Tom Chitty returns to the podcast to talk about his upcoming book, "Nooks & Crannies of New York—from the Chronicles of Baron von Schoogenheimer". 
Tom's tome is a wonderfully whimsical compilation taken from the copious notes of Baron von Schoogenheimer during his stay in New York City. We learn about Cheese Pirates, Ghost League Baseball, Les Taxis du Savoir-Faire, Schneek's Hot Dogs and many more mysterious attractions from a bygone era (maybe they're still around and we're just not seeing them with our eyes glued to our phones).

You can pre-order the book through Tom's KickStarter page here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelgerber/nooks-and-crannies-of-new-york

You can read more about the book and Mr. Chitty himself, at these links:
https://www.baronsguide.com

https://www.instagram.com/baronsguide

https://www.drawnbytom.com

https://tomchitty.substack.com

https://www.instagram.com/drawnbytom/

We also talk about the new Yorker caption contests:
Winning captions for contest #983 (Better lox next time with your bagel captions!)

Finalists for contest #985 (Fuzzy Wuzzy had no flair.)

Current New Yorker contest #987 (A cat 'n tonic highball, no chasers.)

You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.com

The home for all things to do with cartoon caption contests:
https://humororama.lol

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]

Joel Mishon, cartoonist and Co-founder of CartoonStock, joins us on the podcast this week. We had a great time talking with Joel about his career as a cartoonist and administrator of cartoons at CartoonStock. We discuss the attributes a good caption should have and why some captions get picked over other captions. Some great insights into the world of Cartoon Caption Contest captioning!
You can license cartoons at CartoonStock here (and enter the contest!):
https://www.cartoonstock.com

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #982 (The penguin is mightier than the C-Train.)

Finalists for contest #984 (A picture is worth a thousand jelly beans.)

Current New Yorker contest #986 (Planet Fitness.)

We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.com

The home for all things to do with cartoon caption contests:
https://humororama.lol

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]

Comedy writer and captioneer extraordinaire, Wayne Kline, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his career as a TV comedy writer ("Good Times", "Married With Children", Jay Leno, David Letterman and many others) and his captioneering. 

A shoutout to Tom Chitty on his Kickstarter for his new book, "Nooks and Crannies of New York: From the Chronicles of Baron von Shoogenheimer"!
You can find more information on the book and contribute to the Kickstarter here:
https://www.baronsguide.com

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #981 (Cat with a hot waxed aloof.)

Finalists for Contest #983 (Bagel immersion therapy.)

Current Contest #985 (Barney Bear Fife)

The Bambi Meets Godzilla cartoon that Paul mentions in the podcast:
https://youtu.be/5R-rbzcEM8A

Original New Yorker cartoon artwork can be found at:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com

The home for all things to do with cartoon caption contests:
https://humororama.lol

Send questions or comments to:  
[email protected]

Jake Goldwasser joins us on the podcast this week.
Jake is a cartoonist, poet, translator and high school English teacher.
He's had a number of cartoons (and Shouts & Murmurs) published in the New Yorker and other publications. We talk with him about his career, cartoon process, poetry and why we had to read The Great Gatsby in high school.

You can find more about Jake at his website:
https://jake-goldwasser.com
And his cartoons on his instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/jakegoldwasser/

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #980 (Mic reign drop.)

Finalists for contest #982 (The penguins of March.)

Current New Yorker contest #984 (Plein Hare painting.)

We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]

A short podcast this week with just the original podcast recipe of Vin, Beth and Paul talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker (we'll get back into regular guests again next week).
Vin lets the cat out of the bag with the podcast doing a roadtrip to Toronto. We'll be meeting up in Nicole's hometown at the end of May to celebrate doing the podcast for 5 years (yeah, I can't believe we've been doing this for five years). We're not sure if we'll get a podcast out of it (the last time we got together to do an in-person podcast, it didn't go so well). We'll see what happens.

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #979 (Hindenbuick.)

Finalists for Contest #981 (Cat mon dieu.)

Current Contest #983 (Poppy issues.)

