Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #20 — page 50: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons. The jokes satirize: 1. **Prohibition-era drinking**: The opening story mocks attempts to quit alcohol and homemade remedies for colds, ending with the narrator giving up on sobriety and planning to go to Spain—likely referencing how some Americans fled to escape Prohibition laws (1920-1933). 2. **"Well, He's Some Place"**: A dark joke about failed homemade liquor (hooch), where Jenkins dies from drinking his own concoction—satirizing the dangers of Prohibition-era bootlegging and amateur distilling. 3. **"Candy Kisses"**: A brief joke about a toothless girlfriend, using wordplay on "candy" and "gum." The humor reflects anti-Prohibition sentiment common in American satirical magazines of the 1920s-30s.