My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #966

In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #966 from the issue of November 3, 2025, we see a cheerleader on a psychotherapist's couch. She raises her pom poms and speaks. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.

"I was on top until they charged me with a pyramid scheme."

This caption was off-balance:

"I don't have anyone to cheer for."

November 15, 2025 Update:  The Finalists

November 22, 2025 Update:  I voted for the caption from Staten Island.

November 28, 2025 Update:  The Winner

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Cheers from Muriel Jacobs

It's game day! Cartoonist Muriel Jacobs has made a couple of loose drawings, each featuring an energetic cheerleader. The C apparently is for Cartoonists.

Two cheerleaders by Muriel Jacobs

Muriel Jacobs, "This cheer is for cartoonists."

Muriel Jacobs, Cheerleader

Muriel Jacobs' signature, "Moo Jacobs"

EBay Listing

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muriel-Jacobs-New-Yorker-Cartoonist-Original-Signed-Ink-Illustration-Cheerleader-/390592025291?pt=Art_Drawings&hash=item5af11952cb&nma=true&si=VJo29%252F7WbHpl1SY9gWmnl4%252FkT80%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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Note:  There's more work by Muriel Jacobs than you might think on the old blog. There is also present one more old-fashioned cheerleader with a megaphone, but I'm pretty sure she's not cheering for cartoonists.

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Revere F. Wistehuff: Cheerleader

From Illustration House's June 2007 auction comes this original illustration art by Revere F. Wistehuffe. A glamorous cheerleader is shown cheering into a megaphone.

Revere F. Wistehuff, Cheerleader

Illustration House, Lot 89, June 2, 2007

http://www.illustration-house.com/recent/a35/a35pages/a35_089.html

Image added September 24, 2017

http://www.findartinfo.com/english/list-prices-by-artist/13411/revere-f-wistehuff.html

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