Morley Safer goes inside the MAD world of Alfred E. Neuman for an in-depth look at the magazine every kid's mother loves to hate. Join us on Patreon! / manufacturingintellect Donate Crypto! commerce.coinb... Share this video!
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@ManufacturingIntellect3 жыл бұрын
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@thomaslong8401 Жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 1960s, early 70s, MAD had a profound influence on me. I saved them. My daughter found them in the 90s and read them all. Now she is a MAD devotee. And we share lots of laughs.
@ApeLikeCreature2 жыл бұрын
I am a Creative Director today because of MAD Magazine. Thank you to Bill Gaines and the rest of those warped crazies that helped me to never grow up.
@shimereemoon15 күн бұрын
Ape Like Creature good one
@sha112352 күн бұрын
Where you work?
@mpatrickthomas2 жыл бұрын
Wish they had THE LEGEND on here....Al Jaffee.He retired in 2020 at 95.Was with them from basically the beginning in 1955.Also Dave Berg.Usually had the Mad staff in The Lighter Side
@nowthatsjustducky Жыл бұрын
Jaffee, Martin, Berg, Aragones, Prohias, and Gaines. Those are the names I associate with the Usual Gang of Idiots. Going to add Nick Meglin to that now too.
@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Жыл бұрын
I think sadly Don Martin left them around this time... 😔
@cuda426hemiАй бұрын
@@nowthatsjustducky Mort Drucker was my singular hero. His caricatures from Bond to Star Wars, Godfather, epic. 👀
@nowthatsjustduckyАй бұрын
@@cuda426hemi Adding him to the list now too. His was just a name that didn't really click with me at the time, so kinda got forgotten.
@sha112352 күн бұрын
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Don left later that year.
@ManInTheBigHat Жыл бұрын
I visited these offices in 1970. That was fun. I was ten. I remember Bill behind his desk.
@sublime89563 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see a meme I think of MAD magazine. The humor in memes today are just like the humor you’d find in the the magazine
@postatility9703 Жыл бұрын
Gaines,above all,was completely fearless. That was the key to the success of MAD.
@chrismoll6862 Жыл бұрын
Mad gave a lad a good sense of humour , matured ,broardened yr humour , and kept old folks young
@maskenwatch67 Жыл бұрын
And it still works. 🙃
@donr2176 Жыл бұрын
I was 14 back in 1957 when given a copy of the Ballantine Books paperback "Inside Mad" It was the beginning of decades of collecting both the pocket- books and the monthly Mad Magazines! I still have them all- 66 years later! My favorite artists were Wally Wood, Don Martin, Bill Elder and Jack Davis.. Although I have never lived in the USA- just visiting for vacations, Mad magazine kept me very well informed of American TV shows, Films, and many aspects of US culture , including advertising; all the Mad parodies had me in stiches! Sadly the current issues no longer seem to me to be half as funny- however I still can open an old 1960's issue and start laughing once more! Those were indeed "The good old days"..
@donr2176 Жыл бұрын
I am getting old- I forgot to add the superb artist who did the movie parodies- Mort Drucker! Such talent Mad had back in the day. I loved the covers also by Frank Kelly Freas!
@robertmac7833 Жыл бұрын
Gosh, here’s a huge chunk of my childhood!!
@slazper2 жыл бұрын
So many punch lines in that interview :D:D
@davidsheppard1133 Жыл бұрын
I have always loved MAD magazine!!!!!😂😂😂😂
@mortyabc22 күн бұрын
I'm from Norway and I just loved Mort Drucker's take on movies :D Thank God we had a Norwegian edition of the magazine in my childhood/youth
@CanuckFluter3 жыл бұрын
I like this piece.i have watched it several times.
@edwinharrison5992 Жыл бұрын
Honestly comedy is a great way to teach and convey thoughts and ideas folks of all ages will look into subject matter and form thier own opinion when they laugh about it especially from cartoons
@MrUndersolo Жыл бұрын
I saw this just as I started to read MAD. Never thought 60 Minutes would cover them like this! Still a fantastic intro to the magazine...and I still have that Rambo one! #UsualGangofIdiots
@gooseface26902 жыл бұрын
Dick DeBartolo secured them this segment, apparently completely unbeknownst to Bill, and new subscriptions went through the roof after it was aired. To thank him, Bill offered Dick any gift of his own choosing. Reservedly, Dick eventually settled on the very meagre choice of a new desktop computer, which in those days wouldn't have been of much use to him as far as the magazine was concerned. Of course Bill obliged.
@sha112352 күн бұрын
At first he asked for a boat as a gag.
@AudioPervert16 жыл бұрын
one of the best things, american ... Mad and Alfred !!
