Judge, 1930-07-19 · page 6 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two unrelated pieces of humor: **"The Radio Announcer Gets a Seagoing Job"** presents a radio broadcaster awkwardly transitioning to announcing a ship's sinking. The humor relies on the announcer's breathless, overly enthusiastic radio delivery style applied to an actual maritime disaster—the ship *Worczantic* is going down. The joke satirizes radio announcers' exaggerated professionalism and artificial excitement, contrasting their studio patter with a genuine emergency where such tone-deafness becomes absurd. **"Athletes Phut"** comments on the difficulty of operating motorboats and starting outboard motors, concluding with a jab at hitchhikers obscuring roadside advertising signs. Both pieces are brief, topical humor reflecting 1920s-30s American leisure culture and emerging mass media conventions.
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The Radio Announcer Gets a Seagoing Job “(000 eventna, folks G here we are !... This is | the good ship Wozzantic, the Queen of the Seven Seas, and she’s some | ship, what I mean. ... We've an im- portant announcement to make to ght. ... Hello, George! . .. Folks, I wish you could see George. He's standing here in the radio room, and I n tell from the look on his 4 little blonde he left on the pier back in New York. ... Okay, George! Ha- Well, folks, [ don’t blame him. little blonde sure is the niftiest. . . . Well, well, Mister Olsen! Folks, Ole Olsen, the first. officer of the Wowzantic, just dropped into the stu 7 | dic certainly glad to see him. ... We have quite a crowd here. Bystaxpen—Hold tight, mister, and I'll get you a bathin’ suit! . Well, nig I see Mr. McGlimpff, one of the dis- tinguished owners of our line... . Well, we've a lot of prominent folks on the Wowzantic and they're all try- ing to crowd in here and they're pretty e . Hello, Eddy nervous, Eddy h you could be here, folks. ainly is an interesting trip and full of surprises. I'm going to tell you about them in just a moment. But first I think we'll I a little hot music from the ship’s orchestra. ...No?... All right, boys. ... Ah, here's the captain, ... Evening, skip- per!... Kind of dusty on the old At- lantic tonight, isn’t it? ... Ha-ha-ha! ... Well, folks, everyone seems to be here now, so I'm going to make that announcement I told you about... . } Tl e been trying to hurry me, but . +. Well, I guess we're all ready, aren't we? ... Folks, I'm sure you'll all be interested to know that the Wowzantic is sinking. . When the | musical note of the ship's gong is | heard in eleven more seconds we will turn the microphone over to the cap- tain, who will broadcast an S O S. ... Ready. ... Mark time... . Bong! Captain Svensen!” —Curt Jounson Athletes Phut In outboard motorboat racing you have to keep putting your best phut forward. Even 50, it’s easier to paddle your own canoe than it is to get an out- board motor started. And now we can’t even sce the sign boards along the road on account of “You were right, Joe—those were the women’s bath houses!” hitch hikers. comicbooks.com