Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1922 · page 55 of 67
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This page from *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* (a bawdy humor magazine popular in the 1920s) contains a collection of short jokes and puns rather than illustrated cartoons. The humor relies on sexual innuendo and wordplay typical of the era: - "Demi-virgin" and "demi-john" (a large wine bottle) create a double entendre about sexual inexperience - "Limburger cheese" jokes play on the cheese's notorious smell - The "early bird catches the worm" verse subverts the proverb with dark humor about consequences - The final joke conflates "Juicy Fruit" gum with "wrigley" (wriggly), making an adult joke about the serpent's movements Social commentary appears in jabs at old maids versus married women, and cynical observations about work and relationships. The magazine's appeal lay in its risqué humor—risqué for the 1920s—delivered through puns and wordplay rather than explicit language.
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54 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Let Us Sing Put away the tweezers till our eyebrows meet again. * * * “Fleeced again,” said the lamb, as he kicked at the high top boots. * * * A demi-virgin So I’m told Is bold And needs no urgin’. Aye, but mon, Wouldn’t you Love to Love a demi-john? * * * Stevie has a stiff job. He’s working at the morgue. * * * “I could live on limburger cheese alone.” “You’d have to.” * * * The early bird catches the worm Of that there is no question. But if the worm should chance to turn M’gosh, some indigestion! * * * Old maids always imagine there is a man in the house at night. But married women know better. * * * Good Morning, Eve! So Eve looked over her shoulder at the Serpent and said, “I’d take your Juicy Fruit if you weren’t so wrigley.”