The Maxim/FHM of Yesteryear
Posted by Mark Allen on 26 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Random Posts
My friend Coye alerted me to a delightfuly surreal limerick/photo boob book he discovered in his late brother’s bedroom, entitled Treasure Chests. It was created in 1967 by two people named Mel Norman and Arthur Benwood, and published by the Alexicon Corporation (who specialized in sex/humor ephemera during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s). He handed it over to a friend at the preposterous LandOfTuh.com, who scanned the entire thing from cover to cover. Hallucinatory, goofy cleavage from yore anyone? Why not. Coye felt that one of it’s strongest points of interest was that it was created in the days before Photoshop (although that never stopped Man Ray… or Russ Meyer or Benny Hill, for that matter). You can see the whole thing starting here.
The best part of the whole thing is the poems.
“The groom to whom she was attaching
Cared little his bride was unmatching
He said ‘Gee whiz,
Whatever it is
I hope its not catching'”