Best Laughs of 1955 From a Crazy Year in Hollywood
A snapshot of 1955 showbiz humor cites Oscar Levant, Eddie Cantor, Groucho Marx, Vic Damone, and others. Jokes about Davy Crockett, carpet trends, and studio excess paint a carefree year, with Ike’s illness sidelining him and TV stars filling the spotlight. Notables like Disney, Steinbeck, Gleason, Benny, and Skouras appear in quick vignettes and quips reflecting postwar raillery and entertainment headlines.
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New York
Oscar Levant
Man
Davy Crockett
Eddie Kamey
Matt Weinstock
Red Skelton
Oettn
Conrad
Hile Sar
Daddy
Jackie Gleason
Gleason
Jack Benny
Spyros Skouras
Georgie Jessel
Fred Allen
Rhode Island
Walt Disney
Mike Connolly
Disney
Eisenhower
Dick Shawn
Copacabana
Dorothy Collins
Shawn
A Woman’s Sour Look and the Man She Chooses
A lighthearted column warns that a sour public expression reveals the kind of man a woman tolerates, urging poise and discretion in social appearances.
Oddity Almanac Looks Ahead to 1956 Foibles and Forecasts
The Oddity Almanac offers a whimsical 1956 preview across politics business sex and fashion. Predictions include bipartisan ticket talk, 400 billion dollar income, new slot machine tech, color TV spread, washing machines for children, fashion twists, and playful notes on health and pets.
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Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
L. A
Cress Courtney
Fran Keogan
Imogene Coca
Concord
Dinah Kaye
Farley Granger
Janice Rule
Lilo
Rom Faris
Jackie Miles
Monte Carlo
Oacl
Brother
New York
Oddity Almanac
America
Elsa Maxwell
Duchess of Windsor
Babs Hutton
Las Vegas
Mind survey questions spark urban growth and drug debate
Albert Edward Wiggan discusses growth of cities tied to birth rates, predicts mass urban changes by 2050. Donald Bogue notes rent timing warnings. A Scientific American group labels LSD as causing insanity symptoms in healthy people and questions its medical use. Alton Blakeslee reports on washing machines boosting female freedom while placing financial pressure on husbands, affecting heart disease and ulcers trends.
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Donald . Bogue
Journal of Social
Hayseed
Jake
Bogue
Scientific American
Alton Blakeslee
Horoscopes and weather outlook from the year 1955
The page lists sun sign forecasts for Aries through Pisces with advice on work, relationships, and mood. It also includes weather notes predicting gusty winds from Washington to Chicago and San Francisco, followed by storm clouds in midsummer and hurricane-force winds in September and October, then a mostly fair remainder.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Declarer Robs Self of Trump
Bridge readers learn a cautionary tale as South ruffs clubs to stop ruffing diamonds. West wins clubs, East later takes the ace of diamonds and returns another diamond. South, with no trumps left, fails to meet contract. the defense gains a single diamond ruff but cannot prevent South from making.
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West
South
Diamonds
East
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Lifetime
Groucho Marx
Porgy Khig
George Gebel
Joe E. Lewis
Arthur Godfrey
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