A dinner table. Someone has just been served a plate of what looks like dust. There’s a box of MINUTE RICE on the table. The chef explains: “Turns out, it takes a long time to cook, but it’s really tiny.”
They should clarify that.
For a few years I’ve been taking part in this podcast called The Novelizers, where comedy writers — like me — turn a classic movie into a novel, chapter by chapter, and then funny actors read the chapters. Andy Richter is the host. My chapter of the latest “book,” which is a novelization of “The Matrix,” just dropped, and is read by Matt Mercer. Check it out!
Here’s Ali Redford’s take on seven eight one:
I think this is terrific, especially the barber’s look of expectant glee. Ali chose to make the customer the Invisible Man instead of Dracula, which is still a solid joke, but I think I should clarify in the caption who he is for people unfamiliar with the premise. But if Ali and I somehow sell this cartoon to The New Yorker (and we won’t) it’ll just be a quick fix.
Thanks, Ali! I love it.
The rest of you: draw.
Wow. First, thank you; I thought it was not very good at all, but I drew it, so I sent it.
Next, I need to go back and read this one! I thought sure the customer was Dracula. The barber just turned out to be laughing because of course Dracula couldn't know what a silly question. I got it all bolllixed up, didn't I?