When The New Yorker started its caption contest, in 2005, it quickly became the world’s most popular weekly cartoon caption contest. I don’t have any data to back this up, but back then, just having a ...

Hey Arnold!, a Nickelodeon cartoon, premiered in 1996 and told the story of Arnold and his pals as they navigated life and the societal pressures of late elementary school. The gang of inner-city kids ...

Many classic cartoons include hidden jokes and Easter eggs that most kids never notice. These details were often added by animators for older viewers watching along. At the time, they went completely ...

As Professor Mary Beard informed us last week, the world’s oldest joke book, the Philogelos, has been around for thousands of years. And it’s even been online for a few years. But not until last week ...

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