Judge, 1929-06-08 · page 11 of 36
Judge — June 8, 1929 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several brief humorous pieces typical of early-to-mid 20th century American humor: **Top cartoon**: A slapstick scene where a large baseball pitcher has lost control, with the caption "What's wrong with this pitcher?" The humor plays on the double meaning—a person versus a container. **Middle cartoon**: A desert scene with a broken-down automobile and a whale, illustrating an absurd situation where a man named Jonah claims he can't escape because his wife won't believe the story. This references the Biblical Jonah and the whale, turning it into domestic comedy. **Text jokes**: Brief one-liners about Scottish stinginess ("It's an ill Scotchman that blows anybody to anything"), a deaf lip-reader confused by a talking movie, and a stuttering man choking on alphabetical soup. The page's opening section contains playful romantic banter about a boyfriend's weight relative to an engine's weight—suggesting he's heavy and would need transport home. The overall tone is light, domestic, and pun-based—typical of *Judge's* approach to American humor.
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JUDGE (a) The boy friend weighs 150 pounds. (b) An engine weighs 26 tons. Figure it out for yourself, and remember to bring along a paper bag to take Dan home in, like a pretty tense moment in the picture, doesn't it? I should hope to kiss a pig, it looks like a pretty tense moment. (Of course, I rea ly don’t hope to kiss a pig as lo as I have you, dear; it's just : figure of speech.) If you wanted to make sure about Dan, you might hide on a near-by trestle and throw boul- ders at him or look daggers at him or annoy him with anonymous let- What's wrong with this pitcher? ters while he’s sleeping there on the ties. If T know anything about men, they hate to be waked up every ten minutes by the post- man’s shrill whistle and handed anonymous letters. On second thought, Gretchen, I find that I will be passing through Nainsook about the fif teenth of next month. If you can't find anybody to help you, I will be glad to tie you down and even sit on you until the train comes along. And I won't take a cent for it, so let's not embarrass cach other by mentioning money. Glad at any time to take a couple of good turns around an old friend. Regards to Comrades Lu nacharsky, Braithwaite and Man- delbaum, Love and kisses, —PrreLMan “There, | hear that rattle again; one of the fenders must be Bound to be! loote: It’s an ill Scotchman that blows anybody to anything. “Know the adage about ‘de- What is it?” “Variety is despise of lift Then there was the deaf mute who was an accomplished lip reader. He attended a_ talking movie show and got ahead of the story. And then we h: the stutter- Wuarr—aAren’t you going to get off? ing man who choked eating alpha- Jonau—I had every intention of it—but just think of trying betical soup. to make my wife believe this! comicbooks.com