At the grand old age of 99, Mad's Al Jaffee is hanging up his pencil.
https://forward.com/culture/448517/mad-magazine-legend-al-jaffee-folds-it-in-at-99-check-out-his-last-fold-in/?fbclid=IwAR2dDOUGY8Keh-JaS039b2Y_2Z-ZzgdKATyyuokgN8hKNlvoZnOfIomCTEUI remember a time as a young teenager in the seventies when it was essential reading at school. Of course there were references that we Brits had to guess at, and sometimes they lampooned movies that were not even released in the UK at that point. But it was a little bit of the USA that we could grab hold of instantly at a time and age when we thought the US was so cool.
Let's hope Al has another ten years in which to enjoy his retirement...
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Must have completely passed me by
But, yeah, some of the topical US references were a bit above my head. I remember a spoof on joggers done as a poem and it had the line, 'I can see his Pro-Keds clearly...' I knew they were trainers but I thought what sort of brand is that? Now I know that in US in the Seventies the two affordable brands were either Chuck Taylor Converse or Pro-Keds.
Always loved the fold-ins, Spy vs Spy and TV and movie parodies, even if some of it went over my head.