The Magic Whistle: 1961 ESQUIRE gags

Saturday, January 1, 2011

More from the December issue of the magazine MAD MEN were probably reading.

Not a gag, just a glimpse of another time, as in "Could you imagine an ad in a magazine like this today?

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Much of the material here is at least a generation old and therefore sometimes has racist and sexist standards we wouldn't conform to today. I try, but can't always do a line-item veto. Remember, if something has stereotypes it's posted in spite of them and not because of them. You're not wrong to be offended, think of it like a friend you like hanging out with 95% of the time but once in a while they embarrass you. My own attitude is to move forward.

Many of the images I posted between 2011-2013 were disappeared by the image bank I was using then but I still have most of the scans and am bringing them back slowly. Be patient.

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Some people don't realize you can make images bigger by clicking on them or that there are earlier postings beyond this page. Well, now you know. You're welcome.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

1961 ESQUIRE gags

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