I Let My Fists Do The Talkin’

A “friend” with access to a massive archive of every Playbill ever lent me this to scan. She did so covertly and somewhat illegally, though she commented that the archive has suffered from light-fingered acquisition in the past by less moral people who don’t plan on giving it back.

"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" April 1962
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Cover b/w with spot yellow on the masthead. Oddly not the logo/poster image of the show.

Here’s the logo in a Tie-In Ad to take the “Original Cast Recording” home with you. I once referred to a Broadway album as a “soundtrack” and John Flynn gave me a mental bitch slap and a withering eye roll.

The main change from today’s Playbill bios—no Law & Order credits listed. (FLASH! Robert Morse has never been on ANY Law & Order! Terrible!)

The ads are a delight! Almost all for cigarettes, booze, and cars with the dimensions of drugstore candy boxes. And, like the Playbill of today, upscale makeup ads.

I wonder if you need a certification test to use the title “International Humorist”

There also is an article on wide belts.

ADDITION: After a demand for “More Morse!” from one J. Klausner, I have an unrelated screen shot from “The Loved One,” a fantasti-terrible adaption of the short novel by Evelyn Waugh

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 2:25 pm and is filed under Progress.