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Monday, May 29, 2006

Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine- April 1951 (Part 1)

Friends and countrymen, join me in awe and wonderment as we gaze upon the cover to the April 1951 issue of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine. In fact, I believe we must count ourselves as unusually lucky to live in a universe where an image this swell actually exists.

But is this really just a simple gag about a lady in a see-through dress bending over for money? Or is it something more?

I prefer to view it as a philosophical statement concerning the corrupt use of funds by the aristocratic "Masters of Industry" to undermine the common man's (or woman's) free-will in determining his (or her) own course in the personal, political and environmental arenas.

Or... it could just be a simple gag about a lady in a see-through dress bending over for money.


Coming tomorrow: Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine- April 1951 (Part 2)


Wiseman digest mags:

Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine:
August 1950: Part 1
March 1951: Part 1/Part 2
April 1951: Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4
June 1952: Part 1/Part 2
March 1953: Part 1/Part 2
"Pin-Up Stationery" ad: Part 1/Part 2
"The Latrine Gazette" column: Part 1

Smiles:
#45 (January, 1951): Part 1/Part 2

2 Comments:

JRW said...

I see it as a fishing gag.
My dad enjoyed his trout fishing.

JRW

6:43 AM  
Bill Alger said...

Jim,
Yeah, knowing about your dad's love of fishing, I see how it could inspire him to come up with this cover idea.

Seems like there was more to this gag after all!

12:34 PM  

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