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The Saturday Evening Post
Studio : The Saturday Evening Post
by The Saturday Evening Post
Release Date : 2001-11-23
Publisher : The Saturday Evening Post
Availability : Usually ships in 2 to 4 months and eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
Number of Issues : 6
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 4 reviews)
List Price : $23.94
Our Price : $14.97
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Product Description |
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This is a health oriented magazine containing humor, fiction, nonfiction and graphic elements of interest to the American family. Its editorial content runs the gamut from health to literature. |
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Not Worth The Price of a Subscription |
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As an aficionado of all things historic, old, and traditional, I subscribed to "The Saturday Evening Post." I was disappointed by what I received. With the exception of the excellent illustrations by Norman Rockwell, the magazine was largely advertisements for prescription medications and puff pieces about popular actors, authors, and other celebrities. This is not a worthy heir to the legacy of its founder, Benjamin Franklin, and the many gifted and talented individuals who have been associated with the magazine throughout its history. Simply put, it was not worth the price of a subscription. |
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Yesterday and Today |
It is probably images of Norman Rockwell's America which are called to mind whenever The Saturday Evening Post is mentioned these days. Steeped in the nostalgia of times remembered with great affection, the magazine has survived by keeping up with the times while remaining grounded to that America. Always interesting, funny and informative, it far outshines those shallow and empty magazines full of fluff and advertisements rather than substance.
Though primarily designed with baby-boomers and more mature readers in mind, almost anyone can find something of interest between the covers. Whether it's gardening, food, health, or nostalgia, The Saturday Evening Post has it. There is no Britney here, nor Paris, but rather a fabulous Suzanne Somers, even more delicious at 60 than at 20, and with more to offer.
Tony Bennet and his paintings were recently featured and fans discovered another side to the crooner. Even the Post's humor has class. You can forget about the more heralded cartoons of the liberal New Yorker. The Saturday Evening Post has, by far, the funniest cartoons of any magazine out there. Strategically spaced throughout the magazine, there is always a good laugh waiting as we turn the pages. Grounded in day-to-day life rather than politics or taboo subjects, they truly deliver on the promise of laughter when others often let us down.
Fitzgerald and Rawlings could once be found in the ink on the Post's pages. And who could ever forget all those Rockwell images which once were a staple of the magazine? The Post will still ocasionally grace the cover with one of these portraits of America as we once knew it, keeping touch with a link which grows weaker with each passing decade.
Rockwell's Christmas image of Tiny Tim happily graced the cover of the Nov./Dec. 2006 issue, in which I was greatly surprised to find my own words in the article, "Family Viewing for the Holidays." My comments on "Mrs. Miniver" with Greer Garson, and "The Bishop's Wife," starring Cary Grant and Loretta Young, had both been quoted, the latter at length. Though only mentioned as an Americancivilwar Reviewer, had I not already been a long-time subscriber and champion of this link to our past, I probably would have been swayed in that direction afterward.
The Saturday Evening Post continues to be substance over fluff, the way we were and would like to remain, rather than the way we quite sadly, have at times, become. It always feels a bit nostalgic leafing through The Saturday Evening Post while drinking a Coke. Maybe that's what makes it worth the small price it costs to be delivered to my mailbox. Of course, there's the whole Suzanne Somers factor to consider also... |
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This Is a Joke, Right? |
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I was suprised to see that the Saturday Evening Post was still being printed. I happened to get a chance to examine a few of the "new" issues the other day. I guess they've gone through a format change from what I remember as the older magazines. It was almost like reading a satire of a badly made magazine. At first, I thought the magazines' only value could be the reprints of old artwork by Norman Rockwell and Liendecker. But the "new" material was so bad, it had to be done on purpose. I laughed out loud several times durring my review. I'd reccomend this magazine to anyone who enjoy the Sun, the Globe, the Weekly World News, or any print gurus who want to see how NOT to craft a magazine. It's a shame that they couldn't continue to make a respectable body of material for their readers. I'm sure Rockwell and Liendecker are rolling in their graves right about now. |
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Suitable for every age |
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I first read this magazine when I was a little girl; my grandmother kept some old issues in our Minnesota lake cabin and on rainy days, I would curl up on the sofa and pour over the articles. I still enjoy the recipes, the amusing articles and the comic pages. It's a treat to sit down and read it! |
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