Up The Academy

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Entertainment
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Text on Button MAD MAGAZINE PRESENTS... "UP THE ACADEMY"
Image Description

White background with red lettering and Alfred E Newman in the center wearing an army helmet with a peace sign and dove on top.
Curl Text © 1980 WARNER BROS., INC.
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1980s
Additional Information

In 1980, Mad Magazine and Warner Brothers made a movie together, but neither side could agree on the script. By the time it was ready to release, Bill Gaines, publisher of Mad offered Warner Bros. $30,000 to not have this movie associated with Mad Magazine. The magazine spoofed the movie in "MAD Magazine Resents Throw Up the Academy" and Gaines wrote apologies to everyone who wrote in to complain. Directed by Robert Downey Sr., of Putney Swope fame, it was bound to at least be a little bit of a cult classic.
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