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![Women watch a skier tumble down the slope](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-ralph.jpg)
Frank Interlandi
March 9, 1957
![An injured skier on a stretcher checks out of the lodge.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-checking-out.jpg)
Bob Schroeter
March 9, 1957
![Woman complains that her husband - who was injured during the trip - ruined her ski vacation.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-spoiled-trip.jpg)
Joseph Zeis
March 6, 1954
![Woman hangs on a ski lift cable as it takes her to the top of the slope.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-lift.jpg)
February 9, 1957
![A skier decides he doesn't want to try a jump](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-chickening-out.jpg)
Harry Mace
February 2, 1957
![Two men comment on a skier who jumps off a slope upside down.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-unorthodox-style.jpg)
Joseph Zeis
December 8, 1956
![Man loses a ski during a jump.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-lost-ski.jpg)
November 24, 1956
![Woman teases a man who crashed against a tree while skiing](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-poetry-in-motion.jpg)
Reamer Keller
November 17, 1956
![Ski lodge employee asks an injured man to move out of the lounge because he is discouraging the guests.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-lodge.jpg)
Scott Taber
November 17, 1955
![Skier climbs back up a slope instead of following through with a jump.](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-03-16-ski-cartoons-changed-my-mind.jpg)
Lyons
October 30, 1954
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Comments
I agree with you, Gerard. I’d heard of too many people having skiing accidents starting from the time I was a small child to ever want to try it myself. Although these cartoons are funny, I believe it’s because they’re relatable being based on real incidents, unfortunately.
A lot of people don’t know (or remember) Lucille Ball broke her leg skiing on a trip in early ’72 following the filming wrap of the the ’71-’72 season of ‘Here’s Lucy’. Always the trooper, she shot a good many of the ’72-’73 season episodes in her wheelchair (still recuperating) for comic fodder. It also gave Lucie Arnaz a more important role and opportunity to showcase her comic talents.
So my favorites here are ALL OF THEM, especially # 5 (“I think I’ll just chicken out.”) and # 9 (“I wonder if you’d do the lodge a favor, sir…). “Please make yourself scarce down here by returning to your room. Room service will bring you all the booze you want, on the house!”
Considering that so many of the cartoons showed people as injured and the others showed people desperately trying to avoid injury it is a wonder that skiing ever took off as a sport.