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  • Zach Woods and Abbi Jacobson, stars of "The Lego Ninjago Movie,” tackle The New Yorker’s legendary contest and settle on a new universal cartoon caption.
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  • @abiescrafts
    @abiescrafts 5 лет назад +152

    'not to make light of a medical situation' could literally be the caption 2:04

  • @S_E_R_
    @S_E_R_ 7 лет назад +501

    "Piesplaining 2: Pig in the City. Which city? Yoou got it... Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania... Only in New York"
    I want this on my grave.

    • @k.jacksonethier9958
      @k.jacksonethier9958 6 лет назад +6

      "Piesplaining 2: Pig in the City. Which city? Yoou got it... Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania... Only in New York"
      ONLY on NBC..

    • @nobu9705
      @nobu9705 4 года назад +3

      Piesplaining and the Return of the Chamber of Secrets Reloaded… Only in New York

  • @njuta
    @njuta 6 лет назад +334

    This segment works so much better with two people making each other laugh at their off the cuff jokes

  • @zipgow
    @zipgow 4 года назад +21

    Love how they clearly aren't trying and still come up with the funniest caption with that Human Centipede one.

  • @tardersauce3578
    @tardersauce3578 5 лет назад +87

    This is easily the funniest, as they didn’t have to come of with actual related humor but set up a complex web of running jokes and finishing a joke.

    • @conradkorbol
      @conradkorbol 4 года назад +6

      It’s the ucb improv method which they were both trained in.

  • @abigaild9863
    @abigaild9863 6 лет назад +1142

    This is that episode of the office where Gabe ruins the caption contest and has no sense of humor

    • @saucedonkey88889
      @saucedonkey88889 6 лет назад +13

      - abi I came here to make this joke thank you haha

    • @rui5178
      @rui5178 6 лет назад +39

      I thought I was the only one who thought he was not even a little funny

    • @TrustyJustin
      @TrustyJustin 6 лет назад +20

      He should've waited in the car.

    • @meganatkinson1593
      @meganatkinson1593 6 лет назад +8

      Couldn’t let a female comic go it alone. Thanks for jokesplaining dude

    • @alexandrawalker6243
      @alexandrawalker6243 5 лет назад +2

      Legend has it that that episode was based on true story

  • @miaandre8956
    @miaandre8956 6 лет назад +191

    I really liked how th- OnLY In NeW YOrK

  • @CossackGene
    @CossackGene 6 лет назад +48

    The Human Centipede one made my entire week, I started to applaud

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos 6 лет назад +316

    To those who don't get it, the joke isn't the joke, the joke is how the comments are mockery of the New Yorker's often inane or political captions. Later the jokes become a mockery of his own running gags and dumb sense of humor.

    • @nordmark16
      @nordmark16 5 лет назад +9

      It's not that deep

    • @Turok1134
      @Turok1134 5 лет назад +6

      @@nordmark16 And yet people still miss the point.

    • @youreajaywalker
      @youreajaywalker 5 лет назад +1

      esotericVideos explaining a joke.........

    • @seanbell4203
      @seanbell4203 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah I got it. Still isn't funny.

    • @strawberryfields0089
      @strawberryfields0089 5 лет назад +3

      Sean Bell well Sean...
      OnlY in nEw York

  • @kellymcdonald3964
    @kellymcdonald3964 7 лет назад +245

    the human centipede one cracked me up

    • @JesusHComedy
      @JesusHComedy 6 лет назад +6

      Kelly McDonald That was the only one that made sense

    • @qcumberfiesta7122
      @qcumberfiesta7122 4 года назад +5

      I feel like he was mad that he made one that was unironicly funny

    • @mugensgeta1125
      @mugensgeta1125 4 года назад +1

      Qcumber Fiesta yeah lol they were trying so hard to not be funny and then he ruined it 😂

    • @mugensgeta1125
      @mugensgeta1125 4 года назад

      Jesus Herrera Comedy he broke character 😭

  • @elliottanderson2453
    @elliottanderson2453 7 лет назад +98

    This video . . . Only in the New Yorker.

  • @cassetiquette
    @cassetiquette 5 лет назад +14

    I like how near the end with the centipede one, the video makes a hard cut, and you can see that they edited out another “Only in New York” tag.

  • @chriskoeberlein8535
    @chriskoeberlein8535 6 лет назад +32

    1:25 "And where again did you get the fruit for this pie?"

    • @TortureBot
      @TortureBot 3 года назад

      "I said forbidden CHOCOLATE!"

  • @extraswaggeroni
    @extraswaggeroni 6 лет назад +9

    every caption in this could be "only in new york"
    it's honestly a perfect new yorker caption

  • @Melissa-tw2gp
    @Melissa-tw2gp 6 лет назад +124

    The only episode of this series that made me laugh.

