| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August-October 1954 | Price: 0.20 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | And Away We Go! Jackie Gleason |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jackie Gleason |
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| Synopsis | William wants to get his girlfriend's father's permission to marry by presenting him a case of ballantine Beer. |
| Featuring | Ballantine Beer |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: William B. Wise; William's girlfriend; girlfriend's father |
| Notes | Inside front cover sequential panel advertisement for Ballantine Beer by P. Ballantine and Sons, Newark, New Jersey. |
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| Advertisement | Now, Let Your Sense of Humor Work for You! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Esar's Comic Dictionary; Horizon Press |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Evan Esar (1899-1995) |
| Notes | Page 1. Mail order ad for Esar's Comic Dictionary from Horizon Press, Inc., Dept. 126, 220 West 42nd Street, New York 36, New York. |
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| Featuring | Louder and Funnier |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Pages 2 through 7. Editor's remarks and a series of jokes. |
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| Synopsis | The cowboy strikes a match to light the cowgirl's cigarette. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: cowboy; cowgirl |
| Notes | Page 2. No caption. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two male office workers |
| Notes | Page 3. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two couples; waiter |
| Notes | Page 3. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kate |
| Notes | Page 4. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 4. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: umpire; ball player |
| Notes | Page 5. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Harry; Harry's wife; conventioneer; desk clerk |
| Notes | Page 5. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction | Characters: two spacemen |
| Notes | Page 6. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 7. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Car | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 7. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Fred; Fred's wife; wife's friend |
| Notes | Page 7. |
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| Text Article | And Away We Go! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Non-fiction | Characters: Jackie Gleason; Jack Philbin; Bullets Dorgom; Lee Reynolds; Lee Meyers; Tony |
| Notes | An interview with Jackie Gleason. Pages 8 and 9. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man and two women |
| Notes | Page 10. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: three men; two women |
| Notes | Page 10. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: mailman |
| Notes | Page 10. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two men; two women |
| Notes | Page 11. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 11. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man; woman |
| Notes | Page 11. |
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| Text Story | Wish You Were Here - Like Fun |
| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 12. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man; woman; natives |
| Notes | Page 12. |
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| Text Story | Tourist's Calendar |
| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 13. |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife; waiter |
| Notes | Page 13. The cartoonist's signature is not legible, although the last name starts with an "R". |
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| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two firemen |
| Notes | Page 13. |
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| Cartoon | 1000 Jokes Goes To Africa (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Africa as seen by Hollywood movie makers. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody |
| Notes | Pages 14 and 15. |
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| Text Story | Come On In, the Water's Cold |
| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Pages 16 and 17. |
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| Comic Story | Suggestion Box |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: office worker |
| Notes | Page 16. No caption. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: two boys |
| Notes | Page 17. |
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| Text Story | Vacation Footnotes |
| Featuring | Vacation Daze |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 17. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: process server; two actors |
| Notes | Page 17. Signature not legible. |
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| Cartoon | Phoney Business (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A humorous look at office workers using the telephone. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: office workers |
| Notes | Pages 18 and 19. Eight cartoons, four on each page. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife; dancers |
| Notes | Page 20. |
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| Text Story | They Shall Not Pass! |
| Featuring | It Could Be Verse |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 21. Seven poems. Title is taken from the first poem. |
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| Synopsis | While pumping gas, the attendant peeks into the trailer window. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Car | Characters: gas station attendant |
| Notes | Page 21. No caption. |
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| Cartoon | Go Vest, Young Man (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A humorous look at men's vests. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Eight men |
| Notes | Pages 22 and 23. |
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| Comic Story | Man's First Fire (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How lighting a fire was discovered. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: caveman; cavewoman |
| Notes | Page 24. Seven panel story. |
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| Text Story | What Are We Waiting For? Let's Go! |
| Synopsis | A look at what the 48 states are doing to attract tourists. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 25. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two men |
| Notes | Page 25. |
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| Synopsis | Two panel gag showing a man as a soldier, then later, after his discharge. |
| Featuring | Service Please |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: man |
| Notes | Page 26. No caption. |
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| Featuring | Service Please |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | Page 26. No caption. |
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| Synopsis | Two panel gag of a sailor showing a signal flag message to a service woman. |
| Featuring | Service Please |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: sailor; woman in uniform |
| Notes | Page 26. No caption. |
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| Featuring | Service Please |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: enlisted man; sergeant |
| Notes | Page 26. |
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| Synopsis | The sergeant notices a soldier with a bottle of booze instead of a canteen. |
| Featuring | Service Please |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: soldiers; sergeant |
| Notes | Page 27. No caption. |
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| Synopsis | Two soldiers in a foxhole face an enemy charge. |
| Featuring | Service Please |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: two soldier; several Communist soldiers |
| Notes | Page 27. |
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| Featuring | Service Please |
| Credits | Script:? [as Gabe] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Gabe] (signed) | Inks:? [as Gabe] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Major Carney; two officers; five enlisted men |
| Notes | Page 27. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 28. |
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| Text Story | The Morris Theory of Musical Shapes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man at the bar describes the shapes of music. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Morris |
| Notes | Pages 28 and 29. |
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| Cartoon | Travel Agency |
| Synopsis | The sign on a travel agency door reads "Closed on vacation." |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 29. No caption, however several lettered signs in the door and windows. |
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| Synopsis | The wife comes home early and the poker players scramble out the side window. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: wife; husband; husband's friends |
| Notes | Page 29. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lou Ann; woman; man |
| Notes | Page 30. |
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| Text Story | We're Sticklers for Stickers |
| Credits | Script: Paul C. Law | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 30. |
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| Text Story | Epic Moments In International Relations |
| Synopsis | Five "epic" moments. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hans; Cyril J. Toffingham; T.W. Munderson |
| Notes | Page 30. |
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| Cartoon | 20,000 Legs Under the Sea (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 31. |
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| Text Story | This Rod Ain't So Hot |
| Credits | Script: Paul C. Law | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Car |
| Notes | Page 32. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Car | Characters: woman driver; policeman |
| Notes | Page 32. |
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| Text Story | I Don't Know What You Call It |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 33. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: woman; doorman; taxi driver |
| Notes | Page 33. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Bailey] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Bailey] (signed) | Inks:? [as Bailey] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: usher; ticket taker; audience members |
| Notes | Page 33. |
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| Featuring | Varsity Varieties |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Pages 34 and 35. Short humor selections from college publications including Yale Record, Columbia Jester, Penn State Froth, Texas Ranger, The Log, Profile, Rammer Jammer and Leer. |
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| Cartoon | Dizzy Gillespie |
| Synopsis | Dizzy Gillespie's door with a sign hanging from the knob. |
| Featuring | Varsity Varieties |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 34. From Shaft, a college publication. |
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| Featuring | Varsity Varieties |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: two men |
| Notes | Page 34. From the Yale Record. |
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| Synopsis | An outline of a woman is formed by the tracks of a camel near two pyramids. |
| Featuring | Varsity Varieties |
| Credits | Script: E. Zimmerman (signed) (idea) | Pencils: E. Zimmerman (signed) | Inks: E. Zimmerman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 35. From the Yale Record. |
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| Synopsis | A man studies a folded fire hose on a wall surrounded by abstract art. |
| Featuring | Varsity Varieties |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man |
| Notes | Page 35. Form Shaft, a college publication. |
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| Text Story | Ailments My Heirs Are Heir To |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Pages 36 and 37. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Jungle | Characters: Harry; man; four natives |
| Notes | Page 36. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: boy on a bicycle; man on park bench |
| Notes | Page 37. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man in bath tub |
| Notes | Page 37. |
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| Text Story | Let's Take Pictures |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Aunt Helen; Marilyn Monroe |
| Notes | Page 37. |
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| Featuring | That's a Woman for You |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 38. |
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| Featuring | That's a Woman for You |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 38. |
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| Featuring | That's a Woman for You |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: woman; man |
| Notes | Page 39. |
