Judge, 1932-04-23 · page 12 of 36
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# "Financial Warnings" — Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This page presents three-panel satirical comics by P. Fish mocking a business called "Bridge Lessons Inc." The cartoons employ the recurring threat "The receiver's gonna get you if you don't watch out!"—a parody of the children's poem "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." Each panel targets different targets of financial mismanagement during what appears to be the Great Depression era: 1. **Panel 1**: Business associates wasting resources (throwing out beans) 2. **Panel 2**: A trolley operator (Michael K. O'Flaherty) refusing passengers to avoid paying the receiver, diverting fare revenue 3. **Panel 3**: Overweight men representing failed entertainment/management The satire warns that financial irresponsibility invites bankruptcy receivers to seize assets. The accompanying "Blight" section includes economic commentary: mocking the Farm Board's ineffectiveness and joking that economic desperation has reduced hitchhikers to flagging bicycles instead of cars. The humor relies on Depression-era anxiety about business failure and receivership.
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Financial Warr BRIDGE ISTER Tony Esposito who de- LESSONS) y . -& Meiers us our green . I beheld your r ste throwing out a pound of beans Do you realize such wastefulness is very, very bad, That your ts must be hoarded or your finish will be sad? So unless you teach that underliny just what it's all about The receiver's gonna yet you if you don't watch out! Mist Michael K. O'Flaherty of Trolley 24: Early Monc as you passed me you refused to ope the door. You increased your motive power and you sped right past the spot, Thus diverting one good nickel from the pa -enter slot. If you keep up such indifference, be- f yond the slightest doubt BRIDGE yond the slightest doub The receiver's yonna yet you if you LESSONS don’t watch out! Ine. } IsTeR Radio Director running. ion P.U.D.3 Do you know your famous barytonc xoes flat on middle C? That the syncopated orchestras that make your nightly f Give the poorest entertainment beiny offered on the air? If your pro s y as feeble, if the publ you flout The receiver’s gonna get you if you don’t watch out! Dottie in rs. Arthur Leo Lippmann— who share my board and bed I regret to state our balance sheet is urly in the red, ordingly I'm hoping, my sa- ous mate and dear, That your former summer wardrobe BRIOGE : will be adequate this LESS ONS For unless we woo economy with fer- ruts r é vor that’s devout f The receiver’s gonna get us if we don’t watch out! P.FISH —ARTHUR L. LIPPMANN Blight During March farm prices showed an increase for the first time in nine months. Well, just leave the Farm Board on the job and they’ll correct this. And it won't be long now before Congress taxes our patience. Times are so tough that the hitch- hikers are flagging bicycles. comicbooks.com