Fears from the 50s and 60s Seem Trivial Now

Larrylambert
3 min readApr 12, 2024

Smokers especially seemed worried.

Cartoon by Lambert-King

I’m at the point in life to where the temptation is to look backwards, and not forward. Generally speaking, that’s not a good thing to do. But if we do look backwards maybe we can learn from the past. I recently looked at the past via old TV commercials. I discovered the things people used to stress over seem so trivial now.

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Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.