# Al Jaffee Died At 102 (2023-04-10) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 10, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475 "2023-04-10T23:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/21 "2023-04-11T20:45:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I always carefully bent but never folded the back covers because I didn’t want creases. I folded them when I was a child, but as an adult, developed the skill (not sure what else to call it) to be able to “see” the joke without needing to do the folds. The Fold-Ins were great, but I also liked his other work. He was pretty prolific, if you look at all he did. Rest well, Al; you deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/22 "2023-04-11T21:24:22Z")
I was a huge fan of Mad Magazine as a kid, and loved Jaffee’s work. He, Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin were my favorites. (I also loved _Groo_ by Aragones.) Jaffee didn’t retire until he was 99 years old. That’s dedication! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/23 "2023-04-11T23:34:03Z")
_Groo_ is still ongoing. [Latest issue](https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3000-077/Groo-Gods-Against-Groo-4) less than a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/24 "2023-04-11T23:47:59Z")
I don’t think I’ve read a Mad Magazine since the early 1990s. In the 80s, we had the Mad Magazine board game and I even saw their movie _Up the Academy_ which was a terrible, terrible movie. It’s hard to believe Al was in his 70s the last time I picked up an issue of Mad. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/25 "2023-04-12T08:37:26Z")
I forgot what it was but I remember something making fun of Al Jaffee fold-ins going “You always instantly notice the clouds in the sky always look like people’s faces” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/26 "2023-04-12T20:10:16Z")
I loved MAD ! I had Al’s Book of Magic & will always remember the great “Getting blood out of a stone” trick … (you distract your audience and secretly swap the stone for a handful of broken glass !) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/27 "2023-04-12T20:41:21Z")
I was just thinking about that magic trick last night, and wondering if that was Al Jaffee. I don’t think you have to swap out the stone, just add some broken glass between the stone and your palm. And the punchline was something like “it’s really hard to get blood out of a stone, but it’s easy to get blood out of a magician”. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/28 "2023-04-12T21:02:36Z")
Sadly, I don’t think that type of humor would fly these days. Probably get you canceled by the propeller moms. 👊 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/29 "2023-04-12T21:27:22Z")
nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/30 "2023-04-12T22:56:04Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Probably get you canceled by the propeller moms. Mom’s in the 1970s weren’t crazy about _MAD_ \*, either. That’s why we loved it. \*but they _were_ mad about _Crazy_ and _Cracked_. Angry, that is. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/31 "2023-04-13T07:10:30Z")
I had a subscription to MAD for a couple of years. I got some Super Special issues with extra stuff in them. Through the 60s either me or my brother tried to obtain every issue of MAD, and dad would grab them to read too. Jaffee and the gang were prophets. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/32 "2023-04-21T12:54:43Z")
[A nice tribute to Al Jaffee in this week’s _Tom the Dancing Bug_.](https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2023/04/21?ct=v&cti=2043578) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475/33 "2023-04-21T17:15:11Z")
Great and fitting tribute. Thanks for sharing! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475.md?page=1)