ON THE FOURTH DAY OF AD-MAS

OH NOES POLITICAL POSTS

AT CHRISTMAS

I'M A FUCKING MONSTER

MAD MAGAZINE #498 FEBRUARY 2009

THIS IS HOW EVERYONE ALIVE HAS LOOKED 24-7-365 SINCE OBAMA LEFT OFFICE. CAN'T BELIEVE I'M NOSTALGIC FOR THAT GOLDEN YEAR OF 2009 BUT HERE WE ARE. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS THE LAST MAD MAGAZINE I BOUGHT AT A STORE SO IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR THEM CEASING PUBLICATION BLAME ME. WHILE I LOVE MAD MAGAZINE THE MORE RECENT ISSUES ARE IN COLOR AND HAVE ADVERTISING WHICH IS VERY JARRING TO ME. I'M A FILTHY MAD MAGAZINE HIPSTER. OH, YOUR MAGAZINE HAS MONROE IN GLOSSY FULL COLOR? CAN'T MATCH THE HIGH FIDELITY OF DAVE BERG IN BLACK & WHITE ON NEWSPRINT. I WISH I'D STUCK WITH IT THOUGH BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD THEY WERE REALLY KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK ESPECIALLY RECENTLY. HONESTLY THE ADVERTISEMENTS WERE PRETTY INNOCUOUS, FEATURING VIDEO GAMES, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, SHONEN JUMP(!!) AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF MAD MERCHANDISE, THERE WAS ALSO... THIS... UH, THING

THE MORE I LOOK AT THIS THE MORE I'M CONVINCED THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SUBTLE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MAD'S CLASSIC PARODY ADS. I MEAN THIS IS THE MAGAZINE THAT DID STUFF LIKE THIS AND THERE'S SOME SERIOUS FAKE AD ENERGY HERE. BUT WRECKING BALM IS A REAL PRODUCT! YOU CAN GET IT AT AMAZON AND WAL-MART! THIS SHIT BREAKS MY MIND. I REALLY HOPE WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS AD KNEW IT WAS GOING INTO MAD MAGAZINE AND LEANED INTO THE SLIGHTLY OFF FAKE AD AESTHETIC ON PURPOSE JUST TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE

I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE BUT DON'T CALL ANY OF THESE PHONE NUMBERS. I'M TOO LAZY TO MSPAINT THEM OUT AND LORD ONLY KNOW WHO WILL ANSWER THE PHONE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. IF YOU WANNA SEND COUPONS FROM THE 70S AND 50 CENTS FOR POSTAGE TO PO BOXES THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS

FUCK IT, I NEED A VINTAGE MAD AD AS A PALATE CLEANSER. FROM THE JANUARY '82 ISSUE WITH INDIANA JONES ON THE COVER. VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THE SEASON