Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1921 · page 48 of 68
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This page contains humorous short jokes and verses typical of *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang*, an early 20th-century satirical magazine known for ribald humor and double entendres. The content includes: **"Pasture Pot Pourri"** — A collection of brief jokes mocking romance and desire. References to "Dan Cupid" making "bad shots" while distracted by women's hosiery reflect contemporary anxieties about male attention to women's legs (newly visible as hemlines rose in the 1920s). **Dialect verses** describing women in crude, objectifying terms — standard for the era's humor. **"Our Latest Song Success"** — A joke about a father coming home drunk ("with a Bun") rather than with bread to feed the family, paired with an advertisement for "sloe gin," mocking Prohibition-era drinking culture. The overall tone is working-class masculine humor with sexual innuendo. No specific political figures are caricatured; instead, the satire targets dating customs, female appearance, and Prohibition enforcement.
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46 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Pasture Pot Pourri Oh, boys! What wouldn't I give for just an acre of Cuba in the center of the Whiz Bang farm. * * * The reason why Dan Cupid makes so many bad shots is because he aims at the heart while looking at the hosiery. * * * Gi'mea Jane wit alit'l eye an' a nose so very long, . Two lips dat giv'er an' make u'giv'er a sam'pell ove yoh 'tong. * * * I got a gal she's neat Sweet as turkey meat With a great big leg And toot'ie woot'ie feet. * * * Our Latest Song Success Never Mind the Bread, Mother—Father will soon be Home with a Bun. * * * It makes no difference what you are, Or what you might have been; But if you want a drink that's fast, Get a quart of old sloe gin.