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Wisconsin Octopus Parodies, 1920-1959
The Magazine Before The Onion, the most famous humor magazine to come out of Madison was the University of Wisconsin Octopus, b. November 1919, d. 1959, after UW officials found the May issue so offensive they extinguished the title. The editors … Continue reading
Posted in College Parodies, College: 1890s-1945, College: 1946 on
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, College, Flair, Life, Online, Playboy, The New Yorker, Time, Wisconsin Octopus
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