{"podcast":{"title":"Why Not Say What Happened?","slug":"why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","podcast_index_feed_id":7069512,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/549812/destinations/4744167.xml","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/549812","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/4/2/8/d428ddfc43504e35e55e3c100dce7605/WhyNotSayWhatHappened-20241001-l4feem7fdt.jpg","author":"Scott Edelman","episode_count":34,"summary":"I've lived my life in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books, attending my first convention in 1970, hired by Marvel Comics in 1974, publishing my first short story in 1981, editing my first magazine in 1983, launching my first podcast in 2016, and more. Along the way, I've been witness to the history of multiple genres, which has caused many of my friends, followers, and fans to suggest I write my autobiography. But since I don't plan to take time away from everything else going on in my life to do so, I've decided to periodically share nostalgic stories from my many creative journeys here. Join me!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:19:13.852342+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 21: My Long Weekend Annoying MAD Magazine Publisher Bill Gaines","slug":"episode-21-my-long-weekend-annoying-mad-magazine-publisher-bill-gaines","published_at":"2025-03-05T01:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-21-my-long-weekend-annoying-mad-magazine-publisher-bill-gaines","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","url":"https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/tag/why-not-say-what-happened/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fd3ff005-24d3-48d3-af35-970c915f8593/Episode_21__Why_Not_Say_What_Happened.mp3?dest-id=4744167","summary":"My latest look back at what I was doing in comics during the '70s has me remembering the weekend I couldn't stop myself from teasing Bill Gaines about the National Lampoon 's satirical slam of MAD magazine, why famed con-runner Phil Seuling castigated us fans one afternoon for mistreating our mothers, the words Gerry Conway wrote for Daredevil's girlfriend Karen Page in the basement of a Times Square Nathan's, how my 1980 DC Comics vampire story ended up as an episode of Tales from the Darkside , the continuing mystery of the martial arts series I'd forgotten I'd tried to write for Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (and what Tony Stark had to do with it), and much more.","meta_description":"My latest look back at what I was doing in comics during the '70s has me remembering the weekend I couldn't stop myself from teasing Bill Gaines about the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2390,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episodes/episode-21-my-long-weekend-annoying-mad-magazine-publisher-bill-gaines/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-21-my-long-weekend-annoying-mad-magazine-publisher-bill-gaines.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}