Judge, 1931-10-10 · page 11 of 36
Judge — October 10, 1931 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon - "Interview":** This satirizes sensationalist journalism. A reporter interviews Signor Potpourri (an Italian pianist arriving in New York), but the pianist speaks minimal English ("zat ees," "do not spik"). The reporter manufactures inflammatory headlines anyway—twisting bland answers into scandal stories about "Artist Scores Babbitts," "Great Lover Bares All," and claims about the depression. The joke: journalists fabricate sensational narratives regardless of what subjects actually say. The byline "—A.C.S." credits the cartoonist. **Bottom Cartoon - "Ah-h—L'Ardente Nuit!":** Depicts what appears to be a theatrical or operatic scene with exaggerated figures, likely mocking overwrought European dramatic performance. **"News from the North":** A humorous commentary on the Wilkins Arctic expedition's media coverage. It satirizes newspapers devoting enormous space (34,568 columns) to expedition "findings" that are absurdly obvious or irrelevant—water freezes, no restaurants exist in the Arctic, poker hand rankings don't change, etc. The satire targets both the expedition's self-importance and media's hunger for exotic adventure stories.
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Interview Signor Potpourri, eminent pianist, battles the on his arrival in N PREPORTER — What's your first impression of America, Signor? Signor—Why, er... zat ees... 1 do not spi . Rep. stuff. “Artist Scores Babbitts. Hits Machine A, do you think of the American. girl, Si Rep: —Hot stuff. “Great Lover Bares All. Casanova of the Keyboard Confesses Conquests.”. How does pro- hibition strike you, Signor? Sig.—I do not spik... a hot one, “No Do you —A scoop. “Houdini of the Ivories says Mass Production of Mov- ies Menace to Civilizatio: your opinion of the depression, Si- nor? Sig.—Why, er... zat ees... 1 do not, Re yreat § ~ “Eminent Pi- anist says Prosperity Just Around the .” Thank you, Signor, tha y you. You'll have a great tour. “Now, Martin, give Mr. Ganz the wishbone, things haven't been going so well with him of late!!” News from the North Nev that the Wilkins sub-arctic polar expedition has safely re- turned from the Arctic, the first scien- tific findings may be announced to a waiting world. The expedition, besides consuming 34,568 columns of newspaper space, discovered that: Water freezes at a temperature of grees above zero. sre isn’t a single Childs restau rant from Bergen, Norway, to the North Pole. Three cights beat a pair of kings all over the world. Eskimos are apathetic toward the invention of the electric refrigerator. There are too few repair shops in Spitzbergen. Palm Beach suits are unnecessary on a trip of Arctic exploration. Bluefish (Pomatomus — saltatrir), soft-shelled crabs (Callinectes sapi- dus), and Rocky Mountain trout (Salmo purpuratus) never swim along “Ah-h—L’Ardente Nuit!” the bottom of the Arctic seas. comicbooks.com