# Happy 100th birthday, Al Jaffee!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860 "2021-03-14T00:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860/1 "2021-03-14T00:53:08Z")

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Today is the 100th birthday of Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee! He had the longest-running career of any comic artist, from 1942 to 2020.

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**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:** [March 14, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860/2 "2021-03-14T00:57:05Z")

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860/3 "2021-03-14T01:04:32Z")

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“Serious people my age are dead.”