Judge, 1928-10-27 · page 24 of 36
Judge — October 27, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous college-oriented satirical pieces from 1929-1930. The main cartoon depicts Hollywood producers planning publicity stunts for a college star—satirizing the film industry's manufactured image-making. The other jokes target contemporary figures and concerns: - **Senator Heflin/O.O. McIntyre/Jimmie Walker**: References to public figures whose behavior contradicts their public personas or stated positions - **Prohibition**: Still a contentious political issue (the 18th Amendment, enacted 1920) - **Lucky Strike cigarettes**: Mockery of advertising claims about product superiority - **Gene Tunney**: The famous boxer, referenced in "Famous Last Words" The "Graham Cracker's All-American Football Team" is a pun-based joke listing colleges disguised as player names (Yale's "Locke," St. Mary's "Bells," etc.). These are typical Judge satires targeting Prohibition enforcement failures, celebrity hypocrisy, and advertising dishonesty—issues resonating with 1920s-30s readers but largely obscure today without historical context.
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— JUDGE BEHIND THE SCEN The Hollywood Board of Strategy meets to determine the wheezes to be painted on the college star's slicker. —Maxim Gittin, C. C. N.Y. '29 This The college man was preparing to check out at the hotel. He col- leeted the bed linen, light globe, towels, ¢ and packed) them As he opened the eves caught into his g door on going the notice: * have you forgotten any * ‘The college ma went back and got the Gideon Bible! —L. A. Mottey, Jr., Virginia "29 Graham Cracker’s All-Amer- ican Football Team Left End—Locke of Yale. Left} Guard— Bells of St. Mary's. Left Tackle—Aisle of Man hattan. Center—Weston, Union. Right T: —Puft, Rie Right Guard—Spanish, Maine. Right End—Dee, Bates. Quarter Back—Migh, Mary- land. Left Half—Darke, Brown. Right Half—Engin, Knox. s—George, Washing- Ank Lynn Parke, Fordham °32 We'll Believe in Miracles When Senator Heflin buys a | brown derby. When O. O. MeIntyre goes li to the old home town he loves so much, Jimmie Walker appears in public in bi y trousers. When prohibition is enforced. When Luckies are chosen in a Blindfold Test. When this is printed. —Antitun Sirversratr, Harvard ‘30 IN GREA T INDUSTRIES Such Neighbors Tenant—1 wish you would speak to the people upstairs. | morning at three o'clock they were jumping up and down and banging the floor. I won't | stand for such disturbances. Landlord—How did you hap- pen to hear them at that time of | I was practicing on | my saxophone, —Raovt Buumpers, Yale '20 Famous Last Words Mr. Tunney, would you and Mrs. Tunney ‘mind posing for a per photograph? —Banny Manon Catholie U. "29 Two college boys out for an erring. —Bervece Govro, Stanford '31 Rewiawe tuew “Will you have a toasted marshmallow?” ‘aw, I eat mine raw.” ‘ash! Ain't you tough.” —Row.anp Lyon, George Washington U. '29 comicbooks.com