Mad has been going downhill for a long time, alas. To me the first sign of things gone wrong was back when Batman came out. That movie had been heavily hyped through advertising and then Mad had one of their movie mockeries of it come out just about the same time the movie did. Not the usual two or three month lag that would be needed if they saw it in the theatre after it was released.
And now, now Mad has ads in it. It is just not the same.
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chico haas
08-05-2002
02:12 PM ET (US)
Still doesn't confirm or deny that he was named after Randy Newman's uncle.