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Post number 19836

jasonspaceman — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:05:42 -0800

The Mad Magazine FBI files obtained through FOIPA, contains mostly humourous letters to the FBI regarding whether or not Mad magazine is a communist publication. In other news, you too can become a next Mad magazine artist. A prerequisite? "No intelligence required."

By: hob

hob — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:29:22 -0800

You know those threads where someone makes a joke and someone else fails to get it, gets indignant about it, and things just keep going downhill from there? These files are like 30 years of that, except that the people who don't get the joke are carrying guns. Wow, what a great read, thanks jasonspaceman.

By: azileretsis

azileretsis — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:52:17 -0800

I really enjoyed reading this magazine when I was younger. I loved how there were just so much information in the cartoons. Most of it was funny too.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:02:24 -0800

Ack. It was probably possible to reproduce these at a readable size that is also downloadable.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:08:04 -0800

I hear that, dhartung. Very annoying formats. I'd be willing to bet that many of the satirical publications and shows from past to present have got quite a sizable FBI file. SNL, Rolling Stone (back when it meant something), The Simpsons, etc. come to mind. Does laughter breed paranoia? Just when you don't get the joke, I suppose.

By: adameft

adameft — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:20:49 -0800

"The Smoking Gun" did a thing on MAD and the FBI a while ago. Here's the link. It doesn't have the exact same material as the above, but it's a lot more readable. Hoover's FBI was in some ways even scarier than the current incarnation; it was well-run idiocy.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 14:30:17 -0800

Note: jasonspaceman knows too much. **turns into bat and disappears into night**

By: the aloha

the aloha — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 14:32:20 -0800

william gaines was quality control... now with him gone we get crappy tv shows like mad tv, and this contest if it is true.

By: carter

carter — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 15:49:43 -0800

As the late Don Martin would probably say: "Splop!" "Poit!"

By: zoid

zoid — Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:37:28 -0800

thats great. i read the smoking gun links which are better. i cant beleive that 3 people actaully wrote to Hoover requesting draft doger cards :) or that people actually spent their days investigating mad and writing all these letters. how sad.

By: JakeEXTREME

JakeEXTREME — Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:30:26 -0800

**grabs some garlic and a wooden stake**