8. Carrie Radison, June 1957 – 1,000,000 copies sold
A lot of schools pay homage to the 1950s by having a “50s Dance” where everyone dresses up in their favorite 1950s gear. The boys pretend to have cigarettes packed in their sleeves, roll up their blue jeans, and put on some Converse All-Stars to complete the look. Girls will wear poodle skirts and tie their hair up in a perky ponytail. They all rock out to 50s music and have a great time. The fantasy of a more wholesome era continues decades after the fact.
Did people in the 50s also like gawking at pictures of naked models in Playboy? Did they ever! The June 1957 issue was the first one in Playboy’s history to sell over 1,000,000 copies. With this new information about how society really was back then, there should be immediate changes to the 50s dances where Playboy magazines should be handed out to the kids to make it truly authentic… wait. No, don’t do that. That’s a terrible idea.
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