tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post8217032160743100097..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB/M: Some humor magazines and their anthologies, 1930s-nowTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-36080656024587428492018-05-18T21:59:32.819-04:002018-05-18T21:59:32.819-04:00I thought so as well. I suspect the hostility Gopn...I thought so as well. I suspect the hostility Gopnik lavished on it was encouraged by the would-be Keepers of the Myth. People try to pretend that William Shawn's petty power-trips were endearing, after all.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-6253623029328778922018-05-16T12:44:12.731-04:002018-05-16T12:44:12.731-04:00I have, and have read, the YEARS WITH ROSS as well...I have, and have read, the YEARS WITH ROSS as well as the Letters volume. A favorite, and worthy of rereading.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44540436750324103482018-05-12T14:20:45.683-04:002018-05-12T14:20:45.683-04:00Jerry--glad I triggered a few good memories! And t...Jerry--glad I triggered a few good memories! And thanks for that memory of GRUMP...poorly-designed urinals and suburban trashing does seem about right for the time and venue...<br /><br />George--well, there is a fair amount of what's funny online these days (webzines, podcasts, and not a few multimedia sites), but by no means is everything or even any useful portion of everything restricted to YT...or even to all the video platforms. But if you're looking for animal videos, you're on...I'm surprised your collector's urge allowed you to dispense with your MADs, but I don't seem to have held onto mine (though I had two mildly catastrophic moves for some subset of my 8.5x11 inch magazines...several years of SCIENCE and the early issues of TWILIGHT ZONE at least in the first...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-11496177522622861422018-05-12T13:26:57.015-04:002018-05-12T13:26:57.015-04:00I read MAD magazine for a couple of decades, mostl...I read MAD magazine for a couple of decades, mostly 1960s and 1970s. I wish I'd kept them. After that, I read compilation volumes from time to time. Now, everything that's supposed to be funny is on YouTube.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42783397529954330782018-05-12T08:45:11.355-04:002018-05-12T08:45:11.355-04:00Todd, since I have read many of these back in the ...Todd, since I have read many of these back in the day, you brought back a lot of good memories. One item that has stayed with me over the years was a brief "grump" (I can't remember from whom): urinals that splash back! -- it was in the same issue in which Asimov grumped about trash pickup in Newton, MA.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-29879246735276050082018-05-11T14:03:24.319-04:002018-05-11T14:03:24.319-04:00Thanks, Jim...this is mostly a redux post, cobblin...Thanks, Jim...this is mostly a redux post, cobbling some older reviews together rather too quickly, and adding a few new bits here and there...it's been an odd, busy week, alas. Glad it could serve at least two purposes!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-48901594243067689092018-05-11T13:01:41.069-04:002018-05-11T13:01:41.069-04:00Lots of great stuff here. Krassner and the Realist...Lots of great stuff here. Krassner and the Realist are much in need of some attention. I didn't know about the online archive -- I need to find some favorite back issues. P.S. was an excellent magazine; I had a surge of nostalgia upon seeing the cover of #3. Of course, as a long-time listener to Jean Shepherd's free-form radio show, anything associated with him was automatically cool back then (and maybe now), including the I, Libertine hoax. Thanks for providing all of this fine stuff.Jim C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07964049228931887059noreply@blogger.com