Captain Billy's Whiz Bang
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"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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| Drippings From the Fawcett | 11:07 | Read by Rich Brown | |
| A Succulent Table d’Hote - Our Movie Gossip - Our Program -To the Rear, March | 5:58 | Read by Phil Chenevert | |
| Limber Kicks -The Romance - Hard to Explain! | 3:07 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Bobbed Hair Genii | 10:16 | Read by James R. Hedrick | |
| Sweet Essence of Prune Juice - Drummers, Front and Center, March! - Justification - Starting the Day Right | 2:51 | Read by James R. Hedrick | |
| Questions and Answers | 5:36 | Read by James R. Hedrick | |
| Our Monthly Drammer “You Hold My Wife” and “Midsummer Badness | 4:50 | Read by Anthony Joseph | |
| Whiz Bang Editorials | 6:10 | Read by Anthony Joseph | |
| Smokehouse Poetry Part 1 | 6:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Smokehouse Poetry Part 2 | 7:31 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Our Rumor Department | 7:30 | Read by Rich Brown | |
| Pasture Pot Pourri Part 1 | 3:19 | Read by insiaakberali | |
| Pasture Pot Pourri Part 2 | 3:08 | Read by insiaakberali | |
| Classified Ads, Quips and Poems | 7:52 | Read by oogiesragdoll | |
| Our Rural Mailbox | 6:50 | Read by Rich Brown |