If you were a young fan of Mad Magazine's outrageous and sometimes edgy humor in the '70s, chances are you also collected Wacky Packages—the hilarious parodies of everyday products that felt like they ...

A box of the first edition of Wacky Packages sold for $79,300 this weekend at Heritage Auctions, a record for the franchise. The previous record paid for a sealed box was $63,084, set in Dec. 2022 at ...

Somewhere, in a junior high school locker, sits a faded sticker: “Weakies, the Breakfast of Chumps.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content ...

Of course you remember Wacky Packages, those collectible cards that substituted "Weakies" for Wheaties, "Plastered Peanuts" for Planters and "Blunder Bread" for Wonder Bread in comic ads. They were a ...

We all know that pop culture in the ’70s and ’80s was a little less… supervised. Kind of like our time outside. I mean, “It’s 11 o’clock… do you know where your children are?” So with little parental ...

When it comes to creating parody in the post-ironic world, the tools available to us are plentiful and democratic. Spend a half hour with Photoshop and your throwaway burst of creativity can ...

When I was a kid I used to spend my allowance money on Wacky Packages. I forget how much they cost, but for the money you got a piece of cardboardy gum plus a few stickers with parodies of common ...