Here is my latest entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #434 for July 7, 2014. The cartoon is by Drew Dernavich.
Note: Last week's New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest featured a preposterous Tom Cheney cartoon that was kind of upside-down. My caption was, I thought, brilliant, only it turns out it wasn't. See the tragic results of Contest #434.
Then there's Drew Dernavich. Why is it so hard for me to write a decent caption for any of his cartoons?
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| "Not that song again. Sing 'Peg o' My Heart.'" |
The truth is, this cartoon gave me an inordinate amount of trouble. Perhaps you can tell. Here are some of the caption ideas which didn't make the cut.
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| "And can ye reimagine me for the Broadway stage?" "You can have Toto back for, say, a white whale." "Spear me your song and dance." "What a motley crew!" "Hast seen the Wicked Witch or the White Whale?" "Literary classic trumps children's classic." "You strain credulity." |
Charles Harrison - "Peg o' My Heart" (1913)
By Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher from "Ziegfeld Follies."
Jerry Murad's Harmonicats (1961)
July 21, 2014 Update: The Finalists
August 4, 2014 Update: Winning Caption
Today you might say the physiatrist, right, Mr. Murphy?
Then there's Drew Dernavich. Why is it so hard for me to write a decent caption for any of his cartoons?
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