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Issue: Playboy #12
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Publisher: FlagPlayboy
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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
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Volume: 13
Pages: 358
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 61 (3 stories, 0 covers)
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Disclose Notes: House ad for "Playboy's Little Annie Fanny" collection on page 101. Cover is depicted, along with clip art from stories. "Playboy Christmas Cards" by Judith Wax on pages 142-143 with illustrations by Eldon Dedini, Gahan Wilson, Phil Interlandi, Dink Siegel, and Don Madden. Superman reference (as "Clark Whatzizname" with illustration of Superman's boots and end of cape leaving the ad) in Val-O-Seat Valet by Pearl Wick ad on page 268. Tiny ad for "The Mad Show" a musical at New Theatre, 154 E. 54th St., New York City, on page 346, featuring a headshot of Alfred E. Neuman.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: heavy coated paper
Binding: saddle-stitched (v1#1 - v32#9); perfect bound (v32#10 & up)
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Sexy, little broad, my wife—eh, J. W.?
At a Christmas party, a man notices his boss making a play for the man's wife and tries to take advantage of it.
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You've got to hand it to Brookworth and Finch when it comes to holiday sales gimmicks!
A department store has its female clerks in topless Santa outfits.
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Roll me over, In the clover ...
Three women sing an unconventional Christmas carol outside the club building for wealthy men.
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Plastic ones are OK, but nothing can replace the real things, eh, Mr. Thompson?
Indoors at the nudist camp, a couple are seated at a couch by a Christmas tree. The woman is commenting on the tree ornaments, while the man is eyeing her breasts with a different interpretation of her words.
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Page 163. Part of "Nudist Camp" series.
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Terrific, eh? Each year we rent the old lady and come out here and have a real underground Christmas.
Three sophisticated urban couples go to the country to an old farm wife's house to have an old-fashioned Christmas dinner.
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Pages 170-171. A double-page cartoon.
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But my dear fellow—if your eyesight is failing, why don't you purchase a pair of eyeglasses?
A 19th century painter uses his failing eyesight as an excuse to fondle his nude model's body.
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Gosh, I just met the most exciting man coming up in the elevator ... !
One of the roommates comes to the apartment partially undressed after a wild elevator ride.
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Three Wise Men
It's a Happening!
The Three Wise Men gaze at the Christmas Star.
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Vargas
You'll need more than one shot to bag me, Mr. Thompson.
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Pages 220-221. A two-page cartoon. A woman in a sheer black robe reclines on a tiger-skin rug.
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Eskimo Chastity Belt

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An Eskimo buys a chastity belt to cover his wife's nose.
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Page 245. A pantomime cartoon. Punchline is based on the misconception that Eskimos rub noses instead of kiss. Similar to a cartoon by Shoemaker printed in the January 1970 Playboy.
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Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ...
On a slave galley, one of the rowers breaks out in song.
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Page 246. The punchline is lyrics from "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," an 1852 children's song.
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Let me give you a separate bag for those.
In a grocery store, the shopkeeper reaches for two melons at the top of a woman shopper's bag. Since the melons are at the woman's breast level, a man entering the store misinterprets the action.
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I said, 'I, too, am a nonconformist.
Two men are sitting on a park bench. One, dressed in very conservative clothes, whispers to the other man, who's sloppily dressed, with long hair and a beard, that he's also a nonconformist (at heart, at least.)
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Page 249.
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Gift Information

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An older man seeks information from a pretty young woman at a booth in a department store. He then goes to a gift counselor and buys a present, which he gives to the woman in the information booth.
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Page 253. A four-panel pantomime story.
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This is going to be a hell of a rough day if a wind doesn't come up.
Two men stranded on a desert island are dismayed when the clouds above form the figure of a sexy woman.
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And here's a get-well-or-else card from the Mafia.
A wife reads an ominous card to a man who is sick in bed.
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Fink

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Instead of the common "Think" sign, a man has a "Fink" sign on his office wall.
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Page 260. "Fink" in this context would mean to be an informer on fellow employees.
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And yet, as a businessman, I can't help but feel a grudging admiration.
On a sinking ship, the captain is selling spots on the lifeboats and life jackets.
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While I'm gone, you two nice people try to get better acquainted ...
A man leaves a couple alone in a Lonely Hearts Club office while he walks out with their clothes.
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Skeleton Mouse

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At a museum featuring dinosaur skeletons, the mice are just skeletons, too.
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Page 265. A pantomime cartoon.
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Symbolic Sex
Stop the presses!
Nine cartoons featuring the medical symbols for man and woman.
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Yoo-hoo—where are you ... ?!
When a man goes to fix drinks for himself and his date, the insecure girl hides under, not on, the bearskin rug in front of the fireplace.
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The door is over here, sir!
A man walks into a clear glass wall, missing the door completely.
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You're getting nowhere, see? She just doesn't dig you. Then alluva sudden, from out of nowhere, a voice says, 'Have you tried new FRAM, the Ivy League deodorant?'
A director sets the scene for a man and woman doing a commercial set on a desert island.
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Page 272. Satire of TV commercials.
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Please, Fred—not during prime time!
A couple are in bed, with a portable TV at the foot of the bed. The woman is more interested in the TV than her bed partner.
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Page 273. Prime time TV was programming between 8:00-11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Indian Imagination

