Frank Jacobs, MAD's unmatched poem and song parodist: an after-the-fact tribute

[Wallingford]

I'm rather ticked this news was never noted more widely:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/arts ... -dead.html

Surely you New Yorkers would've heard of this man!

[Wallingford]

I promised myself I'd smear in as many Jacobs parodies as I've always had gurgling through my mind. Here's a satire of "O Little Town of Bethlehem."

O little Bank AmeriCard
You bring me-e Christmas cheer;
Without your clout, I'd have no doubt
No gifts I'd give this year.
Your credit line alllows me
To run up bills quite large;
And when I'm through
Exhausting you,
I'll use my Master Charge.

O little Bank AmeriCard
You bring me-e discontent;
I cal-cu-late
Your int'rest rate
Is over-r twelve per cent.
Each month your cry for payment
My letter box bombards;
I'm one more sap
Caught in your trap--
Next year I'll just send cards.

[maestrob]

Delightful!

I haven't thought about him for too many years to mention.

Mad Magazine was a must-read in my middle and high school years, but I lost touch after that.



Incredibly apropos these days.

[Wallingford]

From a '74 spoof of My Fair Lady, 'my fair laddie,' where the sex roles are reversed, with a feminist (caricature of Steinem) lays out her master plan to make a champion womanizer (Burt Reynolds) into a subservient househusband. Sung to the tune of 'Wouldn't it be Loverly'--

All I want is a child to bear,
One to nourish with loving care;
As long as I'm not there,
Oh, wouldn't it be motherly?

Boys or girls, they'd be raised the same;
And to save them from lives of shame,
They'll take my maiden name--
Oh, wouldn't it be motherly?

When...I'd...go to see them each Thursday
I'd find lots to do--
I....would....read them 'Old Queen Cole,'
And 'Joan and the Beanstalk,' too!

Changing diapers can be a bore;
Midnight feedings are such a chore!
But what are husbands for--
Oh, wouldn't it be motherly?
Motherly!
Motherly!
Motherly!
Motherly!