Playboy
#v17#12
(December 1970)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 348
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Issue Notes
Headshot photos of Shel Silverstein and Tomi Ungerer in "Playbill" on page 3. Small ad for Jay Ward Productions on page 64, featuring Bullwinkle and Dudley Do-Right wristwatches. Playboy Christmas Cards on pages 140-141, illustrated by Phil Interlandi, Aiden Erickson, Eldon Dedini, John Dempsey, and Gahan Wilson. "The International Comix Conspiracy" article by Jacob Brackman on pages 195-199, 328-330, 332, and 334. Original full page title illustration by Skip Williamson. Reprints covers to Zap #0, Zap #4, Snatch #2, Big Ass Comics #1, and Heavy Comics #1 in small size. Also reprints panels from various underground comics by Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crump, Dave Sheridan, Greg Irons, Rick Griffin, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, and Jay Lynch.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays.
cartoon / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Page 47. Illustration for ad for Columbia Records and Tapes. Appears to be Jack Davis, but is not signed.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Inks
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Colors
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'After all these years of giving,' I said to myself, 'so why shouldn't I give MYSELF a present?'
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa unwraps a present to himself of a lovely nude blonde woman.
- Keywords
- Christmas; nude; present; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 123.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I ain't no partridge in a pear tree!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The Satyr is embraced by a Greek sphinx (a creature with a woman's body and torso, wings, and the legs and tail of a lion.)
- Keywords
- Greek sphinx; mythology; satyr
Indexer Notes
Page 133. Part of "Satyr" series.
[no title indexed]
Vargas Girl / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Inks
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Colors
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't worry, Mr. Baxter. I've got another gift you won't be ABLE to exchange.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A girl in a man's suit jacket and high heels.
- Keywords
- high heels
Indexer Notes
Pages 148-149. A two-page pin-up.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Old Ebenezer is a changed man since he had that Christmas vision.
- Genre
- humor; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Ebenezer is grabbing the serving girls at pub.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Page 163. Parody of the character from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Surprise, Grandmother! We've come to spend the Christmas holidays with you.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An older woman's children and grandchildren drop in at an inopportune time—right in the middle of her wild nude Christmas party.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; grandchildren; nude; party
Indexer Notes
Page 175.
Choice Cartoons of Christmas Past
cartoon / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series) #v14#12 (December 1967), #v14#12 (December 1967), #v14#12 (December 1967), #v14#12 (December 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 230-235. 23 Christmas cartoons reprinted from previous issues of Playboy.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know what they say, old man, misery loves company.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A nude man and woman, each with a broken ankle, are in bed, making the most of the situation.
- Keywords
- broken bones; cast; snow skiing
Indexer Notes
Page 241.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would appear that all the talk about ecology and upsetting the environment is having some effect.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple walks by a duck hunter, who has a trick gun that just shoots out a flag that says "Bang!".
- Keywords
- dog; duck hunter; ecology; trick gun
Indexer Notes
Page 245.
[Technical Advisor from Stag Film]
cartoon / 0.75 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In a highly-detailed setting for a nude love scene for a big-budget movie, one of the directors' chairs is labeled "Technical Advisor" and has an old-style stag movie performer, complete with mask and black socks with garters.
- Keywords
- directors; lights; microphone; movie-making; nude scene; technical advisor
Indexer Notes
Page 247. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Feminist backlash, I guess.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A line of men in business suits are carrying protest signs against women and for men's rights.
- Keywords
- feminism; protest signs
Indexer Notes
Page 248.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who knows ... what evil lurks ... in the minds of men—Dr. Burnhart knows ... heh-heh-heh-heh.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Thinking of all the secrets that have been revealed by his patients, a psychiatrist looks in a mirror and does an imitation of the old-time radio Shadow character.
- Keywords
- imitation; mirror; psychiatrist; radio; The Shadow
Indexer Notes
Page 249. The opening to the Shadow radio program was ""Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This must be bear country.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two cowboys ride over a ridge and see a group of all types of bears, from polar bears to pandas, huddled around a tree.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bears; black bear; cowboys; grizzly bear; koalas; pandas
Indexer Notes
Page 250.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure, it sounds silly as hell, but until further investigation, that's it. 'We suspect a malfunction in one or more of his tiny reindeer'.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Police detectives give a statement to a reporter after Santa's sleigh has apparently had a disastrous crash.
