Judge, 1928-12-08 · page 12 of 36
Judge — December 8, 1928 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page collects several joke formats typical of Judge's humor. The cartoons mock everyday situations: an alarm clock that startles sleepers, a hat-trying-on mishap in a shop, and marital tension ("hide your pistol; I'm commencing to feel petulant"). The "Jest in Pun" section satirizes animal-related wordplay. It references "Our Dumb Friends" week and makes puns on animal terminology: a cow's "birth-control platform" failing in elections, a mare bride who is "foaling" (pun: "only fooling"), and a kitten bride expecting "kittens" (pun on "kitten"). The humor relies heavily on double meanings between animal reproduction terms and human situations. One joke mocks a girl friend's confusion between real insects and slang terms ("humbug," "sewing-bee," "devil's darning needle"). The overall tone is light domestic humor aimed at 1920s-30s readers, combining visual gags with wordplay. The editor's note acknowledges pushing boundaries but remaining "not too darn lewdicrous."
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JUDGE ST Alarm clock on end of bed that sounds like auto klazon, always per leap out of bed immediately. Oxr Customer (to another)—Pardon me, if you're finished trying on my hat, I should like to have it back. | “Van Dyke, love, you'd better hide your pistol; I’m com- mencing to feel petulant.” | Jest in Pun This is “Our Dumb Friends” Week, and here's a new kine of joke (a low kine, as though) ... Mrs, Jersey—Poor Mrs. Hol- stein is disconsolate over | birth-control platform failing to win her the election. Mrs. G certainly ambitious to become a big political bossy. A. broken cows... Or, not a cawlf in a carload. usual, rrnsey—Yes, she was heart and a lost That reminds me, did I tell you about the young mare bride who shyly told her husband that a little stranger was on the way? Why, she was only foaling, after all, Right here I got sort of too enthusiastic, and the one that. was next got blue-penciled. The edi- tor says it's all right to try and be funny, but not to go getting too darn lewdicrous. Let’s turn to a lighter vein... She Firefly—I never want to see you again! Tim Firefly—AMl right, dearie, you glow your way and I'll glow mine! That puts me in mind of a cer- tain girl friend of mine who's so blah-blah she isn’t sure whether a humbug is a mosquito or bumble-bee. She also thinks th wing-bee” is another n for a “devil's darning needle. She's the same one who has the idea that a courtroom is a parlor with all the lights turned out and ma and pa gone to the movies. Oh, by the way, did I tell you about the young cat bride who shyly told her husband that some little strangers were on the way? Why, she was only kitten, after alles. ss Don't fire me, Mr. Editor, I did it for the wife and kitties! —Jaguita comicbooks.com