Life, 1926-11-25 · page 10 of 44
Life — November 25, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **Top cartoon**: A ship's captain asks a passenger if they need anything, depicting leisure travel humor. 2. **"Radio Terms Defined"**: A humorous glossary mocking early radio technology and listener behavior—terms like "Loudspeaker" (man claiming to own France on crystal set) and "Notice" (one who listens without permission). This satirizes both radio's novelty and common domestic annoyances of the era. 3. **"Rather Flat" dialogue**: A brief joke about car mechanics and "high gear," playing on double meanings. 4. **Shakespeare advertisement**: Announces a radio lecture on Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," reflecting 1920s-30s cultural programming on emerging broadcast media. The page overall satirizes early radio culture and its social impact on American households.
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Ship’s Captain: anoy, THERE! Do YoU NEED ANYTHING? Radio Terms Defined OUDSPEAKER — The man that claims he got France on a crystal set. Distant Station—Anything west (or east) of Schenectady. Program—Sce static. Ground—What you have for di- vorce when your husband keeps the loudspeaker going until 3 a.m. Novice—One who listens to a pro- Margaret: WHEN 1 HAVE MY HOUSE I AM GOING TO HAVE A LEVER THAT TURNS ON THE FURN SHADES, LOWERS THE WINDOW, ST Marjory: pip you say “Lev: gram without getting the name of the station. Expert—One who gets the name of the station without listening to the program. Transformer — The man that talked you into buying a set. Static—Hear program. Tube—For ages the cause of much discussion. Illustration: “Tube B or not tube B. Selectivit y—The ability to tune out a pro- gram after a minute and a half. Oscillator—One who de- liberates between a five- tube neutrodyne and an cight-tube superhet. DX Hound—The only known type of canine that runs to horns. Aerial — Chief method of attack in modern football. Parke Cummings. Rather Flat IMSON: On the level, =» now, can your “ear really go anywhere in high ACE, PUTS UP T gear? ARM, AND W On the or “Lover”? level Thankfulness T was Thanksgiving Day and the citizens of the great city almost to a man were assembled in a huge open- air meeting to give praise and thanks. It had been a very successful year and the citizenry we appreciation. ¢ showing their For almost two hours had stood, many with their s bare, and now the gray of the chill November sky was closing in upon them. silence. Then a shrill whistle sound- ed. Whereupon, 54,000 hoarse voices broke forth with cheers of praise and shouts of thanks because the home team had won. For a moment there was R.W. GIRL often speaks without thinking but never thinks with- out speaking. SHAKESPEARE ON THE RADIO HIS LECTURE WILL BE DONE ERE YOU HAVE TUNED. Taming of the Shrew. comicbooks.conas