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Monday, November 6, 2023

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #873

Is that Mr. Potato Head on the doctor's examining table again? I feel as if I've already given The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #873 from the issue of November 6, 2023 the old college try. Maybe you recall my failed captioning attempt last month for the MDLinx Comic Consult #11, a nearly identical scenario, here. I decided to take a new approach befitting the more refined style of Paul Noth in The New Yorker. My caption is shown below.

"You seem well put together."

November 13, 2023 Update: The Finalists

November 23, 2023 Update: I voted for the caption from Sydney.

December 3, 2023 Update: The Winner

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

MDLinx Comic Consult #11

The MDLinx Comic Consult is a caption contest open only to the medical community. Prizes are a $100 Amazon gift card for first place, and four $50 gift cards for up to four runners up. This is contest #11—the third I'm trying—and it features a physician with a patient you may recognize as Mr. Potato Head. Five entries are permitted; mine are shown below. The cartoon is by Jonny Hawkins.

"Let's see if we can turn that frown upside down."
"First I need to rearrange my schedule, then your face."
"I'm a general surgeon. What you need is a plastic surgeon."
"How many times do I have to sort you out?"
"You have blight, but it's early."

October 16, 2023 Update: The Winner

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #29

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #29 features Mr. Potato Head in couples therapy. The drawing is by Bob Eckstein.

"Why can't the two of you see eye to eye?"
"How is Mrs. Potato Head guilty of patent infringement?"
"This relationship was a problem right out of the box."
"Take off that innocent face."

July 15, 2019 Update: The Winner

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

These photos of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were taken by me on November 24, 2005 from an apartment overlooking Columbus Circle in New York City. The high vantage point will be unfamiliar to most viewers. It gives a good sense of the scale of the event, and it's great to see how many people enjoy the parade from viewing stands,balconies, windows, and the street. These photos and videos represent only a small selection of the balloons and floats and they were taken during the latter part of the Parade that day.