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First Line: 'Si ... i ... i ... lent ... night ...'

Synopsis: A rock band "Van Gogh and the Pierced Ears" sing a Christmas carol at a dance.

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Notes: Page 115.

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First Line: You can run along to bed now, Lisa—Mommy will take care of Santa.

Synopsis: A little girl serves a martini to Santa, who is sitting on a coach with a flimsily-dressed woman.

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First Line: He said the mistletoe was imported from France, so there was a slight difference in the tradition.

Synopsis: An undressed girl talks to her roommate, who is trimming the Christmas tree.

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Notes: Page 163.

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Feature(s): Vargas

First Line: This year I've decided to give something that will eliminate all that tiresome shopping.

Synopsis: A nude girl reclines on a white bearskin rug.

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Notes: Pages 178-179. Double-page painting.

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Genres: historical, humorous, science and technology

First Line: Ahem, I have a nurse present to help you feel more at ease, Miss Travis.

Synopsis: In a 19th century doctor's office, a nurse lounges nude on a couch, while a female patient disrobes.

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Notes: Page 183.

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Genres: historical, humorous

First Line: Who said that blondes have more fun?

Synopsis: General Custer makes an observation to his sergeant during the pitched battle of the Little Big Horn.

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Notes: Page 193. The punch line is a parody of the Clairol Hair Color print and TV commercials' catch phrase: "Is it true blondes have more fun?" Custer had blonde hair.

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First Line: We decided that since our husbands are having their Christmas parties at their offices...

Synopsis: The neighborhood wives invite all the delivery men for a Christmas party.

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Notes: Page 204.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Symbolic Sex

First Line: Hah, Toro!

Synopsis: Nine cartoons based on the medical symbols for man and woman.

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Notes: Page 207. Spot red color on one cartoon.

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First Line: Looks as though the Entertainment Committee has come up with some fresh ideas for this year's Christmas party.

Synopsis: Two men and two women leave a conference room partially undressed.

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Notes: Page 211.

A Present for Christmas Carolers

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Four Christmas carolers are at a house. Three sing outside while the other goes inside. This repeats itself until all have been inside. Final panel shows an attractive woman waving them good-bye.

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Notes: Page 223. Five-panel pantomime story.

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First Line: Don we now our gay apparel...

Synopsis: A man sings part of "Deck the Halls" while donning a dress in front of a mirror.

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Notes: Page 227.

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First Line: Well, Mr. Norris! What an unexpected surprise! Does this mean that you've chosen my agency to handle your advertising?

Synopsis: A man has an unexpected response when he catches his wife in bed with another man.

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Notes: Page 228.

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First Line: In the talent category, Miss Foster will recite a list of books she has read.

Synopsis: An emcee at a beauty contest introduces one contestant's dubious contribution to the talent portion.

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Notes: Page 230. Girls are in gowns, not bathing suits.

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First Line: Disgusting! I bet they're having an orgasm right now.

Synopsis: A dour older couple looks on disapprovingly at a young couple dressed in mod clothes, holding hands.

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Notes: Page 232.

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First Line: Sir, could you help me get back to the North Pole?

Synopsis: Santa is standing on the sidewalk, hat in hand, asking for contributions.

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Notes: Page 233.

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First Line: I'm not an Arab, am I?

Synopsis: A shepherd in a children's Christmas pageant is unsure of his role.

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Notes: Page 235. Likely a reference to the "Six-Day War" fought in 1967 between Israel and the Arab nations.

Garbage Disposal in Chimney

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Genres: horror, humorous

Synopsis: A sadist installs a garbage disposal at the top of his chimney and waits for Santa Claus to put his foot inside, so he can flip the switch.

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Notes: Page 237. A pantomime cartoon.

"Love" graffiti on the Great Wall

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Genres: humorous, opinion

Synopsis: The Great Wall of China stretches into the distance. In one spot the word "Love" is written as graffiti.

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Notes: Page 239. A pantomime cartoon.

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First Line: ... This bar has sure changed in the last couple of years ...

Synopsis: Two men are talking at the end of a bar. The old large painting of a nude woman that hung behind the bar has been replaced by a beefcake pose of a young man.

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Notes: Page 240.

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First Line: We're saved! We're saved! I think!

