Usually the sleaze publishers were pretty serious about everything, but this house ad in the back of Orrie Hitt's TEASER (Beacon, 1956) displays a little touch of whimsy. You may have to click on the image in order to read it.
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The stable boy certainly seemed to have it going on. Too funny.
If you'd included that coupon, I'm betting Mr. Bill would have already sent them his buck.
Funny how everybody was run down back in the old days (Ironized Yeast and all that). Hard to imagine low blood pressure being a problem today.
Don't need to send a buck. I own most of those already. Including STABLE BOY.
Somehow that doesn't surprise me, Bill.
It's given me an idea: "Stable Boy Meets The Son Of Dracula". Whaddya think? Can't miss!
Where's my pen?
James,
You're surprised by this?
Don't tell me you don't know the old saying, "A sleaze book a day keeps the doctor away."
Two more highly insightful and relevant points:
LIZ must have a hell of a sore bottom.
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Remember those old tv commercials with the dancing life-size cigarette packs, where you could only the womens' legs? Well...dancing life-size sleaze paperbacks. Talk about a natural! Out of my way, Mike Dennis, I'm heading to a pitch meeting!
Those were Old Gold cigarettes that had the dancing packs.
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