@morenofranco92352 жыл бұрын
Ahhh! The USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS! I started reading MAD in about 1964 - 65. It changed my view of the world, politics and society. "What? Me Worry?" As Alfred was fond of saying. MAD FOR EVER!
@hobonickel Жыл бұрын
Same here. My aunt was seven years older than me and subscribed to MAD so I got to read them when she was finished. Lucky me!
@paulcoffey3592 жыл бұрын
I found out about three mile island through MAD magazine @7:08 whislt growing up in Australia. MAD was instrumental in forming my world views around politics and commerce.
@Dr.Quarex Жыл бұрын
I still remember my 5th grade teacher sheepishly acknowledging the next day I had been right when I told her about Thorfinn Karlsefni, after reading about him in the History of MAD, when she said only Leif Erickson had ever made the journey to America. I was too young to realize that could have been totally made up, yet something told me they would have made a funnier name if they had.
@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын
Bill Gaines had a wine cellar of legendary proportions
@aaronclements2230 Жыл бұрын
I'm reminded of what The Simpsons was like in its prime when I watch this. The Simpsons told jokes that were funny regardless of whether you knew the reference, event or famous person or not. If you didn't, it was still funny, and if you did, it's even funnier. MAD was the same. :)
@bobbyberetta42066 жыл бұрын
I just recently purchased my old copies I once owned back in 87, can't wait!
@trinapatterson89053 жыл бұрын
I got all my brother’s old issues and added to them over the years. I now have more boxes than I can remember!
@BradThePitts3 жыл бұрын
The MAD sarcasm could have only come from New York!
@sha112352 жыл бұрын
That's why moving it to Burbank was a failure.
@SuV333582 жыл бұрын
I have a foot and a half stack of MAD magazines. I treasure them 💯❤️ What, me worry?
@mpatrickthomas2 жыл бұрын
Someone moved from a house down the road several years ago.They left,in perfect condition about 40 Cracked and Mads from the 80s.I snatched them up so quick.😁.I noticed Cracked copied so much from Mad.
@nowthatsjustducky Жыл бұрын
@@mpatrickthomas I pretty much had all the dialog from Cracked's The Empire Strikes Out again memorized (thinking it would be fun to do a school or community play of it) back around 1981 / 1982.
@Newton14alan Жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving this profile the 1080p delivery that it deserves. You are awesome!
@orialon-ray78032 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading it!
@peterbooth15253 жыл бұрын
When I was an Acolyte I was best friends with the Reverends son. One disagreement we did have was which was best, Cracked or MAD. I was on the side of MAD of coarse.
@mpatrickthomas2 жыл бұрын
Cracked copied so many things from MAD that it's pitiful.Someone moved from a house about 7 years ago and left stacks of 1980s MAD and CRACKED in perfect condition.About 40 total.
@_Ramen-Vac_2 жыл бұрын
Sure, until Don Martin quit mad and did some Cracked for 6 yrs.
@roxammon5858 Жыл бұрын
i used to love Don Martin Dept, and the Mad Fold in
@juggalomagicninjamcl5936 Жыл бұрын
Its a shame, Mad died with all the old talent--modern writers and creative directors have driven the magazine into the ground.
@richsackett3423 Жыл бұрын
That's moronic to blame anyone who worked there. It died because young people have moved on from comic books.
@paullachapelle8278 Жыл бұрын
Couldnt wait for it to come every month --------if you read mad magazine and watched the 3 stooges --you wouldnt be right either
@roberttemple2521Ай бұрын
Very good! I, too, loved MAD. Now, the world has truly gone mad, sad to say.
@Mallrat79 Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, sir. 😢
@sentimentalbloke185 Жыл бұрын
"Hopefully, they don't watch 60 Minutes." lol Good one
@barbariancauldron328425 күн бұрын
I learned a lot from this video. If you look for the joke in everything, all you'll find are laughs.
@leegoddard2618 Жыл бұрын
Nice catch by Bill at the end. 😜👍
@derekroberts6654 Жыл бұрын
My 2 Magazine publisher hero’s: Bill Gaines and Hugh Hefner..❤️❤️
@johnfisher9639 Жыл бұрын
Bill Gaines had integrity and class. After he died the magazine went straight down hill.
@Mimilastar706 жыл бұрын
A very good report, BUT, there are a lot of parts cut out, I have the original airing back in 1987 of this on vhs, and there are parts were Gains is in Washington talking about his horror comics, other dialogue bits cut out..and so on..!
@harrymingelickr883 Жыл бұрын
Remember that Half of History is Hidding the Truth, and History is Written by the Victor.
@officialARMYclan Жыл бұрын
Please upload it
@NotTheWheel7 ай бұрын
I would have killed to have been an artist and writer for this incarnation of Mad Magazine.
@randycunningham7318 Жыл бұрын
My favorite was always Don Martin.
