Heady days at Mad

AS an 81-year-old charter member of the fabled Mad magazine gang of idiots, I’d like to thank Robert Lloyd for his great story and unerring insights [“Born Under a Mad Sign,” March 18].

He hit a four-bagger when he echoed a thesis of mine that began in 1958, when I wrote my first piece for the late, great Bill Gaines, and continued into the early ‘90’s, when I put away my Mad duncecap and called it an era. Specifically, “Don’t write down to the kids; let them rise up to you.” Apparently Lloyd and millions of others rose gloriously to the occasion.

Thanks again for reawakening the memories.

LARRY SIEGEL

Los Angeles

Siegel is a multiple Emmy Award-winning writer for “The Carol Burnett Show.”