Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, February 1922 · page 49 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #30 — page 49: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine contains short humorous quips and light jokes typical of early 20th-century American comedy: **"Finishing Touches"** is a pun on "snow use" (no use), about canceling plans due to snow. **"Jewish Bees"** appears to be a crude ethnic stereotype joke, using "business" (spelled out phonetically as "biz-z-ness") as a punchline playing on antisemitic tropes associating Jewish people with commerce. **"Tar Baby"** is a mathematical pun where a modest girl won't do "improper fractions"—a double entendre on the word "improper." **"Down in Dreamy Honohula"** uses Hawaiian references ("Honohula") and deliberately vague sexual double entendres with made-up words like "thingamabob" and "thingamajig." The page demonstrates the magazine's humor style: wordplay, ethnic stereotypes, and risqué innuendo presented as lighthearted jokes—reflecting attitudes and comedy conventions of that era that would be considered offensive today.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 47 Pasture Pot Pourri Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, If you don't like my figure, Keep your hands off my shoulders. * * * Finishing Touches "It's snow use," said Alvie; "we can't go tonight." And he hung up the receiver, while the fluffy flakes fell on the grass outside. * * * Jewish Bees Biz-z - - - Biz - Biz - - - ness. * * * "I'm through," cried Pedro, as he glanced over the Whiz Bang Winter Annual. * * * Tar Baby I once knew A Girl Who was so modest That she wouldn't Even do Improper Fractions. * * * Down in Dreamy Honohula If I was a man in the land of orange and fig, I would sit with my thingamabob, and play on my thingamajig.