Nick Meglin worked at MAD Magazine for 48 years, working his way up from contributing writer to editor in chief, a position he held for 20 years before retiring in 2004. Meglin led MAD in the post-William Gaines years...
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Mysterious Soviet-era foodstuffs of undetermined flavorfulness
I’m afraid I cannot identify any of these dishes, apparently originating from the former United Soviet Socialist Republic circa the ’40s or ’50s. (Perhaps someone can translate the captions?) A world...
Reliving the ghost memories of video games past via the Internet Arcade
The names trigger recollections of long-ago visits to dimly lit arcades: Phoenix. Space Fury. Moon Patrol. These were games that did not inspire quite the same level of quarter-killing obsession as, say, Defender or...
Journey back in video game history when E3 was held in Atlanta—and unleashed the scourge of Pokémon upon our land
You might expect a story about video gaming circa ’98 to be horribly out of date, considering the electron-quick pace of change in the industry. Indeed, most the titles referenced here seem quaint (except for one...
The new Diet Cokes are not as horrifically bad as the old Diet Coke
I hate Diet Coke. So does everyone else. Yet we have all been drinking it for over 35 years. Why? Because the Coca-Cola Company told us to, claiming their infernal concoction had a “delicious, crisp taste”...
How did British jazz get so cool all of a sudden?
In Ray Davies’ somewhat infamous track-by-track review of the Beatles’ Revolver, he tackled “Got To Get You Into My Life” by declaring: “Jazz backing – and it just goes to prove that Britain’s...
Furshlugginer! MAD Magazine’s impact on pop culture continues to nauseate!
This interview with former co-editor Nick Meglin focused on how the famed humor magazine would be changing with the times. Several years later, they went beyond what we discussed here: first, a switch to better paper...
Surprisingly sarcastic postcards of the early 1900s
Postcards, when you still see them in shops today, seem mostly relegated to pleasing vacationers who’ve yet to master sending photos in a text. But postcards were once a creative medium that went beyond just...
Tiki restaurant relics from the mid-20th century: mugs, menus, and matches
From the collection of Tim “Swanky” Glazner, photographed by David Luttrell. Read all about Glazner’s mission to make tiki popular again.
One way to cheer yourself up: ‘Black Panther’ reaction videos
There’s not much to be happy about in this country today—but we do have the opening of Black Panther. To say it’s a watershed cultural event is putting it lightly. The ascension of superhero movies has often...