June 2009

Jackie's JFK Cartoons

Jackie's JFK Cartoons

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Eight cartoons by Jacqueline Kennedy were auctioned off earlier this month at the Wright Auction House in Chicago. The First Lady apparently completed the drawings as she waited to be interviewed for the July 4, 1961 issue of Look magazine. Here is one of her noticeably uncaptioned images. I think you know what to do.

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #199

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.

Last week's results. �Rules and tips.

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First Place:
"Court is a depressing place, where the permanent regime reinforces its absolute power with a due process charade that no longer bears even the appearance of legitimacy."�J.D.

Second Place:
"Dwayne. Dwayne the bathtub, I'm dwowning... in the legal morass without tort reform. I guess you could say I went a long way to make that joke."�LK

Third Place:
"Since when is it a crime to be a professional muff diver? ...oh, since that long ago? Interesting."�Francis

Honorable Mention:

"And for the acne, I sentence you to three to six months of Accutane."�Steve

"What do you mean, 'inappropriately dressed for court,' your honor? I wore my bailiff-shaped floaties just for you!"�narcoleptic

"Since you have a snorkel, I guess I must find you "Not gill-ty".�therblig

"Every day the voice in my head said, 'Why not Bil Keane? Why not Bil Keane?' Finally I snapped and just said it out loud, 'Yeah, why the fuck not Bil Keane!?' So I killed him. Meanwhile, another voice was saying, 'Hey, you know what sounds like fun? Snorkeling.'"�JohnnyB

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #198 Results

Hey everybody. Since I didn't post the original, I'm posting my results as a separate entry, so now you can comment on my amazing choices. Also, new rule: You can only enter 5 times, although I'm pretty sure this is already a rule. I'm lookin' at you, Sam L.

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First Place:
"I think the guy on the roof farted." �The Confidence Man

Second Place:
"You should keep your eyes on the road. We didn't even remotely secure that guy."�t.a.m.s.y.

Third Place:
"Look, no matter what the joke is, there's no way it's going to explain the fact that I haven't shaved in 3 days and am sipping a fuckin' frappuccino."�Phil G.

Honorable mention:

"Check out that sign up ahead: 'BRIDGE CLEARANCE - 6.5'. Hey... today is June 5th. We could buy a cheap bridge!"�Damon

"Explain it to me again, Vince - why does the guy on the roof get windshield wipers for his eyes, but our car doesn't have any?"�narcoleptic

"Thanks, most folks won't stop for a hitchhiker with a giant ironic chess piece."�David John

"Hey, remember the time we ran out of big buckets and we had to use those tiny, incongruous pails? Oh, never mind, that was the weekend of your jawsectomy."�t.a.m.s.y.

"Woah. That's a nasty-looking accident."�Rubrick

Today in "The Family Circus"

Today in "The Family Circus"

Guest Bloggers: David F / Deborah

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Let's just hope Bil Keane hangs on two more weeks

Daniel Radosh

Just as posting has begun to pick up speed around here and it's beginning to seem like I wrote my own blogituary prematurely, I'm taking off for a summer break. This could be good news. I mean, it's definitely good news for me, suckers, but it could be good news for readers of this site as well, because I've invited several extremely capable and funny people to guest blog in my absence. You may remember the terrific stuff they came up with last summer. It kind of put me to shame.

On the other hand this could be bad news, since none of them have actually, formally accepted the invitation. Including the guy who's supposed to be handling the anticaption contest. If it doesn't show up here, I'm sure you'll be able to find it somewhere.

Either way, when I return I should have more time for blogging that I have in a while, so whether it's tomorrow or after July 13, this blog's best days are ahead of it.

Possibly.

So what does comedy plus time equal?

Daniel Radosh

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Here's the cover of The Post New York Post, a 1984 parody about how the tabloid would cover a nuclear holocaust. It was edited by, I believe, Tony Hendra and Robert Vare and Lewis Grossberger with Kurt Andersen and Warren Leight. I remembered it today for obvious reasons, and not finding an image online I dug it out of my closet and took a few pictures with my iPhone. And not the new iPhone with the decent camera, sorry.

Excerpts and images from the cover story after the jump.

jacksondeathglove.jpg The article, purportedly by Steve Dunleavy, begins, "Everyone on earth remained in deep seclusion today as the tragic news of Michael Jackson's bizarre death sent shock waves through an unconsolable and devastated world," and reports that Jackson had just gone into "his world-famous spin move" on stage when a nuclear blast hit, accelerating "the already dangerously high velocity of Michael's spin, increasing the twirl ratio beyond acceptable industry standards," propelling him into the earth's core. It announces a worldwide funeral tour as "weeping mourners from New York to Nepal donned solitary black gloves in witness to their grief." Remember when the glove was the strangest thing about him?

Keep it classy, Boston Herald

Keep it classy, Boston Herald

Daniel Radosh

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Why not Bil Keane?

Why not Bil Keane?

I don't care who's on other front pages. This blog makes room for Sky Saxon.

Why not Bil Keane?

Why not Bil Keane?

Update:

If it's ever not made sense to you what the big deal was, this is what the big deal was. This performance, in May 1983, was, in its time, probably almost as significant as the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

A lot of this stuff � all this regrettable, awful stuff with him over the last 20 years or so, and the continuing fascination with it, has roots in this moment.

Why not Bil Keane?

Why not Bil Keane?