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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 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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
01:13 - Chapter 2
Drippings from the Fawcett
09:52 - Chapter 3
It Can't Be Done
02:25 - Chapter 4
Short Notes
02:29 - Chapter 5
"Humor," Turn 'im Loose, Judge!, The Boys in the Back Room
02:46 - Chapter 6
Sob Stuff, Iowa Frivol Pulls This One, The Height of Ambition, Ancient Stuff
04:05 - Chapter 7
Hollywood Flirtations
07:49 - Chapter 8
Torch's Best One, Sone of the Tire Chain, In Valparaiso, Soliloquy of a Hooch-hound
03:07 - Chapter 9
The Diff 'unce, Special For the Clergy, London Post Toastie, Lodge Notice, Spring Sports
02:47 - Chapter 10
Questions and Answers
05:52 - Chapter 11
The Ace of Tragedies, Toole's Best One, and short quips
04:07 - Chapter 12
Our Chestnut Rack, and short quips
04:05 - Chapter 13
The Traveling Man, and short quips
05:19 - Chapter 14
Whiz Bang Editorials, "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet "
18:04 - Chapter 15
Short Quips
02:54 - Chapter 16
Smokehouse Poetry
18:13 - Chapter 17
Knickerbocker Spice
08:25 - Chapter 18
Short Quips and Stories, Part 1
07:30 - Chapter 19
Short Quips and Stories, Part 2
09:27 - Chapter 20
Our Rural Mail Box
01:44