Thursday, November 15, 2018

Return of cartoons I don't get

Punch February 4, 1920
Playboy, July 1955
Al Ross
Playboy, September 1963
Sex to Sexty, 1970s
Esquire, January 1934
Harry Mace
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960
Jaguar, May 1970
Judge October 9, 1909
Eugene Zimmerman
Judge October 9, 1909
Laff, July 1952
Life February 16, 1905
James Montgomery Flagg
Life January 5, 1905
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  1. nanoalchemistNovember 16, 2018 at 11:21 AM

    1: I think the humor revolves around the OJM now liking the food, since it’s been reclassified as something he likes. Perception vs reality.

    2: Take on the “man on the street” interview, but he’s hitting on her. A modern version would be a YouTube video guy asking for her cell number.

    3: He’s in a runners crouch. He’s going to see if he’s quicker than the quick sand. Can he sprint across before he sinks? The impending action is palpable.

    4: Her husband is fat (the big shirt), and when they have sex, he would flatten her out. But rubber has elastic properties.

    5: Its one of the old “belt vibrator exercise and weight loss” machines, but she’s using it to get off by putting the belt between her legs. They might make a comeback! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2241075/Proof-old-fashioned-vibrating-belt-machines-actually-good--dont-lose-weight.html

    6: The guy in the bowler hat is talking. Easy to say “he can’t hurt us” when you’re not the one getting hit.

    7: The big kid is a baby sitter, and they are dressed up for a party. He’s suggesting they ditch the party and stay home (presumably to have sex instead).
    8: He’s a new guy at a nudist camp and having difficulty adjusting to the distraction of having naked women around.

    9: The thermometer stopped: i.e. it has the same reading. If a clock has the same reading after an hour, it is a broken clock (“No good’). The same doesn’t apply to a thermometer.

    10: It’s a child abuse humor. Who will beat Bub (left), wonders Tuffy (right) if not his father and mother? Parents are to provide harsh discipline. As an orphan, Bub lacks parents. Though, Bruce Wane dressed pretty sharp, so I think Bub’s initial premise is false.

    11: I’m not sure if this is a “statement of the obvious” joke (my husband bought steaks. I think he’ll want steaks), or a “my husband is incompetent” joke: i.e. he WENT fishing, but he didn’t catch anything, so she now has to BUY a fish.
    12: He fell and hurt himself sufficiently to use swear words, which is something someone dressed as a bit of a prude wouldn’t do. It’s like the if someone punched a monk who took a vow of silence, who then said “damn it!” and then the puncher asked “did that hurt?” Similar style joke in current use about stubbing one’s toe, and then having someone else ask “are you ok”

    13: The guy is Andrew Carnegie. (He was a Scots-American, hence the kilt). I THINK that’s supposed to be his daughter, Margaret. As a HUGELY rich and recognizable person, she could get any line of credit, loan, financial assistance she wanted by being his daughter.

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