Sunday, September 28, 2008

Alfred E. Neuman vs. Goofus and Gallant

One magazine that I subscribed to was MAD Magazine. With a one-year subscription of only $5 CHEAP , it is no surprise the satire magazine was so popular. I learned more about current events and movie plots from MAD than any newspaper. I saved many of them and can still appreciate the humor forty years later.


The one magazine I am proud to say I never subscribed to was Highlights. My dentist had stacks of them and little else for kids to read. Maybe he felt it was cheaper to sedate kids with news from The Timbertoes instead of Novocain.The highlight of Highlights was of course Goofus and Gallant.



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