AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER (The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1948)

George Smith tells this whole story without a single word. In four panels across the bottom of a page in the July 17, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a banquet speaker rises and gets more and more worked up. The poor guest sitting beside him gets the worst of it. Anyone who has sat through a long dinner speech will understand.

Details

• Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
• Issue date: July 17, 1948 (Vol. 221, No. 3)
• Printed page: 92
• Title: AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER (wordless, four panels)
• Signature: scrawled script signature, lower right of the last panel
• Source: archive.org scan

"Everything was fine till you yelled, 'Pull over!'" (The Saturday Evening Post, June 12, 1948)

Here's a back-seat driver with a lot to answer for. In this George Smith gag from the June 12, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a car has ended up wrapped right around the post of a ONE WAY sign. The two people inside are tangled up on top of it. The driver knows exactly who to blame.

Details

• Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
• Issue date: June 12, 1948 (Vol. 220, No. 50)
• Printed page: 103
• Caption: "Everything was fine till you yelled, 'Pull over!'"
• Signature: "G. Smith '47" in script, lower right
• Source: archive.org scan

"The sweater unbuttons, dear—the head doesn't come off." (The Saturday Evening Post, May 22, 1948)

Every parent has fought a sweater and lost at least once. In this George Smith gag from the May 22, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a determined father is pulling a sweater down over his young son, head first. Mom keeps knitting and offers one calm, well-timed tip. Off to one side, a baseball bat, ball and glove wait for the boy to get free.

Details

• Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
• Issue date: May 22, 1948 (Vol. 220, No. 47)
• Printed page: 51
• Caption: "The sweater unbuttons, dear—the head doesn't come off."
• Signature: script scrawl, lower right (reads as "G… Smith")
• Source: archive.org scan