Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1923 · page 59 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #44 — page 59: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains short satirical jokes and social commentary typical of 1920s humor magazines. The content includes: **Farmer's critique**: A joke mocking magazine criticism—a farmer complains the Whiz Bang contains "bunk" but admits he's unqualified to judge, yet can recognize poor quality ("rotten egg"). **KKK reference**: A dark joke about the Ku Klux Klan expanding into a "4-Karat Kombination" using slurs for Black people, Jewish people, Catholics, and poor whites—satirizing the Klan's bigotry and alliteration obsession. **Youth morality joke**: A reckless young man deflates an elder's warning about burning the candle at both ends by quipping he's lengthening his nights instead—trivializing wasteful living. **Society gossip**: A brief New York social note mocking high society. **One-liner punchlines**: Including crude sexual humor about divorce and a diamond discovery joke. The overall tone is cynical, irreverent, and occasionally offensive by any standard, reflecting 1920s satirical magazine conventions.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 59 Anyhow, In Every Way, Etc. “Ha!” we remarked to a genial farmer who was poring over a borrowed copy of the Whiz Bang. “You seem to be enjoying that magazine. Better subscribe.” “It’s got too much damn bunk in it. The man that runs it should be shot.” “What do you know about running a magazine? You’re a farmer, aren’t you?” “That’s true enough. But I know a rotten egg when I run across it, and I never laid one either.” * * * Down in some parts of Georgia is rumored the Klan organization will be enlarged into a 4-Karat Kombination so as to include Koons, Kikes, Katholics and Krackers. * * * The old friend of the family was remonstrating with the reckless lad who was burning the candle, not only at both ends, but in the middle as well. “You know, you are shortening your days with the kind of life you are leading,” he wound up. The bad lad yawned. “At any rate, it’s all the same. If, as you say, I’m shortening my days, I’m certainly lengthening my nights.” * * * New York Society Note Senor Pedro Holsteinio, of Habana, accompanied by his alleged wife, registered at the McAlpin Wednesday. * * * A divorce suit reminds me of ruined lingerie because it’s the ripping of a combination. * * * Another great diamond discovery In Robbinsdale—Robert Kirby got five of them on the first deal. * * * The bee that gets the honey is the one that is always buzzing around the pretty flowers.