Judge, 1927-09-10 · page 21 of 36
Judge — September 10, 1927 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains vaudeville-era humor mocking romantic and marital scenarios. The top cartoon shows a man attempting to seduce a woman by claiming men like him try to make women "like me"—satirizing transparent pickup lines. The middle section features crude jokes about vaudeville performers, including references to Mack Donohue and the Ziegfeld Follies (a famous Broadway revue). The humor relies on absurdist scenarios about infidelity and divorce, typical of early 20th-century comic exaggeration. The bottom section, "Bulletin From Our Training Camp," appears to reference boxing training, mentioning weight scales and a "Demsey-Tunney Fight," likely alluding to the famous 1926-1927 heavyweight boxing matches between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. The overall tone is crude, male-oriented humor focused on show business personalities and physical comedy—characteristic of Judge magazine's satirical approach to entertainment and popular culture.
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