Judge, 1930-08-23 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 23, 1930 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two unrelated pieces of humor typical of Judge's 1920s content: **"Just the Best Time"** is a humorous anecdote about a young woman's day trip to Coney Island with her boyfriend Jack. The joke relies on absurdist humor and puns: when they visit a freak show, Jack makes bad jokes (calling the "girl with elephant legs" an "elephant" who "never forgets"; suggesting the rubber-skinned man needs "tree leaves" to become a rubber plant). The humor is lighthearted, situational comedy about dating and tourist attractions—typical of the era's casual entertainment writing. **"A Rash Moment"** is a poem by Carroll Carroll about a vacation memory of lying in hay, now ruined by the realization he had an allergic reaction (poison ivy). It's gentle, ironic verse. **The cartoons** include one about weight-loss advertisement and another about someone entering a tree-sitting championship. These are simple visual gags with minimal political or social commentary—mostly recreational humor for a general audience. The page reflects Judge's balance between satirical commentary and light entertainment pieces.
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pre , ean Nene “Pack all your troubles in your old kit-bay.” Just the Best Time *Fostst. Mamie, yesterday Tand Jack went to Con Island, and we had just the best time. First: we had a couple of hot dogs and then we went swimming. Then we sat in the sand and we got talking to a couple: which was sitting near us, and it turned out that she was in Gumbles’ ribbon department. When [ told her I was in sheer hosiery at Levine's, she said, “That just shows you what a small place the world is after all. Imagine, I ind you meeting for the first time and you might say we ire in the same profession.” Then Jack said, “Yeah, and I suppose if you found out that you both liked to sleep at night you would say, ‘Ain't that funny, that we should both like to do the same things?’ Jack certainly is a card. Then we went to a freak show outside in a box selling tickets and hollering, “Come in and see the girl with the elephant legs: come in and look at the man with the rubber skin; come in and see the fattest lady in the world...” So we went in and we had the best time. peanuts with us and Jack wanted to feed peanuts to the girl with the ele- phant legs. The girl says, “Run along, Big Boy, or I will elephant you.” We walked ¢ nd there was a man We had some and Jack says, “That girl will always remember me.” T asked him why, and he says, “An elephant never forgets.” Then we stopped in front of the man with the rubber skin and J says, “T bet when he was a kid he a bouncing baby. All he needs is ¢ f es sprouting outa his head and he could sell himself as a rubber I thought I'd die. Then we watched the fat lady. She weighed 389 pounds. “They ought to blow her up and hitch an engine on her,” Jack said. “I bet she could cross the ocean faster than the Zep- pelin?” The fat lady said, “Here you are, mister; buy a picture of me for your Enpvrance Frier—Don’t bother. I've decided to go in for the tree- girl, and (Continued on page 2%) JUDGE A Rash Moment Cr tp I forget that afternoon I lay— Lay as the sun shown down— Deep and content in new-mown hay, Now that I’m back in town, Could I forget that afternoon, I say, Now my vacation’s through, I'd go along the same old way Doing what I've to do. It’s not that my mind can't’ release the dre: That that day filled my head: It’s this, the hay was a part, it seems, Of a poison-iv ns —Cannoit Cannone Bedua ONS | pULe Beal . NEIGH & sitting championship. comicbooks.com