    • @GuitarSlayer136
      @GuitarSlayer136 4 года назад

      Its been a year.
      This is still the case.

  • @johnhogan8327
    @johnhogan8327 6 лет назад +47

    This is the only one of these I've actually laughed at

  • @nafseltaeb
    @nafseltaeb 5 лет назад +34

    “I recommend an anti-inflammatory.”

  • @danvallentyne9587
    @danvallentyne9587 6 лет назад +60

    "It's him talking" "what else is new". Adam talks over whole video.

  • @kkilco
    @kkilco 6 лет назад +113

    lmao this is so funny because i've only ever seen zach as gabe on the office and i expected him to be exactly like gabe. i thought he was funny but he was definitely dominating the convo, which was pretty ironic when he started talking about men dominating conversations.

    • @AGON17
      @AGON17 6 лет назад +6

      coffeeeyes you have to watch Silicon Valley lol

  • @CAMB1990
    @CAMB1990 4 года назад +8

    -Adam and Eve-
    Eve: relax Adam, he didn’t say anything about apple pie”

  • @HansvandeBruggen
    @HansvandeBruggen 6 лет назад +37

    0:18 “Perhaps NOW you can detect the floral notes?”
    0:37 “You’re right, that was a pretty realistic pigeon call”
    1:04 “Secret’s safe with me. They took mine, too.”
    1:25 “Your grandma’s recipe? What’s a grandma?”
    2:01 “I have some good news and some bad news…”
    2:20 “…and I promise I’ll start looking for a place of my own once school gets out”
    2:46 “Doc’s giving me one last hurrah before the liver transplant”
    3:10 “He wasn’t kidding! The subway goes practically to his door!”
    3:21 “If you won’t tell me who, I’m sure they will.”
    3:59 Training for the rat race.
    4:10 John’s attempt to make a big splash at the board meeting was not well received.
    4:26 “I have to let you go, Smith. You just can’t reheat fish in the break room.”
    4:46 “Yarr, he’ll be competin’ in the Pirate Olympics. Says he’ll bring back gold.”

  • @theancafelover1
    @theancafelover1 3 года назад +1

    this is one of my favorite videos ever on this website

  • @funnysmile12325
    @funnysmile12325 6 лет назад +27

    Here’s mine:
    0:22 “Amateur escape artists, huh? And how’s that been working out for you?”
    0:39 “I take it the ‘bread-crumb blazer’ won’t be a national trend”
    1:04 “okay now YOU scratch the scab on MY ear”
    1:26 “No, I understand, but what I’m saying is regardless of what form it’s in, I’m not gonna eat it.”
    2:10 “Well, Trevor...It’s not GOOD.”
    2:20 “Yeah, dude, spring break at my parent’s is going great. I gotta go, it’s my bed time.”
    2:47 “Darling, I think you’re forgetting what got you here in the first place”
    3:15 “Me see Grungo upgraded to condo. Must be nice.”
    3:27 “I thought you just meant I would have a real ‘great time’ working here not a literal hoot”
    3:59 “Johnson is one step ahead of the rat race”
    4:11 “No, no, no, DIVE into this meeting, good Lord!”
    4:27 “Well, Stephen, given you’re the last one here I assume you already know what this is about”
    4:50 “Here I was, makin’ an example out of ol’ moldy shoes, but that form brings a tear to me eye.”

  • @skinkscat
    @skinkscat 6 лет назад +264

    I was excited to see Zach was captioning these, but these all kind of sucked

    • @blurstoftimes91
      @blurstoftimes91 6 лет назад +58

      Pretty sure that's the joke

    • @hosecoat
      @hosecoat 6 лет назад +61

      only in new york!

    • @Onorrie
      @Onorrie 6 лет назад +25

      If you watch the series, they’re all kind of like that. It’s kind of anti humor-ish, strangely entertaining

    • @picainches
      @picainches 6 лет назад +9

      i dont know, i thought the human centipede one was funny

    • @barrymulligan2378
      @barrymulligan2378 6 лет назад +2

      Julianne Kolb sucking on purpose is still sucking, and it's probably worse

  • @Nathanr016
    @Nathanr016 4 года назад +5

    The Adam and Eve one: “eve... is that apple pie?”

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone 2 года назад

    I would have written:
    2:00 "Eva! but you only know how to make apple pies, maybe you have to try to avoid certain tips."
    2:18 "dear sir, he must be a fireman" / "maybe he must stop eating the fire"
    3:18 "dear we have to keep an eye on him, because maybe he made a wheel"
    4:42 "boss, the distances for Covid 19 are fine, but maybe you have exaggerated a little too much"

  • @jordansullivan5764
    @jordansullivan5764 6 лет назад +15

    Zach woods is adorable. This isn't particularly funny, but I smiled because he seemed so delighted at the cartoons.

