Topic: THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (Read 11182 times)

PennyO · « **Reply #60 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:04:07 AM »

Fave mags: MAD, Lampoon, Scientific American (had that subscription for years), National Geographic (had to let that one lapse - you can't throw any of 'em away, and they pile up...), Prevention!! (my grandfather gave me a subscription, I had it for years - still use a thirty year old bread recipe...), and I started taking Writer's Magazine for a couple of years - maybe fifteen years ago?? -, read everything cover to cover. It was a door opening for me. I used to like Mother Earth News - does that count? Full of screaming lefties, but I am SUCH the organic gardener and conservation-forest-stream-birds'n'raccoons woodsprite...
Can't WAIT for tonight. I may cancel this afternoon's show, just to be FRESH for y'all...

bk · « **Reply #61 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:04:27 AM »

Yes, that's Alfred E. Neumann, the MAD icon. Not in the early comic book days, though. I think the first time Alfred appeared was in the "ad" cover I was speaking about.

PennyO · « **Reply #62 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:04:38 AM »

Wow! Did I just begin page 3??? Huzzah!

bk · « **Reply #63 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:04:50 AM »

And I believe the first Alfred E. Neumann cover was issue 30.

Hisaka · « **Reply #64 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:04:54 AM »

Glad the reading/signing/singing went well and everyone have fun in NYC.
Hope everyone will enjoy the performances of DR Penny and Jose tomorrow.
Good Luck to both of you!

bk · « **Reply #65 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:06:09 AM »

I'll be seeing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf today - scored a lovely sixth row center seat.

PennyO · « **Reply #66 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:07:29 AM »

Yikes! it's after 11... gotta leave here in about an hour. Time to get on with it!

Oh, before I go... Happy Birthday, Jay! We'll be thinking of you at the partay, and lift a glass in your honor.

PennyO · « **Reply #67 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:08:04 AM »

Thank you Hisaka - and off I go!

Hisaka · « **Reply #68 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:10:34 AM »

You mean Mad icon boy's name is Alfred E. Neumann?

Matt H. · « **Reply #69 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:19:55 AM »

Quote from: Hisaka on March 19, 2005, 08:10:34 AM

You mean Mad icon boy's name is Alfred E. Neumann?

Not sure if that's the right spelling, but yes, that's his name.

bk · « **Reply #70 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:27:58 AM »

I do believe that is the exact spelling. We love Alfred E. Neumann. That face has been around since the turn of the century, in various forms. MAD adopted it as their poster boy. Our very own Mr. Grant Geissman is one of the foremost authorities on all things MAD - and has written about seven tomes or more maybe.

Matt H. · « **Reply #71 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:33:22 AM »

Quote from: bk on March 19, 2005, 08:27:58 AM

I do believe that is the exact spelling. We love Alfred E. Neumann. That face has been around since the turn of the century, in various forms. MAD adopted it as their poster boy. Our very own Mr. Grant Geissman is one of the foremost authorities on all things MAD - and has written about seven tomes or more maybe.

I do believe it is NOT the exact spelling, bk. I am looking at the March 1965 issue of MAD, and the spelling in the header is NEUMAN. Now, if the spelling changed in later years, that I can't respond to since I haven't seen an issue in 20 years or more, but that's the way it's spelled in the masterhead of the issue I'm looking at now.

bk · « **Reply #72 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:33:39 AM »

Welcome eight GUESTS. We're talkin' about magazines.

Someone told me that when Carol Channing did her reading and signing at the Drama Bookshop and when Ted Chapin did his, they each had about ten people. So, we did REALLY well last night!

bk · « **Reply #73 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:34:36 AM »

I may be in error, then, but I always though it was two "n"s. I can't check later issues until I get home.

bk · « **Reply #74 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:35:08 AM »

If it's not two "n"s then I shall recommend that they change it IMMEDIATELY!

bk · « **Reply #75 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:35:54 AM »

There's going to be a letter about this in the Times!

PERFUNCTORY!

bk · « **Reply #76 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:36:55 AM »

Perhaps I'll take my shower now and ready myself for the matinee of Virginia Woolf. I think it's a nice three-hour play, so I won't get back to the hotel until after five.

bk · « **Reply #77 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:37:19 AM »

I am my own frenzy.

Matt H. · « **Reply #78 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:38:46 AM »

oops, and I meant to say "masthead," not "masterhead." Just goes to show we all make mistakes occasionally. I make MORE than my share.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #79 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:43:41 AM »

Quote from: JMK on March 19, 2005, 07:40:31 AM

TOD: Well like everyone else, I loved Mad. I used to have every issue from about 1967 ...

