Tippy Teen #16

A star-struck teen named Tippy becomes obsessed with folk-singer Bobo Diddly after receiving an autographed photo, only to have the inscription accidentally washed away—and when Bobo himself comes to town, her scheme to meet him takes a hilarious turn that teaches her a lesson about hero worship. Written with humor and heart, this 1967 story captures the giddy devotion and disappointment of teenage fandom in perfect comedic form.

Tiny's got a crush on Fenton, a boy who seems more interested in sports than romance—so her friend Tippy devises an increasingly elaborate plan to get his attention, from a new mini dress to a fresh hairdo, before turning to an old standby: making him jealous. When the strategy finally works, Tiny discovers that love—and Fenton's attention—comes with some unexpected complications.

Toppy explores the absurd world of Limerick Land through a series of silly verse scenarios—from a codger's bizarre deep-freeze scheme to a drag racer's catastrophic mix-up, a weightless dame from New York, and a skeleton and ghost squabbling over who's more frightening. It's a quick, punchy humor romp that plays the ridiculous for laughs in true Tippy Teen fashion.

When Tommy notices today's date seems oddly familiar, he sets out to confirm whether it might be a holiday—and one well-meaning phone call to the local paper triggers a cascade of official inquiries that snowballs all the way up to the governor's office. By the time the truth about the "Battle of Boomer's Bluff" makes its way through the bureaucracy, a small-town rumor has a way of becoming very official indeed.

Tippy decides to brush up on her Italian in preparation for a potential trip to Rome, but when her friend Swinger Sloan drops by, the generational language gap becomes hilariously apparent—her dad finds himself thoroughly baffled by the teen slang flying around the room. By the time Tippy's mother heads out, she's realized that mastering a foreign language might have to wait until she's got her own English figured out.

When a local boy agrees to pose as the boyfriend of visiting stage star Tuesday Wenzday for a quick publicity stunt, he figures it's the perfect way to impress his own girl—but a sneaky kiss meant for the newspapers sets off a chain of misunderstandings that threatens to ruin everything. What starts as a scheme to score free theatre tickets spirals into romantic chaos when the real couple shows up at the big show, and our hapless hero has to find a way to explain himself before the curtain falls. It's all laughs and crossed wires in this 1967 teen comedy where the real drama happens both on stage and in the audience.

Tippy receives a deodorized skunk named Dudley as a birthday gift from her boyfriend Tommy, but when the pet causes chaos at a local shop, she blames Tommy for the disaster—unaware that her rival Ashley orchestrated the whole mix-up by impersonating the pet-shop owner. As the truth unravels and Tippy and Tommy work to clear their names, Ashley's own scheme backfires spectacularly, leaving her to face the very consequences she'd planned for them.

Tippy thought her diary was safe hidden away, but when she can't find it at home, she rushes to the library only to discover it's become the most popular book on the shelves—and everyone's lined up to read it. This 1967 humor tale captures all the mortification of a teenager's worst privacy nightmare.

Tommy has triple-booked himself on dates—a movie with one rival, a picnic with another, and bowling with a third—so he leaves the choice to the weather at noon. When rival Ashley discovers the forecast and hatches a scheme using dry ice to manufacture rain, the plan backfires spectacularly, creating snow instead and leaving everyone scrambling to figure out who gets the date. It's a race against the clock and the clouds in this 1967 teen comedy about what happens when scheming meets Mother Nature.