New Yorker Cartoon Contest #567
As an example, we first focused on one cartoon — a man embedded in a mattress with a coffee cup and briefcase. Readers submitted 4,014 captions submitted to the New Yorker contest 567.
The Voting
Some received thousands of votes. Most, only a few.
One stood out
Getting both the highest number of funny votes and unfunny votes.
The Funniest Caption
It had the highest average funniness score:
"Like I'm the first person who's tried sleeping their way to the top."
