Judge, 1928-01-07 · page 8 of 36
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# "A Scotch Fantasy" — Judge Magazine Satire This piece satirizes Scottish national stereotypes through absurdist humor. The title story describes a visiting Irishman who is **mistaken for a Scot** at Edinburgh's Killicranckie House bar—the joke being he exhibits none of the stereotypical Scottish traits: he's generous (pays bills, tips), doesn't mention lochs or Scottish history, wears modern clothing instead of kilts, doesn't smoke pipes or drink whisky, and has a Jewish name (Sam Goldberg) rather than a Scottish one. The accompanying cartoons reinforce stereotypes about Scottish miserliness, love of golf, and distinctive dress (kilts, tam-o'-shanters). The humor relies on exaggerated national caricatures: Scots as penny-pinching, tradition-bound, and physically distinctive versus the unexpectedly cosmopolitan visitor. Jack Clueett's byline credits the piece. This represents typical early-20th-century American satirical humor mining ethnic and national stereotypes for comedic effect.
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JUDGE A Scotch Fantasy once upon a time a man went to scotland and at edinburgh he was given the key to the city for nothing and his scotch friend gave him a present and it wasnt a homing pigeon and the scoteh- man took the visitor for an auto- mobile trip and paid for the gas and oil and hotel and tipped everybody and there were no strings attached to his purse and when it came time to pay a bill the scotchmans arm wasnt broken or anythi nd he didnt shut off the gas every time the car came to a hill and he didnt wear a scotch mist and didnt like golf and didnt carry a crooked cane | nd didnt roll his rs and couldnt play a bag pipe and never wore kilties and his hair wasnt sandy | and his eyebrows werent bushy How the Irishman was discovered to be masquerading as a Scot and he didnt stoop over and in the Killicrankie House bar at Edinburgh. smoke a short clay pipe and he hated scotch whisky and he never said to his friend that) reminds me of the scotchman who filled his fountain pen in the black sea or that reminds me of the scotch- man who got married in the back yard so the chickens could eat the tice and nothing reminded him of anything and they didnt go to the firth of fourth and he wasnt anxious to show the man loch this and loch t y field was a back lot and every pretty girl was not a bon- nie lassie and he didnt lay me down and dee and his suit’ was not made out of heather and he straw hat instead of a \d Ovr Travrrooves tam-o-shanter and he didnt wear Scotch shepherd drinking black coffee to ke plaid neckties or plaid anything and what do you suppose his name was children no not mac- wore 5 “gor no not maclaren no not i centyre nor macdougal guess rin no not mactavish no not inacpherson not macdonald give up georgie give up nellie give up earl give up freddie give up , fannie his name was sam gold- berg look at the time children uncle stubbie wont tell you any more fairy stories unless youre in bed and lights out in five minutes —Jack Civetr Then, of course, there's the There's never any scandal about Scotch girls walking back from Scotchman who gave the theatre automobile cides....... because they walk both directions. party at “The Ladder.” L comicbooks.com