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Blog of Interest: A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker Magazine
A look at the issue of December 8, 1928 — wherein appears one of the most famous of all New Yorker cartoons:
*Here’s a revamped Spill post from Dec. 21, 2013 on the evolution of the caption for the drawing:
E.B. White is remembered as author of one of the most popular cartoon captions of the magazine’s earlier days, but perhaps it might be more accurate to say he was co-author, having adapted the caption from the artist’s original submission. The published caption, as it appeared beneath Carl Rose’s drawing in the December 8, 1928 New Yorker:
“It’s broccoli, dear.”
“I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.”
The original caption, below, as submitted by Rose himself provided the framework for White’s sterling re-working. Rose’s original caption:
“Mother, if I eat my spinach, may I have some chocolate pudding?”
“No, dear, there isn’t any chocolate pudding today.”
“Well, the, the hell with the spinach.”