Judge, 1928-08-11 · page 7 of 36
Judge — August 11, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of "Judge" Page **Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** An amateur hunter threatens another man with a gun, asking "Are you gonna throw up your hands or have I gotta try somebody else?" This satirizes incompetent amateur hunters—likely a commentary on hunting season safety or the absurdity of untrained civilians with firearms. **Middle Story ("The Cold Prospect"):** A job applicant claims Arctic and polar expedition experience to qualify for a theater manager position. The employer offers him a refrigerated movie palace job. This mocks either exaggerated job applicant claims or the novelty of early air-conditioning in theaters—suggesting someone's overqualifications are mismatched to mundane modern work. **Bottom Cartoon:** A "Good Samaritan Towing Service" vehicle comically rescues tangled passengers, captioned "But you ought to see what I did to the other fellows!" This jokes about reckless towing or rescue services causing more chaos than help.
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a ee) = =) La AW ease JUDGE Asarevu—aAre you gonna throw up your hands or have I gotta try somebody else? The Cold Prospect It was a torrid day July and the employment man. yer was sweltering swung around in his swivel ¢ “What leads you to believe 3 qualified for this position sked the applicant. irs in the Arctic, sir, irs in South Polar ex- ploration, “Your letter of application states you are hardy and not like- ly to suffer from prolonged ex posure to low temperatures.” During the Olsen North Polar i as adrift on an ice en days and only suffered a running nose. While with one of the Amundsen parties I was lost in a blizzard for a month and only contracted a slight case of sniftes, 1 on the snow during t tic night with only a th between me and the A 3 Sunday, all year ‘round, 1 bathe in the ocean. The colder the day the better I like it. I take ice cold showers every morning, sleep out of doors all winter—” “That's enough, When can you start to worl “Immediately, sir.” “The job is yours. card to Mr. Thompson, of the Amusu Theatre fri -d- movie palace with an Arctic temperature—and tell him. you're the new orchestra usher.” —Antion L. Livestann Comicbooks.com