By the summer of '81, Jeff J. hadn't been on staff for over a year, Bruce had stopped hanging around and even John was off at Scout Camp. That left only Jeff V. and I to man the creative department and create the theme of the summer Coupon Bonanza. Following up on the satiric approach of Spring's "Coupon Digest" magnum opus, we decided to parody both the typical summer "Kah-ray-zee Days!" Sale and the hackneyed "what's wrong with this picture?" puzzle:
(click on it for a closer look)
(Please make special note of the second appearance of "Cornet Man" at bottom center.)
Found all 20 yet? I'll make it easy on you by enlarging and flipping the answers:
(Unless your eyes are still that sharp, click on this, too)
I seem to recall hearing from at least one frustrated reader back then who took our challenge a bit more seriously than we did...
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