- Keywords
- accident; Christmas; detective; police; reindeer; reporter; Santa Claus; sleigh
Indexer Notes
Page 251.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right, Senator, let's try it again from where you look up with that quizzical little smile and say, 'Slush fund? Far from it! Why, staying in office has kept me poor as a church mouse'.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A senator is coached on how to look and what to say on a television program.
- Keywords
- politics; script; senator; television broadcasting
Indexer Notes
Page 252.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just remember, lady, through snow, hail, heat and all kinds of shit, the hippie postman keeps his appointed rounds.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A long-haired, bearded mail carrier recites his version of the postman's oath.
- Keywords
- counterculture; hippie; mail carrier; snow
Indexer Notes
Page 256.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Pencils
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Inks
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Colors
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Actually, I'm just a part-time employee. I only work during the Christmas and New Year's party.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A girl is hired to provide extra "entertainment" at office parties.
- Keywords
- Christmas; New Year's; office party
Indexer Notes
Page 261.
You Don't Have to Be Rich to Be Happy.
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Furlong] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as Furlong] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as Furlong] (signed)
- Colors
- ? [as Furlong] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- A rich guy and a poor guy court the same girl. The poor guy wins by saving his money and buying his girl a diamond ring from Zales Jewelers.
- Keywords
- diamonds; jewelry
Indexer Notes
Page 263. A seven-panel comic story as an ad for Zales Jewelers, Dallas, Texas. Drawn in a Peter Max-influenced style.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And I'd like to get two broads in bed at the same time, and I'd like to spend a week in the Bahamas with Raquel Welch, and ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A businessman sits on a department store Santa's knee and tells him his fantasies.
- Keywords
- Christmas; department store; fantasy; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 254.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Rest ye merry' gentleman. Until another day.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman leaves an older man's bed with a quote from a Christmas carol.
- Keywords
- Christmas carol
Indexer Notes
Page 269. Punchline is taken from "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Christmas carol.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Pencils
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Inks
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think you better assert yourself more, Pop—I'm turning into a fag.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A son doesn't think his father is providing a good role model.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- homosexual; role model
Indexer Notes
Page 271.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's got something or other to do with margarine.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A king and queen are puzzled when a number of average people are wearing crowns.
- Keywords
- commercials; crowns; Imperial; king; queen
Indexer Notes
Page 274. Punchline is a parody of Imperial Margazine TV commercials, where people who tasted the brand had a crown appear on their heads.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't fret, punkin. He's just a kook Santa
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A child is confused when a man in a Santa suit carries a "Save Our Trees" protest sign.
- Keywords
- Christmas; protest sign; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 275.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kill!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bloodthirsty child uses his Christmas building set to construct a robot and send it to kill his parents.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- building set; Christmas; Christmas tree; murder; robot
Indexer Notes
Page 277.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I knew it! The stars never lie! When I saw you, I thought, 'He's a Sagittarius and he's going to lay me,' and you did, even though you're a Libra.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In bed with a man at a motel, a woman is convinced that astrology signs rule her life, even when they don't.
- Keywords
- astrology
Indexer Notes
Page 280.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Pencils
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Inks
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought everyone from Australia knew 'Waltzing Matilda.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is surprised when the kangaroo at the keyboard of a grand piano doesn't know Australia's unofficial national anthem.
- Keywords
- Australia; kangaroo; piano; Waltzing Matilda
Indexer Notes
Page 281.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
- Colors
- Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, I never dreamed sex could be so rewarding!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young woman is surprised by all the Christmas gifts she received from her older lover.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; presents
Indexer Notes
Page 285.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Pencils
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Inks
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm used to bigger things
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman is not pleased when the counterculture man she is seeing has them both bathe in a washtub.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- counterculture; washtub
Indexer Notes
Page 288.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Pencils
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Inks
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You said you were going to Chicago for the play-offs of the national crocheting competition!!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A father is surprised to find his daughter is the "Playmate of the Month" fold-out.
- Keywords
- fold-out; Playmate
Indexer Notes
Page 289. Playboy at this time was based in Chicago.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Colors
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like you to meet the rage of Paris.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- In 19th century Paris, a woman gains notoriety for being able to balance champagne glasses on the tips of her nipples.
- Reprints
- in The Playboy Cartoon Album (Playboy Press, 1963 series) #6 (1973) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- breasts; champagne; Paris
Indexer Notes
Page 291.
