"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 "California Beach Nuts," to "The Raptures of Cupid," 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
02:02 - Chapter 2
Drippings From the Fawcett
05:56 - Chapter 3
Our Movie Gossips
09:43 - Chapter 4
Short Quips
03:38 - Chapter 5
Whiz Bang Etiquette
03:19 - Chapter 6
A Dilemna De Luxe
03:42 - Chapter 7
The Sinai Joke, Nice Burglar, Out of the Past, A New Label
04:14 - Chapter 8
Limber Kicks
02:44 - Chapter 9
California Beach Nuts, and Short Quips
07:38 - Chapter 10
Questions and Answers, and Another Jellyfish
07:44 - Chapter 11
Whiz Bang Editorials
08:31 - Chapter 12
Smokehouse Poetry, Part 1
09:31 - Chapter 13
Smokehouse Poetry, Part 2
06:53 - Chapter 14
Arthur Neale’s Page, and Our Monthly Prayer
03:28 - Chapter 15
The Raptures of Cupid, Give Her a Ring Under the Eye, A Human Obsession
06:28 - Chapter 16
Pasture Pot Pourri
05:23 - Chapter 17
Our Rural Mail Box
02:11 - Chapter 18
Jest Jokes and Jingles
07:57