@troofball4 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe how much I used to anticipate the next issue of this magazine
@lelanddthompsonlll8560 Жыл бұрын
Mad magazine is the opposite of artificial intelligence.
@BIGM-gg9ln3 жыл бұрын
grew up on mad mag.
@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын
same
@davidzasloff8797 Жыл бұрын
Regarding that last question as to whether young MAD readers would be horrified to see these four old farts in charge - I was a huge fan of MAD Magazine when I was about eight years old, and the magazine showed Bill Gaines and the rest of them in caricature all through the thing. If I’d seen this story or anything like it at the time, so far from being horrified, I would have laughed myself silly. I loved that the staff and the usual gang of idiots seemed to trust the audience. RIP Bill.
@nowthatsjustducky Жыл бұрын
So, was Kaputnik Berg's own personal caricature of himself? It was only a few installments of The Lighter Side that got me suspecting as much.
@danthaman03 Жыл бұрын
@@nowthatsjustducky yes
@sha112352 күн бұрын
They weren't that old then.
@serigraph73 Жыл бұрын
Gaines was a legend. I think he'd be turning over in his grave at what happened to the magazine pretty much right after he died. It went completely down hill almost immediately upon his death
@sha112352 күн бұрын
No, he wouldn't because he was cremated.
@joseluistrigosrodriguez9598 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P MAD Magazine...
@forrestunderwood3174 Жыл бұрын
MAD was the only honest political commentary and pop culture critique available to a 10 year old in the 70s. And possibly Hustler.
@everettamador98853 жыл бұрын
I wish they could have kept Don Martin
@sha112352 жыл бұрын
Had to do with owning the rights to his artwork and Bill not giving him that.
@shimereemoon15 күн бұрын
Bringing back 60's memories of my big brother who hit the magazine section faithfully to get the new Mad each release! I still have so much trashy halarious & twisted ideals roaming freely & at random such as the moon river song starting out as, "Chopped liver, onions on the side, my social life has died from you...etc" Then another issue he'd gotten the book cover that was the center fold itam that month that said,"In case of fire, throw in!" I got A kick out of reading them after he did or while he wasnt using them for entertainment. Rememer those days when snow theatre came on after the star spangled banner and we made our own fun at that point and reading Mad was A frequent form of entertainment for us. Although it was too twisted for colored television it was fine because at that time we had only the black & white tvs and the antennas on the tv itself ir the big metal apparatuses on our roofs to get A signal. Now back in that day the Mads were especially unique whoever the authors were. The writers had A good sense of humor and witty sick & twisted issues are now floating around even in the seniors heads down to the children of the more modern magazine if its still out there. Makes me want to google it now. Thanks yall for the fun memories!!
@shimereemoon15 күн бұрын
Found it 4 u kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4aao6aPnJtkp5Isi=LkIxe3mKx8V2auLf
@sha112353 жыл бұрын
And now sadly, it is no more.
@mpatrickthomas2 жыл бұрын
I dont like the new MADs.Their best years was mid 60s thru early 90s.All the great ones are sad!y passed save Sergio and Al Jaffee.
@cha5 Жыл бұрын
Sadly since MAD moved to Burbank from NYC it’s just not the same.
@sha112352 күн бұрын
@@cha5 I knew it was a mistake but nobody listened to me. And I've said this on FB's Mad page that had I been a contributor to Mad I would not have contributed once it moved to Burbank because I felt I couldn't do that to John, Charlie, Joe, Sam, and the staff at the time. I did not care that other contributors kept going and did not consider them traitors for doing this. I just felt I couldn't do this. Maybe I was taking a page from Bill Gaines about there being some things you can't forgive.
@kierank1982 Жыл бұрын
In England, we had two major sources for entertaining topical US issues: Mad and Doonesbury. Nothing else came close.
@robertmac7833 Жыл бұрын
What’s the hardest part of putting together the magazine? Stapling it!!
@sha112352 күн бұрын
And a stapling company heard this and wrote to them offering to help them, not realizing Dick was joking.
@greer82883 жыл бұрын
Mad magazine cracks me up
@benjaminrodriguez7356 Жыл бұрын
Just curious. The "cracks" in "cracks me up ", are you referring to a "different " magazine?
@PatrolOfficer1613 жыл бұрын
The kids in this video would be 45 now! I'm 68!
@mikespencer4922 Жыл бұрын
When I got divorced I took my clothes, my fishing rod and my collection of Mad magazines. I told my ex and her lawyer their getting my Mags would be like giving strawberries to pigs.
@longjohn79923 жыл бұрын
Where is Sergio?
@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын
or don martin?
@sha112352 күн бұрын
He was in California and Don Martin in Florida.
