"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.” This issue has articles from "Havana’s Passe Charms," to "Our Movie Gossips," and standard features such as "Drippings from the Fawcett," "Smokehouse Poetry," and "Pasture Pot Pourri." - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
It’s Coming! & Introduction
01:53 - Chapter 2
Drippings From the Fawcett
06:04 - Chapter 3
Our Movie Gossips
07:51 - Chapter 4
Only Four Months / A Short Story / A Single Woman’s Geography / Men
02:26 - Chapter 5
Arthur Neale’s Page
05:49 - Chapter 6
Adventures of Sven
06:43 - Chapter 7
His Wires Were Crossed / Kisses a la Carte
02:09 - Chapter 8
Havana’s Passe Charms
11:41 - Chapter 9
The Garter
01:09 - Chapter 10
Questions and Answers / Limber Kicks
07:22 - Chapter 11
Whiz Bang Editorials
09:42 - Chapter 12
A Song Without Music / Our Monthly Motto / Baseball Extra
03:15 - Chapter 13
Smokehouse Poetry
12:52 - Chapter 14
Budd’s Bundle of Bunk
02:53 - Chapter 15
Film Feast Fights / An Arkansas Honeymoon
07:32 - Chapter 16
Pasture Pot Pourri
02:47 - Chapter 17
Classified Ads
03:11 - Chapter 18
Our Rural Mail Box / He Led in Prayer
02:22 - Chapter 19
A Robbinsdale Salad / Just Like Old Crow / It Pays to Advertise
02:53 - Chapter 20
The Way with Men / Jest Jokes and Jingles
08:09