Whatever happened to PARADE Magazine?

I remember when we waited all week long just to get Sunday's Parade Magazine. It had articles, cartoons, puzzles and fun stuff for the whole family. It was a REAL magazine with much more than the 10 pitiful pages we get now. However, I do appreciate that they have kept Marilyn vos Savant over the decades.

Parade is the only magazine I read every week, as I am sure millions of Americans would agree, so why wouldn't they try to keep it up?

I used to love it just for the questions supposedly sent in by real Americans to Walter Scott's Personality Parade, e.g.:

"Lisa Hartman has for years been our family's favorite TV star on 'Knots Landing.' What's up next for the vixenish beauty?"

-- Mrs. G. L. Smithers, Dickinson, ND

I love Marilyn vos Savant! I wonder if she is still alive or if her legend remains with us like Abigail Van Buren.

It was always 10 pitiful pages, OP. My favorite vos Savant reply: Somebody asked if men really were meant to be faithful. She said "Probably not, but that doesn't mean they couldn't try harder".

There’s no more newspaper advertising revenue OP - but you knew that. Growing up Parade was always decidedly second fiddle to the Sunday magazines put out by The Daily News (long gone) and The Times - also a shadow if it’s former self.

Marilyn is married to Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.

Even as a small child I could tell the questions in “Walter Scott’s personality parade” were fake, designed to promote things. It was always something like Q: “Does Bob Hope enjoy filming his TV specials?” signed Mary Jones, Chicago, IL. A: “In fact, he does, and he has a special coming up this week!”

Oh my goodness, I posted before I read R1, to whom I must tip my hat. Spot on.

Ugh I meant - I’m R6. Sorry, hangover.

You waited all week just to get Parade Magazine? Really?

Why was Walter Scott wasting his time writing a Q&A column instead of working on a sequel to Ivanhoe?

[quote] It was always 10 pitiful pages, OP. R3 I remember it as many more glorious and colorful pages of gossip stuff. Alas, there is not more to gossip about anymore. Madonna made sure of that.

[quote] Why was Walter Scott wasting his time writing a Q&A column instead of working on a sequel to Ivanhoe?

Be honest: whom would you rather write about, that Stuart has-been Bonnie Prince Charlie, or that vixenish beauty Lisa Hartman?

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