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Film critic Roger Ebert entered times before his th caption was deemed a winner.

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished....

Roger Ebert Wins New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

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The film critic has been sending in entries for five years

By Adam Martin

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Roger Ebert announced on his blog today that he had won the New Yorker's weekly caption contest.

His is the st caption to be chosen after about five years of the contest's existence. Congratulations, Mr. Ebert.

Over at the New Yorker, cartoon editor Robert Mankoff says he's delighted that Ebert won.

Why call it a dime when you can call it, The Harry S Truman Medallion for Excellence in Cartoon Captioning?

Roger Ebert, cartoonist?

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished.

Ebert entered The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest numerous times before finally winning first place in Ebert's winning caption paved.

When Roger Ebert won Caption Contest #, I mentioned that he had entered a hundred and seven contests, but that others had entered even.

The film reviewer claims he has submitted an entry to the contest "almost weekly virtually since it began." For the fans, Mankoff has run a few of Ebert's rejected submissions (including one hilarious penis joke that didn't pass the censors).

He also has a breakdown of the film reviewer's erstwhile efforts in the five-year-old contest:

Roger was being a bit hyperbolic when he claimed to have entered practically all of the contests since its inception.

Out of a possible two hundred