Caption Contest Commentary

Last month’s contest featured a cartoon by Ken Levine, who joined our judging panel. Ken is not only a New Yorker cartoonist; he’s an Emmy-winning screenwriter who’s worked on some of the greatest television comedies of all time, including M*A*S*H, Cheers, and Frasier.  In Ken’s drawing, a woman is standing in the doorway of what…
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This contest featured a cartoon by Mike Shiell, who joined our judging panel. Mike is best known for supervising and directing Emmy-nominated children’s shows like “The Backyardigans” and “Mike the Knight.”   In his drawing, two anthropomorphic hot dogs are on a rotating roller grill, the kind you see at concession stands in movie theaters. The…
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Bob Mankoff is back. Three weeks ago he delivered the Alumni Keynote address at his alma mater, Syracuse University (where my father taught for nearly forty years), and last Friday he rejoined our caption contest judging panel to help select the winner and finalists in this month’s competition. The contest featured a drawing by Todd…
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Bob Mankoff is feeling much better but was again unable to join the judging panel this month, so New Yorker cartoonist Ellis Rosen took his place. Ellis is talented and funny, and you can see three of his cartoons and read his thoughts on The New Yorker’s caption contest in my book, Your Caption Has…
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Bob Mankoff was unable to join the judging panel this month because he was not feeling well, and we all wish him a speedy and complete recovery.  New Yorker cartoonist Kyle Bravo submitted the drawing for this month’s contest, which features Mr. Monopoly, the mascot of the board game Monopoly. He’s in his living room,…
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