# MAD's Al Feldstein has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407 "2014-05-01T00:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/1 "2014-05-01T00:09:30Z")
Story [here](http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=864921). Al was MAD’s editor during it’s glory days. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/2 "2014-05-01T00:10:13Z")
That’s sad news. He made MAD into an institution. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/3 "2014-05-01T02:41:32Z")
:eek: Terrible, terrible news. Mr. Feldstein was one of the Comedy Saints, spreading the gospel far & wide. Rest in giggles, Al. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/4 "2014-05-01T02:53:33Z")
Damn. The Old Guard passes. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/5 "2014-05-01T03:30:14Z")
42 men stand silently on the squamish field, their heads bowed. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/6 "2014-05-01T03:36:49Z")
Wow. MAD was a subversive force that shaped a generation. Farewell Al. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/7 "2014-05-01T04:17:48Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Wow. MAD was a subversive force that shaped a generation. Farewell Al. Aye, MAD Magazine was pretty much the definition of “irreverent”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/8 "2014-05-01T07:00:13Z")
So this is the guy responsible for corrupting me in my youth! Thanks Al . I couldn’t have gotten here (SDMB) without ya. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/9 "2014-05-01T10:51:28Z")
I wonder how he’ll be folded into his coffin. RIP Al, you brought me years of enjoyment as a youth. mmm ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/10 "2014-05-01T12:07:13Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > 42 men stand silently on the squamish field, their heads bowed. 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_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/11 "2014-05-01T13:01:03Z")
Shflopp! ::faints from shock:: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/12 "2014-05-01T14:49:24Z")
The funeral will be presided over by Rabbi Melvin Kowznofski. He will be buried at Axolotl Cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/13 "2014-05-01T16:16:00Z")
Remember to grab a Moxie and pour one out for Al. Funeral arrangements by Veeblefetzer, Inc. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/14 "2014-05-01T20:56:58Z")
Poor Al has ecccchspired. I’d like to think Heaven has just added to their Usual Gang of Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/15 "2014-05-01T22:52:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > That’s sad news. He made MAD into an institution. So, so fitting . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/16 "2014-05-01T22:55:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Remember to grab a Moxie and pour one out for Al. BTW, [that’s a real thing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie), 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. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/17 "2014-05-01T22:57:13Z")
Is this the thread about the late Al Feldstein? ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/18 "2014-05-01T23:57:56Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Is this the thread about the late Al Feldstein? 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? 4. * * * ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/19 "2014-05-02T00:19:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I wonder how he’ll be folded into his coffin. Save that for the Al Jaffee obituary thread. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407/20 "2014-05-02T00:27:35Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > So this is the guy responsible for corrupting me in my youth! Thanks Al . I couldn’t have gotten here (SDMB) without ya. 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-al-feldstein-has-died/687407.md?page=2)