The finalists are in. Which will score?
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #904 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_0667691047.html #DrewDernavich #Soccer #Goat #Goalkeeper #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

R. F. Schabelitz
August 1936
More Issues of College Humor from 1936 and 1937 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/three-more-issues-of-college-humor-from.html #RFSchabelitz #PinUp #CollegeHumor

"By gad! I wish I were you father for about five minutes."
Peter Arno's Side-Show for January 1937 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/peter-arnos-side-show-for-january-1937.html #PeterArno #CollegeHumor

May the fork be with you.
Caption Contest Cartoon by Derek Evernden
The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 182 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cartoonstock-cartoon-caption.html #DerekEvernden #Fork #CartoonStock #Cartoon #CaptionContest

"Here's a hot one, lambie—'Dear sir: As an old friend, I feel it my duty to warn you to keep an eye on your new chauffeur.'"
Peter Arno's Side-Show for November 1936 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/peter-arnos-side-show-for-november-1936.html #PeterArno #CollegeHumor #Bedroom #Adultery

Mouse transit
Caption Contest Cartoon by Ellis Rosen
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #905 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_01681225560.html #EllisRosen #Mice #Exterminator #Subway #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

And Betty Brosmer too!
James Thurber in Nugget, Volume 1, Number 1 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/james-thurber-in-nugget-volume-1-number.html #BettyBrosmer #Nugget

"But, Miss Grimble, that was only a suggestion!"
Peter Arno's Side-Show for August 1936 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/peter-arnos-side-show-for-august-1936.html #PeterArno #CollegeHumor #DesertIsland

Weekend Reading
Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of July 21 -26, 2024; More Spills…Maddie Dai; Roz Chast; Attempted Bloggery & Arno | Inkspill https://michaelmaslin.com/weekend-spill-the-tilley-watch-online-the-week-of-july-21-26-2024-more-spills-maddie-dai-roz-chast-attempted-bloggery-arno/ #PeterArno #CollegeHumor #MichaelMaslin

"There must be some mistake, sir! The charge here is for crêpes suzettes!"
Peter Arno's Side-Show for November 1937 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/peter-arnos-side-show-for-november-1937.html #PeterArno #CollegeHumor #ShowGirl

Andrea Wirt's Copy of Teddy! Where Are You? by Ralph Steadman https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/andrea-wirts-copy-of-teddy-where-are.html #RalphSteadman

Bill Perry
Ed Arno and Warren Miller, et al.,  From the Collection of Paul P. Goldberg https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/02/ed-arno-and-warren-miller-et-al-from.html #BillPerry

Title page
Blair's Copy of The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975-1985 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/blairs-copy-of-new-yorker-cartoon-album.html #TheNewYorker

"All right—I take the key, to to your hotel, go to the twelfth floor and walk down one flight, and go  in your room and wait till you come—and then what do I do?"
Peter Arno's Side-Show for April 1937 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/peter-arnos-side-show-for-april-1937.html #PeterArno #CollegeHumor

Gross anatomy
A Dragon Fancier's Copy of I, Leonardo by Ralph Steadman? https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-dragon-fanciers-copy-of-i-leonardo-by.html #RalphSteadman

"Best Regards,
W. Miller"
Ed Arno and Warren Miller, et al., From the Collection of Paul P. Goldberg attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/02/ed-arn… #WarrenMiller

And the winning caption is . . .
The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 181 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-cartoonstock-cartoon-caption.html #MickStevens #HumptyDumpty #CartoonStock #Cartoon #CaptionContest

Signed and inhabited
A Dragon Fancier's Copy of I, Leonardo by Ralph Steadman? https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-dragon-fanciers-copy-of-i-leonardo-by.html #RalphSteadman #Dragon?

"But, Miss Finch—I only wanted to put something in your stocking!"
Dorothy McKay in College Humor, December 1936 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/dorothy-mckay-in-college-humor-december.html #DorothyMcKay #CollegeHumor

Clive Hirschhorn's Copy of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/clive-hirschhorns-copy-of-funny-thing.html #StephenSondheim #LarryGelbart #BurtShevelove