This has to have been intended to lampoon something else that may have actually existed. “Lead pipes?” “Over zealous use … death of a child?” I doubt it!
Yes. I remember when all of this was happening, my Mom was so worried for a while until the medical investigations figured out what had happened, it was a mystery for a time before they nailed it down to being drug-induced only on a certain span of days. And how once seeing a child affected, her trying to explain to me…
Wikipedia link: Thalidomide_scandal
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You really can’t see it here, but there are a lot of points there.
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NOSE!
i love cheetahs!
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That’s the first happy child that i’ve seen in these old X-Mass photos.
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This has to have been intended to lampoon something else that may have actually existed. “Lead pipes?” “Over zealous use … death of a child?” I doubt it!
You’re right… It’s a spoof.
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Works For Me!
Yes, please!
Igor Artyomenko
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9 NOSES!
I gotta think about that one.
He seems kinda familiar.
Maybe in the morning/afternoon when i get back.
Boy was i wrong.
The adult pic
no clue until i saw the adult.
I guessed who it was but I couldn’t remember his name! :o(
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I am sooo there.
NOSE!
That was my favorite illustrator from this series, so far. I love Mad magazine and his movie posters.
humans
Thalidomide babies?
Yes. I remember when all of this was happening, my Mom was so worried for a while until the medical investigations figured out what had happened, it was a mystery for a time before they nailed it down to being drug-induced only on a certain span of days. And how once seeing a child affected, her trying to explain to me…
Wikipedia link:
Thalidomide_scandal
Contergan here.
I was lucky that my mother refused to take any medication when she was pregnant with me…
cleo, the fragile gifts a usually the most valuable!