"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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Drippings From the Fawcett
11:07 - Chapter 2
A Succulent Table d’Hote - Our Movie Gossip - Our Program -To the Rear, March
05:58 - Chapter 3
Limber Kicks -The Romance - Hard to Explain!
03:07 - Chapter 4
Bobbed Hair Genii
10:16 - Chapter 5
Sweet Essence of Prune Juice - Drummers, Front and Center, March! - Justification - Starting the Day Right
02:51 - Chapter 6
Questions and Answers
05:36 - Chapter 7
Our Monthly Drammer “You Hold My Wife” and “Midsummer Badness
04:50 - Chapter 8
Whiz Bang Editorials
06:10 - Chapter 9
Smokehouse Poetry Part 1
06:28 - Chapter 10
Smokehouse Poetry Part 2
07:31 - Chapter 11
Our Rumor Department
07:30 - Chapter 12
Pasture Pot Pourri Part 1
03:19 - Chapter 13
Pasture Pot Pourri Part 2
03:08 - Chapter 14
Classified Ads, Quips and Poems
07:52 - Chapter 15
Our Rural Mailbox
06:50