Sega Mad Money face

[widget2k4]

Does anyone know what this little fella is called, the little face that appears on Sega machines.
Or better still, does someone have a good scan or a picture of him?
I am attempting to make some reel strips for a Mad Money and will post them in the archives if I do them successfully.

[jimmy55]

Alfred E. Neuman

The face of 'Mad' magazine. If you google him there should be quite a few images available I should think

[classicgambler]

One of the earliest machines produced by Sega, the Mad Money was branded after the popular MAD Magazine. Alfred E. Neuman, the magazine's fictional cover boy and mascot, is prominently featured on the machine's attraction display.

[widget2k4]

Thanks, that's great.

[coppinpr]

I guess you're younger than us. We grew up with Alfred E. and his adopted catch line "Wot me worry".
The interesting thing as far as the Sega slot machine is that Sega made these machines for the US market then found they breached Mad Mag copyright and they were never sold there, only Aus and Europe.

[widget2k4]

Yep, a bit before my time I think.

[ninecup]

WOT ME WORRY.

[ninecup]

Like most things in life it's all a lot older than you'd think.....

[pennymachines]

Sega made these machines for the US market then found they breached Mad Mag copyright and they were never sold there, only Aus and Europe.

Do you have a source for that coppinpr?
According to Wikipedia, Mad Magazine was itself sued a number of times for copyright of the Alfred E Neuman image, which had been copyrighted back in 1914 by Harry Stuff.

...the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that, by allowing many copies of the image to circulate without any copyright notice, the owner of the copyright had allowed the image to pass into the common domain, thus establishing the right of Mad – or anyone else for that matter – to use the image. In addition, Stuff was not himself the creator of the image, other examples dating back to before the turn of the 20th century.

Completely Mad, Little Brown, 1991

Related topic: Oliver Whales CHAD WOT? allwin

[gameswat]

Interestingly Alfred had a much earlier life on machines! Caille was using his image around 1904 on these machines at least.

[coppinpr]

I did read it on a site about Sega and in an article about the guy in charge at the time, but it was about two years ago and I can't remember what I was looking for at the time so I can't track it down. I remember it said it caused them a big problem at the time, some machines having already been shipped and it was decided not to try and release the machine in the USA because of copyright. This may mean, I guess, that they were just concerned about possible legal action so played safe or perhaps the court case took so long to be heard (as usual) they had made other arrangements by then. Did read it, will try and track it down.

[ninecup]

How do you get fruit into a payout chute?

[slotalot]

Just when I thought this subject had run it's course, I have just found this on Ebay US.
[url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MAD-M ... 3a88c33bc5[/url]

[jonesthegarage]

quote from the listing

THIS RING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT HAS BEEN WORN.

I wonder why???????

On second thoughts, I'd wear it so everybody thought I was good looking.

[coppinpr]

Id say the picture on the ring is of a pre "mad mag" Alfred E, anyone agree?