Circuit City apologizes to Mad Magazine for parody purging bonfires

Circuit City has apologized for their temporary hissy fit over Mad Magazine's "Sucker City" ad parody and will begin selling America's favorite pre-teen humor magazine once again.

Better yet, they got an embarrassed PR goon gifted with a Mad-style sense of humor to write the apology note!

As a gesture of our apology and deep respect for the folks at MAD Magazine, we are creating a cross-departmental task force to study the importance of humor in the corporate workplace and expect the resulting Powerpoint presentation to top out at least 300 pages, chock full of charts, graphs and company action plans.

In addition I have offered to send the MAD Magazine Editor a $20.00 Circuit City Gift Card, toward the purchase of a Nintendo Wii....if he can find one!

Excellent response, Circuit City. Harvey Kurtzman himself would be hoo-hah proud. Or, in the immortal words of Bill "Chicken Fat" Elder: "Portzebie."

Circuit City Sorry For Commanding Employees To Destroy Mad Mag's "Sucker City" Parody [Consumerist]

Previously: Circuit City stores ordered to destroy copies of Mad Magazine that mocks them

[#1 posted by Anonymous , August 5, 2008 7:59 AM]

No, no no! Not "Portzebie": "Potrzebie"!

--Milton

[#2 posted by evohollywood , August 5, 2008 8:14 AM]

The correct spelling is actually Potrzebie...I should know, my dad
wrote a book about it.

Evan Moore

[#3 posted by John Brownlee , August 5, 2008 8:47 AM]

I know that's the correct spelling... but I don't think it's the one Kurtzman and Elder used!

[#4 posted by evohollywood , August 5, 2008 10:46 AM]

It is according to Wikipedia.

Evan Moore

[#5 posted by Jake0748 , August 5, 2008 7:43 PM]

Well, that just goes to show ya... I always thought it was Potzribie.

[#6 posted by Downpressor , August 5, 2008 7:59 PM]

Fester Bestertester works at Circuit City now?

[#7 posted by John Brownlee , August 6, 2008 1:13 AM]

Damn. I guess Elder wouldn't have said that then.

[#8 posted by devophill , August 6, 2008 4:04 AM]

I just gotta say... Al Feldstein. No disrespect to any previous guys, but seriously... Al Feldstein.

[#9 posted by Anonymous , August 7, 2008 7:27 PM]

Isn't Circuit City's current ad campaign something like "we are simpletons," "we are simple," or something like that?

Oh, wait here it is: "simplicity guaranteed"
I think they nailed that one.