Judge, 1928-04-21 · page 5 of 36
Judge — April 21, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This satirical page mocks various early 20th-century annoyances and social absurdities: **"Not Even Amazed"** (top): Acrobats perform for a crowd while someone requests they "open the door"—satirizing how people ignore performers' skills for mundane requests. **"None of Your Cheap Tricks, Sadie Thomson"**: A dialogue between two men mocking someone (likely a real person or type) who constantly whistles or makes noise, with references to "East Bicycle" and drinking. **"Radio Microphones for Back-Seat Drivers"**: Mock advertisement ridiculing backseat drivers by suggesting microphones to broadcast their constant instructions and complaints to other cars—satirizing this universal social nuisance. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows a crowded social gathering where someone mentions "a Notary Public here"—unclear specific reference but likely mocks pretentious or overly formal social situations.
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Not Even Amazed Nobody laughed when I stepped up to the piano, The second pay- ment was months overdue and I had come to take it back. aid one reformer to another: “Let's go out and paint the town ' BLUE.” We shall never rest until we ] solve the problem of where Pull- | man porters get all the dust that they put in their whisk brooms. NONE OF YOUR CHEAP TREKS AROUND HERE, SADIE THOMPSON 1) Well, pipple, here's another | pkg. man Perelman, and I don't seeds ‘om Congress- mean begonias ayther. why do you always blo whistle so many limes when we asked the “Be- nots is my gal’s pet pass East Bicycle?” fireman of the Century. cause name cheezed the engineer, doubling into tights for the finale. Lay off, Dempsey, I'm punch-drunk right now. “Say, Doc, can you cure a cold, quick? Rapto Micrornones ror Bacx-Seat Drivers. Deflect instructions into ex- haust pipe, where they are carried off with other hot air. “T understood there was a Notary Public here.” I've lost my handkerchief!” comicbooks.com