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![Woman undresses to weigh less on a scale while her husband covers her shame.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-more-like-it.jpg)
Reg Hider
November 17, 1956
![Women talk in a restaurant about their weight loss attempts.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-broken-scale.jpg)
Chon Day
November 10, 1956
![Skinny guy tries a chin up bar while using a ladder.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-ladder.jpg)
Geo. Reckas
October 27, 1945
![Woman proudly declares to her husband that she ended her diet with a huge breakfast.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-broken-diet.jpg)
J.S. Farris
November 17, 1956
![A couple encounters a proud weight-lifter carrying a heavy barbell with ease down the street.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-how-he-feels.jpg)
Gallagher
April 28, 1956
![A man complains about his wife's attempts to get him to exercise more to his poker mates in a crowded, smoke-filled room.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-give-up-golf.jpg)
Henry Boltinoff
March 3, 1951
![A couple uses a huge abacus to count their calories.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-calorie-count.jpg)
W.F. Brown
February 25, 1956
![Skinny man is only able to lift half of a giant barbell.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-20-diet-cartoons-improvement.jpg)
Peter Vatsures
November 28, 1953
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Comments
The cartoons from the Saturday Evening Post ways transport me back to the good times of the past; I celebrate the good times presently also but memories are special.
I really enjoyed your cartoons they all put a smile on my face and in these times I think everyone needs a smile.on their face thank you and keep smiling ☺️
These are a great batch too. Look at how smug she is in #4, with the eclairs, ice cream, butter, cake, cup cakes and pie. What’s a husband to do? I feel bad for Mr. Eggthorp in #3, and Mr. Carnahan at the bottom.
I love the irony of #6 regarding (cough) giving up golf. My favorite this week is #1. The nervous husband’s expression is priceless. The nerve of her, weighing herself barely indoors without any clothes on; in the mid-50’s. Shocking!