Judge, 1928-06-30 · page 11 of 37
Judge — June 30, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page collects brief satirical jokes and comic vignettes typical of early 20th-century American humor. The jokes target domestic life, new technology, and social pretension: **Key satire themes:** - **Transatlantic telephone**: Mocks the novelty of long-distance calling and class anxieties about who might use it - **"Childless Home"**: Dark humor about orphan adoption as casual social obligation - **"Pure Silver"**: Satirizes Scottish stinginess (a common ethnic stereotype of the era) - **"The Difference"**: Compares phonographs vs. radios—phonographs wear out from repetitive play; radio broadcasts fade quickly - **"Vacation Guide"**: Cynical joke about tourist destinations being unwelcoming - **"Phone Booth"**: Dodging creditors via telephone—reflects Depression-era financial anxiety - **Medieval references**: Arthurian legend jokes appear garbled/nonsensical, typical of period puns The overall tone is genteel, somewhat cynical humor aimed at middle-class readers, with period-typical ethnic stereotyping.
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JUDGE Ask Me Another Who ll be the first: imbecile say “Guess who this is” over the transatlantic telephone? As the bank president said to the safe cracker, “My vault, old man The Childless Home Here, vou keep a waif from O. K. Vil see you orphan on. “What do you mean, you in fernal scoundrel—you've bent my wife's bustle!” And Can Opener First Wife—Your hus- hand told my husband he never got any home cook- Why, It's lucky I d the labels to prove otherwise ! Pure Silver A Scotch couple were wz their silver old friend came a sented them with a lock of his hair. Girl's: Astigmatism. The Difference a phonograph it's You buy a record and dur ing the next ten years you hear it over and over ¢ thousand times. different; you only he: six or seven hundred time then of course it doesn’t last for ten months, let alone ten years. In the Phone Booth “What number, please?” “Any number will do; I just came in here to duck a creditor.” “Famous Wisecracks” Tue Herr or Decertion Taking advantage of his Best song “Famous Wiseeracks” Vacation Guide If you don't know where to spend your va cation, take a imap, shut your eves and stick a pin t. | Wherever the pin sticks they can stick yeu, Sir Galahad—Who was thatte ladve I saw ye with on ye streete last nighte ? Sir Launcelot— Thatte was no street—thatte was Elaine. The old leg-of-mutton sleeves would certainly have been be coming to a bootleqger'’s lady. comicbooks.com