Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot of EC Publications' Mad magazine. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman after he spotted it on the bulletin board in the office of Ballantine Books editor Bernard Shir-Cliff, later a contributor to various magazines created by Kurtzman. Neumann (German for new man, and one of the 20 most common German surnames) may refer to: Alfred Neumann, German playwright Alfred Neumann, East German politician Bernhard Neumann, German-born mathematician Bernard de Neumann, (aka Bernhard von Neumann), British, [The Mathematician in a series of portraits by John Wonnacott] - Mathematician... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 - February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. ... Bernard Shir-Cliff and Oscar De Liso translated Federico Fellinis screenplay. ...

History

Since his debut in Mad, Neuman's likeness, distinguished by jug ears, a missing front tooth, and one eye disquietingly lower than the other, has graced the cover of all but a handful of the magazine's 450+ issues. His face does not translate well to profile, and thus he has almost always been shown in full frontal view or in silhouette.

The first use of this face by Kurtzman came November 1954 on the back cover of Ballantine's The Mad Reader, a paperback collection of reprints from the first two years of Mad. The character's first appearance in the comic book was on the cover of Mad 21 (March 1955), barely visible as part of a mock ad: a rubber mask bearing his likeness with "idiot" written underneath was offered for $1.29. Kurtzman began to introduce other running gags at this time, notably the word Potrzebie. Potrzebie is a seemingly nonsensical word (actually Polish), popularized by its use as a running gag in the early issues of Mad not long after the comic book began in 1952. ...

Mad's official black-and-white version of Alfred.

His third appearance was in the border of the first magazine version of Mad 24 (July 1955) with his now-familiar signature phrase "What, me worry?" written underneath. Initially, the phrase was rendered "What? Me worry?". This border would be used on the cover of every issue up until Mad 30 (December 1956) and thereafter appear on the table of contents page of the reprint series More Trash from Mad from 1958 to 1960 and The Worst from Mad from 1958 to 1961. Neuman also appeared, by name only, in an early Don Martin feature, "Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions." In it, Neuman answered a letter from a suicidal reader by giving "expert advice" on the best technique for tying a hangman's knot. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Don Martin (May 18, 1931 – January 6, 2000) was a popular American cartoon artist whose best-known work appeared in MAD magazine from 1956 to 1988. ...

The character was also briefly known as Mel Haney. In Mad 25, the face and name were brought together as Alfred E. Neuman, but in that same issue, the face appears with the name Mel Haney.

In late 1956, Neuman's identity became fixed, when he appeared on the cover of Mad #30 as a write-in candidate for the Presidency. His features, which had first been rendered in black-and-white by Bill Elder, were fine-tuned and recreated in color by Norman Mingo. It was this image that appeared on the cover of issue 30, and which became the character's defining portrait. Beginning with issue 30, and continuing to the present day, Neuman has appeared on the cover of every issue of Mad and its spinoffs, in one form or another, with the exception of a small handful of issues. One such exception was Mad 233 (September 1982) which replaced Neuman's image with that of Pac-Man. Bill Elder, born September 22, 1921, in the Bronx, New York, is an American illustrator who worked in numerous areas of commercial art yet is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzmans Mad comic book in 1952. ... Norman Mingo (1896-1980) was a commercial artist and illustrator. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ...

Mingo painted seven more Neuman covers through 1957 and later became the magazine's signature cover artist throughout the 1960s and 1970s, although Kelly Freas rendered Neuman for Mad from 1958 to 1962. A female version of Alfred, named Moxie Cowznofski and occasionally described in editorial text as Alfred's "girlfriend," appeared briefly during the late 1950s. Alfred and Moxie were sometimes depicted side-by-side, defeating any speculation that Moxie was possibly Alfred in female guise. Her name was inspired by Moxie, a soft drink manufactured in Portland, Maine which was sold nationwide in the '50s and mentioned almost obsessively (usually as the butt of a joke) in early issues of Mad. Kelly Freas publicity headshot Frank Kelly Freas (27 August 1922–2 January 2005), called the Dean of Science Fiction Artists, was one of the most prolific and popular science fiction and fantasy artists. ... Moxie, a carbonated beverage, is considered by some to be the USAs first mass produced soft drink, although both Vernors ginger ale and Hires Root Beer predate it by a decade. ...

