Anybody remember this infamous incident in the annals of Baltimore Babylon? I must have xeroxed a copy of the newspaper ad, which hangs to this day on my refrigerator…
The infamous 1987 City Fair cartoon, fullsize
Close-up of coupling carousel couple
The only Internet mention is the one below by Sun columnist Dan Rodricks:
“In 1987, promoters of the Baltimore City Fair published in The Sun and Evening Sun an amusing advertisement that included a Where’s Waldo kind of cartoon showing the crowd at the fair, and a couple coupling on a carousel. Yeah, the last part was a little joke by the art director, whose agency apologized and reimbursed the fair for the ads.”
I just recently had framed an original full size poster of this and was looking for the history on it. Anyone have any additional information I want to record it on the back of the picture.
Thanks!
The phones started ringing at The Sun that morning with people wanting extra copies of the paper. Street sales boomed that day. The rumor had it that the photocopy machines at the Social Security Administration complex in Woodlawn were out of paper by 10:00 a.m. The artist, Don Schnably, said the cartoon showed a man standing behind a lion…
Here’s one news report on the story:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19870918&id=HfAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ifwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7090,5545784