Day: May 27, 2015

       “And here is the result of our work: We have mathematically proven that 

                                            we need more funding.”

                                               (by Jonathan Stein)

My original caption: “Now don’t go blabbing this to the tabloids.”

Hey, grandson Jonathan, you finally did it — and nepotism had absolutely nothing to do with my decision. Your caption was the best one submitted, and you can now proudly join the ranks of “one of the funniest people around”. It’s your very first victory after many years of trying. Congrats!

To be completely honest, I really loved my original caption, “Now don’t go blabbing this to the tabloids.” I felt that the cartoon was totally New Yorker-worthy. I see by my records that New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff “held” this cartoon when I included it in a batch I brought to him one Tuesday morning many years ago (it was the only gag he held that day — sometimes he would hold three, four, or even five from my batches). But of course the cartoon never got past the final selection process conducted by the New Yorker Editor-in-Chief. So now I’ll just say what Jon Stewart would have said under the same circumstances: “Curse you, David Remnick!”. There, I’m glad I got that off my chest.

Here are the other captions that I was seriously “holding”:

“. . . Looks just about right.” (by Harvey Appelbaum)

“As you can see, my calculations have proven that we need a bigger chalkboard.” (by Brad Labanowitz)

“You do realize, don’t you, that an app already exists for this?” (by Cary Antebi)

“Only you could manage to make Sex Ed. boring.” (also by Cary Antebi)

“Oh shoot, I forgot to divide by two. Please tell the President to cancel the missile launch.” (by Levi)

Nice work from everybody. Keep a sharp eye out for Contest No. 85 — it’ll be coming up in a couple of weeks.