Captain Billy's Whiz Bang
par W. H. Fawcett
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
"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, "Movie Hotstuff," " Sporty New Orleans," " Limber Kicks', "and many short quips, plus the usual departments are here such as, Drippings from the Fawcett, Pasture Pot Pourri, and Smokehouse Poetry - Summary by Larry Wilson
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| Introduction | 1:21 | Lu par Larry Wilson | |
| Drippings From the Fawcett | 7:17 | Lu par Keith Salis | |
| Short Quips | 8:13 | Lu par Keith Salis | |
| Questions and Answers | 5:50 | Lu par Alexia H. | |
| Movie Hot Stuff | 7:49 | Lu par roeg11 | |
| The Agony Column and Limber Kicks | 4:15 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Sporty New Orleans | 15:19 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Short Quips | 2:21 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Whiz Bang Editorials | 10:19 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Smokehouse Poetry - Down In the Lehigh Valley, Who Wrote This Crazy Thing? | 4:06 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Your Letter, Lady, Came Too Late by Colonel W. S. Hawkins, Bein’ Human by Bill Stinger. | 6:09 | Lu par Ann Boulais | |
| God’s Richest Blessing, What Every Girl Thinks, If | 2:38 | Lu par Larry Wilson | |
| Naughty New York | 11:47 | Lu par Scotty Smith | |
| Short Quips | 3:58 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Pasture Pot Pourri | 7:43 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Classified Ads and Short Quips | 8:49 | Lu par Jordan Wolf | |
| Our Rural Mail Box | 4:37 | Lu par Larry Wilson |