Art imitating art in The New Yorker

Cafe Society
#1

Here’s the current cartoon caption contest for The New Yorker.

They know what’s going to happen, right? I mean…30% of people will submit "I wish I was taller, 30% will submit “My wife is a slut,” 20% will submit “I can’t find my receipt, my place is a sty,” 10% will be something else Seinfeld related, and maybe 10% at best will be actual submissions.

Personally, I submitted “My wife is a slut,” and I hope that’s the one that gets submitted most, and some editor at The New Yorker who has never seen Seinfeld will be confused off his rocker.

#2

Admittedly it has been a while, but in my time I have watched a lot of Seinfeld, and I have no idea what you are talking about.

#3

“It’s a Ziggy”

#4

Elaine writes a cartoon for the New Yorker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-h3spBAgI

And it turns out her cartoon is just a Ziggy cartoon that got into her subconscious.

#5

These are New Yorker readers. They’ll use the subjunctive.

–Cliffy

#6

Ebert posted his caption to his Facebook page. He’s never won, but this one isn’t bad.

#7

In fact he did win, a little over a year ago.

#8

This is where I find some kind of pretence to tell everyone that I won once because no one in my life gives a shit.

That is all.

#9

Just submitted “My wife is a slut.”
fingers crossed!

#10

Wow phreesh, congratulations! :slight_smile:
No really, I think it’s pretty neat to win a New Yorker caption contest.

#11

I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that’s what I submitted as well.

Five times.

#12

GET! OUT! /Elaine Benes

#13

That’s pretty dope, phreesh.

–Cliffy

#14

I would have gone with “Christ, what an asshole.”

#15

I just submitted Jerry’s:

“I got a complaint: This cartoon stinks.”

#16

Curious: why aren’t residents of Quebec allowed to enter?

#17

I bookmarked this and entered my first (of what I hope to be many) “captions”

No hope of getting selected, but still should be fun

#18

Weird coincidence! I submitted, “Happy Lendervedders wife is a slut!”

#19

They have rules about contests that are different from the rest of Canada. It’s quite standard to see “offer not valid in Quebec” if you live in another province.

#20

“I’d like to complain about the naïve coördinated reëlection of the coöperation of Mötley Crüe.”