The world of cartoons and their captions can be so intriguing (and funny).
Read an earlier take on them , dated July 27 20111, here "Shallow People Demand Variety. Even in Cartoon Captions.
Now see the picture below.
Artist: Tom Cheney, The New Yorker
This was Cartoon Caption Contest, No.281 in the magazine.
Famous film critic Roger Ebert wrote a winning caption to this:
"I'm not going to say the word I'm thinking of."
Dangerous Minds informed in May 2014:
Asian adult film titles as captions!
If you have seen a really funny film 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno', 2008, you would appreciate the effort that goes into naming an adult film and how important the title is.
The cartoon above gets this caption:
"Getting into school bus full of blonde girls by design"
Now I tried to find out a little more about the film.
Part of its description runs as follows:
"...A school bus full of blondes is bound to attract attention in Japan. There would be some men who would want an even closer look. These manage to get themselves on the bus and what happens to them is a lesson in….. how lucky they were..."
Read an earlier take on them , dated July 27 20111, here "Shallow People Demand Variety. Even in Cartoon Captions.
Now see the picture below.
This was Cartoon Caption Contest, No.281 in the magazine.
Famous film critic Roger Ebert wrote a winning caption to this:
"I'm not going to say the word I'm thinking of."
Dangerous Minds informed in May 2014:
"...Canadian prankster Morgan El-Kabong and his partner in
cultural sabotage Bonnie Brekelmans have created the Tumblr page “New YorkerHigh Class Soap,” a collection of New Yorker
cartoons
(plus one “Garfield”) détourned with literal translations of Asian adult film
titles, to goddamn hilarious effect..."
Asian adult film titles as captions!
If you have seen a really funny film 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno', 2008, you would appreciate the effort that goes into naming an adult film and how important the title is.
The cartoon above gets this caption:
"Getting into school bus full of blonde girls by design"
Now I tried to find out a little more about the film.
Part of its description runs as follows:
"...A school bus full of blondes is bound to attract attention in Japan. There would be some men who would want an even closer look. These manage to get themselves on the bus and what happens to them is a lesson in….. how lucky they were..."
