Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1921 · page 49 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #18 — page 49: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief jokes and satirical quips typical of this irreverent 1920s magazine. Most are risqué one-liners targeting social behaviors: a gambler regretting past losses, absinthe's mental effects, labor union membership, infidelity, and women's expanding independence (driving cars, riding horseback). The Sinn Féin reference mocks Irish independence politics—a topical 1920s reference to the Irish nationalist party. "Pluto" appears to be a geographic location (unclear which), used absurdly to suggest the Irish can seize territory but not control it. The final "sermon" parodies Black vernacular preaching while delivering crude humor: sitting on a hot stove will make you "rise again" (jump up). This reflects the magazine's crude comedic style, mixing dated social commentary with slapstick humor and casual stereotyping typical of the era.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 47 Love Croon of a Gambler Dearie, oh, dearie! If I could have held a hand like this years ago, who knows but what I might have had a full house now. * * * Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder; Also makes the poor brain wander. * * * Eczema, you can't belong to our union. You're too much of a scab. * * * Mamma loves papa, and papa loves women. * * * A He-Vamp's Motto If you want one Thin or fat Get her address From my flat. * * * Latest reports from Cork, Ireland, indicate that the Sinn Fein have taken Pluto, but cannot hold it. * * * A girl may drive a coach, Or even a motor car, **But the girl who rides a-horseback** Is stretching things too far. * * * Brethren and sistern, our text fo' today will be taken from the book of Whiz Bang, chapta fo' 'leven fo'ty fo', verse seben 'leben: “He who sitteth on a red hot stove shall rise again.”