Army Man (magazine)

Infobox Magazine
title = Army Man


image_caption = "Army Man" #1, as it appeared in the September 2004 issue of "The Believer".
editor = George Meyer
frequency = Semi-regularly
category = Humor
firstdate = 1988
finaldate = 1990
finalnumber = 3
country = Flag|United States
language = English
website =
issn =

"Army Man" (tagline: "America's Only Magazine") was a short-lived comedy magazine published in the late 1980s by George Meyer, the acclaimed writer for "The Simpsons".

The magazine consisted mostly of very short and very surreal jokes, along with some cartoons. Each issue also featured Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts."

Although "Army Man" was never widely distributed, it gathered a lot of attention in the comedy world. A number of its writers—including John Swartzwelder, Ian Maxtone-Graham and David Sacks —were picked up alongside Meyer to write for "The Simpsons" by producer Sam Simon, an enormous fan of the magazine.cite web | title=Simpson Family Values |month=July | year=2007 | last=Ortved | first=John | work=Vanity Fair | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/08/simpsons200708?printable=true&currentPage=all | accessmonthday=July 16 | accessyear=2007] Other notable contributors included Mark O'Donnell, Andy Borowitz, Ian Frazier and Bob Odenkirk.

Only three issues were ever published. The first issue was reprinted and included in the September 2004 issue of " The Believer", which also featured interviews with Meyer and Frazier.

Excerpts

* A "LAKELY" STORY
My friend from Michigan says if you pushed all the Great Lakes together they’d be as big as the Mediterranean. I say, why bother?

* BRIDE: (QUIETLY, TEARFUL) Ladies and gentlemen ... I’m afraid there won’t be a wedding after all. Because, you see ... my fiancé has ... has died.
HECKLER FROM BACK PEW: Louder!
BRIDE: (LOUDER, ALMOST HYSTERICAL) My fiancé has died!
ANOTHER HECKLER: Funnier!

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Den/6460/2000sept15.htm Magazine page from Army Man]
* [http://maudnewton.com/blog/index.php?p=925 Excerpts from Army Man]
* [http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/maxtone-graham99.html Interview with Ian Maxtone-Graham, writer for Army Man]
* [http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/meyer00.html New Yorker profile of George Meyer, creator of Army Man]