Mad routinely combines Neuman with another character for its cover images. Neuman has appeared in a slew of guises, including Santa Claus, Darth Vader, George Washington, King Kong, Baby New Year, Lawrence of Arabia, Batman, Robin, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Rosemary's Baby, George S. Patton, the Fiddler on the Roof, Alex from A Clockwork Orange, Barbra Streisand, Mr. T, Indiana Jones, Radar O'Reilly, Bruce Springsteen, Mr. Spock, Pee Wee Herman, Michael Jackson, a California Raisin, Don King, Robin Hood, Abraham Lincoln, Guns N' Roses' Slash, the Man in the Moon, an Oscar statuette, Jabba the Hutt, Wolverine, Gollum, Spongebob Squarepants, Agent Smith from The Matrix,Kurt Cobain Shrek, Dr. Octopus, The Incredibles' Jack-Jack, George W. Bush, Justin Timberlake, Harry Potter, Barry Bonds, the Mona Lisa, and Uncle Sam ("Who Needs You?") among many other familiar faces. 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Considering Neuman's ubiquity as a cover boy, it is perhaps ironic that the single highest-selling issue of Mad depicted only his feet. The cover image, spoofing the 1973 film The Poseidon Adventure, showed Neuman floating upside-down inside a life preserver. The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action adventure/disaster film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ...

Along with his face, Mad also includes a short humorous quotation credited to Neuman with every issue's table of contents. Some of these quotations were collected in the book, Mad: The Half-Wit and Wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman (Warner Treasures, 1997), illustrated by Sergio Aragonés. Sergio self-portrait from Groo the Wanderer comic Issue #84 Sergio Aragonés Domenech (born 1937) is a cartoonist and writer probably best-known for his contributions to Mad Magazine. ...

Neuman is now used exclusively as a mascot and iconic symbol of the magazine, but before this status was codified, he was referenced in several early articles. In one, he gave "advice" to supposed letters; in one of his replies, a suicidal reader was instructed on the best way to tie a knot. Other articles featured the school newspaper of "Neuman High School," and a bulletin from "Alfred E. Neuman University." An article entitled "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree" depicted historical versions of Neuman from various eras. Since then, Neuman has appeared only occasionally inside the magazine's articles. A recurring feature titled "Poor Alfred's Almanac" showed his face atop the page, but otherwise the character had no involvement. In an issue in 1968, Alfred's face was assembled, feature by feature, from parts of photographs of well-known politicos, including then-President Lyndon B. Johnson (left ear), Richard Nixon (nose), Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield (eyes), and Ronald Reagan (hair). The gap in his teeth (using the grin of Dwight D. Eisenhower,) came from "The 'Credibility Gap' Created by Practically All Politicians." Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... “LBJ” redirects here. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Mark Odom Hatfield (born July 12, 1922) is an American politician from Oregon. ... Reagan redirects here. ... Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American General and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ...

Neuman's famous catch phrase is the intellectually uncurious "What, me worry?" This was changed for one issue to "Yes, me worry!" after the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown in 1979. On the cover of current printings of the paperback The Ides of MAD, as rendered by long-time cover artist Norman Mingo, Alfred is portrayed as a Roman bust with his catch phrase engraved on the base, rendered, of course, into Latin-- Quid, Me Vexari? A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station consists of two nuclear reactors, each with its own containment building and cooling towers. ... Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station consisted of two pressurized water reactors manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox each inside its own containment building and connected cooling towers. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

Over the decades, Neuman has often appeared in political cartoons as a shorthand for unquestioning stupidity. In recent years, Alfred E. Neuman's features have frequently been merged with those of George W. Bush by editorial cartoonists such as Mike Luckovich and Tom Tomorrow. The image has also appeared on magazine covers, notably The Nation, ^[1]) and in numerous Photoshop images and GIF files in which Neuman's face morphs into Bush's. A large Bush/Neuman poster was part of the Washington protests that accompanied Bush's 2001 inauguration. The alleged resemblance between the two has been noted more than once by Hillary Clinton. On July 10, 2005, speaking at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival, she said, "I sometimes feel that Alfred E. Neuman is in charge in Washington," referring to Bush's purported "What, me worry?" attitude. ^[2] Neuman's features have also been compared to others in the public eye, including Prince Charles, Ted Koppel, Oliver North and David Letterman. Mike Luckovich (born 1960) is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989. ... Dan Perkins (born 1961 in Wichita, Kansas), better known by the pen name Tom Tomorrow, is an editorial cartoonist. ... The Nation (ISSN 0027-8378) is a weekly [1] U.S. periodical devoted to politics and culture, self-described as the flagship of the left. [2] Founded on July 6, 1865 as an Abolitionist publication, it is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. ... Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) published by Adobe Systems. ... 3 Frames from a morph from George W. Bush to Arnold Schwarzenegger showing the mid-point between the two extremes Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image into another through a seamless transition. ... REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Charles may refer to: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, current heir-apparent to the British throne Any of the previous British royals named Charles, Prince of Wales The former Belgian regent, Prince Charles of Belgium This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Photo by Bob DAmico/ABC Ted Koppel, anchor of the ABC News program Nightline. ... Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is most well known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an award-winning American comedian, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and IRL IndyCar Series car owner. ...

Alfred E. Neuman's surname is very frequently misspelled as "Newman."

