About this book
"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 Wilson’s “The Music Man.” This issue has articles from, "Doug’s Peacock Walk.," "Naughty New York!" to "Japanese Bathing Beauties," and the usual features such as "Smokehouse Poetry," and "Whiz Bang Editorials." - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (18)
1Going Back to Paris, Soldier?
2Drippings From the Fawcett
3Doug’s Peacock Walk
4We’ll Say So! / Our Traffic Cop / Ikey’s Recklessness
5Overwhelmingly / Cassidy’s Routing
6Limber Kicks
7Naughty New York!
8Thus It Was / Wife - Mistress - Lady / Wifey’s Lament
9Questions and Answers
10Whiz Bang Editorials
11Smokehouse Poetry
12Our Movie Gossip / Our Local Color
13Pasture Pot Pourri
14Japanese Bathing Beauties
15The Last Chortle / Back to Childhood Days / How’s This One?
16Our Rural Mail Box
17Musings of A Bachelor / Our Army Daze/ Blankety Blank Verse
18Larry Turn the Crank / Our Winter Annual
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