Life, 1926-11-04 · page 9 of 40
Life — November 4, 1926 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains humorous fictional vignettes rather than political satire: **"Numb Nellie"** mocks a psychiatrist who must quiz his girlfriend about her thoughts, with a joke about kidnapping sailors. **"Original Plot for a College Movie"** satirizes formulaic college films: an attractive hero arrives, succeeds athletically, romances a blonde, falls for a brunette instead, and performs heroically at a football game. The satire targets Hollywood's predictable, repetitive college movie plots. **"The Surly Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Frosting"** presents a domestic comedy where a man refuses to help his wife with her suitcase. The bottom cartoon depicts a grocer and another man discussing eggs kicked into a basket—a simple slapstick joke about freshness. These are light humor pieces typical of 1920s-era Life magazine, not political commentary.
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Numb Nellie ABS\CHIATHIST needs to quiz My girl friend, Nellie Naylors— She thinks “The Shanghai Gesture” is A way to kidnap sailors, Original Plot for a College Movie [" is a perfect autumn day when Our Hero arrives at Hilton Col- lege. He succeeds in alighting from the train without spilling the con- tents of his grips; moreover, he does a radiant blonde and promptly not tread awkwardly on the toes of — falls in love with her. How- the college dean, thereby incurring ever, she fails to return his that gentle- affections, so man’s undying r my shal) | Our Hero pro- displeasure. ceeds to fall in In fact, be- | =~ + love with a brunette. This love affair does not last long Ons’ Hero is either, and in due course, and able to reach eae: be sue his room with- The Surly Adventures of Our Hes be out attracting Mr. and Mrs. Frosting comes enam- any undue at- 9 pur oNE DAY A MAN KNOCKED ored of sixteen tention, He gum poor. “covnn you different maid- aan KINDLY TELL ME THE way To ens, For some several pretty sock sy surrcase?” HE ASKED. Treason none of girls and docs “rp won't sHuT.” them sticks to not attempt to (Continued on page 8) him very long. flirt with them. In his senior Sinee he is only an ordinary boy, year Our Hero at last lands a Our Hero is not rushed on the foot- place on the football team. ball team the day after matricula- Comes at last the day of the big tion. He goes out for the freshman game between Hilton and its team, but an indignant coach chases ancient rival, Wilton. Our Hero Jack: THOSE OLD BIBLICAL CHARACTERS him from the field after the first is not inspired to any particu- CERTAINLY HAD LARGE FAMILIES, OR DON’T try-out. larly brilliant efforts on this YOU THINK 80? You see, Our Hero is only an day. His current girl is not Elsie: yrs—uow pID THEY BEGET THAT average fellow. the grandstand valiantly cheer- way? It isn't long before he mects ing him on. She is confined to (Well, you should have seen his face.) ing blessed with average intelligence, actually passes her room with the mumps. And the old folks are not down from the farm to see Our Hero win. He is an orphan. Finally there are only two more minutes to play. Unless Hilton can make a touchdown its name is mud. Now comes the funny part: Hil- ton does score the touchdown, but it is made by a substitute who replaces Our Hero in the last minute. Dewey M. Owens. Grocer: YouR SON KICKED A FOOTBALL INTO A BASKET OF MY EGGS, King James the First: wen THEY sPpoILeD? B+ RBARA FRIETCHIE (as The Other Fellow: No, sin, THEY WERE STRICTLY FRESH. Confederate soldiers march (He had him there!) past): Yah! Bunch of postmen! comicbooks.com