Ballyhoo (magazine)
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Ballyhoo was the title of three magazines published during the 1930s and 1950s in America, Australia and Britain.
The American Ballyhoo was a humour magazine published by Dell from 1931 until 1939, and had a brief return after the war between 1952 and 1954. In common with other magazines of the era it featured a central section dedicated to one-off cartoons, but in the surrounding pages it presented spoof ads and articles much in the manner popularised by the 1950s magazine Mad. When questioned about this at a gathering of the British SSI (Society of Strip Illustrators) 'The usual gang of idots' from Mad Magazine were unequivocal in their response. "We know nuthin', and what's more we ain't sayin'".
In 1931, the humor magazine inspired the Ballyhoo pinball machine.
According to the Magazine Data File, there was a 1950s British Ballyhoo which was probably unrelated to the American magazine.
According to The Fiction Mags Index, there was a later 1950s Australian Ballyhoo humour magazine which also appears to be unrelated to the American magazine.
