I’ve been collecting New Yorker cartoons for over 30 years, and each week on my Substack, my guest at Club Random and I pick a few and describe them to each other to see if they still hold up.
The funniest New Yorker cartoon I can remember is very old. And I never saw it; it was repeated to me by my parents, who were delighted by it for many years. In it, a woman is sitting on the floor, thousands of voodoo dolls spread around her, with pins sticking in them at various angles. The husband has just arrived home, briefcase in hand, and the caption is, "honey, can't you get along with anyone?"
Thank you, Jeff Reed. Had I been on the same set as Mamet, I would have fainted. (Big fan of dark plays, from "always be closing" to "attention must be paid"). I am just a lowly professional artist and not famous except in the art section of retail stores. But your comment made me smile.
I thought maybe Bill was breaking his streak of MAGA guests, but a quick Google search revealed that David Mamet is a Trump supporter who also questions the 2020 election. So it goes.
I think you have to be a known name to be published in The New Yorker. They welcome all submissions, of course, but the dirty secret is they won’t accept yours if you’re just some Joe Schmo, or Jane Schmo.
I hear you. Honestly, everything is oversaturated and so competitive that it’s going to also take some luck. Please remember that. “Talent + hard work + luck = success” was the late Nobel Prize winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s equation for success.
The funniest New Yorker cartoon I can remember is very old. And I never saw it; it was repeated to me by my parents, who were delighted by it for many years. In it, a woman is sitting on the floor, thousands of voodoo dolls spread around her, with pins sticking in them at various angles. The husband has just arrived home, briefcase in hand, and the caption is, "honey, can't you get along with anyone?"
Good description, Mindy. You should try out for Bill's podcast!
Thank you, Jeff Reed. Had I been on the same set as Mamet, I would have fainted. (Big fan of dark plays, from "always be closing" to "attention must be paid"). I am just a lowly professional artist and not famous except in the art section of retail stores. But your comment made me smile.
Well, your cartoon description make me smile more than Maher's or Mamet's, so I thought that "attention must be paid"--it comes with the territory!
Okay now ya dun it. You made my day.
Stfu you waste of air. I can smell you skanky breath from here.
“Watch full episode “
“Claw own eyes out”
Amazing how 2 very different things can actually feel exactly the same.
Mamet is as right wing as they come right there with Bannon and Stephen Miller. Fox propaganda is his idea of truth.
No thanks Bill.
I thought maybe Bill was breaking his streak of MAGA guests, but a quick Google search revealed that David Mamet is a Trump supporter who also questions the 2020 election. So it goes.
I don’t think they’ll ever pick my submissions. Maybe it’s the West Texas zip code or that I’m not that sharp.
I think you have to be a known name to be published in The New Yorker. They welcome all submissions, of course, but the dirty secret is they won’t accept yours if you’re just some Joe Schmo, or Jane Schmo.
Sure, but I’m referring to the joke caption contest in the back of each issue.
I hear you. Honestly, everything is oversaturated and so competitive that it’s going to also take some luck. Please remember that. “Talent + hard work + luck = success” was the late Nobel Prize winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s equation for success.
Oh, OK. Don’t sell yourself short. Just make it the funniest one and then they’ll have to pick you.
Trying for a bunt before a homerun.
Was the name “Club Twat” already taken?
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