Mad Magazine, the long-running humor magazine, which sliced sacred cows of every facet of life from the left, right and the middle, announced last week that it is ceasing publication after its August issue. For many generations of fans who grew up with and were heavily if not solely influenced by the magazine in their youth, the announcement closes a chapter in the annals of American humor.

This has been floating around the Net for a while now, but not long after the first trailer for the latest Adam Sandler “comedy” Jack & Jill was released some one created a video that cleverly intercut clips from the trailer with a scene from the 1979 Paul Schrader film Hardcore. You can watch it here below.

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
By Patton Oswalt
Hardcover | Paperback | Kindle
Scribner
Release Date: November 8, 2011 (paperback)

It was the summer of 2004 when I truly discovered the comedy of Patton Oswalt. What little I knew of him came from his acting work on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens and occasional guest appearances on shows like Seinfeld and bit parts in movies like Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 California dysfunction epic Magnolia, but it wasn’t until I caught a few minutes of a solo stand-up performance on Comedy Central one day that I realized he started his career honing his special blend (much like Starbuck’s coffee) of comedy on stage in front of crowds ranging from open and appreciative to drunk and rowdy to sparse and depressing. Then came the release of his first comedy CD Feelin’ Kinda Patton, and after listening to it at least ten times that first day I was a full-blown Patton fanatic.

Iron Baby IS……the ultimate weapon!

The good folks over at Collider found this sweet Iron Man parody starring a baby billionaire. He’s rich, he’s brilliant, and best of all he’s got a safety pin in the back of his armor!

If you are a fan of things that are awesome, click on the video below.

The dudes over at College Humor have a new video comparing the new Star Trek film with the first Star Wars movie.

While on the surface, it would seem like these two iconic science fiction franchises would obviously be alike — both in space, young heroes fighting evil foes, advanced weaponry and technology, and so on. But, after watching this short video you’ll really see the similarities.

Watch the video — titled “My Favorite Movie” (it’d be mine too!) — here below.