Last week I bought Totally Mad: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity. I haven’t decided whether or not to write a full-blown review, but here’s a trivia question I gleaned from its pages. Who has been depicted on the cover of Mad magazine more often than anyone else? (Not including Alfred E. Newman, obviously.) Two men were tied (there’s a hint, albeit not much of one), so I’m looking for them both.
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I would guess actors who appeared in a number of movies that were parodied in cover-featured parodies. Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford?
One of the two is an actor who meets that criterion, but it's not Eastwood or Ford.
(If I tell you the occupation of the other, I'm afraid it will be too obvious.)
Was one of them Richard Nixon? As to the other, could it be Jack Nicholson? Him or Tom Cruise.
William Shatner or Adam West, due to all the parodies?
Richard Nixon, yes! (See? If I'd've said he was a politician you'd've gotten it right away.)
As for the other, those are all good guesses, but no. The actor, like Harrison Ford, had two ongoing movie series in the 70s/80s.
Sounds like Stallone to me.
That's it! Richard Nixon and Sylvester Stallone share the distinction of being featured on more MAD magazine covers that anyone other than Alfred E. Newman.
Well done Mike and Randy!
This post is not a full-blown review of the book (because I haven’t finished reading it); it’s more of a “reaction” to it. 60 years is a lot to cover, but this book does a good job of sampling MAD throughout its entire publication history; every decade is equally represented. The problem (if you want to think of it that way) is, only the first two pages of most movie parodies and other satirical features are reprinted, and often not at the full size of the page. This is an over-size book so that’s not too much of a problem, just be aware you won’t always be getting complete articles and features.
Every single cover is presented, however, small size running across the bottom of the pages. Also, there are 12 cardstock prints of MAD’s best cover paintings, presented sans logo or cover copy. In addition, there are also many informative essays by divers authors on sundry subjects peppered throughout. There’s more to like about this book than not to like, and with smaller comic book archives running $70, this volume really is “$35 – Cheap!”