Judge, 1929-09-28 · page 9 of 36
Judge — September 28, 1929 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **Top cartoon**: A couple in bed; one says they'll need an extra blanket. The joke plays on double meaning—likely implying either cold weather or marital awkwardness. **"All Request" article**: Satirizes early radio programming by proposing an absurdly pretentious classical music broadcast featuring performers with silly names ("Wee Willie Pomade," "Freddy Goop" on musical saw). The editorial note mocks the author's confidence in this proposal, sarcastically suggesting he'll "listen-in attentively" before fleeing to the Amazon—implying the program would be unbearably tedious. This reflects 1920s-30s anxiety about radio's cultural impact. **"Dilley's Dictionary"**: Absurdist humor presenting deliberately wrong definitions (Cricket = inlet; Deduce = Mussolini; Halter = armed sentry). Pure wordplay comedy. **Bottom cartoon**: Three men in a rowboat miss a river bend, illustrating male incompetence at navigation—a common satirical trope. The Listerine reference parodies contemporary advertising claims about social embarrassment and hygiene products.
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JUDGE “1 think we'll need the extra blanket tonight, Haskins!” “All Request” (The writer of this article of- fers below what he confidently believes will be the most popular radio program ever devised. He will have it broadcast at his own expense, will listen-in attentively until the last lingering note softly dicd away and then t himself off for the deepest jun- gles of the Amazon.) Choice bits of persiflage to open the program by your an- nouncer, G Orchestra: The Wa netonka, Soprano solo: Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark. With bird-calls. accompaniment by Miss “Mickey” Dougal. Hollingsworth Werrantraub, baritone: The Road to Manda- lay; Danny Deever. Orchestra: The Blue Danube Waltz. “Wee Willie” Pomade, tenor: Little Gypsy Swectheart; Pale Hands I Lov Orchestra Water Lily. Soprano solo: Call; My Hero. Hal McGinnis, popular tenor: At Dawning: Toa Indian Love Freddy Goop, musical saw: Mother Machree. Mischa Greenbaum, seven-year- old violinist: Meditation from is; accompanied by _ little —Axnent G. Macaviay Exasrenare Prexrocket— For the love o’ Mike! Where do you keep your ticket? “Boys, I think we must o’ missed that last bend in the river somewhere.” Dilley’s Dictionary Cricket—A small inlet or stream. Curtail—The appendage at the hindmost part of a dog. Deduce—Mussolin Dogma—A female canine with pups. Doze—The quantity of med to be taken at one time. Envy—A diplomatic agent below n ambassador, Etch—To feel an irritation of the skin, Example—Hen fruit apl Florist—A carpenter's who puts in floors. Foist—Before all others. Foreground—A golf course. Foundry—The receiving end of a lost and found department. Fowling-piece—A_ baseball bat. Fuzzy—Inclined to grumble; ty, fretful. Gush—(slan, of surprise. Halter—An armed sentry. Barrier—One who raises hares. J.L. D. —An_ expression Sadder Yet We know of a fellow who didn’t use Listerine, and he was really worse off than the fellow in the advertisement who had to play solitaire. This fellow didn’t know how to play it and he couldn't get anybody to teach him,