In April of this year, legendary Mad-magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee passed away at age 102. As editor of Mad, I worked with Jaffee for more than 38 years. Unfortunately, illness prevented me from taking part in his memorial in September. Had I been able to attend, this is what I would have said.
An old Jewish man retires. And within days, he realizes it was a big mistake. He’s bored and depressed. His wife says, “Why don’t you go out and get another job?” And that’s exactly what the old man does. He gets a job—as a men’s-room attendant—at New York City’s Port Authority terminal.
