Cartoon Caption/Anti-Caption Contest Coverage Continues

The winner of Caption Contest 167 (Frank Cotham's politician stumping in forest), the winner is

"Read my lips—no new taxidermy."
Eric Kneedler(Bethesda, MD)

So that's two Erics in a row!


In Caption Contest 169 (Leo Cullum's "bandito" with briefcase), the nominees are:

"I can't say for sure, but I think the airline mixed up my luggage."
Mark Ashton (Elmhurst, IL)

"Remember the Alamo—now, that was a foreclosure!"
David Blume (New York, NY)

"What makes you think I wouldn't be up for sushi?"
Neal Svalstad (El Cajon, CA)

My loser:

"I can't believe they made me pardner."

The results of Anti-Caption Contest 170 (P.C. Vey's businessman with turkey) were not announced by the time of this post.


Caption Contest 171 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 171 is here.


THE STANDINGS

Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

29 California

27 New York (23 from the Big Apple)

13 New Jersey

9 Virginia (four from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville, one from Newport News, one from Roanoke)

8 Illinois (six from Chicago, two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)

7 Massachusetts

6 Pennsylvania

5 Connecticut (two from New Haven, three not)
5 Maryland (none named Mary)
5 North Carolina (two from Charlotte)
5 Texas (three from Houston)

4 Arizona (two from Tucson)
4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)

3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 Ohio

2 Alaska
2 District of Columbia
2 Florida
2 Michigan
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Utah
2 Vermont
2 Washington

1 Alabama
1 Arkansas
1 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Louisiana (New Orleans)
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Wisconsin

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Satirical "Eustace K. Tilley" illustration realized by Deborah Grumet from concept by David Marc Fischer

Cartoon Caption/Anti-Caption Contest Coverage Continues

Let's hear it yet again for the candidate from Illinois! The winner of Caption Contest 165 (Mick Stevens's royal disbursement of cash to crowd) is

"Looks like another ye olde stimulus package."
John Burke (Park Ridge, IL)

That's the third Illinois winner in four weeks—not counting Barack Obama, of course!


In Caption Contest 167 (Frank Cotham's campaign in a forest), the nominees are pretty good:

"As a weasel, I need your vote."
Mike Millner (Chapel Hill, NC)

"Read my lips—no new taxidermy."
Eric Kneedler (Bethesda, MD)

"O.K., who pooped on the lectern?"
Michael Morris (New Haven, CT)

My loser:

"I assure you it's safe to come out. Sarah Palin is on the campaign trail now."

In Anti-Caption Contest 167, the winner is

"Wait...this isn't the Bowling Green Hilton...guys, where am I?"

"We must continue with the speech senator."

"What's going on? I feel strange..why are we here?"

"We must continue with the speech senator."

"Everything looks so different..where are the people...why aren't they clapping??"

"Nothing is wrong. The speech requires that you go on senator. We must continue with the speech."
simsburybear

My loser:

"What I'm sayin', my friends, is that Sarah Palin is lookin' out for you, Joe the Snake, and you, Joe the Bird, and you, Joe the Bear, and you, Joe the Wolf, and you, Joe the Other Wolf, and you, Joe the Bird, and you, Joe the Feline, and you, Joe the Frog, and you, Joe the Tree-Climbing Dog, and even you, Joe the Young Moose...."

The results of Anti-Caption Contest 168 (Tom Cheney's long arm serving food) are not yet available.


Caption Contest 170 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 170 is here.


THE STANDINGS

Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

29 California

27 New York (23 from the Big Apple)

13 New Jersey

9 Virginia (four from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville, one from Newport News, one from Roanoke)

8 Illinois (six from Chicago—two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

5 Connecticut (two from New Haven, three not)
5 North Carolina (two from Charlotte)
5 Texas (three from Houston)

4 Arizona (two from Tucson)
4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 Ohio

2 Alaska
2 District of Columbia
2 Florida
2 Michigan
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Utah
2 Vermont
2 Washington

1 Alabama
1 Arkansas
1 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Louisiana (New Orleans)
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Wisconsin

Map Introduction

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Satirical "Eustace K. Tilley" illustration realized by Deborah Grumet from concept by David Marc Fischer

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

California is the first state to accumulate 20 wins, thanks to Contest 112 (Frank Cotham cavemen inspecting big gun):

"We're gonna need a bigger spear."
Peter Lorber (Thousand Oaks, CA)

So there are now two winners from Thousand Oaks, as Chip Bolcik won Contest 33.


California can win yet again in Contest 114 (Drew Dernavich lifeguard tower next to tall, cloud-enshrouded tower), where the contenders are

"He's the lifeguard during high tide."
Jennifer Shelly (New Braunfels, TX)

"God needed a part-time job."
Genevieve Marshall (Champlain, NY)

"The regular lifeguard isn't seeing anybody today."
Jeffrey White (San Francisco, CA)

My loser? Something along the lines of

"Big tower? What big tower??"

In Anti-Caption Contest 115 (P. C. Vey's two men in bar, one wearing protective suit), the winner is

"Why, I just got out of a toxic relationship, and I could really use a drink! No, but seriously, there was a chemical spill over on 43rd and hundreds are dead. I'm surprised you haven't heard."
J

J, along with the two finalists, gets a copy of Jamie Malanowski's The Coup.

My losers:

"Sure, it's hard for ME to take a drink. But YOU are going to die from radiation poisoning. Unless you die from something else first. So yes: I should have taken a decontamination shower before coming here, but I didn't want to miss JAMIE MALANOWSKI reading from his fantastic new satirical novel, THE COUP. But of course, as you know, this guerilla-marketing event was cancelled because poor Malanowski got hit full force by the explosion. Only ashes remain of the blasted bugger now. So, you see, you and I are both shit out of luck. The world is an absurd place, isn't it? It's times like these when I wish we had something we could actually laugh about. Hey, wait a minute. Shouldn't there have been a face mask on this thing?"

"For the hundredth time: I don't know why nobody told us about the Halloween party. Good thing our clothing is the same size. Hah--now everyone will mistake you for me and me for you! If anybody ever shows up, that is. It wouldn't be much of a party if we were the only ones here, would it now? Hey...wait a minute...I think we might've been played for fools!"

"The olives here are obscene...but the peanuts send me into anaphylactic shock! And this suit would work a lot better if the bartender hadn't used the face mask as a condiment tray. Or was it a condom tray?"

"I wear this because the New York Mets have been stinking it up so badly."

Caption Contest 116 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 116 is here.


THE STANDINGS

Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

20 California

16 New York (14 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Illinois
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio
3 Virginia

2 District of Columbia
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Vermont

1 Alabama
1 Alaska
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Michigan
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Washington

Map Introduction

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Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION!

This week there's a pause in the proceedings, so I will settle for noting the recent upsurge in caveman cartoons:

Contest 69 (Drawing by Mick Stevens)
Contest 91 (Drawing by Frank Cotham)
Contest 108 (Drawing by Michael Maslin)
Contest 112 (Drawing by Frank Cotham)

Maybe it has something to do with the outlook for real estate in New York.

Elsewhere in Captionland, Emdashes continues to offer great interviews with the winners, and I'm finally noting that Dan Radosh noted that giantess fetishists finally noticed Anti-Caption Contest 77.


Caption Contest 112 is still here. Anti-Caption Contest 112 is still here.


THE STANDINGS

Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

19 California

16 New York (14 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Illinois
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 District of Columbia
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Vermont
2 Virginia

1 Alabama
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone