Judge, 1929-01-26 · page 9 of 34
Judge — January 26, 1929 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page is a humor compilation from Judge magazine featuring jokes and cartoons about topical 1920s subjects. **Main text**: A writer humorously offers to sell 10,000 unused jokes accumulated over his career. He notes that 4,000 jokes about Prohibition are now worthless since the 18th Amendment will soon be repealed (suggesting this was written around 1933). Other categories include outdated references: 81 channel-swimming jokes, 314 jokes about the songs "Ramona" and "Laugh, Clown, Laugh," and jokes about Rev. John Roach Straton and Senator Heflin (religious and political figures of that era). **Cartoons**: - Top: A pool hall scene with double entendres about romance - Middle: A biblical reference joke about Lot's wife ("salt in my stew") - Bottom: A humorous chart showing "books for different professions" (lawyers, mechanics, students, etc.) The satire mocks how quickly topical humor becomes stale once cultural references fade.
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a | JUDGE Ten Thousand Jokes For Sale (Not One Has Ever Been Used) Owing to lack of storage space I wish to get rid of about ten thousand assorted jokes which I have accumulated) during — my joke writer. These jokes have never been used: and they probably never will be. Four thousand of these jokes are about Prohibition. I wish to get rid of them immediately may not be any career as aj they from now, since that time the Eighteenth Ame it will have been led. 1 said four thou sand jokes; but that inakes it four thousand and one, Eighty-one of these items are about channel swimming. A dol- lar and a quarter takes the lot. and included gratis is a group consisting of fourteen Eskimo Pie thirty-one variations on Who Was ‘That Lady?, fifty It Must Been Two Other Fellas (making a total of one hundred Other Fellas), nine about Mayor Hylan (may have future 7 bilities), half a dozen Cross Word Puzzle witticisms. and the last of the old Ford cracks. Three hundred and fourteen Ramona and Laugh, Clown, gh overset remarks are con- 1ined in this collection, They can be used by changing to Sonny Boy. It is interesting to note that no Radio jokes are on hand. They all invariably used up as fast as they can be written. Thirty-cight Rev. John Roach Straton and Senator Heflin jokes can be had for the asking. What's the use of holding on to the old about this pair, when they available for fresh mate rT ahead of the time. What am I offered for this col lection? Newspaper columnists, please don’t answer, —R. C. O'Brien ssi- are ones are ways They are two jumps jokesmiths all the New version: Don’t step on that diamond—it might be Mabel Boll! “A sentence with the word ‘artesian,’ ” “Oh, Ma artesian the Johnny and Jimmy baby! “OH, MORRIS, DON'T RACK YOUR BRAINS THE POOL PLAYER'S PARAMOUR Oh, Dr. Bratcher, pipe us a stave on your collodion! Menenaxt—"T must have this note renex possible!” Siux Moxoru—‘Say, Charlie, silky business?" Baxnen OF course not IMPLORED Stik rd!” Baxken—*Im you ever in the Sink Vexpor— T left my starch standing in the rain and my sugar melted away. Z Zz ~s “Well, dearie, you are no in my stew—” Now we know how Mrs. Lot's husband passed off an em- barrassing situation, MESe FoR] FoR THe Fo Lover’ MECHANIC FoR THE STUDENT —you're the salt EG comicbooks.com