Judge, 1927-10-22 · page 23 of 36
Judge — October 22, 1927 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features caricatured comedy performers discussing their best stage jokes. **Eddie Cantor** (top left) and **Ed Wynn** (center) are vaudeville/early theater stars sharing anecdotes about their funniest lines. Cantor recalls a burlesque bit from a Ziegfeld Follies production where he'd provoke laughs by complaining about his troubles to a girl. Wynn recounts a cockney-dialect routine ("I ate you") that apparently never landed well, and a separate "pony ride" joke involving a woman named Minnie. The satire mocks performers' tendency to over-explain why their jokes were funny or justify their failure to get laughs—the humor lies in their defensive recounting rather than the actual jokes themselves (which are quite unfunny). The exaggerated caricatures emphasize vaudeville's theatrical, physical comedy tradition. This reflects Judge's interest in lampooning entertainment industry figures and the gap between performers' self-assessment and audience reality.
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