Lou Silverstone

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Lou Silverstone is a comedy writer who was one of "The Usual Gang of Idiots" at MAD Magazine[1][2] from 1962 to 1990.

At MAD, he was primarily, though by no means exclusively, a writer of television and movie parodies. His first-ever contribution was "Bananaz," a parody of Bonanza. It was not until 1968 that he began contributing other kinds of articles, many of which were otherwise related to television and movies.

Following his association at MAD, Silverstone moved to its competitor Cracked, where he served several years as an editor and writer.

References

  1. ^ Bermel, Albert (1982). Farce: a history from Aristophanes to Woody Allen. Simon and Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-671-25148-2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. ^ Miller, Russell (6 November 1991). "The World Goes Mad After 39 Years, the Zany Magazine Gets Serious Treatment in a Big, Glossy Coffee-Table Book-Just the Kind of Thing It Mocks". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. Retrieved 20 March 2011. Together with his fellow Mad alumnus Lou Silverstone, De Fuccio now edits Cracked magazine...

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