Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #547 for November 28, 2016. The drawing is by Frank Cotham.
What was I thinking? I had a few other ideas...
December 12, 2016 Update: I voted for the first caption. I like the second one and I thought the third was brilliant, just not as funny as the first.
December 25, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week cartoonist Michael Maslin took us to a desert island with a Busby Berkeley production number. Catch Contest #546.
Frank Cotham is never out of step.
Did you know I have a keyword link for cartoons about people crawling through the desert? I didn't.
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| "I'm a sucker for parades." |
What was I thinking? I had a few other ideas...
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| "She's half a beat off." [after Peter Arno] "I feel as if we're part of something." "I'd follow her anywhere." "This is so much better than chasing that oasis!" "I don't think she knows where she's going either." |
I just wasn't meant to write this week's caption—or even to steal it. It's a good thing New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff was able to do much better in finding twelve semifinalists as informed by the crowdsourced rankings:
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December 5, 2016 Update: The Finalists
December 25, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week cartoonist Michael Maslin took us to a desert island with a Busby Berkeley production number. Catch Contest #546.
Frank Cotham is never out of step.
Did you know I have a keyword link for cartoons about people crawling through the desert? I didn't.
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Like you last week, mine is similar to one of the top 12: "This is much easier without the tuba." I'm surprised at the one they chose because they don't usually go for captions that have so much slang, but I guess that is a product of the new process.
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