Synopsis: Two men lost in the desert see an "Air-Sea Rescue" helicopter drop a frogman and a rubber raft by parachute, which isn't appropriate for the circumstances.

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Notes: Page 241.

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First Line: Hello, Mom—I got the job.

Synopsis: A man dressed in a Santa suit phones his mother after getting a job as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.

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Notes: Page 242.

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First Line: ... But I'm sure you'll all agree that what our new general manager lacks in ability and experience, he more than compensates for by being my son.

Synopsis: The company owner introduces the new general manager to the directors.

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Notes: Page 244.

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First Line: I don't condone it either, certainly, but there's nothing in our code of ethics that specifically forbids it.

Synopsis: Two congressmen walk by the columns in the Capitol and see another congressman taking payoffs from the Devil.

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Notes: Page 245.

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First Line: An orchid for your gown, my dear.

Synopsis: A couple is in a booth in a fancy restaurant. An older gentleman offers his younger date an orchid, which becomes a problem as she is wearing a very low-cut dress with spaghetti straps.

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Notes: Page 246.

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First Line: Perhaps you misunderstood ... I just said that I wished you Mother truckers would be more careful ...

Synopsis: A man in a sports car gets in a minor accident with a semi-truck hauling Mother's Bread. The sports car driver tries to pacify the burly truck driver by claiming he said something else rather than an obscenity.

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Notes: Page 249.

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First Line: All I know is every December 25th I wake up and this jolly little fat fellow is in bed with me...

Synopsis: An attractive woman has an annual holiday visitor.

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Notes: Page 253.

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First Line: You get off that ice pond this minute, you filthy little boy!

Synopsis: A little boy uses his ice skates to draw a topless woman on the ice in a pond, much to the disgust of an old woman standing on the bank.

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Notes: Page 255.

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First Line: Gee, it must be pretty serious. They're going to call in his accountant.

Synopsis: Two nurses are talking by the beside of a man in a hospital room, while three executives confer in the hallway.

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Notes: Page 256.

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First Line: Same gift for you again this year, Jarvis?

Synopsis: An attractive young woman makes a suggestive comment to a handsome doorman at their apartment building as her older husband plays the taxi.

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Notes: Page 259.

Too Many Ties

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Synopsis: A man reaches the breaking point when he opens yet another present of a necktie and starts chasing his wife with the intent of strangling her with one of the ties.

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Notes: Page 263. A pantomime cartoon.

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First Line: Like anything else, it's an acquired taste.

Synopsis: A young teen has a girl by his side as he talks to his friend sitting on an apartment building staircase.

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Notes: Page 266.

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First Line: Evidently you're not the little boy who wrote that he wasn't getting anything...

Synopsis: Santa sits at the foot of the bed in an expensively-furnished apartment, talking to a man who has a sexy woman in bed with him.

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Notes: Page 268.

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First Line: I see. Due to your corrupt mismanagement, the people of your country are starving and rebellious, and you urgently require American aid. Right. How many machine guns?

Synopsis: A dictator requests some American aid.

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Notes: Page 270. A parody of America sending weapons to prop up Third-World dictatorships as long as they said they were anti-communist.

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First Line: I read your book, Miss Crane, and found it delightfully uninhibited.

Synopsis: At a party, a man talks to a nude woman about her new book.

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Notes: Page 271.

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First Line: If you don't pay any attention, they usually stop showing off.

Synopsis: A couple's unruly young children harass a visiting couple.

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Notes: Page 273.

Pilgrim in the Stock

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Genres: historical, humorous

Synopsis: A Pilgrim is locked in the stocks. And his dog is locked in a separate stock next to him.

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Notes: Page 274. A pantomime cartoon.

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First Line: The guy without the tail? Calls himself Adam.

Synopsis: Two "missing links" with tails comment on their companion, who doesn't have a tail and carries a club.

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Notes: Page 275.

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Daedalus; Icarus

First Line: I don't know what's wrong with kids today.

Synopsis: A re-telling of the Icarius Greek myth, with Daedalus making a generation gap comment as his son plunges into the ocean for flying too close to the sun.

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Notes: Page 277.

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First Line: There should be no difficulty about the divorce, Mr. Briggs, but it never hurts to have the court on our side.

Synopsis: A lawyer gives his client a sombrero and a serape before going to a Mexican court to ask for a divorce.

