Back to the Fold (Meta)

Awww. This takes me back!

Those were some clever graphics; it wasn't always easy to picture what the folded image would be.

Thanks!

Great puzzle, Al - thank you! Excellent grid, especially with mechanism constraints

Very clever!! Thanks Al.

Very clever fun on this working "holiday." (Grrrrr.) You're a treasure, Master Sisti. Long may you run!

I laughed, I cried, but I never closed my eyes! WONDERFUL puzzle Al, I remember discussion of just this type of puzzle a while back and of course I was part of the MAD generation so I had a leg up. The build was fantastic, the fill amusing (esp liked Copper noisemaker!) and the tie into the answer and the mechanism was masterful. It may have been relatively easy but this has got to be one of my favorites in a while.

Sheep happens - and now I have to get the flock out of here!

What, me worry? Great memories as well. Thanks, Alfred (Sist)i Neuman

Fun. Thanks, Al.

I grew up on Fold-Ins, Spy Vs. Spy, et al. Thanks!

I would have gotten in sooner, but I fell asleep.

Clever! Poker proclamation: "I fold"!

Super fun and clever construction, Al...thanks!

Awesome! I always wanted someone to do a meta based on this!

... but I think 12D should by "Poet's Muse" (not Musician's muse)

Loved this. I used to try figuring those fold-ins out without folding. I don’t think I ever did.

Solved without mangling my laptop! Love this! Shows what a bunch of old people we are, that we all grew up with these.

The only part of MAD I appreciated, and even then, I didn't always understand what I was seeing. =)

Delightful puzzle all the way around, thank you.

Great puzzle and great memories. Thanks, Al !!

A throw back to MAD Magazine. Love it!

Very cute! Used to love MAD fold-ins!

Wonderful, Al. Oh my gosh, I loved doing those! I remember one that "folded in" to make a dollar sign -- the caption was something like, "The Altar We Worship At." So much of MAD magazine has stuck with me over the years: The Dulltons (satire of The Waltons); Johnson Howard's; Spy vs. Spy; Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions ...

Liked this one, Al! I remember well Mad Magazine and Loved to do the fold-in. This was a little tricky “folding” on Crosshare but I got it done! Thank you, Al!

Awesome! I'm of the right age to fully appreciate this work of art! Tremendous cluing (as expected!). Brings back fond memories too. Now how will I print on the reverse of the puzzle paper? It's all folded. :-)

Fun one, Al! I've tried doing this to meta puzzles before, but this is the first time it actually led to the answer!

Thanks, Al, for bringing back happy memories. Just the other day, the college pals were texting about a favorite Mad movie parody: “It’s a World, World, World, World Mad”. But that, I’m sure would have been The Great Mort Drucker, not The Equally Great Al Jefferson, right?

I miss those fold-ins! Often just enough off color that I kept the magazine out of sight of the parents.

The al-ighty ollar? I get it!!

Great idea and construction.

Cool!

There you go again, Al. Raising the bar for us poor MMM constructors. What's next, origami cranes? :)

brought back great memories!

I grew up with Mad Magazine. Fun memories. Great construction!

Very fun!

TIL supergroup doesn't mean the group was a huge commercial success (Asia really only had one huge hit), but that it's a compilation of musicians who were already successful in other bands. Nice puzzle, but since I never read MAD Magazine, the meta took me awhile.

Puzzle kept me up for a few nights -- JK, I'm just not taxing myself while on vacation --

Thanks, Al -- Really, really neat!

PS -- Terrific title!

Now, this was a puzzle that caters to my demographic. ASIA? Mad magazine FOLDINS? Yes, please!

Nice one, Peter. No nudge needed for this longtime Mad Magazine afficionado. Thanks.

Wow! One of the most creative metas I've worked!