Mad Magazine: Mitt Romney Vs. C. Montgomery Burns

Excellent! This Mad Magazine spot is funny. . .and a little difficult. The one about "varmints, if you will" sounds so Monty Burns (The Simpsons), doesn't it? Enjoy.

Source: Mad Magazine via JoeMyGod

Rick Santorum on Better Homophobes and Gardens

Source: Mad Magazine, found at Kennethinthe212.com

MAD Magazine's Youth Mindset List

Credit to MAD Magazine's The Idiotical

FOX "News" is Mad: The A-Hole Team

Image from DC Comics (Click to embiggen)

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for finding this. And a little help from anyone who can tell me who the second guy is? Is it Steve Douchey Doocey?

Source: DC Comics/Mad Magazine

Maddow Hoaxed, NewsBusters Reports, But Doesn't Understand It

My previous post notes that The Rachel Maddow Show bought into a satirical faux Christian website, ChristWire, and its report on Sarah Palin and Egypt. She admitted the error in a tweet, and also included a piece explaining the error on her show. NewsBusters.org, a site that has a SERIOUS thing for Maddow (they'll use any excuse to mention her) covered it too. This is not unexpected. In fact, I'd have been extremely surprised if they hadn't.



The funny thing is, NB didn't understand Rachel's point when explaining herself. The point is, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck (and the whole GOP/Tea Bagger clown car) is freaking bonkers. Trying to sort out satire from what seems to be satire is a tricky business. I'm sorry that TRMS didn't suss out the ruse before they did a report on it. But I don't really fault them for being taken in. Christian fundamentalists are nutty. Beck, Palin, Bachmann, Huckabee, and so many others are right out of Mad magazine.  Here's the line that inspired this post:

". . .that was Maddow’s explanation for getting duped by a satirical website: in her view, conservatives – especially Glenn Beck – are saying all kinds of crazy things. As a result, it’s become difficult for her to know what’s real and what’s a spoof. . ."

Yes. Exactly. You've got it, and you don't even know it!

Read more (if you must) at: NewsBusters

Mad Magazine Loves George W. Bush

Image from source, BuzzFlash.com

MAD Magazine thrives on the ridiculous, so is it any wonder that the George W. Bush Administration provides them with the best political satire in a generation?

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BuzzFlash.com's Review (excerpt)

From the Portland Oregon Mercury Review:"George W. Bush might be the worst thing to happen to America, but he's been the best thing to happen to MAD Magazine. MAD's been around for over 50 years, but the last time I remember it being funny was when I was 12. (And it's probably a good idea to take even that with a grain of salt—that was back when I thought Adam Sandler was the funniest man on the planet.) Settling into a lazy, familiar routine of spoofing blockbusters and regurgitating Spy vs. Spy, MAD ceased having any relevance or bite long ago.

That is, until George W. Bush got elected. Sure, MAD has made fun of previous presidents, but never before has a president offered so much to parody and mock—and never before has MAD gone after one with as much angry vehemence and surprisingly sharp wit. Sure, everyone from The Daily Show to The Onion has benefited from Bush's [f*-ups], but MAD's topped them all with intensity and nerve; some of the funniest, meanest comedy to result from Bush's presidency has been hidden in a magazine that no one reads anymore.

Read more at: BuzzFlash.com