Judge — January 16, 1932 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of "Little Known Occupations: Tuning Cuckoo Clocks" This cartoon satirizes an absurdly obscure profession. The title suggests "tuning cuckoo clocks" as a legitimate occupation, when it's actually ridiculous—cuckoo clocks don't require tuning like musical instruments. The scene depicts whimsical characters in a pastoral setting apparently engaged in this nonsensical task. One figure appears to be a uniformed official or judge (given the page header "JUDGE"), observing or supervising the activity. The humor lies in the contrast between presenting this as a serious "little known occupation" while the image's fantastical quality reveals the absurdity. It's satirizing pretentious or invented professions, or possibly mocking bureaucratic oversight of trivial matters. The artist is Forbell (signature visible).