[Hypnotism Made Easy]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a bookstore, a young woman looks uneasily at a man reading "Hypnotism Made Easy."
- Keywords
- bookstore; hypnotism
Indexer Notes
Page 292.
[Headless Boxer]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- A boxer is carried back to his dressing room after a loss. His manager carries his head separately.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing
Indexer Notes
Page 293. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was strong grass! I've got visions of sugar plums dancing in my head.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two boys are lying in bed on a snowy night.
- Keywords
- Christmas; drugs; marijuana; snow
Indexer Notes
Page 297. The punchline refers to the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it doesn't look like 'just another phase she's going through' to ME!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A father is concerned when he sees his daughter dragging a boy up the stairs by his leg.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- stairs; teen
Indexer Notes
Page 301.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My husband's a pig and my son's a Weatherman.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A frustrated middle-aged woman asks for Christmas gift advice at a department store.
- Keywords
- Christmas; counterculture; gifts; police; slang; Weathermen
Indexer Notes
Page 303. "Pig" refers to the police and the "Weathermen" were a American left-wing terrorist organization that carried out a series of bombings, jailbreaks, and riots.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One thing about midis ... they sure shoot the hell out of girl watching!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A group of men at a party look at a girl in a mid-calf length dress from the back, not realizing that the front of her dress is open and is revealing everything.
- Keywords
- cigarettes; cocktails; midi-dress; party; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 305.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've NEVER had V. D.? What's the matter, Lester—aren't you popular?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A guidance counselor is surprised by a teen boy's answer.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- counselor; VD; venereal disease
Indexer Notes
Page 306.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Pencils
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Inks
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Colors
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before explaining our new incentive plan, I'd like you to meet Miss Allison here.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The head of the sales department introduces his salesmen to a sexily-dressed woman, who apparently will be part of the new incentive program.
- Keywords
- incentive; sales
Indexer Notes
Page 309.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Never mind, Mr. O'Toole. I know what your idea of exchanging gifts is.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young woman wrapping gifts for a Christmas party at the nudist camp is approached by a middle-aged man who makes a suggestion.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; nudists; presents
Indexer Notes
Page 315. Part of the "Nudist Camp" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- According to this article, you should still be good for twice a week.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A middle-aged wife reading an article in a women's magazine makes a complaint to her husband.
- Keywords
- magazine
Indexer Notes
Page 317.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Pencils
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Inks
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Colors
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's an interesting piece—genuine old casting couch I picked up at the MGM sale.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wealthy man shows a young woman an antique and makes a gesture that implies that he wants to make use of it with her.
- Keywords
- casting couch; cigarette; liquor; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 319.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- George Booth [as Booth] (signed)
- Pencils
- George Booth [as Booth] (signed)
- Inks
- George Booth [as Booth] (signed)
- Colors
- George Booth [as Booth] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The King and eye.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- In medieval times, a short king has a tall queen, who is a cyclops.
- Keywords
- cyclops; king; queen
Indexer Notes
Page 323.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ma'am, when I asked for a little box, I meant something to put my purchases in.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The "Dirty Old Lady" is a clerk at a department store and takes a customer's request the wrong way.
- Keywords
- Christmas; department store; double-entendre; presents; slang
Indexer Notes
Page 327. Part of the "Dirty Old Lady" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Roy Raymonde [as Raymonde] (signed)
- Pencils
- Roy Raymonde [as Raymonde] (signed)
- Inks
- Roy Raymonde [as Raymonde] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it's the way he would have wanted to go—without paying.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A prostitute makes a comment as medics carry the body of her customer out the door.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- prostitution
Indexer Notes
Page 328.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Colors
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are other cures for insomnia, you know ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man can't sleep and wants to try a cure with the woman he's sharing a bed with.
- Keywords
- insomnia
Indexer Notes
Page 333.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's still a lot of little boy in you, Mr. Brodkin.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in a chauffeur limousine sticks his tongue out at a group of people waiting at a bus stop.
- Keywords
- bus stop; chauffeur; limousine
Indexer Notes
Page 336.
[Aphrodisiacs]
Little Annie Fanny / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Will Elder (painting)
- Inks
- Will Elder (painting)
- Colors
- Will Elder (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Annie Fanny; Portnoy Alexander [Philip Roth spoof]; Ruthie
- Synopsis
- Spoof of Philip Roth books. Portnoy dopes sauce at a meal at Annie's with PCPA, an aphrodisiac, but he's the only one who eats the sauce, causing him to go on a sexual rampage.
