Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 31, March, 1922 by W. H. Fawcett (1885 – 1940)
Genre(s): Humor
Read by: Larry Wilson, Adam Milligan, nighthawks, Jordan Wolf, Shipra, amazingspace48.TT, Gila Labinger Freeberg, Unicornhorn, Dylan in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 – 00 – Introduction
00:02:39 – 01 – Drippings from the Fawcett
00:10:14 – 02 – The Ornery Pups,The Young Gringo,This Sounds Like Bull, Pat’s Hole
00:15:48 – 03 – Mirrors of Life and Love by Princess Bibesco, Daughter of Margot Asquith
00:20:53 – 04 – Our Exchange, Unrequited Love by Walter Scott Haskell, Kablegram Love
00:26:01 – 05 – The New Nursery, Long, Long Ago, Zup, Kid?, Consolation Kiddoo
00:28:45 – 06 – No Offense Here, Paddy, Let’s sing it again, Hot Stuff
00:31:12 – 07 – Our Puzzle Department, Let This One Sink In, Our Spring Thriller
00:33:36 – 08 – Questions and Answers
00:39:48 – 09 – Short Quips
00:45:46 – 10 – Short Quips
00:53:25 – 11 – Whiz Bang Editorials
00:59:35 – 12 – A Dish of Pot Pourri
01:05:34 – 13 – Confessions of a Bride and Short Quips
01:11:26 – 14 – Smokehouse Poetry
01:19:13 – 15 – Short Quips
01:26:22 – 16 – Chinese Nightmare Cities by By Rev. ‘Golightly’ Morrill’
01:35:14 – 17 – Short Quips
01:39:59 – 18 – Classified Ads and Short Quips
01:46:23 – 19 – Our Rural Mail Box
‘Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang’ was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead to the formation of the well-known Fawcett Publications, which issued Whiz Comics and introduced Captain Marvel. The magazine was immortalized in a line in the song ‘Trouble’ from Meredith Willson’s ‘The Music Man.’ This issue has articles such as, ‘Mirrors of Life and Love by Princess Bibesco,’ ‘ Unrequited Love by Walter Scott,’ ‘ Chinese Nightmare Cities by By Rev. ‘Golightly’ Morrill’,’and many short quips, plus the usual departments are here such as, Drippings from the Fawcett, Smokehouse Poetry, and Pasture Pot Pourri – Summary by Larry Wilson
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