Bill Muhlenfeld is owner and publisher of Distinctly Montana magazine and other publications. He lives in Bozeman with his partner, Anthea, and always finds time to enjoy the great outdoors, when he is not writing about it....

Well I, for one, had no idea that Al Feldstein was living just "over the hill" from here, retired in Livingston.  If I had known, I would have made a trip to visit the funny-bone guru of my adolescent and teenage years, the editor of MAD Magazine for 28 years.  Really, the humor was brilliant--witty, sardonic and sometimes downright shameful.  I loved it (!) and rushed to get every issue as soon as it hit the newsstand (nope, no technology in those days!). 

If you are of a generation not familiar with MAD, do yourself and search for one of the earliest copies--from the '50s through the 70's.  Feldstein set the tone and pace for what was to come in terms of irreverent humor and a healthy disregard for "toeing the line" of the"acceptable" and politically correct.

Thanks, Al, for all those great years.