# Book ('Mad about the 70's') shows Mad magazine repeats its old stuff too much **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060 "2018-06-30T17:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/41 "2018-07-03T11:53:16Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I think the current version of the magazine is issued 4 times a year. I had to go to Barnes & Noble to find it, and I didn’t know who or what they were satirizing in the most current issue. I recognized a couple of the names, but that was it. … Absolutely as it should be. On the OP’s particular concern, the Simpsons did a very barbed take on Mad, when Bart and Milhouse got the latest issue and noted [I rely on memory] ‘They’re really sticking it to that Spiro Agnew guy again. He must work there or something’. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/42 "2018-07-03T12:49:47Z")
It’s actually printed 6x a year. And recently they moved they’re operations out of NYC to California. They also started a “new” version of the magazine and reset their issue number to1. They’re up to #2. And for what it’s worth, I’m 58 and have read MAD pretty much all of my life and the new stuff is just as funny as the old. If you happen to like political satire, get yourself #2 and look at the bit about people who have “tramp stamps”. And yes they still have the fold-in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/43 "2018-07-03T13:06:07Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > On the OP’s particular concern, the Simpsons did a very barbed take on Mad, when Bart and Milhouse got the latest issue and noted [I rely on memory] ‘They’re really sticking it to that Spiro Agnew guy again. He must work there or something’. That’s not really accurate. Yes, Mad prints reprint collections - but as I noted, they’re identified as reprint collections. Obviously, reprints from the seventies will have seventies topics. But I just looked at their website. There are jokes there about Lebron James, Maxine Waters, and who Trump will nominate to the Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/44 "2018-07-03T13:48:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And I my Don Martin collections. > mmm [This one](https://www.amazon.com/MADs-Greatest-Artists-Completely-Martin/dp/0762430508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530625634&sr=8-1&keywords=complete+don+martin)? I have a copy (and I thought $30 was a lot). I also have _The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/45 "2018-07-03T13:49:27Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Step up to mormonism. I prefer the musical. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/46 "2018-07-03T17:49:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Sometimes I see the bible reprinted. It’s such an ordeal to see it so often with the same parables and psalms. Jesus Christ, can’t they get new material, or something? > [@snfaulkner](#): > > Step up to mormonism. Eh, I just can’t get into fanfic. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/47 "2018-07-03T23:54:47Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And I my Don Martin collections. > mmm > [@RealityChuck](#): > > [This one](https://www.amazon.com/MADs-Greatest-Artists-Completely-Martin/dp/0762430508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530625634&sr=8-1&keywords=complete+don+martin)? > > I have a copy (and I thought $30 was a lot). > > I also have _The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz_. Nope, but I wouldn’t mind owning that. I was referring to the original paperbacks: (from memory) Don Martin Steps Out, Don Martin Bounces Back, Don Martin Drops 13 Stories, etc., including Captain Klutz. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060/48 "2018-07-04T11:14:29Z")
Although I enjoyed _Leave It To Beaver_, I thought the spinoff _The Rutherfords_ was trite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060.md?page=2)