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New Yorker cartoon caption

Posted: March 27th, 2021, 7:38 pm
by Peter Ross
This one leaves me blank. Anyone else?

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/contest#thisweek

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Posted: March 27th, 2021, 8:18 pm
by Joe Lyons
“Now if he could only do something about our cellular reception”

“You know, even with her filming this three feet away I don’t know how he does it”

“Who ordered the hasenpfeffer?”

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Posted: March 27th, 2021, 8:30 pm
by Joe Lyons
“Those rabbit ears aren’t going to improve our reception”

Ok, I’m done.

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 12:34 pm
by Dave Le Fevre
"Gentlemen, worried about going bald? Try our hare restorer"

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 2:37 pm
by Doug Thornton
" Darling, everyone is posting the same thing : 'You're blocking our view of the fireworks!' "

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 4:31 pm
by Joe Lyons
“Ever since the SPCA incident, Herb made sure to have plenty of witnesses when he hypnotized a rabbit”

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 6:33 pm
by Roy M. McIlwee
"OK Houdini. If you don't start booking some gigs we're gonna have to eat that rabbit."

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 6:51 pm
by Bob Farmer
Okay dear, step one for rabbit stew: throw the bunny off the balcony.

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 7:46 pm
by Tom Stone
Just a second later, Alfred's wish to become a viral hit came true as the rabbit wriggled free and leaped.

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 7:49 pm
by MagicbyAlfred
"Ah yes, here we go, 'Rabbit Out of a Hat Revealed.' "

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Posted: March 28th, 2021, 10:47 pm
by Curtis Kam
“Dave discovers that the hardest part of doing the Rabbit From Hat table-to-table is loading the rabbit outdoors.”


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Posted: March 29th, 2021, 12:44 am
by Bill Mullins
"Forty bucks, same as in town."

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Posted: March 29th, 2021, 9:19 am
by Edward Pungot
MagicbyAlfred wrote:"Ah yes, here we go, 'Rabbit Out of a Hat Revealed.' "


https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/when-historical-fiction-goes-magical

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Posted: March 29th, 2021, 9:35 am
by MagicbyAlfred
Tom Stone wrote:Just a second later, Alfred's wish to become a viral hit came true as the rabbit wriggled free and leaped.


:lol: Very bunny!

It should be noted that I have finally achieved legendary status...

...in my own mind

Re: New Yorker cartoon caption

Posted: March 29th, 2021, 1:39 pm
by Bob Farmer
The cartoon has changed but here's another caption for the magician version:

Let go of my ears pal, or so help me, I will wizz in your face.

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Posted: March 29th, 2021, 2:16 pm
by Zig Zagger
Tom Stone wrote:Just a second later, Alfred's wish to become a viral hit came true as the rabbit wriggled free and leaped.

:lol: :lol: :lol: My favorite so far!

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Posted: March 29th, 2021, 8:34 pm
by jason156
"if only he was this good a performer in bed"

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Posted: March 30th, 2021, 8:04 am
by David Ben
“Skip the ham”

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Posted: March 30th, 2021, 9:58 pm
by Eoin O'hare
Bob Farmer wrote:The cartoon has changed ...


Ahhh, very surreal until I read that.

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Posted: March 30th, 2021, 10:36 pm
by PressureFan
"The current state of dinner theatre looks bleak."

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Posted: March 30th, 2021, 10:39 pm
by Joe Lyons
Eoin O'hare wrote:
Bob Farmer wrote:The cartoon has changed ...


Ahhh, very surreal until I read that.

Yes, that would make one feel a little sheepish...

Re: New Yorker cartoon caption

Posted: March 30th, 2021, 10:45 pm
by Bob Coyne
Eoin O'hare wrote:
Bob Farmer wrote:The cartoon has changed ...


Ahhh, very surreal until I read that.

Yeah I bet!

For anyone looking for the actual original cartoon, here's another (and hopefully more permanent) link to it on a different site.

https://micromismanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NY-749.jpg

Re: New Yorker cartoon caption

Posted: March 30th, 2021, 10:52 pm
by Edward Pungot

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Posted: March 31st, 2021, 10:22 am
by MagicbyAlfred
"Hey, easy on the ears, Clyde! Life was a hell of a lot better when you were using those sponge bunnies, rather than ME, for your so-called magic!"

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Posted: April 5th, 2021, 9:48 pm
by Doug Thornton
The 3 finalists :

“The Johnsons would like to know if we’ve seen their rabbit.”

Susan Gale Wickes, Richmond, Ind.

“Can’t talk now. We’re entertaining the neighbors.”

Jim Sweitzer, Oak Park, Ill.

“See? And you said you couldn’t work from home.”

Herb Wasserberg, West Barnstable, Mass.