Magazines
The Clover Club
Original ad here.
Isn't this the exact ad that pimps today use to trick women into becoming "escorts" on Craigslist?
What exactly was the purpose of the Clover Club? Answer after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 30, 2014 -
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Category: Magazines, Sexuality, 1910s
Worst YA Hero Name Ever
Read the whole tale here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 18, 2014 -
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Category: Detectives, Private Eyes and Other Investigators, Magazines, Odd Names, 1940s
One of These Ads Is Not Like the Others
I think Dad would rather look at the last ad in this sequence.
All taken from the same 1951 issue of BOYS LIFE.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 09, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Magazines, Advertising, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Alfred, Meet Jimmy
Recent scholarship has traced the roots of Mad magazine's Alfred E. Newman back to the nineteenth century. But I don't believe anyone has ever before noted his resemblance to this animated version of Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen, as seen in the 1942 Superman cartoon "Showdown," embedded above.
How fitting that today both Jimmy and Alfred are owned by the same company, Warner Bros.!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 14, 2013 -
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Category: Humor, Magazines, Twins, Lookalikes & Doppelgangers, Comics, 1940s, Nineteenth Century
Worst Failure to Predict Global Warming Ever!
Read the whole issue here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 09, 2013 -
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Category: Futurism, Magazines, Children, Science Fiction, 1980s
Fake Facial Hair for Sale
[From Playboy for November 1968. Click to enlarge.]
I can imagine a man being follicle-challenged and able only to grow a patchy beard or mustache. But most of us can grow a perfectly fine crop of facial hair for free. Why would anyone spend money for a fake? And the price! The Inflation Calculator I always use says: "What cost $30 in 1968 would cost $185.89 in 2010."
But the weirdest thing is the appeal to scam your girlfriend or one-night-stand with fake hair. Huh?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 27, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Magazines, Sexuality, 1960s, Facial Hair
Pothead Jesus
Funny, Jesus never said anything about this in his autobiography that I cited a here a little while ago!
Long, scholarly article from HIGH TIMES.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 17, 2012 -
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Category: Drugs, Magazines, Religion, Historical Figure
Nutritional Advice from BOYS’ LIFE
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 09, 2012 -
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Category: Magazines, Candy, Chocolate, Junk Food, Nutrition, 1930s, 1940s
Men’s Adventure Magazines
Here is a site guaranteed to chew up hours of your idle time.
My pal, Phil Stephensen-Payne, runs a page dedicated to the history of magazines. He recently put together a wing dedicated to the "true story" men's mags.
If you follow this link, you come to a page containing the names of over 150 such zines. Click on any title and be presented with a gallery of cover images like the one above.
Happy viewing!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 28, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Destruction, Magazines, Sexuality, Sports, Stereotypes and Cliches, War, Foreign Customs, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Men, Fictional Monsters, Graphics
Follies of the Mad Men #146
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 25, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Magazines, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Skin and Skin Conditions
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