Cheap Laffs: The Art of the Novelty ItemA lighthearted exploration of pop culture's fascination with gag and practical joke novelty items celebrates the history of the industry, exploring the originality, if tastelessness, of such items as the Whoopee Cushion, the artificial ink spot, and the rubber chicken. It unearths the best, oddest, most intriguing novelties of 20th century. |
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1950s DESCRIPTION AUDIENCE ORIGINAL RETAIL beatnik BOX DIMENSIONS Box Gags Cachoo cardboard header Cards catalog CHEAP LAFFS Chris Adams CIGARETTE LOADS CIGARETTE color MAKER colors ORIGINATOR Unknown Comic Crying Towels Dan Nadel DATE OF MANUFACTURE die-cut DISPLAY DIMENSIONS Dribble Glass Drinking Bird Eyes Fake Finger Fishlove Franco-American Novelty friends Funny Glackens Grom Harold Von Braunhut ibid imitation IMPKO implicit industry INSTRUCTIONS Japan Johnson Smith Jokes Joseph Bud Joy Buzzer laugh LOADS CIGARETTE LOADS MAGIC MAKER Anonymous SLOGAN MANUFACTURE DESCRIPTION Mark Newgarden Marvin Glass ORIGINAL RETAIL PRICE ORIGINATOR Unknown DATE Oumano PACKAGE Cardboard party plastic Postpaid PRICE Unknown NOTES RETAIL PRICE Unknown Richard Appel rubber mouse rubber nose saddle-stitched Samuel Sorenson Adams SICK PIG Smoking Monkey Snake Sneezing Powder Specs SQUIRT RING Surprise Package TAGS Talking Teeth TARGET AUDIENCE ORIGINAL TRICK MATCHES U.S. Patent UTILITY TARGET AUDIENCE victim WEHMAN BROS Whoopee Cushion X-Ray Spex Yakity-Yak