Yesterday, commenter Earnest asked if the anti-caption contest winners "are sounding more and more like actual New Yorker finalists lately?" Today, the New Yorker announced the finalists for contest 121 (Groucho glasses assembly line), and sure enough, one of the choices is a less funny version of one of our anti-caption finalists.
Anti-caption finalist: "Ha. Ha. Very Funny. [checks box] Ha. Ha. Very Funny. [checks box]..." �Mo Buck
Real contest finalist: "Yeah, that one's funny, too. Next." �James Keegan, Milton, Del.
On the other hand, the weeks where all the anti-caption submissions authentically suck are even worse, so I guess on balance I'd encourage more not funny captions that are actually funny, even if they're sometimes a little too funny. Does that make sense?
Meanwhile, don't forget to tune into WNYC on Wednesday to see if any of our Thanksgiving anti-cartoons are good enough to get Bob Mankoff's attention.
