Laffboy (Sy Reit) - K-M-R Publications - Vol. 1 No. 1 - February 1965 - 72 pages

Well, this one was a dead end.  Laffboy is widely offered for resale as a parody of Playboy.  But, do not be fooled.  This is no such thing.  It is more of a cross between a men's girlie magazine and Harvey Kurtzman's Help! magazine that ran for 26 issues from 1960 to 1965.  Page one identifies Laffboy as "America's New Humor Magazine".  Thirty of the 72 pages are filled with Kurtzman's fumetti-style humor with bad jokes added to old photographs.  There was a second issue (April 1965) that was probably more of the same.  The best aspect of the magazine is the writing of prolific humorist Sy Reit (listed as Laffboy "editor") who wrote for Mad magazine from 1959 to 1963, and the again from 1968 to 1972.  However, most of Reit's articles seem to be those that were or would have been rejected by Mad.  In sum, Laffboy was a lame attempt to create a low-budget magazine that would compete with Help! for space at your local barber shop.  Unfortunately for them, they forgot to make it funny.  [JAM 11/4/2016]

Front Cover - Women taking a bubble-bath as seen through a keyhole
Inside Front Cover - Fumetti
3 - Index
4 - Editorial by "Hugh Hufferpuff"
5 - Fumetti
6 - Laff-Boy Salutes our New Chief-of-State
8 - Highlights of the 1964 Presidential Campain (fumetti)
12 - Dr. Krimsey asks -- What Ever Happened to Sex? (fumetti)
16 - A Smattering of Evil by "Ort Louis" (Sy Reit?)
18 - Is Automation Ruining the Chastity Belt Industry?
20 - The Real Lowdown on Liz and Burton (fumetti)
24 - Gesundheit (fumetti)
25 - What Sort of Man Reads Laffboy?
26 - The Topless Suit is Obsolete! (pictorial)
30 - Scenes We Never Expect to See
31 - Word Game by "Tom Pease" (Sy Reit?)
32 - Fumetti
33 - Dial (ad parody)
34 - Great Moments in History (fumetti)
35 - Laffgirl-of-the-Month
39 - Fumetti
40 - Lafflines (jokes & fumetti)
42 - Are the Beatles Really Girls? (fumetti)
46 - Fumetti
48 - Casey Stengel Confides the Secret of Success (fumetti)
50 - How U.S. Agents Smashed the Counterfeit Fortune Cookie Ring (Sy Reit?)
54 - Laffboy in Limerick Land
55 - Fumetti
56 - Laffboy Behind the Scenes at The Folies Bergere (fumetti)
58 - Hertz (ad parody)
59 - Laff-Boy Club (fumetti)
63 - Sternwallow School of Bartending (ad parody)
64 - News-Around-the-World
67 - Quote of the Month
68 - Can We Close the Yogurt Gap?
70 - Fumetti
Inside Back Cover - Fake Testimonials & Preview of Next Issue
Back Cover - Study Whale Flensing (ad parody)