Judge — December 12, 1931 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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# "Making Jello Nervous" — Judge Magazine Cartoon This is a single-panel cartoon satirizing the work of a judicial officer or judge. The central figure seated on an elevated bench presides over a courtroom in chaos—literally. Lawyers, documents, furniture, and people are flying through the air around the room, suggesting the disruptive nature of legal proceedings. The title's pun—"Making Jello Nervous"—plays on "Judge" and the gelatin dessert's notorious instability when jostled. The cartoon jokes that judges preside over inherently chaotic, turbulent environments where order constantly collapses into disorder. It's satirizing either judicial incompetence, courtroom mayhem, or simply the absurd unpredictability of legal proceedings that supposedly aim for order and justice.