cartoons I don't get #41

Playboy, July 1963

Cavalcade, July 1942

Is there more to this?
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960

I guess this is based on the “hung like a horse” cliché but I've never heard “hung like a centaur”
Sex to Sexty, mid 70s

He's not wearing a suit.
Hello Buddies, May 1955

I get that it's comparing the Wall Street bull to the golden calf, but are these supposed to be real people?
Life February 16, 1905

Helen Hokinson
New Yorker December 19, 1925

Playboy, March 1970

Howard Shoemaker
The Realist, June 1961

Frederick Opper
Puck June 16, 1880

The host of the British version of This Is Your Life, I guess.
Punch, April 1984

He's saying soldiers are fighting the Germans and it's taking away his movie business but how would they be able to see the battles without seeing them in newsreels, unless he's saying he's not getting enough business anymore because there are fewer civilians now. Which one is it?
Punch September 26, 1915

Punch February 4, 1920

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This first one's not one to not get, but I included it because although it's sold as wish-fulfillment it's actually surprisingly progressive for the fifties.
Hello Buddies, May 1955

Monsieur, September 1965
The poor reproduction doesn't help.

I have disks of the complete New Yorker cartoons from 1925 to 2000. It's a good thing to have except in order to fit 75 years worth of cartoons onto two disks, they're not the highest resolution so you can't always tell what's going on. I don't even know where this is. A beach?
Rea Irvin
New Yorker August 15, 1925

Cavalcade, August 1942

Is this supposed to be a caricature of someone? I guess it's like if 100 years from now someone was trying to decipher a cartoon about Anthony Scarmucci. Who? Exactly.
Judge October 9, 1909

E, G. Lutz
Life February 16, 1905 Either they published a really small edition of the magazine or there were really big spiders then.

Charles E. Martin
Playboy, May 1968
I've mentioned before that views and humor about race have changed over time but here's a case where it looks like a stereotype has disappeared altogether. Is this what people supposedly wore in Hong Kong?

Playboy, December 1953

Punch September 26, 1915

Same issue of Punch

Punch December 8, 1915

Henry Boltinoff
Real, January 1953

Donald Reilly
Playboy, April 1968

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Punch October 6, 1925

Punch October 27, 1915

Adam, July 1973

It took a few tries for me to figure this one out. I know the idea is that you're hypnotized into forgetting you've taken the course and pay over and over again, I just think it should've been worded differently.
This Is It #22, mid 60s

The things people did when sex before marriage was the joke itself.
Good Humor, circa 1964

Why don't they have a doormat like everyone else?
Hello Buddies, June 1952

Hello Buddies, May 1955

Trump had this cartoon in his office when he was managing the Miss USA Pageant
side note: she has no belly-button
Laff, July 1952
Bill Wenzel

Punch October 27, 1915

Punch October 6, 1915

Playboy, January 1961

Pad June 1968

Nugget, February 1956

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Army/Navy Fun Parade, April 1953

Is it that she's wearing a nightie in a restaurant? Why is she wearing high heels? If someone's weaing a nightie, wouldn't they have slippers too?
Hello Buddies, circa 1965

Punch October 6, 1915

The Dude, November 1957
I guess it's that she's moved by sculptures that are abstract, but if I saw this same sculpture without the label “mother and child” I'd know that was what it was supposed to be.

Esquire, June 1934

I think it's that they're cops on the beat of some kind of Inspiration Point and are more impressed by the car than arresting the couple making out in it. (or maybe somebody's masturbating. Who knows? Who cares? The point is that whatever is going on in there is illegal in the community). I've never known cops to wear bowties though, so I was confused at first, and thought they were service station employees. I've never seen service station employees wear badges or carry guns either, and I've never seen a gun with “ears”.
Good Humor, circa 1964

Hello Buddies, June 1952

He followed her all the way to bed. That's a criminal offense. What's the statute of limitations?

Side note: Even when a woman has no shoes on, note she still has the illusion of high heels. I wonder if that's the decision of the cartoonist or the art director.
Hello Buddies, May 1955

Judge, circa 1910

How did he get to there to get the earpiece? Nugget, February 1956

Did she have a bag with her the whole time? If so, wouldn't that be a clue as to her ulterior motive?
Playboy, January 1967

This Is It #22

Is this another person or a doll?
Punch November 9, 1927