Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1921 · page 62 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #22 — page 62: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine contains three unrelated jokes typical of early 20th-century humor: 1. **"Why Did He Shaker?"** - A pun-based joke where a man pursued a woman after seeing various kitchen utensils with female-coded names (Spoon Holder, Potato Masher, etc.), but gave up upon seeing "The Cork Puller"—likely implying she was no longer a virgin, rendering her undesirable. 2. **"A Good Education"** - A Jewish stereotype joke featuring "Abie" (a common Yiddish name). The father deliberately lets his child fall to teach distrust—a dark humor take on parenting philosophy, playing on period antisemitic caricatures of Jewish people. 3. **"Write Your Own Heading"** - A double-entendre: a young woman requests rubber garters, but "rubber" carries sexual innuendo of the era. 4. **Final note** - A wordplay comparing "divorce suit" to "union suit" (long underwear), joking that divorce is the opposite of marriage. The humor relies on period stereotypes, sexual innuendo, and wordplay common to 1920s-era men's magazines.
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60 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Why Did He Shaker? Because he saw The Spoon Holder The Potato Masher The Lemon Squeezer The Egg Beater The Can Opener The Nut Cracker But when he saw The Cork Puller He gave her up. * * * A Good Education A Jewish father, entertaining some friends, told his four-year-old son, Abie, to stand on a chair. “Now, Abie,” he said, “jump to fadder.” As soon as Abie jumped, the father stepped out of the way and let the boy fall on his face on the floor. Asked why he had done so, the father replied: “I am teaching dot boy not to trust anybody, not even his own fadder.” * * * Write Your Own Heading A young lady went into a department store and told the clerk she wanted a pair of garters. “What kind?” he asked. “Rubber,” said she. * * * Yes, Gwendolyn, a divorce suit is the opposite to a union suit.