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I love how MAD would regularly use self-deprecating humor regarding the magazine and its contributors.
Most notably on the contents page after listing the writers and artists, citing those listed as "the usual gang of idiots".



That carried over to the letters from readers.

This offering published in the letters page of MAD 124, Jan 1969 :

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In the United States, "law and order" , "Vietnam", and "MAD magazine" are the burning issues of the day.
The last one, of course, is the easiest to resolve --namely by burning every issue !

--R.K. Lowell,
Ft Lauderdale, Florida