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Frank Jacobs is an American satire writer, known primarily for his work in Mad, to which he has contributed since 1957.. While having written articles of all kinds, he is best known as a versifier who contributes parodies of famous song lyrics and poems.
His writing for MAD first appeared in issue #33 dated June 1957, to which he contributed five items, of which the first to appear in page order was "Baseball's Hall of Shame."
Jacobs was also MAD's "Designated Obituary Writer" and wrote fabricated obituaries for fictional characters from TV shows and comic strips.
Jacobs wrote several books under the MAD imprint, including For Better or Verse, a collection of poetry parodies, and The Mad World of William M. Gaines.
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