Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1921 · page 56 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #22 — page 56: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Whiz Bang*, a satirical humor magazine, contains a series of short jokes and quips typical of 1920s American comedy. The humor relies on: **Crude physical comedy**: The opening verses mock women's appearances—Stella's disabilities presented as punchlines, framed with misogynistic "humor." **Prohibition-era jokes**: References to "hooch" (illegal alcohol) and the "kick in the drink" reflect 1920s Prohibition, when alcohol sales were banned. **Sexual innuendo**: The "Kiss Fighters" section and flirtation jokes use double entendre common to the era's "risqué" humor magazines. **Cynicism about relationships**: Lines like "happily ever after—next day" and the final quip about love being "two damnthings after each other" express jaded attitudes toward romance and marriage. The magazine's tone reflects post-WWI American cynicism and casualness about disability, gender, and morality—attitudes that modern readers would recognize as offensive.
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54 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang I got a girl named Stella, She's got a mouth like an open umbrella; She's knock-kneed, crippled, her eyes turned in— But a darn good girl for the shape she's in. * * * * Woman Rocks whereon greatest men have often wrecked. * * * * If all the trees had limbs like thine, I think the woods would be divine. * * * * “No one seems to kick about the high cost of hooch these days.” “Of course not; the kick is in the drink.” * * * * They were married and lived happily ever after —next day. * * * * I asked our stenog. why firemen wear red suspenders. She said, “Those I know don't.” * * * * I know a man without a sin—he is dead. * * * * Kiss Fighters Rose is game; Mary's pretty small; Nellie fights back,—but I like them all. * * * * Life is just one damnthing after another—and love is just two damnthings after each other.