Judge, 1933-02 · page 4 of 38
Judge — February 1933 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("A Radio Humorist"):** This depicts a judge or authority figure surrounded by stacks of publications, overwhelmed by "Humoresque Publications." The satire targets radio comedians who rely on recycled, unoriginal material—essentially mass-producing jokes rather than creating authentic humor. The cartoonist (Herrick Berger) critiques how commercial radio entertainment prioritizes quantity over wit. **Bottom Section ("Good Sign" and other items):** Mixed satirical observations about American life, including critiques of government taxation, declining family income, and cultural trends. One joke references the government taking "thirty cents out of every dollar," reflecting Depression-era frustrations with taxation and governmental efficiency. The bottom cartoon appears unrelated to the text, showing a woman at what appears to be a dock or railway—possibly satirizing travel experiences.
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Testy Triolet TT" careful, slow-driving old granny Who has owned all the second- hand cars Should be given a Hall of Fame cranny. That careful, slow-driving old granny Lives on, in a manner uncann, As eternal as Saturn and Mars. (That careful, slow-driving old granny Who has owned all the second- hand cars.) —E. B. C. The trouble with this country is that half the people are waiting for their ship to come in and the other half are waiting for their horse to come in. A Radio Humorist Entertaining the Public with Then there’s the fellow who said His Original Jokes that any man who has gotten a shave g . in a barber college certainly knows how to take it on the chin. Good Sign SALESMAN of our acquaintance ays there are signs that busi- ness is picking up. The other day, in making the rounds, he had some unusually good luck. No, he didn’t get an order, but he did get two or three civil answers. And Simple Circe thinks a Swiss bell ringer is a foreign bill collector. War Debt Version: Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrung! Nowadays, the one thing that is impressed on our children, is that every American boy, rich or poor, stands an equal chance of getting pink tooth-brush. And whatever became of those good old-fashioned speakeasies that were so hard to get into? The government, we read, takes thirty cents out of every dollar. But then the average citizen feels that that’s just about what the govern- ment we've been getting is worth. The head of the family is still bringing home the bacon, but it’s getting sliced thinner all the time. And we know a girl so fast that when she had a screen test for the - , movies—they had to use slow motion. “‘/Zave you seen anything of ten Pullmans and a baggage car?" ‘ comicbooks.com