(Thanks, l. :)

Reader l. writes:

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Re: 1960, MAD MAGAZINE'S DOUBLE-COVER ISSUE #60

Hobie..

FATHER NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT

Back in the late 50's as teens headed into our senior teen years my siblings and I loved MAD magazine. We bought it ourselves with our own money. Crammed full of characters, parodies, tiny odd little characters, we spent hours examining every aspect, contents and utterance of MAD. It poked fun at established ideals, institutions and beliefs which made us laugh because it sometimes made the most serious look ridiculous.

We got an education from MAD. We learned to look at things differently. Worn and dog eared after awhile each edition got set aside, possibly at that time our father must have examined it. He never said anything at the time.

Years went by, we left home, things changed, and the youngest of our lot, 16 years difference between us, was the only one left in the nest. But he was as addicted to MAD as much as we had been. When approached and asked to renew MAD's subscription father exploded and rebelled at his kid reading such trash. He wouldn't admit he couldn't understand MAD,....it was the same way with our rock and roll music.....when he entered a room with it going full blast he always said...."Jesus Christ!!"

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