Judge — October 2, 1926 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page collects theatrical humor from stage productions. The top panel depicts a domestic comedy scene where a man chides a woman for marrying him while half-asleep, satirizing hasty marriages. The middle section shows two panels: one featuring castles floating in clouds (referencing a stage production), and another depicting whiskey-smuggling bootleggers during Prohibition, joking about illegally shipping Scottish whisky to Scotland itself—absurdist humor about the era's alcohol black market. The bottom panels show romantic/dating comedy scenarios typical of stage farces: a woman correcting a man's proposal with the word "funnier," and dialogue about attractive women being "fun" to date. The cartoons mock both romantic entanglements and Prohibition-era lawbreaking through exaggerated theatrical situations. Without visible dates or specific show titles, the exact productions remain unclear, though the Prohibition reference dates this to the 1920s-1930s era.