Al Jaffee has died.

[rostasi]

102!!

https://www.tomrichmond.com/al-jaffee-1921-2023/10/04/2023/

Edited April 11, 2023 by rostasi

[Gheorghe]

I don´t know who is Al Jaffé , but I had heard about a pianist whose name is Nat Jaffé. 
One of my grandfathas´name was "Jaffé" and he had emigrated to NY in the early 1920, but was not a musician, he had to do with art printing...... 
I have heard that this is quite a common name in the States. 
 

[rostasi]

Well, the name Jaffee might be a Hebrew derivation of the name you mentioned,
but anyway, Al Jaffee’s work had a considerable influence of silliness on a generation of young people - at least in America.

[Teasing the Korean]

8 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Al Jaffee’s work had a considerable influence of silliness on a generation of young people - at least in America.

Including TTK.

RIP.

[Dan Gould]

I saw this thread and did not recognize the name but then I saw the NYT obituary and realized how he spent most of his life. Very talented and very funny, RIP.

[mjzee]

The MAD magazine of the '50's and '60's had a huge influence on many people, including me.  The sensibility and also the graphic talent.  RIP.

[T.D.]

RIP. I was a big MAD reader back in the '60s.

[sgcim]

RIP. I don't know if it was Jaffe, but a friend of mine was telling me a story about a musician friend of his who read MAD a lot back in the 70s.
One time they were talking together and his friend all of a sudden reached the conclusion that one of their writers wasn't funny anymore, and he had to tell him how to improve his writing in MAD- IN PERSON!!!!!
He got on the subway and went right into their office, and asked to see the writer. They wouldn't let him in, and he started freaking out, so they had to call the cops, and they had to take him away to Bellvue!
That was just the start of a long psychotic break, and he wound up starving himself to death because he refused to eat.
My sister always liked to annoy me by telling me I looked like Alfred E. Newman.
What, me worry?

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I liked him and was especially fond of Don Martin.

[JSngry]

34 minutes ago, sgcim said:

My sister always liked to annoy me by telling me I looked like Alfred E. Newman

[sonnymax]

59 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

I liked him and was especially fond of Don Martin.

Me too. I never knew Jaffee was a music artist, however.

[sgcim]

On 4/13/2023 at 3:01 PM, JSngry said:

What, me worry?

[rostasi]

 

[Brad]

RIP. Great magazine in its heyday.