Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, June 1922 · page 54 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #34 — page 54: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief satirical items typical of 1920s American humor magazines. Most items mock contemporary social life and emerging technologies: **"Farther! Father!"** jokes about the novelty of automobiles and gasoline rationing or expense—the father teases his son about not traveling far despite using fuel. **The dialect humor** ("Rastus," "Yassir") reflects the casual, offensive racial stereotyping common in period publications, portraying Black speakers in exaggerated vernacular. **"Tubal, Find Your Pocket!"** parodies Shakespeare's *Merchant of Venice*, replacing refined language with crude slang ("Gallopin' dominoes bring the beef to papa"). The humor depends on mangling high literature into lowbrow speech. **"Filipino Stuff"** appears to mock Filipino English or advertising conventions, though the exact satirical target is unclear. The page emphasizes humor through dialect, class mockery, and literary parody—all hallmarks of irreverent 1920s magazine comedy that modern readers would find crude and often offensive.
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52 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Going Out of Business (Portsmouth, Ohio, Times) FOR SALE—Baby buggy, $10. Single Brass bed. 1226 Sum- mitt St. * * * The Social Call In Arkansas (From the Nevada County Picayune) Every one come to the party Friday night at Mr. Crab's and please, boys, don't disappoint no one. * * * Filipino Stuff (From the Manila Herald) BACHELORS and married men capable of appreciating the soul throbs emanating from the heart of a constant and tender mistress to ring up 489 and ask for Earlmont Queens. January 23. * * * Farther! Father! Father—“I see by the gasoline tank that you didn’t get far last night.” Son—“Well, father, I’m not complaining any.” —From Lehigh University Burr. * * * “Rastus is my bawth warm?” “Yassir, the wahmest Ah wa’ evah in.” * * * Tubal, Find Your Pocket! ((Trial scene of the “Merchant of Venison” as The Juggler writes it.) Antonio—“Shoots a pound of flesh.” Snylock—“Gallopin’ dominoes bring the beef to papa!” Antonio—“Whuff; an’ I reads a meatles day for Shylock. Lily at rest.”