Genesis

Neuman's origins are shrouded in mystery and may never be fully known. It is possible that he was inspired, at least in part, by 19th-century medical pictures of people with deficiency diseases or hormone imbalances. Of note, many medical doctors describe a striking similarity to the face of patients with Williams syndrome. Similar faces also turned up in advertising for "painless" dentistry. A face virtually identical to Neuman's appears in the 1923 edition of the University of Minnesota humor magazine "The Guffer," above the caption "Medic After Passing Con Exam in P. Chem." Many diseases are thought to be directly or indirectly related to nutrition (see Dr. Joel Fuhrman). ... Norepinephrine A hormone (from Greek όρμή - to set in motion) is a chemical messenger from one cell (or group of cells) to another. ... Williams syndrome (also Williams-Beuren syndrome) is a rare genetic disorder, occurring in fewer than 1 in 7,500 live births. ...

Neuman's image has also been used negatively, as a "supporter" of rival political candidates, with the idea that only an idiot would vote for them; in some of these instances, there was also the implication that the "idiot" was in fact a Jewish caricature. An almost-identical image appeared as "nose art" on an American World War II bomber, where it was sometimes referred to as "The Jolly Boy". Mad has published a photo of a World War II bomber's nose bearing a painted image almost identical to the modern Alfred E. Neuman, over the motto "Who Me Worry" (not "What, Me Worry?", Alfred's modern catchphrase). For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Nose art on a B-17 Flying Fortress Nose art is a painting or design done on the fuselage near the nose of a warplane, usually for decorative purposes. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Bomber (disambiguation). ...

When Mad was sued for copyright infringement by a woman claiming to hold the rights to the image, one defense it used was that it had copied the picture from materials dating back to 1911. The lawsuit was unsuccessful, and the boy's face is now permanently associated with Mad.

Since the EC editors had grown up listening to radio, this was frequently reflected in their stories, names and references. The name "Alfred E. Neuman" derived from comedian Henry Morgan's "Here's Morgan" radio series on Mutual, ABC and NBC. One character on his show had a name that was an obvious reference to composer Alfred Newman (1901-70), who scored many films and also composed the familiar fanfare that accompanies 20th Century Fox's opening film logo. The possible inspiration for Henry Morgan was that Laird Cregar portrayed Sir Henry Morgan in The Black Swan (1942) with Tyrone Power, and the Oscar-nominated score for that film was by Newman. Henry Morgan (March 31, 1915 - May 19, 1994), born in New York City, was a comedian best remembered for having been a regular panelist on the CBS game show Ive Got a Secret. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ...

Listening to the sarcastic Morgan's brash broadcasts, the Mad staff took note and reworked the name into Alfred E. Neuman, as later recalled by Kurtzman:

The name Alfred E. Neuman was picked up from Alfred Newman, the music arranger from back in the 1950s and 1940s. Actually, we borrowed the name indirectly through The Henry Morgan Show. He was using the name Alfred Newman for an innocuous character that you'd forget in five minutes. So we started using the name Alfred Neuman. The readers insisted on putting the name and the face together, and they would call the "What, Me Worry?" face Alfred Neuman.

Morgan later became a Mad contributor, with "The Truth about Cowboys" in issue #33.

Carl Djerassi's autobiography claims that in Vienna after the Anschluss, he saw posters with a similar face and the caption Tod den Juden ("Death to Jews" or "the Death of the Jews"). A few years later, in 1940, those opposing Franklin Delano Roosevelt's third-term reelection bid distributed postcards with a similar caricature. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

The definitive research on Alfred E. Neuman can be found in Maria Reidelbach's comprehensive bestseller, Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine (Little, Brown, 1991), since Mad publisher Bill Gaines gave her total access to the magazine's own files, including the collection of Neuman-related images assembled for legal purposes at the time of the Neuman lawsuit. Maria Reidelbach is a Manhattan-based installation artist and an authority on various aspects of popular culture and fine arts, evident in her art projects, books and exhibitions. ...

The missing tooth restored

Alfred E. Neuman's most prominent feature is his gap-toothed grin, which has appeared on nearly every issue of Mad. A notable exception was the November 2001 issue, the first to be produced following the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The cover showed a close up of Neuman's mouth, but his gap was now filled with a red, white and blue tooth in the pattern of an American flag. 9-11 can refer to: The September 11, 2001 attacks A collection of interviews of Noam Chomsky by a variety of European publications and individual interviewers during the month after the September 11, 2001 attacks September 11 (month-day date notation) 9 November (day-month date notation) The North American... Flag ratio: 7:12; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars...

In 1983, Neuman was featured with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The cover showed E.T. preparing to board his spaceship, using his famous "healing finger" to touch Alfred E. Neuman's mouth and make a new 32nd tooth appear, giving him a full smile. For the Atari 2600 video game based on the movie, see E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600). ...

