# mad  magazine   to cease  publication

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496 "2019-07-04T05:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/101 "2019-07-27T03:42:24Z")

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It’s crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.

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**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/102 "2020-06-14T20:17:12Z")

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Thought this thread was worth a bump with the news that Mad has just published 99-year old [Al Jaffee’s last-ever Fold-In](https://forward.com/culture/448517/mad-magazine-legend-al-jaffee-folds-it-in-at-99-check-out-his-last-fold-in/).

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/103 "2020-06-15T19:00:54Z")

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Read through (most) of the thread. I’ll echo most of the sentiments, with an additional little story. Growing up in the 70s, I loved Mad. My mother taught remedial reading at a grade school / middle school. She would bring my old copies of Mad in and use them in class - you have a better chance of getting a kid to read if you give them something that they might actually want to read!

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**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:** [June 15, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/104 "2020-06-15T19:44:38Z")

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I haven’t read _Mad Magazine_ in decades. It was a formative part of my childhood. Perhaps it degenerated into a mere shadow of its former glory, I dunno. But, I lament its passing nonetheless.

Kind of like my mom. She was a great cook when I was a kid; not so great when she got old and feeble. But, she died and I miss her nonetheless.

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