The full version of the song from Melbourne Punch, the fourth verse of which is pasted onto the urn

This is the fourth verse of a song-lyric published in Melbourne Punch on 1 February 1883:

Tenniel is most noted for two major accomplishments: he was the principal political cartoonist for England ’ s Punch magazine for over 50 years, and he was the artist who illustrated Lewis Carroll ’ s Alice ’ s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

When examined separately from the book illustrations he did over time, Tenniel ’ s work at Punch alone, expressing decades of editorial viewpoints, often controversial and socially sensitive, was created to ultimately echo the voices of the British public, and is in itself massive.

On 27 February 1914, two days after his death, the Daily Graphic recalled Tenniel: " He had an influence on the political feeling of this time which is hardly measurable … While Tenniel was drawing them ( his subjects ), we always looked to the Punch cartoon to crystallize the national and international situation, and the popular feeling about it — and never looked in vain.

Punch and Judy is a traditional, popular puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife, Judy.

The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England on 9 May 1662, which is traditionally reckoned as Punch's UK birthday.

So important is Punch's signature sound that it is a matter of some controversy within Punch and Judy circles as to whether a " non-swazzled " show can be considered a true Punch and Judy Show.

The term " pleased as Punch " is derived from Punch and Judy ; specifically, Mr. Punch's characteristic sense of gleeful self-satisfaction.

There is no one definitive " story " of Punch and Judy.

" This was elaborated by George Speaight in his Punch & Judy: A History ( 1970 ), who explained that the plotline " is like a story compiled in a parlour game of Consequences ... the show should, indeed, not be regarded as a story at all but a succession of encounters.

" The most recent academic work, Punch & Judy: History, Tradition and Meaning by Robert Leach ( 1985 ), makes it clear that " the story is a conceptual entity, not a set text: the means of telling it, therefore, are always variable.

Much emphasis is often placed on the first printed script of Punch and Judy ( 1828 ).

( His ) ' Punch and Judy ' is to be warmly welcomed as the first history of puppets in England, but it is also sadly to be examined as the first experiment of a literary criminal.

It is rare for Punch to hit his baby these days, but he may well sit on it in a failed attempt to " babysit ", or drop it, or even let it go through a sausage machine.

A ghost might then appear and give Mr. Punch a fright before it too is chased off with a slapstick.

It is these set piece encounters or " routines " which are used by performers to construct their own Punch and Judy shows.

While the Victorian version of the show drew on the morality of its day, the Punch & Judy College of Professors considers that the 20th-and 21st-century versions of the tale have evolved into something more akin to a primitive version of The Simpsons, in which a bizarre family is used as vehicle for grotesque visual comedy and a sideways look at contemporary society.

While censorious political correctness threatened Punch and Judy performances in the UK and other English speaking countries for a time, the show is having one of its cyclical recurrences and can now be seen not only in England, Wales, and Ireland, but also in Canada, the United States ( including Puerto Rico ), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the violent Punch and one other character.

It typically involves Punch behaving outrageously, struggling with his wife Judy and the Baby, and then triumphing in a series of encounters with the forces of law and order ( and often the supernatural ), interspersed with jokes and songs.

Ades, Punch ( drink ), Fruit Drinks, coolers, and sodas, also known as aguas frescas when ( typically ) not carbonated, are increasing in popularity.

* Dermal Punch — A circular razor of the desired diameter is pressed against the skin of the area ( typically earlobe or cartilage ).

Thousands of industry experts are usually present, and corporate representation typically includes companies such as Agfa Graphics, Océ N. V., Muller Martini, EIZO ( Eizo Nanao Corporation ), Hewlett-Packard, Punch Graphix, Flint Group, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, MAN Roland, Kern, Pitney Bowes, Xerox, Kodak, Canon, Transeomedia, DirectSmile, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Martin Automatic, Siegwerk Inspectron and Koenig & Bauer AG.

He served as Literary Editor of Punch from 1953 to 1959.

The Punch Bowl-choice of beers and food served from 12 noon-2. 00pm.

He served in the Lincolnshire Regiment during the First World War and Punch reported in October 1917 that he had been wounded.

One contemporary who tried to bridge the gap, William Makepeace Thackeray, established a tentative cordial relationship in the late 1840s only to see everything collapse when Disraeli took offence at a burlesque of him which Thackeray penned for Punch.

As the influential result of his position as the chief cartoon artist for Punch ( published 1841 – 1992, 1996 – 2002 ), John Tenniel, through satirical, often radical and at times vitriolic images of the world, for five decades was and remained Great Britain ’ s steadfast social witness to the sweeping national changes in that nation ’ s moment of political and social reform.

A traditional Punch and Judy booth, at Swanage, Dorset

In the early 18th century, the marionette theatre starring Punch was at its height, with showman Martin Powell attracting sizable crowds at both Covent Garden and Bath, Somerset.

As expressed by Peter Fraser in Punch & Judy ( 1970 ), " the drama developed as a succession of incidents which the audience could join or leave at any time, and much of the show was impromptu.

A visit to a Punch and Judy Festival at Punch's " birthplace " in London's Covent Garden will reveal a whole variety of changes that are rung by puppeteers from this basic material and although scripts have been published at different times since the early 19th century, none can be claimed as being the definitive traditional script of Punch and Judy.

Another explanation is that Punch ’ s treatment of his shrewish wife, as well as others, is so exaggerated that it is clearly not a representation of good behavior, but more of a commentary on how we all have felt toward someone at one time or another, especially a significant other.

* In the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the raucous exchange of accusations and insults between rival Members, especially at Prime Minister's Questions, has become known as " Punch and Judy politics ".

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

Punch would share a friendly relationship with not only The Times but journals aimed at intellectual audiences such as the Westminster Review, which published a fifty-three page illustrated article on Punch's first two volumes.

* Punch at Internet Archive and Google Books ( scanned books original editions illustrated )

* Punch at Project Gutenberg ( plain text and HTML )

The Punch Bowl, Mayfair was at one time jointly owned by Madonna and Guy Ritchie and is known for the number of present-day celebrities that have patronised it.

* May 25 – Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their championship rematch with the " Phantom Punch " at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston.

* In the movie Sucker Punch, the main character of Babydoll undergoes a frontal lobotomy at the end of the film.

* Harlequin ( Arlecchino ), Punch ( Pulcinella ), and Signora Rosaura: Harlequin, Punch, and Signora Rosaura are puppets at the Theatre who embrace Pinocchio as their brother.