# Satirical Candidacies for President

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satirical-candidacies-for-president/645280>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satirical-candidacies-for-president/645280 "2012-12-27T14:20:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satirical-candidacies-for-president/645280/21 "2013-01-05T02:22:48Z")

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And here’s another that I just found out about.

_Monocle_ was a satire magazine of the early 1960s, heavily political in nature, edited by Victor Navasky, later of _The Nation_, with a cadre of young moonlighting writers who would later all become well-known in some way. It was issued in a unique 11"x5.5" format and used a brilliant and influential oddball internal design that incorporated everything from comic strips to fake advertising and typewriting. Marvin Kitman, who is best known for [George Washington’s Expense Account](http://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Expense-Account-Washington/dp/0802137733/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1357351047&sr=8-7&keywords=marvin+kitman) but also was a major TV critic, was the Managing Editor.

The Spring 1964 issue (vol 5, no. 4) announced a campaign for Kitman as President. (As a Republican. The magazine, not surprisingly, wasn’t.) The campaign continued in Summer 1964 issue and reached a peak with the Fall 1964 issue (vol. 6, no. 2). The entire issue was a “Kitman for President Souvenir Program.” There may not have been a vol. 6, no. 3, although some sources say _Monocle_ didn’t fold until 1965.

I just stumbled across these in a used bookstore. I knew about the magazine and had the anthology [The Monocle Peep Show](http://www.amazon.com/Monocle-Richard-Navasky-Editors-Lingeman/dp/B000SG4XTK/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357352096&sr=1-3&keywords=monocle+navasky), which contains the best political satire of the Kennedy years, but amazingly had never seen a single issue. Didn’t even know about the weird shape.

You can get the _Peep Show_ cheap and if you’re interested in those years, I’d highly recommend it.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satirical-candidacies-for-president/645280/22 "2013-01-05T02:37:31Z")

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I’m still convinced Ralph Nader’s run was satirical.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satirical-candidacies-for-president/645280/23 "2013-01-05T03:09:09Z")

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Cthulhu seems to run every four years.

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