Frank Jacobs (1929–2021), Mad magazine writer
Frank Jacobs was a longtime writer for Mad magazine, best known for his song parodies.Jacobs first joined Mad in 1957, when he first picked up a copy of Mad. He was so inspired that he reached out to the magazine’s leadership with a pitch: “Why I Left the Army and Became a Civilian.” It was published, and it was the beginning of Jacobs’ 57 years with the magazine.Jacobs wrote a wide variety of features for Mad, but he was most associated with his song parodies, including “Blue Cross” (a parody of “Blue Skies”), “Louella Schwartz Describes Her Malady” (“A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody”), and “East Side Story” (“West Side Story”).