Judge, 1923-12-22 · page 2 of 36
Judge — December 22, 1923 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# "A Ballly Good Joke on Us" - Judge Magazine Analysis This page is primarily an **advertisement disguised as humor**. The cartoon shows a man reading in a chair, exhausted from laughter, while a small dog sits nearby. The accompanying text invites readers to "follow the same road" by filling out a coupon to Judge magazine. The "joke" is that subscribing to Judge will provide similar entertainment and laughter. The coupon offers a ten-week subscription for $1.00, addressed to "Judge" at a West 44th Street address in New York City. The satirical point appears self-referential: Judge is humorously suggesting its own magazine is so funny it will exhaust readers with laughter—a playful, tongue-in-cheek sales pitch typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising.
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A BALLY GOOD JOKE ON US Exhausted from paroxysms of laughter he dozed off into the sweet, sound sleep of innocence and childhood. y You can follow the same road—fill out the coupon! Yes, N JUDGE: 627 West 43d Street New York City \ I accept your offer—ten weeks for 81.00, Tt is under stood that you send me JupcE beginning with the current issue, 10 Ng numbers in all. I enclose $1.00 (or) send me a bill at a later date. (Cana- dipn, $1.10; foreign, $1.20.) P. S.—His dollar has just been received. He woke up at last— 5 NBME. sisi tsisiensise sedencnwenesaenneueanaaay pa Will you? $5.00 a year comicbooks.com sr 1Sca copy est 43d Street, New York, N.Y