Mad Magazine
His name is on the masthead as "Founder"
William M. Gaines
You stopped for some alpaca chunky, grandma's favorite type of this wool knitting essential
yarn
With permission from this performer, Weird Al parodied her songs in "Polka Face" & "Perform This Way"
Lady Gaga
Jon Stewart noted that while Lent is 40 days, Jews have this one day of atonement: "Even in sin you're paying retail"
Yom Kippur
Homer Simpson says this man is "the richest guy I know"; he replies, "Ah yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more"
Mr. Burns
The March 2001 issue included these, a first in the magazine's history
advertisements
In knitting this basic stitch is the reverse of the knit stitch
purl
In high school "Weird Al" Yankovic was this highest-ranking member of the class academically
valedictorian
According to 3 of the Gospels, this Jewish holiday was being celebrated during the Last Supper
Passover
In the address P.O. Box 438 Fort Simpson, NT X0E 0NO, NT is short for this
Northwest Territories
Mad is under the corporate control of this comic book company that isn't based in Washington
DC
It's similar to a noose knot & is used as the first loop in knitting; it's also a Corey Taylor metal band
slip knot
Weird Al's "Plumbing Song" includes the rhyme "baby call the mensch" with this tool
wrench
Adopted in 1949, 9 months after statehood, the emblem of Israel features this symbol of Hanukkah, but with only 7 branches
menorah
A single national park in the Simpson desert occupies 4,000 square miles of Queensland in this country
Australia
Halloween costume idea for 2: this double-crossing pair from Mad magazine, one in black & one in white, created by Antonio Prohias
Spy vs Spy
The sweater Mother's knitting is coming along nicely but oops, there in the sleeve is a "dropped" this
stitch
In this parody of a Coolio hit, Al churns butter & raps with Florence Henderson
Amish Paradise
On this holiday of beginnings, Jews say tashlich prayers by a body of water into which sins are symbolically cast
Rosh Hashannah
Sarah Paulson nabbed a trophy for playing this prosecutor in "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson"
Marcia Clark
Alfred E. Neuman could tell you that a fernticle is another name for one of these on the surface of the skin
freckle
A tool used in knitting, or another name for a dragonfly
darning needle
You'll see Greg Kihn as well as announcer Don Pardo in this video from 1984
I Lost on Jeopardy
One of the 3 festivals that summoned Israelites to Jerusalem was Shavuot, celebrating the start of this agricultural event
harvest
"The Windsor Story" is "An Intimate Portrait of Edward VIII" & this woman whom he loved