Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 23, August, 1921

W. H. Fawcett (1885 - 1940)

"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue is 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 Wilson’s “The Music Man.” - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Drippings From the Fawcett Rich Brown
00:11:07
Play 02 A Succulent Table d’Hote - Our Movie Gossip - Our Program -To the Rear, March Phil Chenevert
00:05:58
Play 03 Limber Kicks -The Romance - Hard to Explain! Larry Wilson
00:03:07
Play 04 Bobbed Hair Genii James R. Hedrick
00:10:16
Play 05 Sweet Essence of Prune Juice - Drummers, Front and Center, March! - Justification - Starting the Day Right James R. Hedrick
00:02:51
Play 06 Questions and Answers James R. Hedrick
00:05:36
Play 07 Our Monthly Drammer “You Hold My Wife” and “Midsummer Badness Anthony Joseph
00:04:50
Play 08 Whiz Bang Editorials Anthony Joseph
00:06:10
Play 09 Smokehouse Poetry Part 1 Alan Mapstone
00:06:28
Play 10 Smokehouse Poetry Part 2 Alan Mapstone
00:07:31
Play 11 Our Rumor Department Rich Brown
00:07:30
Play 12 Pasture Pot Pourri Part 1 insiaakberali
00:03:19
Play 13 Pasture Pot Pourri Part 2 insiaakberali
00:03:08
Play 14 Classified Ads, Quips and Poems oogiesragdoll
00:07:52
Play 15 Our Rural Mailbox Rich Brown
00:06:50