It's originally Mad Magazine, fucking dafty.
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Nathanial Hornblower,
Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:44,
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He actually shows up in magazine ads from the late 1800s!and the Mad Magazine guys just chose him to be their mascot. Didn't even name him Alfred E, Newman for years...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_e_newman
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_e_newman
tubaman,
Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:55,
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