The Nesja Press collaboration with Drew Dernavich "Bagel Story" letterpress print is available for purchase here:
https://www.nesjapress.com/shop/p/bagel-story-letterpress-print

Original New Yorker cartoon artwork can be found at:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send questions or comments to:  
[email protected]

Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. He hints at some changes to the contest that will be announced in the next month. We have our usual discussion about the New Yorker contest (Paul admits he was wrong about there being Position Bias!) and we talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #978 (There's a buoy here to see you.)

Finalists for Contest #980 (Majesty Carpet Ride.)

Current Contest #982 (Welcome to New Awk City.)

You can order Larry's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" here:   
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/

Victor Chongchua has a new website dedicated to cartoon caption contests. It has a leader board for the New Yorker Contest, a curated list of caption contests you can enter and his own before and after contest for cartoonists. You can find it here:
https://humororama.lol

You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]

We start the podcast talking with our own Nicole Chrolavicius about her ventures into writing humorous articles this last year. She's had seven pieces published with an eighth one coming out soon. We then go into our usual discussion about the contests and our favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker.

You can find Nicole's humor writings here:
https://weeklyhumorist.com/other-gifts-that-only-stupid-people-would-turn-down-besides-a-jet-from-qatar/

https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/bow-to-your-overlord-the-fitness-center-receptionist-and-keeper-of-the-gym-towels-b9b4c1077c91

https://weeklyhumorist.com/bloodletting-leeches-and-carbolic-smoke-balls-who-says-the-cure-is-worse-than-the-disease/

https://medium.com/frazzled/im-nine-years-old-and-i-like-my-video-games-violent-97ede7bba92f

https://medium.com/slackjaw/that-reel-you-sent-me-the-one-that-i-never-watched-was-utterly-hilarious-8a961dfd10e4

https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-the-peace-pillow-in-your-vacuous-decorative-pillow-array-fffd7f8c5062

https://weeklyhumorist.com/you-gotta-fight-for-your-right-to-paaaaaaaaarty-if-you-are-director-of-the-fbi/

And the McSweeney’s piece that Nicole referenced:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/when-it-happens


We discuss the winning entry for Contest #977 ("Reading Rainbow Trout").

Finalists for Contest #979 ("Off-road driving").

Current Contest #981 ("Cat Man Do").

Original New Yorker cartoon artwork can be found at:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send questions or comments to:  
[email protected]

A fun podcast this week with cartoonist, Lynn Hsu and frequent contest finalist, Carol Lasky.
Lynn and carol have been collaborating on cartoons since Carol won a CartoonStock contest that used one of Lynn's cartoons. Their collaborations have appeared in the New Yorker and other respected publications.
We talk with them about their process and the cartoons they've created together.

You can find Lynn's cartoons on instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/loopyline/

And her website here:
https://lynnihsu.com

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #976 (Wait, what?)

Finalists for Contest #978 (Surfin' so far, eh?)

Current Contest #980 (Soon to beheaded B-listers.)

We forgot to do our favorite cartoons from the issue this week. Be assured that they were all very good!

We did have some technical glitches in this week's podcast. Vin continues to have some connection issues and we lost Carol for a bit. It all worked out in the end though.

You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]

This is an off week for the New Yorker (double issue last week), but we do have Larry Wood joining us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We dive into our likes and dislikes about the captions selected as winners for that contest and talk about captions we liked that didn't make it into the finalists.
In the first half of the podcast, we talk about the New Yorker contest in general and discuss the pros and cons of entering an obvious caption.

You can order Larry's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" here:   
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/

You can watch the judging video of the recent CartoonStock contest here:
https://youtu.be/ss69roKniyc?si=mhT2iWbYWYgi4cme

And read Larry's commentary on the CartoonStock contest here:
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/bigfoot-and-reporters-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to:  
[email protected]

Rich North joins us on the podcast this week.
Rich is a fairly new cartoonist with his  cartoons first appearing in the New Yorker just over a year ago. 
We talk with Rich about how he got into cartooning, his process, how bowling changed his life and, as always, we get distracted by shiny objects along the way.
You can check out Rich's cartoons at his website:
https://www.rich-north.com
And on his Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/richnooorth/

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #975 (Selfie sticking the moon landing.)

Finalists for contest #977 (Dogfish-eared book.)

Current New Yorker contest #979 (Led foot Zeppelin.)

We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]