Judge, 1930-07-12 · page 4 of 36
Judge — July 12, 1930 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two unrelated pieces: **Top cartoon**: A slapstick driving scene captioned "Hey! Get off there!" shows a car careening dangerously with passengers flying about. The humor is straightforward physical comedy about reckless motoring—a common satire subject in the early automobile era when driving was still novel and accidents frequent. **Bottom section**: "Helping Hands" is a domestic humor piece about sunburned skin care. A character advises against treating a sunburn with cold cream, citing someone who got worse. The dialogue mocks well-meaning but counterproductive advice. This represents typical Judge humor: exaggerated domestic situations and interpersonal mishaps with no apparent political content. Both pieces use slapstick and conversational humor typical of Judge's general entertainment focus.
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JUDGE Get offa’ there!” “Hey! Murphy beds that open out for the summer months. Helping Hands When you're good and sunburned Wee. how did I know? Gees, I just sort of laid my hand your shoulder, anyway, You 1 have been killed, yelling like that. “What're you doing for it—cold cream? Why, that's all wrong. —just softens you up so’s you'll have to get burned all over again next time. Ought to just leave it as it was.” Sure “Hmm, I'd be pretty careful. of that. I knew a lad once whe ase of it that he ran ir monia and cashed in. His didn’t look much worse than yours to start with, either.” “Why in the name of Pete did you around all day in a bathing suit, I thought only kids did that— did you check your brains along with your clothes?” “Lifeguards all use olive oil— y go out. Sure, that's the only safe way to risk it. Of course. you smell like a Romaine salad and nobody wants you around except the but it’s probably worth it, at “Oh, you'll get over this in time. Trouble is, when you can only get out ends you have te ame terrible frying eac I'd rather look like pale boo! keeper and have my health, T guess —Stancey Jones. comicbooks.com