Esquire "The Magazine for Men" -- Including all the great writers, illustrators, pictorials, vintage advertisements, fashion and more -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: MAY, 1971; VOLUME LXXV NO. 5 WHOLE NO. 450 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 COVER: Cutesy Talk at Midnight: How Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin make you love them. "Doody" "Giggle" "Poo-Poo" REMEMBRANCE OF A SQUANDERED MANHOOD: COURTING DISASTER (OR, SERIOUS IN THE FIFTIES)... Natie and Lydia: a couple in spite of itself ... Philip Roth. ARTICLES: THE SOCIOLOGY OF DUMB... Behind the scenes at the talk shows ... Chris Welles. [With photo montage of each of them with an obnotious guest.] THE LAST OF LIFE... The aged are on the march ... Gina Berriault. MERCURY IS HEAVIER THAN YOU THINK... Plant a radish, get a radish -- and perhaps a little more ... by Jay Holmes. ON WATCHING PARSIFAL WITH MOLLY... Wagner without tears ... Otto Friedrich. PERSONALITY: UP, UPPITY AND AWAY. . Julian Bond struggles up the Freedom Trail ... John Neary. Full page photo by Jay Leviton. FICTION: A DEATH ON THE EAST SIDE... Sometimes a friendship is formed in the final moment ... Herbert Gold. PICTURED ESSAY: DIRTY PICTURES... Blessed are the artists, for they shall inherit the earth ... Bruce Jay Friedman. THE TRAPPINGS SAY IT ALL: THE POLITICS OF THE COSTUME... The gear is the message ... Blair Sabol and Lucian Truscott IV. PEPSI PROLETARIAT... Clothing for the revolution. SUBURBAN GUERRILLA...Dressing to destroy tile opposition. SUPER FUNK... Dazzlin' and flashy. (Featuring photos of James Brown and Little Richard.) LOWLIFE ROMANTIC... What to wear to bare the soul. (Featuring photos of Elizabeth Sargent, Naja Karamuru) COSMIC DRAG... Communicating with a cartoon shirt, tie-dye pants, etc. (American Stick Company, photo of Barbara Birdfeather) PANSEXUAL CHIC... Nonconventional role playing: Thirties' nostalgia and unisex. (Featuring photos of Jackie Curtis, incl full page photo.) [SEE BELOW!] ADVERSARIA: ANOTHER LIST, OH GOD! BUT A LIST AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE'S LIST... Esquire's list. CRAIG KARPEL'S LIST... Human sources feed the information pool. MARTIN MAYER'S LIST... Diversified readings of a diversified man. POTABLES: DO PEOPLE SNIGGER WHEN YOU ORDER THE WINE?... Educating your taste buds ... Roy Andries de Groot. WEARABLES: SPRING '71: WEAR IT AND SEE WHO SALUTES... A rebirth of patriotism? Well, red, white and blue anyway. POETRY: THE FORM... A protean mind wanders, only the body connects ... John Berryman. J. M., FARMER AND SAILOR, DROWNED, SEPTEMBER, 1970... Elegy to a seaman ... Paine Dickinson. ARMATURES... The mystery of life is caught within man's bones ... Robley Wilson Jr. THROUGH THE WINDOW... Looking out and seeing in ... Terry Stokes. NEW LETTERS FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON... A voice from the past ... William Stafford. DEPARTMENTS: Publisher's page: THE PASSING OF A PILLAR. EDITOR'S NOTES. BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE. THE SOUND AND THE FURY. SPORTS ... Roger Kahn. TRAVEL NOTES ... Richard Joseph. BOOKS ... Malcolm Muggeridge. FICTION ... Barton Midwood. RECORDINGS ... Martin Mayer. FILMS ... Jacob Brackman. TALKING SHOP,SHOPPING FINDS. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD + condition (see photo), Approx 10" X 13" Oversized Magazine Format. Vintage Esquire magazines are more and more sought after as time goes by, and they are getting more scarce on the market!