Life, 1928-03-29 · page 5 of 34
Life — March 29, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** Depicts a choir discovering a young singer whose voice has "changed overnight"—likely a puberty joke about a boy's voice breaking. **"Bang! Bang! Bang!—Like That!" Dialogue:** Features Mr. Walker and Mr. Coolidge (appears to reference President Calvin Coolidge, "Cool-idge"). The humor involves wordplay about electrical horses, subway fares, and Lindbergh's Holland Vehicular Tunnel—contemporary 1920s references to infrastructure projects. The dialogue is absurdist humor typical of Life's satirical style. **"Inspiration" and "North" Sections:** Brief humorous anecdotes about politicians and social observations. The page satirizes 1920s American life through wordplay, puns, and topical references to contemporary figures and events, using the casual comedic style Life magazine was known for.
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Tre Star Juvenite or THe Crom Discovers tHat His Voice Has Cuancep OVERNIGHT Bang! Bang! Bang!—Like That! “What did you talk to the President minutes, he replied.” @ York Herald Tribune. Jimmie—Warker and Coot- iwnGe—Cal Those Irresistible nuts.” Assisted by the U. S. Marine Band “Phunny- M R. WALKER: Young man, I'm i amazed at you! Who was that lady I seen you with? Mr. Cootincr: That was no lady’s eye—that was a marble! I hear you've stopped drinking hard likka. Mr. Watxer: Yes, sir—I freeze it and eat it! Tell me, Cal, how do you get down from your electrical horse? Mr. Coorinee: I don’t get down from my electrical horse —I get down from a duck! I hear they are trying to put over a seven-cent subway fare where you come from. Mr. Watxer: Yes, sir— Hen: Come on now, smarty! they’re raisingthe Old Nickel! What's the difference between a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Senate? Mr. Cootince: One is all full of hot air and the other is all full of hot air. What was the idea of ask- ing Lindbergh to go through the Holland Vehicular Tunnel? Mr. Warker: Through the Hol- land Vehicular Tunnel? That's easy. Lay an egg! I dare you! We wanted an Ace in the hole. What has long whiskers and gets nowhere? Mr. Cootmwoe: Charles Evans Hughes, Farm Relief and Muscle Shoals. Mr. Walker, our boy so- prano, will now sing for you, “Those Weepin’ and Whalen Blues.” Let ‘er go, professor. (The Marine Band breaks into “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and the audience leaps—as it does not choose to run—for the nearest exit.) Henry William Hanemann, Inspiration HAD a miserable ten minutes to-night,” said the politician who had just delivered a campaignspeech, “One of the audience wanted to know how I stood on the Wet and Dry Question. But I finally handled him all right. I told him that there was no such question.” “ ORTH: Yes—certainly I under- stand women. West: What do they mean when they hold out their hand in the car ahead? comicbooks.com