cartoons I don't get #44

Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Fun House, February 1980

Punch November 17, 1915

Punch January 25, 1915

Punch December 8, 1915

For Laughing Out Loud, December 1964

Howard Shoemaker
The Realist, August 1963

Richard Guindon
The Realist, April 1964

Don Addis
Playboy, September 1959

Michael Ffolkes
Playboy, February 1968

Playboy, January 1963

Cavalcade, July 1942

Cartoons I don't get #43

Hello Buddies, June 1952
Terry Gilkison

I guess it's that the older guy is paying the young kid so he can use his sled. When I do it, I get arrested. There seems to be some visual joke where he had a big stomach but then he rode the sled and has a big butt instead. I don't get that part.

The Realist, April 1962

He prayed to God and God came. Not much of a joke there, except back when this was done, if somebody mentioned God, they were breaking some taboo of some kind, so I guess it's some kind of “Oh no you didn't” thing.

The Realist, February 1967
Richard Guindon

“Oh no you didn't” was basically the attitude of The Realist, and I guess that was supposed to be the joke here too. But is he saying he felt up Ronald Reagan or did he just cop a feel and Reagan was there? Maybe it's that copping a feel is antithetical To Reagan's agenda?

Playboy, November 1963

There must have been some controversy at the time about The Saturday Evening Post printing something racy (by Post standards)

Sex to Sexty, circa mid-70s

He brought a falcon into the strip club to kill the pigeons and that way would get to see her privates. But if he does that than the falcon would attack her as well. If this cartoon were done today the solution to any wish-fullfillment gag would be to that you could just look at nudity on your phone, but even then there would still be easier ways to see nude bodies than resort to such trickery, even if you are a falconer by trade.

Sex to Sexty, mid-70s

Another instance where the cartoonist didn't see the whole situation through. We've seen a variation on this before; the wife has been fooling around with the pizza delivery boy and has been caught in flagrante delicto, so the pizza man must hide out on the building ledge and pretend to be doing something else when found. Here's where I get lost. Why is his scooter out on the ledge too? And why is he holding the pizza upright? And the engine is running on the scooter, so either he must be about to take off (on a building ledge, yet) or he left it running during his intended tryst.

Cavalcade, April 1942

They're saying here only a drunk would do abstract art. The difference between then and now is that the landlady knows what the tenant does. I've lived in buildings for years with the owner having no idea what I did for a living.

Life February 5, 1905

Are these supposed to be hearts or asses? I'm going to go with the former, and say it has something to do with Valentine's Day. I'm not 100% sure though.

The New Yorker March 21, 1925
Eldon Kelley

???????????????

Punch February 4, 1920

I'll chalk this one up to my ignorance of British history.

Punch September 26, 1915

Saying there can be only one definition of patriotism and what it is depends on the political climate of the time? I guess some things never change.

Punch December 15, 1915

Another cartoon where getting the joke depends on knowledge of history.

Punch, circa 1966

Cartoons I don't get #40

Is the word 'topless' here a noun or does he have more to say? Was there supposed to be another panel here?
Adam Yearbook, 1968

Cavalcade, August 1942

Warren Miller
Playboy, September 1961

The problem with many of the Sex to Sexty gags is the fact the drawing is “funny” takes away from the point of the gag, which isn't really much of a joke here to begin with (her being too promiscuous to remember who the actual father was)
Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Is this their anti-war streak, commenting the head of the draft board is a dickhead? Is that what the joke is?
Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Here I'm confused about the roles. Someone's spending too much time getting ready for a date. I get that part. But does she have two suitors? Or is the other guy a family member who lives there waiting to use the bathroom? Is it sunrise now?
Charley Jones' Laugh Book, May 1953

Hello Buddies, Winter 1950

Life February 16, 1905

Nugget, February 1956

Punch, April 1984

Punch September 26, 1915

So she's going to clean the toilet with an electric toothbrush. So what? What will that accomplish? Why should we care?
Richard Guindon
The Realist, March 1964

Punch February 4, 1920

Cartoons I don't get #38

Alden Erikson
Playboy, August 1961

Sex to Sexty, circa mid-70s

This guy's not very imaginative
Sex to Sexty, mid-1970s

Jeff Keate
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960

If it were me, I'd choose Daffy Duck but not reluctantly. He also has the choice of not watching TV if he feels that strongly about it, but let him do him.
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960

I'm confused. Is this a good thing or bad thing?
Jem, June 1958

Life February 16, 1915

Back then the idea that phone numbers were numbers and had area codes was funny in and of itself. Was that the joke?
Mort Gerberg
HQ, February 1964

Playboy, December 1967

Punch November 17, 1915

Punch December 8, 1915

Richard Guindon
The Realist, August 1961

The Realist, October 1966