I didn't even realize Mad magazine still published... but apparently the Chicago Trib still likes 'em... and apparently Mad's editors still know how to plant their tongue in cheek:
MAD MAGAZINE “disgraced” by the Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK, NY, June 23, 2005—The editor of MAD magazine expressed outrage today after learning that The Chicago Tribune had named MAD as one of their “50 Best Magazines.” “It’s a disgrace that with 17,500 periodicals in print, this supposedly respected newspaper would single MAD out for, of all things, excellence,” said Editor John Ficarra, barely containing his furor. “It’s further evidence of a growing decline in the standards of our culture in general, and of the lack of judgment of this paper in particular. It’s just the type of thing we’re always railing about in MAD’s pages.”
Growing red in the face and pounding his desk for emphasis, Ficarra continued, “Frankly, it makes us distrustful of anything that The Chicago Tribune reports. Are their headlines legitimate? Can their sports scores be trusted?”
After several more minutes and the administering of a sedative, a groggy Ficarra concluded, “And we only ranked #43?!? Behind Time, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker? What’s THAT all about?”
MAD MAGAZINE ranks # 43 on the Chicago Tribune’s list of “50 Best Magazines”, narrowly edging out HELLO! (#45), Money (#46), Lincoln Lore (#47) Whole Dog Journal (#48), Absolute (#49) and Lake Superior Magazine (#50).
(Thanks to Tom McLean for the heads up. See a goofy press release? Send 'em to Franklin Avenue, at mikemaria@sbcglobal.net)
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