For instance, he reproduces an ad from the LDS church's Improvement Era magazine depicting SLCPD chief Cleon Skousen pouring a fellow officer a cup of Postum. A thought bubble above the chief's head reads, "He never has a second cup at home."

Another example -- a group of women in pioneer garb barely conceal permed hairdos beneath lacy bonnets. One bareheaded woman "thinks": "Everyone in this damned Relief Society is having a bad hair day but me!"

Everett admits to "racy" content in a scene juxtaposing the land-speed race car "Blue Flame" with a dance instructor who back then posed in the desert doing splits. The caption: "Famous flames of the Salt Flats."

Nostalgic and light-hearted, this book commemorates a time past, long before gangs and corporate takeovers, when people "had it all": Saltair, Betty Crocker, Dee Burger clowns, Wait Disney at the drive-in, miniature golf... Come to think of it, who could have asked for more?