Saturday Evening Post’s April Fools Cover

Posted on by Lee St. John

Taking time to be with my family this Easter Sunday and not posting a funny from my newspaper columns today, so here’s something to enjoy from yesterday’s April Fool’s Day. Can you find all 43 mistakes that Norman Rockwell cleverly added to his 1943 April Fools cover illustration for the Saturday Evening Post?

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “April Fool: Checkers,” 1943. Cover illustration for “Saturday Evening Post,” April 3, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. ©SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indinapolis, IN. Featured in the Norman Rockwell Museum exhibition, “Norman Rockwell’s 323 ‘Saturday Evening Post’ Covers.”