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| Featuring | That's A Woman For You |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: woman; George (on telephone); Bill Johnson (mentioned) |
| Notes | Page 39. |
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| Featuring | That's a Woman for You |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife |
| Notes | Page 39. |
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| Text Story | Sirs, You Have Sprained My Rep- |
| Synopsis | A proofreader writes a letter of complaint to a publisher. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mr. Pidget; Clarence; Gadstone; Gladstone; Newberry; Oldberry; Anolg Claytdg |
| Notes | Page 40. Through out the text, author Marvin Grasse has substituted words and grammar that are completely wrong but would be caught by a proofreader. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: artist; man in a suit |
| Notes | Page 40. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man; woman |
| Notes | Page 40. |
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| Text Story | A Hat In the Hand Is Worth Two In the Closet |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dwight Eisenhower (mentioned) |
| Notes | Page 41. |
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| Advertisement | Anyone Can Learn To Dance |
| Featuring | Pioneer Publications |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: man; woman |
| Notes | Page 41. Mail order advertisement for a dancing course book from Pioneer Publications, Inc., Dept. 378, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, New York. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: four baseball players |
| Notes | Page 41. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife; son |
| Notes | Page 42. |
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| Text Story | How Good Is Your Credit Rating? |
| Synopsis | Ten questions to ask of yourself about your credit rating. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 42. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man; waiter |
| Notes | Page 43. Illegible signature: Ja-- Mar--- |
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| Synopsis | A policeman writes a parking ticket for his own car. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: woman (wife); policeman (husband) |
| Notes | Page 43. |
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| Advertisement | Be Popular! |
| Featuring | Pickwick Company |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: woman (photograph); man (photograph) |
| Notes | Page 43. Mail order advertisement for self-improvement books from the Pickwick Company, Dept. 201-F, Box 463, Midtown Station, New York 18, New York. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Car | Characters: man; woman |
| Notes | Page 44. |
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| Activity | Puns Over Lightly |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 44. |
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| Synopsis | A man admires a woman's legs as seen through a Dutch door. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: woman; man |
| Notes | Page 44. No caption. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: wife; wife's father; husband |
| Notes | Page 44. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: father; son |
| Notes | Page 45. |
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| Text Story | Go On; Take Two or Three |
| Synopsis | Suggestions for time-saving appetizers. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 45. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Page 45. Seven mail order advertisements: Zenith Company (stamp collecting); the book "One Liners" by Robert Orben, D. Robbins & Co.; Why be Fat! (Healthaids Co.); Gags for Wags (Laughs Unlimited); Make Money (Box 9, Watertown, Mass.); Slide Rule 92¢, Gene Loewy. |
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| Synopsis | A man bangs his ceiling with a broom to quiet a loud party four levels above him. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: man with a broom; partygoers |
| Notes | Page 46. |
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| Text Story | Wait Till Next Time |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 46. |
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| Text Story | I Mean Exactly What I Say |
| Synopsis | An exercise in going off on tangents. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bellingham; Emerson |
| Notes | Page 46. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: four card players |
| Notes | Page 47. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: husband; wife; male guest |
| Notes | Page 47. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Hart?] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Hart?] (signed) | Inks:? [as Hart?] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: two golfers |
| Notes | Page 47. The artist's signature is partially obscured, begins with "Hart". |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Page 47. Five mail order advertisements: Play Guitar in 7 Days, from Ed Sale (Bradley Beach, New Jersey); Win Cash Contests, General Contest Bulletin; Change Nickels into Dimes, D. Robbins & Co.; Jobs on Ships & Yachts, Davenport Seaman's Service; Be a Detective, Geo. D.J. Wagner (New York City). |
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| Publisher advertisement | Puzzle Fans! |
| Featuring | Dell Anacrostic Puzzles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Page 47. |
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| Text Article | Word Derivations |
| Synopsis | The author's version of word origins. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Page 48. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction | Characters: boy in a space suit; boy on roof |
| Notes | Page 48. |
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| Featuring | Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: Jim Norman (photographs); John Sill (photograph); Jobie Jackson (photograph); Nellie (photograph); John Lucas (photograph); Cleveland (photograph); George F. Jowett (photograph) |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order ad for body building courses from Jowett Institute of Physical Training, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Thousands Now Play (1 page) |
| Featuring | U.S. School of Music |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Lawrence Welk (photograph); Peter H. Kozyra (photograph); Andrew Schneider (photograph); Mildred Cade (photograph); Rose Boyer (photograph); unnamed woman playing piano |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for a free book from the U.S. School of Music, Studio 137, Port Washington, New York. |
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