Back in the day, when you wanted to show your male audience nudity in order to sell your book, record, magazine, or movie, you had to do some sort of self-censorship - unless you wanted to be fined, arrested, or relegated to the "adult section".
So if you wanted your cake and eat it too (i.e. show your male audience a naked chick, but not violate any codes), you employed various forms of strategically covered nudity (SCN). This method has been utilized too often to count, and could get pretty creative with their scenery censors. So, here's a heavenly hash of a alphabetical cover-ups from A to D . Enjoy.
ARACHNID
ARMS
BABY
BLOW TORCH
BOUQUET
BOXING GLOVE
BRANCH
BUBBLES
BULL HORN
CANDLES
CAULIFLOWER
CELLULOID
CLOWNS
CANNISTER
CARDS
CELERY
COLT
CONIFER
COW BELL
CUP
CUTLASS
DAIRY
DAISY
DERBY
DRIFTWOOD
DERBY
DRIFTWOOD
Oddly enough, the celluloid was my prom dress.
ReplyDeleteIt was a different era then.
What you refer to as a "canister" above actually an open-reel, or reel-to-reel, tape. Such as all the 1960s and 70s computers are backing themselves up on. Or what one listens to in one's space-age bachelor pad...particularly in quadrophonic.
ReplyDeleteRarely has a CALIFORNIA GIRL looked so English.
ReplyDeleteOdd John looks like a normal fellow. Oh wait, those eyes!
ReplyDeleteThe celery puts me in mind of the classic pin-ups by Art Frahm. I don't remember if I read an article on Retrospace on him or not, but I definitely read it on another website about a decade ago...
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