# What happened to Mad magazine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mad-magazine/447222 "2008-04-28T15:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mad-magazine/447222/21 "2008-04-29T09:25:26Z")
Sometimes, there are old paperback compilations of _Mad_ at book fairs or church sales. One (wish I still had it) was…pretty serious. A _nasty_ go-off on The National Enquirer, and some mean commentary about how the media treated rape victims. (The original stuff would have been late 60s, early 70s, from the look) And other things… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mad-magazine/447222/22 "2008-04-29T10:19:53Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] … Het, Esquire dumped it’s Dubious Achievements Awards … [/QUOTE] Why was I not informed? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mad-magazine/447222/23 "2008-04-29T10:59:39Z")
OK, for me anyway, I think a lot of it is that post-9/11, everything became about political humor, and I don’t find political humor funny at all. I don’t like Jon Stewart or the Daily Show or Colbert - I just don’t find any of it funny. Politics bores the hell out of me. Back in the 90s, the humor was much much less about serious political issues - I mean, the biggest political scandal with Clinton involved him getting his cock sucked. Sex scandals and celebrity weird-news type stuff abounded in the 90s, and I think that made for better humor material than any political shit. I think The Onion has gone downhill majorly also, for what it’s worth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mad-magazine/447222.md?page=1)