In 1986 #263 Alfred's missing tooth shows up behind the bar-code with the text: "NEVER BEFORE REVEALED! A CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH OF ALFRFED E. NEUMAN'S MISSING TOOTH"

Neuman also appeared as himself in a political cartoon, after Newsweek had been criticized for using computer graphics to retouch the teeth of the mother of the McCaughey septuplets. The cartoon had a split-screen comparison, where Alfred E. Neuman was featured on the cover of Mad with his usual gap-toothed grin, then also featured on the cover of Newsweek, but with a perfect smile. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... The McCaughey septuplets (in birth order--Kenneth Robert, Alexis May, Natalie Sue, Kelsey Ann, Nathan Roy, Brandon James, and Joel Steven) are the worlds first surviving set of septuplets. ...

Appearances outside of Mad

• In an extended sequence of the comic strip Peanuts from 1973 (and later recreated in the TV special, It's An Adventure, Charlie Brown in 1983), Charlie Brown becomes so obsessed with baseball that everything round starts looking like a baseball to him. Soon his own round head develops a pattern that makes the back of his skull look like a baseball, and he starts wearing a paper bag on his head to hide it. Ironically, while hidden from view, his popularity and respect increase. (In the TV special, he is suggested to go away to camp for about a week as well. While there he is referred to by the other campers as Mr. Sack, but is also voted camp president and is admired very much by the others.) The pattern eventually fades from his head, but Charlie Brown still fears that the next round thing he expects to see-- a sunrise-- may continue to look like a baseball. When the sun does rise, it instead looks like Alfred E. Neuman, with a halo reading: 'What! Me Worry?'.
• In the Simpsons episode Marge in Chains, Marge meets Tattoo Annie who has a fold-in tattoo that reveals Alfred E. Neuman with the text: "What me Worry?". The original phrase was "What kind of slime would I marry?"
• In the Simpsons episode The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, Bart comes into contact with Alfred E. Neuman during a visit to the Mad offices. Neuman demands to see "Kaputnik and Fonebone" (which are references to late long-time Mad artists Dave Berg and Don Martin, respectively) for their work on 'New Kids on the Blecch' (which would later become the title of another episode), and requests some "fershlugginer pastrami sandwiches". An awestruck Bart announces that he'll "never wash these eyes again."
• In the Simpsons episode New Kids on the Blecch, Bart's boy band is booked to play a gig on an aircraft carrier, but their band manager plots to use the craft's weaponry to destroy the Mad offices when he discovers the magazine plans to publish a defaming article about the band. Mad's New York headquarters were depicted as an office building with a giant three-dimensional replica of Alfred's head mounted on the roof.
• In Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam film Platoon, a doodle of Alfred along with the catchphrase, "What, me worry?", can be seen on the helmet of Lt. Wolfe, played by actor Mark Moses.
• The August 1971 cover of National Lampoon merged Neuman's features with those of the court-martialed Vietnam War murderer William Calley, complete with the catch phrase, 'What, My Lai?"^[3]
• In Daffy Duck's Quackbusters episode "The Night of the Living Duck" among the freakish nightclub "patrons" (such as Dracula) is Alfred E. Neuman.
• Episode #602 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 features Invasion U.S.A., which was directed by Alfred E. Green. Upon seeing Green's name in the film's opening credits, Crow T. Robot, in a slightly idiotic tone, riffs "What? Me direct?"
• In Episode #818 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, featuring Devil Doll, Tom Servo remarks that the living ventriloquist dummy Hugo looks like "Alfalfa E. Neuman."
• Alfred E. Neuman is referenced by the Beastie Boys on their song "Shadrach," featured on their second studio album, Paul's Boutique.
• Alfred E. Neuman - misspelled as Newman - is used as a reference to Prince Charles's looks in the webcomic Least I Could Do.
• A live-action version of Alfred E. Neuman -- an uncredited actor wearing a mask -- appears briefly in the 1980 film Up the Academy which was originally released to theaters as Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy. Mad later pulled its support from the film and all footage of the Neuman character was excised from North American home video and television releases, alhough it was reinstated for the 2006 DVD release.
• "Al Freddy Newham" was depicted on the cover of the April, 1967 issue of the amateur radio enthusiast's 73 Magazine, preparing to solder the frayed cord of a soldering gun with the same damaged gun.^[4]

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Listen to

• "It's a Gas" (Mad Grooves), originally a flexi-record in The Worst from Mad 9 and credited to Alfred E. Neuman

See also

• Mad (magazine)
• List of Mad Magazine issues

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References

1. ^ The Nation
2. ^ DeFrank, Thomas M. New York Daily News: "Party's gotta fight back sez Hillary"
3. ^ http://www.marksverylarge.com/issues/7108.html
4. ^ http://home.wi.rr.com/n9oo/73mag/73_6.html

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