Episode 157 - Mort Gerberg

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

English - May 29, 2024 18:00 - 2 hours - 88.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 156 - Jason Patterson & Dan Abdo

Next Episode: Episode 158 - Liana Finck

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview the great Mort Gerberg. Mort talks with us about his career in cartooning and much, much more! A fantastic interview!

You can find Mort's webpage here:
http://mortgerberg.com

You can also find Mort's 50 year retrospective of his cartoons, Mort Gerber On The Scene, here:
https://www.fantagraphics.com/.../mort-gerberg-on-the-scene

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the changes for ranking captions and the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #895 (Close Encounters of the T.J. Maxx Kind).

Finalists for contest #897 (Spiral Ham Inflation).

Current New Yorker contest #899 (Take two aspirin and call me a cab).

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