For Laughing Out Loud #21

Michael Berry's cover for this December 1961 Dell humor digest sets the tone perfectly: a battered football player in jersey number 35 sits on a bench in the pouring rain, while a charming red-haired woman in pink leans in close, sharing her polka-dot umbrella and his company. It's a warm, witty snapshot of gridiron romance that promises the lighthearted laughs inside, including a feature on humorist Will Cuppy and Norman R. Jaffray's "Passion's Fool.