@lubarrantes45693 жыл бұрын
Jeff bridges could play this guy
@SuV333582 жыл бұрын
Very true!
@clownnookie Жыл бұрын
You can still subscribe to MAD. Help support them so they can get back to producing new material.
@thomaslong8401 Жыл бұрын
I’ve read almost all MADs. I can remember only two movies they did that did not make fun of it, but accentuated the point. American Graffiti and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.
@nowthatsjustducky Жыл бұрын
I am guessing they still speak not of "Up the Academy?"
@johnnymcneal59144 ай бұрын
You know I despite its pricey magazines I still love it today if I were to guess today they would be what 60 years old by now
@mariashelly4812 Жыл бұрын
7:00 "You really don't learn anything from it...." says the girl. Wrong. I began reading this in the 1960s as a child. My reading level went way up, I was on the Governor's Honor Roll in High School and easily went through eight years of college, earning a doctorate. I give Mad Magazine the benefit of rapidly increasing my vocabulary and my socio and political knowledge.
@keithammleter382410 ай бұрын
Girls say what they think you want to hear. Not what they really think.
@GoodMrDawes11 ай бұрын
Legends
@darthsatanus Жыл бұрын
everybody at MAD's offices loved "El Bosso."
@jimpawlak78064 ай бұрын
RIP mad magazine
@_Ramen-Vac_2 жыл бұрын
Don Martin MADE Mad. after he left, I did too.
@Steve-nb9kg Жыл бұрын
Parents concerned about MAD magazine...such innocent times.
@jovanweismiller7114 Жыл бұрын
I read the magazine from childhood until well into adulthood. I every issue.
@ricardocantoral767210 ай бұрын
They said they refused to sell advertising space or merchandise. I got news for them...😢
@DesiluTrekАй бұрын
Anyone else creeped out that Alfred appears to be staring down Morley?
@hollymartins6913 Жыл бұрын
There was a sister comedy magazine called Panic.
@XAVIERAZADI27 күн бұрын
GOOD STUFF
@johnkoval1898 Жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s my parents were perpetually annoyed at my reading of both Mad Magazine and Heavy Metal magazine.
@butch40511 ай бұрын
God, I love(d) these Guys!
@angelacarville3442 Жыл бұрын
My generation went from Mad to National Lampoon. And yes, they both died for electronic reasons...
@jasonz77885 ай бұрын
Bravo
@davidhayes7596 Жыл бұрын
There's always a certain kid that buys it and passed around on the school bus eventually finding it's way to me. Irony meets sarcasm.
@BB12077625 күн бұрын
5:58 "Dumb" doesn't necessarily mean "bad".
@johnnymcneal59144 ай бұрын
They even drove their closest competitor Cracked magazine out of business
@MrGaryg200472 ай бұрын
MAD magazine should have created something about 60 minutes HA!
@TheGuerillapatriot Жыл бұрын
Genius.
@lelanddthompsonlll8560 Жыл бұрын
This MAM Is MAD
@arthurtripp6922 Жыл бұрын
WE WILL MISS THIS PART OF AMERICA'S FUN .
@rollboy2989 Жыл бұрын
The reporter looks like the father of prince alfer e neumann :D
@richsackett3423 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Morely it was dying and is now dead. RIP Mad Magazine.
@TheGuerillapatriot Жыл бұрын
I never thought it was for kids
@everettamador98853 жыл бұрын
The best Anti-smoking Ads...
@ChristophBartlett7 ай бұрын
“… what’s the title?”
@mahmerkhan1287 Жыл бұрын
6:46
@malvinderkaur541 Жыл бұрын
how dare they say you guys are idiots.. its such wonderfool humor including the animation drawing and quips and stories and sketches especially political ones..
@lelanddthompsonlll8560 Жыл бұрын
From the dark side to the good side.
@harrymingelickr883 Жыл бұрын
Before there was south Park
@jamessherosick27473 жыл бұрын
Yeah, don't believe everything you hear on 60 minutes.
@JohnLee-mk1tj Жыл бұрын
Wow would love to see what they would do with todays madness and crazy's 🤣
@jasondashney Жыл бұрын
They would've had to go woke unless they were on some South Park shit. They seem to be the only ones able to do and say whatever they want.
@iansouthward79913 жыл бұрын
I wondered whatever happened to the BeeGees!
@BOMBER_GBF_DBL_SUK_FBI Жыл бұрын
From Bill Gaines to Bill Gates …
@vladimirarellano37152 жыл бұрын
Is that a fucking noose in the background
@madeleinevandevelde50112 ай бұрын
Loved Mad. Pity american spirit has changed.
@lelanddthompsonlll8560 Жыл бұрын
What is wrong with 60 minutes don't they know it's educational????? I learned tons of stuff... Bye weight The Most"