible because I read them all of the time and are in OK condition.
I still have them too. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:01:02 PM EDT
[#37]
Makes me wish I kept my 80s stuff.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:03:08 PM EDT
[#38]
I used to pore over his artwork every month.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:03:37 PM EDT
[#39]
Damn, that is one helluva run both physically and career. RIP.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:04:48 PM EDT
[#40]
Thanks for all the good laughs
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:19:45 PM EDT
[#41]
Thanks for the many laughs Al!
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:23:22 PM EDT
[#42]
RIP.
Spent a bit of hard earned lawn mowing money on MAD down at the local drugstore. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:24:27 PM EDT
[#43]
Got my kids a subscription to MAD a few years ago. It sucked. Lots of politics.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 4:48:34 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mad was blamed for juvenile delinquency back in the day.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCB3q-PFd3wI remember watching that episode of 60 Minutes. RIP, Mr. Jaffee. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 5:24:33 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks for all the laughs, Al. RIP, Al. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 5:56:53 PM EDT
[#46]
RIP. Many years of greatness.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 6:46:51 PM EDT
[#47]
RIP Mr. Jaffee.
Your work provided may hours of entertainment during my misspent youth. 
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Posted: 4/11/2023 6:55:39 PM EDT
[#48]
Last words:
What, me worry?  |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 6:59:41 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryAlso a few Spy vs. Spy books. Jaffee was the man. I used to draw the cuffed hand as an indication to turn the page on memos and school reports. I still do. Eta: I have a couple of issues with the floppy phonograph records, too. Energy crisis one was my favorite. |
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Posted: 4/11/2023 7:00:21 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, I remember him and Sergio Aragones from Mad Mag. Yup |
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