GOODTIME GIRL

She’s always the life of the party.

Once again we can’t identify this week’s Goodtime Weekly Calendar girl, but at least we’ve seen her before. She appeared in the April 1962 issue of Topper, which, if you’ve never heard of it, is a vintage magazine devoted to big-breasted women. She was in a pictorial dancing topless for a group of beer-swilling guys—which is a scene that would be familiar to anyone who’s experienced spring break in Cancún. And a few pages later she’s Miss Homecoming, i.e. the centerfold. The photos were shot by that rascal Ron Vogel, who has more pages upcoming in the calendar. The quips are transcribed below, including one from Will Rogers, who was known for his homespun wisdom, but just spins his wheels here. More Goodtime Weekly next Saturday.

May 5: Be nice to pretty girls ’til you make your first million. After that they’ll be nice to you.

May 6: “Experience may be the best teacher but the one I had in grammar school was prettier.”—Don McNeill

May 7: A woman says the best interoffice communicatios device so far is the coffee break.

May 8: “Every time they (Congressmen) make a joke it’s a law. And every time they make a law it’s a joke.”—Will Rogers.

May 9: “He who is in charge of a crime is vice president.”—He-who Who-he

May 10: If a dame tells you she loves you more than anything else, take heed… she’s been experimenting.

May 11: KISS as posted in some brass’ office means “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”

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HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

April 20

1939—Holiday Records Strange Fruit

American blues and jazz singer Billie Holiday records “Strange Fruit”, which is considered to be the first civil rights song. It began as a poem written by Abel Meeropol, which he later set to music and performed live with his wife Laura Duncan. The song became a Holiday standard immediately after she recorded it, and it remains one of the most highly regarded pieces of music in American history.

April 19

1927—Mae West Sentenced to Jail

American actress and playwright Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for the content of her play Sex. The trial occurred even though the play had run for a year and had been seen by 325,000 people. However West’s considerable popularity, already based on her risque image, only increased due to the controversy.

April 19

1971—Manson Sentenced to Death

In the U.S, cult leader Charles Manson is sentenced to death for inciting the murders of Sharon Tate and several other people. Three accomplices, who had actually done the killing, were also sentenced to death, but the state of California abolished capital punishment in 1972 and neither they nor Manson were ever actually executed.

April 18

1923—Yankee Stadium Opens

In New York City, Yankee Stadium, home of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, opens with the Yankees beating their eternal rivals the Boston Red Sox 4 to 1. The stadium, which is nicknamed The House that Ruth Built, sees the Yankees become the most successful franchise in baseball history. It is eventually replaced by a new Yankee Stadium and closes in September 2008.

April 17

1961—Bay of Pigs Invasion Is Launched

A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban refugees lands at the Bay of Pigs in southern Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. However, the invasion fails badly and the result is embarrassment for U.S. president John F. Kennedy and a major boost in popularity for Fidel Castro, and also has the effect of pushing him toward the Soviet Union for protection.