What we now call Rube Goldberg Machines fixed breakfast for Pee-Wee Herman, fooled Ferris Bueller’s parents, and more recently made Joseph Herscher a YouTube star.Īl Jaffee did his share of riffing on Goldberg machines, though his were slightly more plausible and, in the case of The Automated Ferris Wheel Rapid Parking Facility, occasionally even prescient. Jaffee was in many ways the spiritual heir to Rube Goldberg, the early 20th-century cartoonist who designed fanciful machines to accomplish prosaic tasks. But looking at it now, there’s a snappier history to be told. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. That’s the version I went with in my book Elements of Wit, and it’s the story that helped Jaffee sell more than two million paperback copies of Snappy Answers. Holy Cow Not Another Mad Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions book.
One day I’m up there and I heard footsteps on the ladder behind me, and the footsteps arrive closer, and it’s my son, who says, ‘Where’s Mom?’ And, you know, I’m clinging for dear life, and I said, ‘I’ve killed her and I’m stuffing her down the chimney.’ Two benefits resulted from this: One was that I was able to create a number of books based on ‘Snappy Answers,’ and the other is that my son stopped talking to me.”
“I’d have to borrow a ladder and climb up, though I’m terrified of heights, and straighten the antenna.
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Jaffee as long said that he got the idea for Snappy Answers - note they are not billed as witty or clever - when he was on the roof of his house, straightening the TV antenna. No, it’s the beginning! We’re all facing backwards! It features such highly hypothetical exchanges as:
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Less famous but more lucrative for Jaffee were his Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions, a long-running series that offered help to readers “plagued by clods who ask stupid questions.” The very first instalment appeared in 1965 and is reprinted in the new issue. Hence the Fold-Ins rewarding careful creasing with hidden groaners at the end of each issue. Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Al Jaffee 93rd Birthday. Jaffee’s genius was in creating perpetual gag machines, repeatable formats that could be eternally refreshed with new jokes. Subscribe Give a Gift Printable Gift Card Customer Service FAQ News & Stuff. The Jaffee celebration issue doesn’t explicitly state that it commemorates his retirement, likely because any actuary could tell you that a 99-year-old’s retirement rarely lasts long and any collector could tell you that a tribute issue would be more valuable. Neuman is the ancient humour magazine’s gap-toothed mascot and Al Jaffee is the 99-year-old artist and writer who has been part of the Usual Gang of Idiots since the 1950s. But as I scoured the city for a copy of the special “All Jaffee” tribute issue of MAD Magazine, I recognized I was in the minority.įor everyone else, Alfred E. Neuman cannot be president of the United States.” The 37-year-old Democrat responded by saying, “I’ll be honest. Mass Market Paperback.Way back when, the current U.S president dismissed aspiring challenger Pete Buttigieg by saying that “Alfred E. Less famous but more lucrative for Jaffee were his Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions, a long-running series that offered help to readers plagued by clods who ask. ** ** Minor indents to covers wear to covers. Two benefits resulted from this: One was that I was able to create a number of books based on ‘Snappy Answers,’ and the other is that my son stopped talking to me. > This newer Warner edition has a completely New & Different Cover by Al Jaffee, than the original Signet Book editions. : 1958), Al Jaffee spews out more snappy answers to stupid questions.
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