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Caption Contests
July 01, 2008
June 23, 2008
June 16, 2008
June 02, 2008
May 26, 2008
May 19, 2008
May 12, 2008
May 08, 2008
Production meeting
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries before 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post five finalists here soon after, then tally your votes on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Thanks for playing!
May 05, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 21, 2008
April 14, 2008
You're supposed to be on the Group W bench!
This was a week when we had a bunch of good captions that didn't make the finals because they were too long for the polling widget. Thank goodness we had a bunch of quality shorter captions, too.
April 07, 2008
Comic relief
Editor's note: This week featured some idiosyncratic entries that I enjoyed. Are they the funniest?
March 31, 2008
March 17, 2008
March 10, 2008
March 03, 2008
February 25, 2008
February 18, 2008
February 11, 2008
February 04, 2008
January 28, 2008
January 21, 2008
Well, THAT was overly dramatic...
TUESDAY UPDATE: Got this e-mail today from one of our entrants...
Those were the five BEST? Really?? First, shouldn't it be "yearly international meetings"? Then "I don't think our offer is being well received" ... please explain how that's funny, because I don't see it. And "Corporate said some cuts were going to be made.." what a stretch. I mean how many seconds does it take to make that connection in your brain - I think it was about two seconds before I thought "heads are gonna roll," then noticed that someone else had already submitted it; surprise. You should put in the instructions that you are looking for obvious, unfunny captions. Must be friends of yours.
My reply:
Sorry _____. I tried drafting other people to pick the finalists and it didn't work out very well. I might try that again, but all it really does is move things from me being subjective to someone else being subjective.
Maybe someday we'll be able to have a logistically plausible vote on every caption entered, but at the moment that's beyond my technological capabilities. And opening it up to 10 finalists (which I also tried) was just unwieldy. Which means that you're stuck with me for the time being.
On the other hand, I don't know these people, so I'm not picking my friends. But it's still a matter of taste.
For the record, I thought this week's answers were pretty funny.
--Dan
The e-mail got me to thinking: Should I talk about what goes into the picking process? There's not enough room to do that in the paper, but I've got limitless room to talk about arcane points online... so... For insights into how I do this thing, click on the link to see me interview myself (I told you that this was a small staff)...
January 14, 2008
January 07, 2008
December 31, 2007
December 24, 2007
December 17, 2007
December 10, 2007
December 03, 2007
November 26, 2007
November 19, 2007
November 16, 2007
Thanks
(With apologies to Norman Rockwell.)
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions (as many as you like, but do me a favor and don't send each one individually). Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line.
I stop taking entries at 5 p.m. on Monday and put up five finalists ASAP. Online voting runs until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
November 12, 2007
November 05, 2007
October 29, 2007
October 22, 2007
October 15, 2007
October 08, 2007
October 05, 2007
My evil is revealed!
I had hoped to thrust this figurative dagger more fatally into this highly successful contestant's back, yet he survived my evil deed to write this letter:
I know the cartoon was about kicking sand in someone's face, little did I know it would be in mine. I know 'To err is human', I know Ms Teen South Carolina paved the way, but I am equally sure that Billy Shakespeare would not want Bobby Burns to be credited with his work.
Yes, that's right - my Silver Medal entry of 'Place kickers never fit in with the rest of the team' was erroneously credited to Susan Murray. While her entries were listed just below mine in your comments ... I know she would not want the fame and glory associated with the hilarious entry which I submitted.
I know Andy Savage is busy defending infidels and Al Parrish right now, but the pain and suffering heaped upon my head needs to be addressed. Would you want Ken Burger to get credit for your cartoons? Could Tommy Braswell generate Gnome humor? Alas poor Yorick! I weep!
Dr. John P. Smyth of Hollywood
Wounded multiple win, place and show contestant
All I can say is: OUT! OUT DAMNED SPOT! Oh, wait... that's Lady MacBeth... wrong play...
All kidding aside, it's a big goof on my part from when I went back on Wednesday morning to see who had written the finalist captions (when I pick them on Monday I try to focus first on the caption, rather than the writer, so every Wednesday after I count the votes I have to look up the source), and I just missed the transition from Smyth's entry to Murray's. I'm terribly sorry and will sincerely fall all over myself in the next issue of Fun & Games apologizing to both parties.
October 01, 2007
September 24, 2007
September 17, 2007
September 10, 2007
September 03, 2007
August 27, 2007
August 22, 2007
Special preview for our Web readers...
Here's an advance look at the cartoon that will appear in Friday's paper, just for our loyal Web following. So start thinking about your entries.
BTW: Voting on last week's Eskimo cartoon has been tallied, and the winner is Justin Mann of North Charleston.
August 20, 2007
August 13, 2007
August 06, 2007
July 30, 2007
Smoke gets in your ayes
Seems like just about everyone (well, not EVERYONE, but look back at the original post and you'll see what I mean) took one look at this picture and saw a chance to comment on the recent smoking ban in Charleston. Take your pick from these five.
July 23, 2007
Meanwhile, in the board room...
Editor's note: There's some kind of problem with the Vizu server right now and I can't diagnose it. I can see the choices, but it won't let me vote for them. If you experience the same problem, please check back later to register your vote. -- dan.
July 16, 2007
July 09, 2007
July 02, 2007
June 25, 2007
June 22, 2007
Old School "pick 'em" for Gargoyle contest
And the word for this week is: “Glitch.”
Glitch: as me not seeing multiple elligible entries when I logged in from home to select finalists on Monday (the final day of my vacation); as in entries that got tagged as varying degrees of Spam by our e-mail filter; as is problems with Charleston.net on Monday that may or may not have contributed to what look like anomalous problems with this week’s online voting.
So this week I’ve gone Old School. All of this week’s winners were selected by yours truly, so please address all fan mail to my attorney, who assures me he’ll be out on parole sometime next month.
Achievement in the field of local satire: To Gene Pardee of West Ashley for his entry lampooning a local ordinance:
“Well I was going to Mount Pleasant for vacation, but now you can’t smoke there either!”
Achievement in the field of historical accuracy: Gargoyles were meant to protect buildings from evil spirits, so they’re supposed to be on the side of the good guys. While this concept eluded some contributors, Deborah O’Shea of James Island had several excellent entries that reflected this knowledge. Such as:
“Back in the day, guarding the riches of ancient cathedrals and warding off evil spirits was child’s play compared to this ‘Homeland Security Terrorist Watch’ stint.”
Dishonorable mention in the use of groan-inducing punnery: Susan Murray of West Ashley stooped to conquer with this deliciously insufferable entry:
“Son, I’ve got to warn you about these New York goyls.”
This week’s F&G Overall Top Entry goes to Brenda Braye-Chadwick of West Ashley, for her wonderfully absurd reading of the gargoyles’ expressions:
“Can’t you get anything right? I said a mocha double latte cappuccino espresso!”
Thanks for playing.
June 18, 2007
Gargoyles voting
Pick your favorite. Voting will be open until 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
June 04, 2007
You! Out of the gene pool! voting...
Voting will continue until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
May 28, 2007
May 25, 2007
Your winners are...
“That’s the home of Lord Bluebeard. He’s ‘new money.’”
This week’s caption results come with a bit of a technological twist: On Monday I gathered up my 10 favorite entries so far and created a “Pick the funniest caption” poll that I displayed on three blogs, including this one. Since it was an experiment, I considered the results non-binding, particularly since the deadline for entries had not passed.
However, since we had only three entries after the poll went up on Monday, I’ve decided to go with the voice of the people in selecting this week’s winners.
The honorable mentions:
“Camilla,
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