![]() One of the few outlets able to successfully spin comedy from the messiness of the Trump administration was MAD magazine, a staple of American satire for generations. ![]() As SNL’ s joyless cold opens and the impotent “Sir, how dare you” finger-wagging of every late-night talk-show host prove, Donald Trump is nearly impossible to satirize. But in a twist nearly as jarring as Trump’s upset victory, comedy seems to have only gotten worse during his time in office. One of MAD magazine’s cameos on The Simpsons.Īs the 2016 presidential election results rolled in, a common prediction from shell-shocked voters desperately searching for a silver lining was that the coming discord of the Trump era would at least usher in an amazing era for comedy.
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