Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 32, April, 1922: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 32, April, 1922, credited to W. H. Fawcett, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 32, April, 1922 by W. H. Fawcett. Read in English by 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, "Hollywood Flirtations" " Knickerbocker Spice" " Our Chestnut Rack',"and many short quips, plus the usual departments are here such as, Drippings from the Fawcett, and Smokehouse Poetry - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 32, April, 1922
• Author credits: W. H. Fawcett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 2:02:13

Catalogue topics

• satire
• poetry
• humor
• knickerbocker
• jokes
• jingles
• quips
• military humor

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 1:13
2. 01 - Drippings from the Fawcett — 9:52
3. 02 - It Can't Be Done — 2:25
4. 03 - Short Notes — 2:29
5. 04 - "Humor," Turn 'im Loose, Judge!, The Boys in the Back Room — 2:46
6. 05 - Sob Stuff, Iowa Frivol Pulls This One, The Height of Ambition, Ancient Stuff — 4:05
7. 06 - Hollywood Flirtations — 7:49
8. 07 - Torch's Best One, Sone of the Tire Chain, In Valparaiso, Soliloquy of a Hooch-hound — 3:07
9. 08 - The Diff 'unce, Special For the Clergy, London Post Toastie, Lodge Notice, Spring Sports — 2:47
10. 09 - Questions and Answers — 5:52
11. 10 - The Ace of Tragedies, Toole's Best One, and short quips — 4:07
12. 11 - Our Chestnut Rack, and short quips — 4:05
13. 12 - The Traveling Man, and short quips — 5:19
14. 13 - Whiz Bang Editorials, "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet " — 18:04
15. 14 - Short Quips — 2:54
16. 15 - Smokehouse Poetry — 18:13
17. 16 - Knickerbocker Spice — 8:25
18. 17 - Short Quips and Stories, Part 1 — 7:30
19. 18 - Short Quips and Stories, Part 2 — 9:27
20. 19 - Our Rural Mail Box — 1:44

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