'The Monkeys You Ordered' is a hilarious blog that re-captions cartoons from The New Yorker. The new captions make the often confusing cartoons infinitely more fun and understandable.
Most of the captions in "The Monkeys You Ordered" are literal and straight to the point. The blog also provides link backs to the original cartoons in case your humor is a little too high brow for jokes about mummy coitus and suicidal cats. Even if you've never seen a copy of The New Yorker before, you've still got to check this blog out.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Humorous Cartoon Spoof Websites
- Opportunity for the creation of more websites that add humor to existing content through captions.
- Reimagining Traditional Cartoons
- Opportunity to explore imaginative ways of leveraging traditional cartoons to create new stories and experiences.
- User-generated Satire
- Opportunity to create online communities where users can submit their own satirical captions or content that parodies existing material.
Where This Applies
- Online Entertainment
- Opportunity to create more online content that is interactive and engaging.
- Media and Journalism
- Opportunity to use satire and humor as a vehicle for social commentary and critique in traditional media and journalism.
- Marketing and Advertising
- Opportunity for advertising agencies to create campaigns that leverage humor and satire to engage and entertain audiences.
