Apparently shoe dressing is a kind of shoe polish, and “Snowball” would probably indicate that it's white.
Honestly, it's the funniest of the three jokes.
Dr. Novakaine
Some people love what they call the “good old days.” I say good riddance, and this is one of the reasons why.
Dierna
This is oddly a long running comic. It ran from 1917 – 1949.
The joke is that the writer of the comic, Gene Byrnes, is a former shoemaker before he got into comics (oddly after breaking his leg while in a wrestling match….uh..). Hense the shoe dressing thing.
I noticed that all of the hands are white… so that means the rest of the guys' face are covered in shoe polish, and really are white guys underneath.
http://sezaarsez.wordpress.com/ sezaar
yes “blackface” was a sort of comedy whereby whites would paint their faces black and acting as the stereotypical happy but lazy, carefree blacks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
Spike Lee's “Bamboozled” tackles this.
madwoman
I like how they call the white guy “Pinhead”.rn
Anonymous
I noticed that all of the hands are white… so that means the rest of the guys’ face are covered in shoe polish, and really are white guys underneath.
http://sezaarsez.wordpress.com/ sezaar
yes “blackface” was a sort of comedy whereby whites would paint their faces black and acting as the stereotypical happy but lazy, carefree blacks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackfacernrnSpike Lee’s “Bamboozled” tackles this.