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In India, a fakir sees a woman in a sari and imagines her nude, standing on her head.
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Page 275. A pantomime cartoon.
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God bless the old gentleman. He simply THRIVES on controversy.
The chairman of the board settles an argument by shooting one of the board of directors.
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I need help.
A man on a psychiatrist's couch gropes the ankle of the psychiatrist sitting nearby.
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... but before enrolling you as a student, we must exact a pledge that you will never use your great strength to achieve evil ends.
The instructor at a fitness course wants a mild-mannered enrollee to say he'll use his new strength for good.
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Psst! How tall am I?
A man in a police lineup asks the man beside him to see how tall he is.
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Page 280. The backdrop of a police lineup has lines indicating height.
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Don't be a damn fool. Of course we take prisoners!
Romans sacking a city decide that three women would make good prisoners.
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Somewhere out there is young lady in flaming-red stretch pants. Get her off the slopes immediately.
The doctor at a ski lodge has a rush of patients who had accidents when they were distracted by a woman in tight pants.
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I've always been a leg man myself.
Two party-goers look on as a vampire bites a woman in the neck.
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Go home, McCarthy!
A man enters a bar dressed in a martial arts outfit, looking for a fight.
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Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Where did we go wrong, Mother? Where did we go wrong?
Santa Claus and his wife look with concern when the only thing the elves are assembling are war toys.
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First of all, Kendall, let me say I can't remember when I've enjoyed a presentation more!
A man makes a presentation to his boss with the help of three nude women.
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Now we're getting somewhere!
Two black men in suits look on as white children sit on the lap of a black Santa Claus at a department store.
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It's not as if I were looking for sex or drugs. All I want is a lousy glass of beer.
A young boy tries to talk a bartender into serving him a beer.
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I want to see 'The World's Greatest Producer'!
A woman holding newborn quadruplets talks to a movie producer's secretary.
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Helen—for heaven's sake—is it THAT important how it ends?
A woman lingers in an airliner that has crashed into the sea because she wants to see how the in-flight movie ends.
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A Christmas Trojan Horse

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A wooden horse is delivered to an attractive young woman for Christmas. She brings it inside her apartment. Later, after she's gone to bed, a young man in pajamas emerges from the horse.
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Alvin!
A woman in bed greets her husband who has come home unexpectedly. She is smoking the pipe from the man who is hiding under the bed.
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I live by bread alone.
A wealthy man talks to another man in a men's club.
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Page 314. The punchline refers to the Biblical phrase "Man shall not live by bread alone." "Bread" in this case is slang for money.
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He's easy to please. He wants the same thing every Christmas.
Two women in the harem discuss what to give the Sultan for Christmas.
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Page 317. Part of the "Harem" series.
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... We remain, sincerely yours ...
A two-headed man is dictating a letter to his secretary.
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I love a parade ...
A drunken man watches his wife and children leave the house in single file with their luggage.
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Page 320. "I Love a Parade" is the title and part of lyrics of a 1932 song.
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Winter Rates

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A man leaving his psychiatrist's office is disturbed to see a sign on the door advertising "Winter Rates."
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Page 323. A pantomime cartoon.
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1/2 pound dark raisins, 1/2 pound currants, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1 1/4 cups sifted flour, 1/2 teaspoon cloves ...
A man gives a recipe over the telephone, while his bed partner waits impatiently.
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Sorry. I'm not used to thinking on my feet.
An "Inquiring Reporter" on the street talks to an attractive woman, who apparently is a streetwalker.
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Hi there! We're starting a new business service here in your neighborhood, and we wondered ...
In caveman days, three women set up a brothel.
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Page 328
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I tell you, Harry, it's a shocking commentary on our modern civilization when an apparently sweet, innocent young woman takes lessons in judo.
A badly injured man in a hospital bed is talking to a visitor, after his advances on a date were met with violent rebuff.
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Note the piquant tartness at the first taste, subsiding subtly to a delicate, gracious nuance ...
A waiter in an upscale restaurant describes the subtilies of a wine, while the four half-drunk diners in the booth are more concerned with chugging it down.
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Santa Claus
You've heard of Santa's little helpers?
Santa is in bed with a young woman. His elves decide to join in the fun.
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Falling Decoy

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A duck hunter is stunned when a wooden duck decoy falls from the sky after he shoots it.
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Page. 337. A pantomime story.
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HERE'S a legal precedent that might be worth keeping in mind. In 'Hatch vs. Morrison (1959)', the Court gave defense counsel a fat lip.
Two judges looking at a law book find an interesting case.
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But I don't WANT to kiss you and break the spell. I like you just the way you are.
A twist on the princess kissing a frog to break a magic spell.
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... And this is my son, the doctor.
In an African village, a mother introduces her son, the Witch Doctor.
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Streetwalker's Christmas Cheer

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A man in a Santa suit rings a bell for charity on a street corner. Around the corner, a streetwalker rings a tiny bell to get a passer-by's attention.
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Page 345. A pantomime cartoon.
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But what if I DID believe in Santa Claus?
A man in a Santa suit, smoking a cigar, uses a gun to hold up a man on the street.
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You're getting the hang of it, Chiquita, but you're still stomping too hard!
A new female flamenco dancer stomps so hard her panties fall down.
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Page 349.
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Greenback Busters

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Annie Fanny; Sugardaddy Bigbucks [Daddy Warbucks spoof]; Wasp [The Asp spoof]; Paul Horny [Paul Hornung spoof]
Spoof of NFL football, specifically the Green Bay Packers.
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Pages 350-353. Credits are "by Harvey Kurtman and Will Elder with Jack Davis and Larry Seigel." Davis art is very obvious on the football players. Title from Kurtzman's records.

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