- Reprints
- in Playboy's Little Annie Fanny (Playboy Press, 1972 series) (1972)
- in Playboy's Little Annie Fanny (Dark Horse, 2000 series) #2 (September 2001)
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- Keywords
- adult; aphrodisiac; garbage can; janitor; Mah-Jongg; PCPA; rape; shower; typewriter; White House; zaftig
Indexer Notes
Pages 339-343. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder." Title from Kurtzman's records.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Roger, EVERYBODY spends more than he earns. That's what America is FOR.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman argues with her husband as they stand outside a new car dealership.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine # ? (1967)
- Keywords
- automobiles; budget
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Cartoon is part of an full-page ad for Dodge Charger automobiles. Cartoon is in black and white at the top of the page and contains a credit line. Rest of ad is in color.
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Table of Contents
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1.
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays.
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2.
["'After all these years of giving,' I said to myself, 'so why shouldn't I give MYSELF a present?'"]
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3.
["Well, I ain't no partridge in a pear tree!"]
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4.
["Don't worry, Mr. Baxter. I've got another gift you won't be ABLE to exchange."]
Vargas Girl -
5.
["Old Ebenezer is a changed man since he had that Christmas vision."]
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6.
["Surprise, Grandmother! We've come to spend the Christmas holidays with you."]
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Choice Cartoons of Christmas Past
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8.
["You know what they say, old man, misery loves company."]
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9.
["It would appear that all the talk about ecology and upsetting the environment is having some effect."]
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[Technical Advisor from Stag Film]
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["Feminist backlash, I guess."]
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12.
["Who knows ... what evil lurks ... in the minds of men—Dr. Burnhart knows ... heh-heh-heh-heh."]
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13.
["This must be bear country."]
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14.
["Sure, it sounds silly as hell, but until further investigation, that's it. 'We suspect a malfunction in one or more of his tiny reindeer'."]
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15.
["All right, Senator, let's try it again from where you look up with that quizzical little smile and say, 'Slush fund? Far from it! Why, staying in office has kept me poor as a church mouse'."]
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16.
["Just remember, lady, through snow, hail, heat and all kinds of shit, the hippie postman keeps his appointed rounds."]
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["Actually, I'm just a part-time employee. I only work during the Christmas and New Year's party."]
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You Don't Have to Be Rich to Be Happy.
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["And I'd like to get two broads in bed at the same time, and I'd like to spend a week in the Bahamas with Raquel Welch, and ..."]
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["'Rest ye merry' gentleman. Until another day."]
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["I think you better assert yourself more, Pop—I'm turning into a fag."]
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["It's got something or other to do with margarine."]
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["Don't fret, punkin. He's just a kook Santa"]
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["Kill!"]
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25.
["I knew it! The stars never lie! When I saw you, I thought, 'He's a Sagittarius and he's going to lay me,' and you did, even though you're a Libra."]
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26.
["I thought everyone from Australia knew 'Waltzing Matilda.'"]
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["Golly, I never dreamed sex could be so rewarding!"]
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["I'm used to bigger things"]
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["You said you were going to Chicago for the play-offs of the national crocheting competition!!!"]
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30.
["I'd like you to meet the rage of Paris."]
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[Hypnotism Made Easy]
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[Headless Boxer]
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["That was strong grass! I've got visions of sugar plums dancing in my head."]
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["Well, it doesn't look like 'just another phase she's going through' to ME!!"]
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["My husband's a pig and my son's a Weatherman."]
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["One thing about midis ... they sure shoot the hell out of girl watching!"]
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["You've NEVER had V. D.? What's the matter, Lester—aren't you popular?"]
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["Before explaining our new incentive plan, I'd like you to meet Miss Allison here."]
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["Never mind, Mr. O'Toole. I know what your idea of exchanging gifts is."]
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["According to this article, you should still be good for twice a week."]
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["It's an interesting piece—genuine old casting couch I picked up at the MGM sale."]
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["The King and eye."]
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["Ma'am, when I asked for a little box, I meant something to put my purchases in."]
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["Well, it's the way he would have wanted to go—without paying."]
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["There are other cures for insomnia, you know ..."]
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["There's still a lot of little boy in you, Mr. Brodkin."]
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[Aphrodisiacs]
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["But, Roger, EVERYBODY spends more than he earns. That's what America is FOR."]
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