Judge — March 27, 1926 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents theatrical humor from Judge magazine, satirizing Broadway productions and show business personalities. The top panel mocks an "absent-minded rickshaw producer" with a duck—likely poking fun at theatrical absurdity and eccentric producers. The lower panels joke about various show business scenarios: a man trying to sell golf clubs, someone bragging about inventing "forked potatoes" (claiming novelty for something mundane), and references to quotas and producers' concerns. The final panel references "pretty girls on the stage"—a common Judge trope satirizing theatrical shows' reliance on chorus girls for appeal. The humor targets theatrical pretension, producers' grandiosity, and the entertainment industry's tendency toward exaggeration and dubious "inventions." These are insider Broadway jokes for Judge's urban, sophisticated readership familiar with New York theater culture.