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Notes: Page 278.

Uneasy Flier

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Synopsis: A passenger on an airliner is eating dinner, but suddenly notices the wine in his glass is tilted at a steep level, meaning the plane is in a dive.

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Notes: Page 279. A pantomime cartoon.

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First Line: Let's see, that's one 'yes,' four 'no' and seventeen 'Like, man, who needs it?'

Synopsis: A pollster gets mostly non-committal answers from a laid-back young man.

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Notes: Page 280.

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First Line: This 'black power' thing, now. What the devil do YOU make of it, George?

Synopsis: A man sitting in an overstuffed chair in a club car on a train asks the older black man serving him liquor about his views on racial politics.

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Notes: Page 283.

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First Line: I still can't get used to a Christmas without snow.

Synopsis: An older man looks on from the swimming pool, as his young nude female companion comments on the tropical weather.

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Notes: Page 285.

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First Line: Miss Beverly, I want an option on you for the Christmas party.

Synopsis: An executive sets up a date with an attractive receptionist.

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Notes: Page 288.

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First Line: Just tell the Senator I represent five thousand nudists in his state.

Synopsis: A secretary in a Senator's office is confronted by a nude woman.

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Notes: Page 289.

Eskimo Hospitality

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Synopsis: An Eskimo offers his wife to his white guest, then goes outside the igloo to spy on them through a crack in the ice blocks.

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Notes: Page 293. A six-panel pantomime story.

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First Line: Their romance had a tragic ending—marriage.

Synopsis: Two young men at a bar mourn the loss of one of their friends to marriage.

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Notes: Page 294.

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First Line: ...Right there, in that brown house, is where we lived when my folks moved here from Buffalo in 1937—the little store on the corner used to be Harry's Taylor Shop...

Synopsis: The tour on a sightseeing bus ends up being a tour of the bus driver's life.

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Notes: Page 295. The caption is six lines long in total.

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First Line: I suppose everything you said last night has no meaning now.

Synopsis: Two men are stranded on a desert island. They have different reactions when a woman straggles ashore.

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Notes: Page 296. Signature is not legible. Same artist as the cartoon on page 305.

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Penciller(s): Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)

Inker(s): Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)

Colorist(s): Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)

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First Line: I was going to put him in his place—but he found it all by himself.

Synopsis: Pin-up of a girl in stockings and a negligee.

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Notes: Page 299.

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Genres: espionage, humorous

First Line: This is the bugged martini olive, and Miss Kranepool, here, is our sophisticated delivery system.

Synopsis: A spy organization plans on using a beautiful woman to slip a recording device in a martini.

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Notes: Page 301.

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First Line: Most unusual robbery I can remember.

Synopsis: A detective views a room of nude paintings, each of which has a neat square containing the buttocks cut out of it.

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Notes: Page 303.

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First Line: Jones, you're fired!

Synopsis: The head of the public relations department sets up a testimonial dinner for himself, but nobody shows up.

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Notes: Page 304.

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First Line: My wife's name is Helen. She has brown eyes and blonde hair and she'll be driving a blue Volkswagon. Now, when I get to Westport, how will I know your wife?

Synopsis: Two men discuss details for wife-swapping on their commuter train ride home from work.

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Notes: Page 305. Signature is not legible. Same artist as the cartoon on page 296.

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First Line: One man favors the creation of a permanent United States peace-keeping force directly responsible to the Secretariat, whereas the other...

Synopsis: Two men have a fight outside a bar over United Nations policies.

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Notes: Page 309.

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

First Line: You can't beat Christmas in the country.

Synopsis: The satyr has plenty of wine and food and a nymph to help celebrate Christmas.

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Notes: Page 311. Part of the "Satyr" series.

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First Line: Look, kid, you don't believe in me and I don't believe in you, but neither of us can afford to buck the system.

Synopsis: A cynical department-store Santa is abrupt with a difficult child.

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Notes: Page 312.

Booby Doll

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Character(s): James Bomb [James Bond spoof]; J. P. Dinkywinky; Israel Bomb (spy)

Synopsis: Spoof of toy shows, featuring an life-size Annie Fanny doll.

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Notes: Pages 315-319. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder with Larry Siegel." Title from Kurtzman's records.