Judge, 1929-02-02 · page 24 of 36
Judge — February 2, 1929 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features two cartoons and a column of puns and one-liners by "Jaquita." **Top cartoon**: A playwright tells his companion not to worry about their predicament—they've "got into the Milky Way." The joke plays on a theatrical writer seeing real-life drama as potential "material for my second act," suggesting artists exploit life's misfortunes for entertainment. **Bottom cartoon** (by Donald McKee): A husband reassures his alarmed wife they're merely in the "Milky Way"—a euphemism for being lost or confused, likely referencing the Milky Way candy bar or the cosmic term as slang. The "Jest in Pun" column consists of groan-worthy wordplay jokes: puns on "Cheops" (cheap), "stoke hole" (stoke/joke), "amphibian" (am-a-liar), and "rays-horse" (race-horse). The author self-mockingly admits these jokes are weak material gathered randomly, used to fill space between more substantial content to justify payment.
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“Don’t say a word, Peggy, this is just the material I want for my second act.” Hesnaxo—Don't he alarmed, my dear. We've got into the Milky Way, that’s all. Jest in Pun ] I picked these jokes up at Random, North Carolina, and it’s g « difficult to tie them up as per usual. Ancient Eqyptian Pyramid Builder—Now, as for that tomb over there Second A, E. P. B—Let's not talk Cheops. But if I don’t say something in between jokes [lose money... . Announcer for lady acrobat act: Give this little gal a hand on her remarkable feat! And not even my readers would like to see me not break even on the week’s work, I'm sure... . Sentence with “stoke hole” .. “Brrr! It stoke hole to go out to-day!” Beeause, after all, a erack writer is only a crack writer, and that doesn't noan “expert writer,” by any means ... oh, my, no... Have you heard about the new treatment they're using on the ponies? Well, one owner says he’s let ing to call his nag “Vio- because she's a rays-horse. Yes. sir, I certainly am going to have to change the ribbon on this typewriter pretty soon... . If I'd put this one before the last I'd almost have had some conncetion. ... Uncle Harvey has taken to writing for the maga- zines, and he always does his manuscripts on fly-paper, because he says it’s his story and he’s go: ing to stick to it. (Thanx, E. G., for that one.) Sentence with “amphibian”... So you think I amphibian, do you? Well, I can prove it!” Well Xmas best vicious for a Merry da Happy New Yeo —Jaguira comicbooks.com