Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World

After World War II, the United States provided massive aid to Western Europe through the Marshall Plan. Perhaps you've heard of it. But have you heard of an earlier plan, specifically The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World? Did you know the cartoonist Rube Goldberg had devised schemes to rid us of race track losses and late-staying guests? What would you say to no more divorces? He even had a plan to control Sinatra-Squealers, a major scourge of the time.

Rube Goldberg, The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World
New York:  Franklin Watts, Inc., 1944

                            Reuben Lucius Goldberg                           The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World



Rube Goldberg, The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World, New York:  Franklin Watts, Inc., 1944
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Acceptable mainstream humor in 1944:  "You can't tell whether a midget is standing up or sitting down."

 J. R. Crumcake says:                                          No More Fishing Around in Handbags

No More Crowded Dance Floors                                       No More Divorces  

No More Unlucky Fisherman                                      Control of Sinatra-Squealers

No More Clogging of Bus Entrances                                   Asparagus de Lumbago says:


  Rumford M. Ashtray says:                                        No More Gasoline Problems


       No More Summer Bugs                                       No More Parking Troubles

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Note:  Now you know. Cartoon art by Rube Goldberg is full of ideas that can make this a better world. Got an example? Send it this way.


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