Though largely-forgotten today...
Wraparound cover of #12
Artist Unknown
...this 1960s comedy-variety TV series was ground-breaking in a number of ways.
Besides the show's anti-Establishment content, which was always a source of contention with NBC network censors, it had an amazing amount of tie-in merchandise...including a MAD-style magazine!
In 1969, with the first Moon landing about to occur, the mag took a couple of looks at the space program...
...and...
In 1969, with the first Moon landing about to occur, the mag took a couple of looks at the space program...
By the time these features appeared in the final issue of Laufer Publishing's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (#12 in 1969), the use of images of the actual performers from the show had been reduced to the cover and a couple of one-pagers based on long-running gags like the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award".
Laufer Publishing was best-known for the legendary 1960s-70s teen magazine Tiger Beat!,...
...which continues to this day as a website, though not a print magazine!
Laufer Publishing was best-known for the legendary 1960s-70s teen magazine Tiger Beat!,...
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