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CC Standup: A Carburetor Walks Into a Bar…
Posted on November 20, 2017 | 102 CommentsA carburetor walks into a bar, hops up on a stool, says “Gimme a beer and a shot of whiskey!”, and proceeds to put a shaft, a lever, a plate, […] -
CC Humor: Going MAD at the Drive-In
Posted on October 30, 2017 | 13 CommentsOf course, any compendium of mid-century car humor can’t ignore the phenomenon of the drive-in movie theater. Most are gone now, but enough remain that you can still take your […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Graphic Signage
Posted on October 17, 2017 | 9 CommentsHere’s a MAD look at how some 1960s-trendy, international-style pictograph signage might be improved. -
CC Humor: MAD About Commuting in the 1970s
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsNothing makes drivers MAD-der than the frustrations of commuting. What was awful then is worse now. -
eBay Find: 1996 Ford Taurus GL – JARED
Posted on July 19, 2017 | 36 CommentsI keep telling myself that one day I’ll purchase a first generation Taurus wagon, slap an EcoBoost crate engine in it, and add some SHO suspension parts for the ultimate […] -
CC Humor: A MAD Look At Wild Life On Our Highways
Posted on June 15, 2017 | 10 CommentsImage: MAD In the ensuing forty or more years since MAD published this send-up of scientifically classified irritating and ineffective drivers, I’d say that very little has changed. That is […] -
CC Humor: Do Maintenance Headaches Drive You MAD?
Posted on May 30, 2017 | 27 CommentsImage: MAD Magazine In the middle part of the 20th century, the venerated MAD magazine got loads of mileage out of Americans’ angst about their less-than-reliable cars of the time. Today we get a look […] -
CC Humor: MAD Gives it to the Automakers
Posted on May 10, 2017 | 34 CommentsImage: MAD Once again, we reach back into the MAD archives to find the “humorists” there taking another swipe at the auto industry during an era when it was cranking out […] -
MAD Outtake: Cycling Through the 70s
Posted on April 26, 2017 | 35 CommentsImage: MAD Magazine Not everyone at CC hates cyclists. Some of us just enjoy laughing at them from time to time. -
MAD Outtake: Road Signs We’d Like to See
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 13 CommentsImage: MAD Magazine click image for full size to read the small print Editors beware, Kerning Error Ahead! -
CC Humor: MAD About Safety
Posted on April 3, 2017 | 21 CommentsMAD about other drivers’ poor behavior? Here are ten problem-types and ten MAD solutions for setting each of them straight. Recognize any of these scourges today? (I love how Tommy […] -
CC Humor: How MAD We Were About Quality in the 1960s!
Posted on March 17, 2017 | 47 CommentsMAD Magazine could always be counted on for a sarcastic take on the issues of the day. This two-page joke highlights the Zeitgeist on build quality, circa 1966. -
QOTD: Did (Or Do) You Imitate Car or Truck Engine Sounds?
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CC Wordless Outtake: Chevrolet Impala with White Wall Tires
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CC Humor: Cars for Visiting Dignitaries and Celebrities in Japan – Sometimes Things Get Lost in Translation…
Posted on March 5, 2016 | 19 CommentsHaving lived here in Tokyo for the past 10 years, I’ve seen many political leaders, celebrities, and other famous individuals visit Japan. As many know, the country is renown for […]