MAD's Al Feldstein has died

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Story here. Al was MAD’s editor during it’s glory days.

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That’s sad news. He made MAD into an institution.

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:eek:

Terrible, terrible news. Mr. Feldstein was one of the Comedy Saints, spreading the gospel far & wide. Rest in giggles, Al.

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Damn. The Old Guard passes.

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42 men stand silently on the squamish field, their heads bowed.

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Wow. MAD was a subversive force that shaped a generation. Farewell Al.

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Aye, MAD Magazine was pretty much the definition of “irreverent”.

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So this is the guy responsible for corrupting me in my youth! Thanks Al . I couldn’t have gotten here (SDMB) without ya.

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I wonder how he’ll be folded into his coffin.

RIP Al, you brought me years of enjoyment as a youth.
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Technically speaking, 41 men and a Dummy (unless the Dummy got sent home early).

I didn’t appreciate it at the time — do we ever? — but a great deal of my outlook on life came from Bill, Al, and the Usual Gang of Idiots. Like Roald Dahl, they taught a generation that a) adults don’t really have the answers, and b) behind the seeming chaos of modern life lies . . . actual chaos. Gracias.

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Shflopp! ::faints from shock::

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The funeral will be presided over by Rabbi Melvin Kowznofski.

He will be buried at Axolotl Cemetery.

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Remember to grab a Moxie and pour one out for Al.

Funeral arrangements by Veeblefetzer, Inc.

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Poor Al has ecccchspired.

I’d like to think Heaven has just added to their Usual Gang of Idiots.

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So, so fitting . . .

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BTW, that’s a real thing, and I just found some the other day at a strip-mall shop called Rocket Fizz (a candy store, but its main stock-in-trade is every obscure kind of soda pop you never heard of, all in glass bottles). And I’ll try it tonight in Al’s honor.

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Is this the thread about the late Al Feldstein?

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  1. No, it’s a zombie thread from when he started editing MAD Magazine.

  2. No, this is the thread where we’re discussing if an airplane could take off from a treadmill.

  3. Yes it is, so why are we doing bad imitations of Al Jaffee jokes?

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Save that for the Al Jaffee obituary thread.

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Oh yes. MAD was instrumental in imparting a certain bent to my worldview that’s still in evidence, and I would not have it any other way.