Episode 260 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast · Jul 29, 2026 · 53m

Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

We were all pretty much in agreement with the New Yorker contests, but the podcast gang did take Larry to task for some of the Cartoon Stock picks. Larry was able to defend his personal picks, but could offer no defense for the other judge's picks (he actually agreed with us for a change).

Larry also states that he thinks his caption for New Yorker Contest #1000 is one of the best he's come up with. We'll see how that works out!

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #996 (Hot…