Judge, 1929-09-21 · page 4 of 36
Judge — September 21, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The main cartoon depicts chaos on a theater "talkie" (sound film) set—a cow loudly moos, causing pandemonium among actors and crew. The satire targets early sound-film technology's unpredictability: unlike silent films, live sound recordings captured unexpected noises that ruined takes. The joke's timing suggests this is from the late 1920s when "talkies" were revolutionary but technically unreliable. The lower cartoon shows someone being ejected from what appears to be a theater or venue, with the caption about "yapping"—likely commenting on disruptive audience behavior during sound films. The "Commuter" jokes and "Dilley's Dictionary" are unrelated satirical commentary on contemporary life and language, typical of Judge magazine's format mixing multiple humor segments per page.
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Dilley’s Dictionary Ahode—Long flat piece of wood in which carpenters drive nails. Abuttal—An encounter between two armies in time of war. Acrostic—An angry insect. Apposition—A job drawing a good salary. Asymmetry—Where the under- taker will drive you one of these days. Borough—To procure the loan of something. Calory—That part of a theatre where the lower priced seats are located. Consort—A musical perform- ance by a number of voices or in- struments or both. —James L. Dittey Commuter Nitt—You didn’t get to Eu- rope this summer, did you? Witt—No; but I made ten trips to Canada, You can lead a horse to water, if you can find a horse and some water, If the production of autos keeps increasing, it will soon come to the point where a driver will have to go to the tratfic bureau and get his pedestrian as- signed to him! A Scotchman, who had recently become religious, sat down to re- vise his Bible. ‘The first sentence he crossed out was “My cup run- neth over.” Maybe it’s only a coincidence that all burlesque houses and ex- pensive revues open in the fall . +. Which is also chestnut time. Then there was the showboat owner whose troupe was com- posed of all his children—he bred his cast upon the waters. The height of something or other is to tip an usher after he escorts you to the door for creat- ing a disturbance. “ ‘Sure, I said to myself—‘when they start gyppin’ you—it’s time to get out!"”