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"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.” - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
01:22 - Chapter 2
Drippings from the Fawcett
06:51 - Chapter 3
The Vampire’s Fool
06:22 - Chapter 4
The Wrong Button, "Oh, Dear, You Hurt," Perhaps He Was Lucky
03:17 - Chapter 5
Movie-Land Gossip
05:38 - Chapter 6
The Mystery of Mankind
02:21 - Chapter 7
High Life in South America
11:25 - Chapter 8
Suggested Motto for Newlyweds, His Protecting Prayer, Happy Though Married
02:58 - Chapter 9
Questions and Answers
08:38 - Chapter 10
Pajama Parties ’n Everything
05:07 - Chapter 11
Talked Like a Tailor, How Perfectly Lovely, Do You Blame Them?
03:53 - Chapter 12
Strolling With Jane Gaites, The Lure
04:34 - Chapter 13
Whiz Bang Editorials
07:43 - Chapter 14
Give Him a Little Time, Sweet Essence of Prune Juice, Probably Their Face
02:57 - Chapter 15
Smokehouse Poetry, Part 1
08:20 - Chapter 16
Smokehouse Poetry, Part 2
12:31 - Chapter 17
Pasture Pot Pourri
06:54 - Chapter 18
Classified Ads
03:51 - Chapter 19
Jest Jokes and Jingles
07:30 - Chapter 20
Our Rural Mail Box
03:15 - Chapter 21
It 'Appened in Hingland, No Cheap Skates Wanted, Thrift Lesson No. 1
03:50 - Chapter 22
Sprinkle Some Sunshine, Good Old Crow, Pull the Shades Down Mary Ann
04:17