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Judge — October 27, 1928 — page 34: Judge, 1928-10-27

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**Left panel ("Alec the Great"):** A series of comic strips depicting a large, muscular man (likely a football player or athlete named Alec) coaching smaller figures through football plays. The humor appears to rest on his overconfidence—calling this ordinary play "a great moment in history" while his small charges struggle with basic interference blocking. **Right panel ("The Boy Who Made Good"):** A dialogue between two men discussing a successful Broadway lyricist. The piece satirizes the formulaic nature of popular song-writing of the era—heavy reliance on simple rhyming couplets (love/dove, moon/spoon) and novelty lyrics for stage shows. The "Big Boy" character represents the ambitious songwriter who's found commercial success through catchy, if artistically modest, songwriting. The humor mocks both the low artistic bar and the character's self-aware acknowledgment that he's "not kidding himself" about his work's quality. Both pieces reflect early 20th-century popular entertainment: sports culture and Broadway song production.

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