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January 1960 Issue [Article]

Good-by to the ‘fifties–and good riddance

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The Stuffy Decade produced some of the most wonderful nonsense in history--but why didn't anybody laugh?

by Eric Frederick Goldman,

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1945-1960 1953-1961 20th century American wit and humor History Nineteen fifties Politics and government Public opinion Religion United States

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