Life, 1928-12-28 · page 23 of 37
Life — December 28, 1928 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains five separate humorous illustrations satirizing American social life circa the 1920s-30s: 1. **"The Photographer: Now—SMILE!"** mocks forced photo posing conventions. 2. **"Puff! It's three-two in the sixth"** jokes about baseball enthusiasm at formal events (possibly a courtroom or official setting). 3. **Hunter/Backwoods Farmer** satirizes rural isolation—the farmer's only companionship is his pigs. 4. **Follies Girl's long-distance call** mocks both rural disconnection from Christmas and maternal sentimentality. 5. **Film Agent to revue star** makes a double joke: the religious weekly's prudish request for clothed photos, and a sarcastic reference to "Lindbergh type" (likely playing on Charles Lindbergh's fame and possibly his physical appearance or public image as an idealized American). The page's humor targets class differences, rural versus urban life, and entertainment industry absurdities.
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f Hewter: T suppose it’s pretty lonely out here in the winter. Backwoops Farmer: Yep, I don't know what I'd do if it warn't for my pigs. Fottirs Giat (over the Long Distance): Thanks, Mother, dear—if it hadn't been for your card I'd never have known it was Christmas Paiss Acenr (to revue star): I've a request for your picture from a religious weekly. Have you anything with clothes on? ...And you really think I'm the Lindbergh type, dear?” comicbooks.com