Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, January 1921 · page 52 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #16 — page 52: what you’re looking at
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This is a collection of brief, ribald jokes typical of 1920s-era American humor magazines. The jokes rely on double entendres and wordplay: - **"And He'll Crow"**: A girl drops an egg; she's told to "cackle"—mocking her dramatic reaction. - **"Monkey-shine"**: Puns on making "monkey-shine" (liquor), likely referencing Prohibition-era bootlegging. - **"Mule Wasn't So Sensitive"**: Crude language toward animals doesn't bother them—a commentary on society's selective morality. - **"Immodesty's Penalty"**: Plays on "bare skin" versus "bear skin"—nudity causes illness, a morality joke. - **"Billy Sundae"**: A pun on "Billy Sunday" (the famous evangelist), with sexual innuendo in the "nut sundae" response. - **"Fruit Jar"**: Sexual double entendre about rubber (condoms) and jar-sealing. These represent typical lowbrow humor of the era—crude, punning, and mildly transgressive for the time.
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50 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang And He'll Crow The modern chicken reminds one of the girl at the table who let an egg fall on the floor. She said to the man next to her, in a horrified whisper: “O, I’ve dropped an egg! What shall I do?” He replied: “Cackle.” * * * Monkey-shine By Vivian Yeiser Laramore. Said the monkey maid to her monkey mate, “These cocoanuts are fine, Let’s leave a few in the sun to brew, And make some ‘monkey-shine.’ ” * * * Mule Wasn’t So Sensitive “The language you use to that mule is perfectly shocking!” “Yes,” replied the driver, “it seems to trouble everybody but the mule.” * * * Immodesty’s Penalty The Eskimo sleeps in his little bear skin, And keeps very warm, I am told. Last night I slept in my little bare skin And caught a hell of a cold. * * * A little girl went to the soda clerk behind the fountain and asked for a “Billy Sundae.” The clerk gave her a nut sundae. * * * Said the fruit jar to the top: “You’ll have to use a rubber on me, ‘Old Top.’ ”