In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002 from the issue of August 17, 2026, four monkeys sing in a barbershop quartet while two laboratory workers observe them through glass. The older woman speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.
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| "So you found them at the bottom of the barrel?" |
These captions were not in tune:
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| "They're swell. You and I are no longer in harmony." "Run your next project by me first." "Great job. We've been defunded." |
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An original New Yorker cartoon by Bruce Eric Kaplan was sold at Heritage Auctions on February 6. It comes from the estate of Irvin Grief, Jr., and is the first work of BEK's to be offered by the auction house.
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| Herb got in touch with his inner monkey Bruce Eric Kaplan Original art The New Yorker, February 3, 1992, p. 70 |
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| Herb got in touch with his inner monkey Bruce Eric Kaplan Framed, original art The New Yorker, February 3, 1992, p. 70 |
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Bruce Eric Kaplan Heritage Auctions listing of February 6, 2026, accessed on January 17, 2026 |
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| Bruce Eric Kaplan Heritage Auctions listing of February 6, 2026 |
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| Herb got in touch with his inner monkey. Bruce Eric Kaplan The New Yorker, February 3, 1992, p. 70 |
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| Herb got in touch with his inner monkey Bruce Eric Kaplan Original art The New Yorker, February 3, 1992, p. 70 |
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| With a cartoon by Bruce Eric Kaplan |
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| "I liked Shakespeare in the Park before the takeover." "For this we gave them all those typewriters?" "And that's how you get kids to love the classics." |
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| "Do you want to get across?" H. A. Rey Original book illustration Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys, 1939 |
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| H. A. Rey Swann GalleriesIllustration Art, December 6, 2018 Sale 2495 Lot 40 Hammer Price $14,000 |
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| "We can't return them. I didn't keep the barrel." |
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| "Admit it: they're more fun than visiting your mother." "EBay." "Amazon." "Just our rewards points." |
