Judge — December 4, 1909 — page 38: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This six-panel comic depicts a man's Christmas morning disrupted by a cuckoo clock. The title plays on the nursery rhyme "cuckoo" sound with "cuck-oo-d," suggesting the clock's repeated chirping. **The narrative:** Panel 1: A man visits a pet shop (Manayunk Kennels), wishing to buy a dog for Christmas. Panel 2: The shopkeeper recommends a dalmatian puppy. Panels 3-6: The man brings the dog home and attempts to sleep, but the cuckoo clock repeatedly chimes through the early morning hours (midnight to 6 a.m.), with the dog's reactions growing increasingly chaotic and destructive. The humor lies in the escalating destruction and the dog's inability to adjust to the constant noise—a common domestic frustration for the magazine's readers.