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Thread #147793 Message #3427535
Posted By: John on the Sunset Coast
28-Oct-12 - 09:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Alfred E. Newman Turns 60...
Subject: RE: BS: Alfred E. Newman Turns 60...NOT QUITE
While it is true that Mad (Comics) Magazine turns 60 this year, AEN did not show up until a couple of years later, and didn't become the face (oy what a punnim!) of the magazine for a couple of years more. He is therefore more like 56 or 57. Except that he is, perhaps, a young adult when he first appears, so maybe he's more like 79 or 80. OK, maybe 60 works, and I don't give a darn. (He's our shotstop.).
I remember that in the early sixties there was a kid actor (mostly TV westerns) who looked like the model for AEN. Of course, he wasn't.