Goodness, such a late bloomer!

When I was just a Frosh in High School, and bunch of us were surreptitiously passing this around English class:

Professor Butterworth, noting the commotion, queried "What's all the fuss about?"

Your humble poster, embarking on a career of being a smart ass, said, "It's something you wouldn't understand!"

At which point old Butterworth reached into his desk drawer, extracted his copy of MAD Comics #!, and asked, "Does it look like this!"

I sheepishly sat down while he got all the laughs!

der humbled-Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #80 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:49:13 AM »

Quote from: bk on March 19, 2005, 08:27:58 AM

I do believe that is the exact spelling. We love Alfred E. Neumann. That face has been around since the turn of the century, in various forms. MAD adopted it as their poster boy. Our very own Mr. Grant Geissman is one of the foremost authorities on all things MAD - and has written about seven tomes or more maybe.

One N.

MAD Timeline:

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July 1955
MAD Magazine is born (#24). Gaines and Kurtzman turn MAD into a bi-monthly, black-and-white magazine. More importantly, they get to raise the price from 10-cents to a quarter! Although it will be another year before he's named and adopted as MAD's official mascot, Alfred E. Neuman makes his first appearance on the border of MAD (#24) as the "What, Me Worry" Kid

From MD FAQ:

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Where did Alfred E. Neuman come from? When did he first appear in MAD? No one's exactly sure where Alfred came from, although illustrations of a grinning gap-toothed boy similar to Alfred have been traced back to at least the 1800s. Other Alfred-like images kicked around for years in various ads, postcards and even other magazines, before first appearing in early issues of MAD. At first, Alfred was a character with several different names (including Mel Haney, Melvin Coznowski and the What-Me Worry? kid) who simply appeared in the background of different articles, but in issue #29 (September, 1956) he was stuck with the name Alfred E. Neuman and one issue later, Alfred made his first full-color appearance on the cover in a portrait drawn by Norman Mingo. If you'd like to know more, we suggest that you read Maria Reidelbach's Completely MAD, a book that traces the history of MAD. But first we suggest that you call the publisher and beg them to put the book back in print! (In the meantime, you can check your local used bookstore to see if they have a copy.)

der Brucer

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #81 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:52:54 AM »

Good Morning!

Allowed myself a few extra minutes on the futon this morning, so...

Looking forward to tonight!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #82 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:53:27 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR JAY!!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #83 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:54:19 AM »

OK - Time to hop on the A-Train.... Hmm... I wonder if the A is running Local again this weekend... Hmm... Guess I'll find out in a few...

Laters...

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #84 on:** March 19, 2005, 08:55:16 AM »

Quote from: bk on March 19, 2005, 08:27:58 AM

Our very own Mr. Grant Geissman is one of the foremost authorities on all things MAD - and has written about seven tomes or more maybe.

From MAD FAQ:

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There is a price guide for MAD merchandise in the book Collectibly MAD by Grant Geissman. This highly collectible book is currently out of print, but might be available at used book stores.

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #85 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:00:03 AM »

Today's Morning Puppy Madness:

Peggy has taught Baxter how to dig

Fletcher inspects the excavation:

Baxter double checks:

Bonnie takes a look:

Peggy rests after a long class:

The crowd viewing the teacher:

der Brucer

PS: for you city-folk that white thingie next to Bonnie is the well!

MBarnum · « **Reply #86 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:11:22 AM »

What a crowd last night!! I can't wait for pictures!!

Favorite magazines: When I was a kid I read FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, TV GUIDE, and, because my mom had subscriptions to them, READERS DIGEST and FAMILY CIRCLE.

FILMFAX and CLASSIC IMAGES are the only magazines that I currently have subscriptions to. I pick up SCARLET STREET, CULT FILMS, and PSYCHOTRONIC if they have articles of interest in them.

MBarnum · « **Reply #87 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:18:16 AM »

Happy Birthday Jay! I hope things are going well for you!!!

bk · « **Reply #88 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:18:52 AM »

And to think I used to own the original Kelly Freas art to the back cover of Issue thirty (the back of Alfred's head). Sadly, in the dark days that followed the disgusting events of which we do not speak, I had to sell most of my classic art to keep up with the lawyer bills.

bk · « **Reply #89 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:31:55 AM »

I think all our hainsies/kimlets who are not in NY will have to keep the home fries burning today and this evening. Everyone here is out doing things and seeing each other and whatnot.

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