![]() But you do it with a gentle hand, you don’t preach and say “tobacco kills! How can these doctors do that?! ” No, you just go them one step further and say, “In addition to eight out of 10 doctors smoking this brand of cigarette, in their time off, they each drink a gallon of bourbon, which also has health benefits. So it’s easy to shoot down that kind of bull. The main thing is to keep your eyes and ears open and when you hear something that’s clearly baloney, such as “eight out of 10 doctors smoke Chesterfield cigarettes” – these are ads that actually ran! One of the tobacco companies had the nerve to claim that doctors prefer their cigarettes. And this kind of stuff, when there’s someone on the public scene who’s really going beyond his duties as a politician or a religious leader or a sportsman, he’s fair game. Visit The Fabulous Fifties blog for more – the amazing Ger Apeldoorn has scanned tons of Tall Tales from old newspapers, a monumental (and much appreciated) endeavour. Al Jaffee came up with the idea of this strip’s format (one vertical panel for dailies, and a series of vertical panels for Sundays) when he was in financial straits – its unorthodox configuration ensured that newspaper editors would be able to squeeze it in *somehow*. The New York Herald Tribune Syndicate published Tall Tales from 1957 to 1963. In chronological order, then… Original art for “ Pain Relief Speed Test On Actual People In Actual Pain“, published in Humbug no. Take my hand as we gallop through Jaffee’s career at a fast clip. Al Jaffee is still our first Spring Birthday Boy – he was always precocious, you know! Born in 1921 on March 13th, he turns 98 today, and that’s a truly impressive age, even for the oldest working cartoonist. ![]() ![]() This year, spring officially begins on March 20th, so it’s still a few days away… but the vernal bevy of birthdays has already started. « Whose birthday is it today, does anyone know? »
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