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Ask A Genius 1011: MAD-Jerking Off-Real World

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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: Taboo. MAD was designed for kids. They weren't going to show naked boobs or a dick. They weren't going to do masturbation humor because they didn't want to weird out 12-year-olds or get busted by the parents of 12-year-olds. National Lampoon, …

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Ask A Genius 399 – Golden Age of Comedy

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 399 - Golden Age of Comedy October 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did we come to the Golden Age of Comedy? Rick Rosner: I have a half-assed and obvious theory. Dominant media attract the most talented people. The shift over the past 120 years. The stage gave …

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