![]() ![]() The question is asked, "Which modern artist is most successfullyĬommunicating with his audience?" Upon folding the image in, the viewer sees the face of Charlieīrown, Lucy, and Snoopy and realizes that the answer is Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz - an One example from 1969 initially appears to be a painter toilingĪway at a piece of modern art. Jaffee, that appears on the back page of the magazine and asks a question which can only be revealedīy folding the page in upon itself. The MAD Fold in is a painting, lovingly rendered by ![]() Readers of the magazine are familiar with. HeĪlso created what has since become a cultural institution, the MAD Fold In, a concept even casual Spy" stories, cartoonist Sergio Aragones who specialized in tiny drawings stuffed in the magazine's margins and of course Al Jaffee and his Snappy Answers.īut Snappy Answers weren't the only famous contribution Jaffee provided for MAD Magazine. Writer/artist Dave Berg known for his "The Lighter Side of." cartoons, illustrator Antonio Prohías Group of writers and artists whose work defined the style and look of the magazine. During the course of its golden age (arguably, the 50s to the 80s) MAD employed a core Immolating political and corporate authority figures with its searing flame of parody and skeptical Gaines, MAD Magazine was a culture bomb that exploded across the landscape of staid Americana, ![]() First published in 1952 by famed EC comics editor Bill Only been printed in a magazine like MAD. Snappy answers could have only been born in the mind of Al Jaffee, and they certainly could have * I'm the first to admit that not every one of Jaffee's snappy answers is a winner. "No, we got lonely and this was the best way we could think of to draw a crowd.*" "No, we simply got tired of owning two little cars and decided to make one big one out of them." "Of course not! Didn't you ever see two cars mate before?" He looks at the two drivers exchanging insurance information andĪsks, "You guys have an accident?" They reply, again in triplicate. "No, a spare room for my mother-in-law, Fido!"Įxample #2: A policeman excitedly runs toward the scene of two smoking vehicles that haveĬollided in the middle of a road. The wearied carpenter offers three responses. Let's look at a few Jaffee penned examples.Įxample #1: "Building a doghouse?" an annoying neighbor asks a man constructing what is Their ankles revealing a pair of Tickle Me Elmo boxers. Verbal equivalent of ripping out someone's belt buckle and laughing mercilessly as their pants fell to That the person asking the stupid question felt completely and deservedly humiliated. Terms, Snappy Answers argued that we should fire a return volley - a sarcastic zinger so quippy Instead of dealing with these cretins on their It wasn't until Jaffee's SnappyĪnswers came along that a Plan B was provided. Polite society demanded, well, politeness, so the best weĬould do was force an exasperated smile and answer the obvious. "Are you taking yourĭog for a walk?" they bleat as we marched down the street, Shar-Pei in tow. "Are you going toĮat that sandwich?" they ask as we cram a turkey and rye down our gullet. Intelligent, erudite individuals - the kind of people who read websites like - areĬonstantly plagued by idiots and assholes pestering them with stupid questions. Series of paperback books by the same name.) The premise behind the cartoons was simple. How did Jaffee bestow upon us the snappy answer? He created a series of cartoons called "SnappyĪnswers to Stupid Questions" that ran in the infamous MAD magazine (and were later collected in a Stupidity - the snappy answer - he will go down in history as our greatest American. Stupidity often go hand in hand.) And because Al Jaffee gave us the most important weapon against With placards stating "Question Authority" and generally mock the paternal elements of our society.īut they only get it half right. Hippies and assorted filth are always saying that we should fight authority. Motherfucker!" Actual sexual relations with one's mother are not required. Will cause a roomful of bar cronies to exclaim, "That's one interesting Al Jaffee - Interesting Motherfuckers - Acid Logic ezine presents.Īn individual exhibiting such uniqueness or individuality that he or she ![]()
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