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 Willson’s “The Music Man.” This issue has articles such as, "Hollywood Flirtations" " Knickerbocker Spice" " Our Chestnut Rack',"and many short quips, plus the usual departments are here such as, Drippings from the Fawcett, and Smokehouse Poetry - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (19)
1Drippings from the Fawcett
2It Can't Be Done
3Short Notes
4"Humor," Turn 'im Loose, Judge!, The Boys in the Back Room
5Sob Stuff, Iowa Frivol Pulls This One, The Height of Ambition, Ancient Stuff
6Hollywood Flirtations
7Torch's Best One, Sone of the Tire Chain, In Valparaiso, Soliloquy of a Hooch-hound
8The Diff 'unce, Special For the Clergy, London Post Toastie, Lodge Notice, Spring Sports
9Questions and Answers
10The Ace of Tragedies, Toole's Best One, and short quips
11Our Chestnut Rack, and short quips
12The Traveling Man, and short quips
13Whiz Bang Editorials, "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet "
14Short Quips
15Smokehouse Poetry
16Knickerbocker Spice
17Short Quips and Stories, Part 1
18Short Quips and Stories, Part 2
19Our Rural Mail Box
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