Judge, 1937-04 · page 2 of 36
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising rather than editorial content**. It promotes a free book offer to new members of the Judge Laugh Club—a subscription service bundling 24 issues of Judge magazine plus P.G. Wodehouse's "Nothing But Wodehouse," a compilation of his humorous writings. The advertisement describes Wodehouse as "The Funniest Wag in Literature" and mentions Ogden Nash (a contemporary humorist) wrote an introduction. The copy emphasizes that Judge magazine—already popular with Saturday Evening Post and Liberty readers—now includes works by celebrated humorists and comic writers. The offer itself (membership for $8.79 including 24 magazine issues and the Wodehouse book) is the advertisement's main point, not political or social satire.
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TO NEW MEMBERS OF JUDGE LAUGH CLUB SIDE-SPLITTING cruciatine. a EXCRUCIATING e Funniest Wag in literature = His Most Convulsing Works in ONE Hilarious Volume/ With an Introduction by That Other Arch- Conspirator of Mirth, OCDEN NASH! TAKE off your tie, loosen your collar, get ready to laugh—for here is more fun than you’ve ever found before between two covers! This book had to be made. Wodehouse’s boisterously funny stories that have doubled up millions of SATURDAY EVENING POST and LIBERTY readers were too good to repose only in magazine files. We commissioned Ogden Nash, that other funny man, to see how many of Wodehouse’s most ludicrous yarns he could pack into one volume with an introduction by Nash himself. He came up with 28 hand-picked Wodehouse stories and a complete Wode- house novel—the famous Leave It to PSmith (“the P is silent as in pshrimp”!) We had to make a big 1,000 page book to hold all this Wodehouse nonsense—and that’s not funny with pub- lishing costs as they are! A Thousand Pages of Titters, Chuckles, and Outright Guffaws by the Creator of JEEVES, MR. MULLINER, and LORD EMSWORTH No longer need you confess that you've never met Jeeves, “the one and only gentleman's gentleman, ho “Exerts the Old Cerebeltum. ” Or that you don't know Mr. Mulliner, “angler, uncle, and raconteur extraordin: and the troubles of his nephew, George, who stammered but wanted a wife. Read through tears of laughter First Aid for Dora, A Slice of Life, Eve Borrows An Umbrella, Something Squishy and oh, that's just the begin- ning! Thle great book. bound ta beautiful red cloth, embossed and gtemped in gold is yours FREE if you accept our offer of membership in THE JUDGE LAUGH CLUB. Why We Offer to Give You a Free Copy of this Book We want you to become acquainted with the NEW JUDGE. Since the retirement of Life from the humorous field, Judge now includes much of the tradition and many, of the features of the old humorous Life, and Judge is now America’s biggest humor magazine value. It combines the best features of both magazines and, in addition, is constantly seeking new talent and new, modern humor. By joining the Judge Laugh Club now you get the work of the best humorous writers and artists in America, Here is your Book Dividend offer: Membership in the Judge Laugh Club, including 24 issues of New Judge and “Nothing But Wodehouse.” Total value. Costs you omen You save Sone Mail This Coupon Today!-----7 BOOK FREE 16 East 48th Street, New York City i} | ‘ Gentlemen: Enter my membership at $2.79 h cong ioral _ 4 Join the Address { Also hi inelodit oy iss ft ‘Judi Also send 9, sift me a ip. incloding ues 0 se and a copy of “Nothing But Judge astre es Laugh Clab Enclosed find my check for $_____ a g comicbooks.com