Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1921 · page 29 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #28 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a humor column titled "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" — a popular satirical magazine section. It consists of four Q&A jokes: 1. A joke about "The Horse Trot" dance, supposedly done with a toy wagon 2. Definition of "all day sucker" — slang for a naive man who spends money on dates 3. A joke about kissing causing heart palpitations, with a pun response 4. A joke about the quickest lunch being "hasty pudding on a Jewish Fast day" — a pun playing on Yom Kippur (the Jewish fast) and the speed of the meal The humor targets dating customs, gender dynamics, and ethnic stereotypes typical of 1920s American comedy. The jokes rely on wordplay and contemporary slang rather than visual gags.