  • @user-fq3xc4gs1m
    @user-fq3xc4gs1m 6 лет назад +1

    The last caption of the diving pirate should have been something like, "Fools, I'm a champion of the sea. Knowledge is power!".

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    dogs: "Ok, here's the deal, you scatch my itch, I scratch yours".

  • @bradmapson6243
    @bradmapson6243 5 лет назад

    0:07 it's not too late... you can still join us.0:39 thanks, but, I think I'm gonna hold onto my tupince today.1:04 "oooh a little to the left... right... Yeah... Yeah, right there"1:25 "ok... I'm beginning to see your point"2:03 "well, it doesn't look good"2:20 "yeah!! and this time you better bring some milk with those cookies... I know you don't want to hear what you did last night again, now do you?"3:17 "he still hasn't apologized for Thanksgiving"

  • @Alkhemy84
    @Alkhemy84 7 лет назад +90

    Zach should be in a broad city episode!!!

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад +1

    Chairs in a row: "Now tell me Jim, are you first, last, early or late?"

  • @Mmmmkkaayyy
    @Mmmmkkaayyy 5 лет назад +9

    0:37 ...I knew that guy looked a little seedy

    • @TortureBot
      @TortureBot 3 года назад

      "I know about your high cholesterol, but you should lay off the sunflower oil for a while."

  • @-HRH
    @-HRH 6 лет назад +6

    I don’t understand anyone who says this was anything but comedy gold!

  • @dimitreze
    @dimitreze 6 лет назад +102

    1:50 Hey Eve, I don't know if a apple's pie makes it ok.

    • @josefbacker9792
      @josefbacker9792 6 лет назад +2

      "Couldn't we just make love and enjoy paradise"

    • @dgstruzyk
      @dgstruzyk 6 лет назад

      “You forgot the nutmeg?!”

  • @msabolijoshi
    @msabolijoshi 7 лет назад +226

    I LOVE ZACH SO MUCH

    • @GN77340
      @GN77340 6 лет назад

      Aboli Joshi if he only was funny

  • @CraigGrande
    @CraigGrande Год назад

    The “This weekend?” one had me dying and I have no idea why

  • @agentfoxscully3649
    @agentfoxscully3649 Год назад

    It’s so refreshing, and, frankly, assuring, to see the beautiful absurdity of fellow lunatics.

  • @OdditiesandRarities
    @OdditiesandRarities 6 лет назад +4

    2:18 "I can conjure up fire using the power of my Will."

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    man in hospital bed with beer cans: "Well, are you going to get the chips or not?"

  • @losangalex
    @losangalex 4 года назад +1

    This was the best one of these by far

  • @KMM-kx2yn
    @KMM-kx2yn 6 лет назад +2

    "Sir you have exploding sneeze-itus" "your cancer is VERY aggressive" "Just give it to me on fire doc." "Whats my illness? Doc- Ain't that the Burning question of the day."

  • @paridasnapesnapesnape5584
    @paridasnapesnapesnape5584 6 лет назад +144

    *names future child Gym, short for James*

  • @cubethesquid3919
    @cubethesquid3919 6 лет назад +4

    2:10 "Well, I usually try to not make light of a medical situation..."

    • @TortureBot
      @TortureBot 3 года назад

      "You have contracted a previously unknown venereal disease that's so dangerous, even trying to explain it on paper causes instantaneous combustion."

  • @evilkitt33
    @evilkitt33 6 лет назад +5

    zach looks so beautiful here :(( ❤️

  • @brianmasse-be4np
    @brianmasse-be4np 6 лет назад +1

    Come on Gabe! You said yourself, you have to use sticky quips!

  • @flala2261
    @flala2261 5 лет назад +1

    _Chaotic energy_

  • @rose8765
    @rose8765 6 лет назад +4

    2:00 wait...WHICH apples did you use again...?

  • @moneymaker3208
    @moneymaker3208 6 лет назад +7

    This should’ve been Abbi and Ilana 😑😑.

  • @Steve27775
    @Steve27775 6 лет назад

    0:38 - 'My god... Mr. Hitchcock?'
    2:02 - 'This is my first day on the burns unit.'
    3:40 - 'Thank you Mrs. Prendergast, that will be owl.'

  • @TortureBot
    @TortureBot 3 года назад

    Concrete shoes cartoon: "Well now, who's been stealing office supplies?"

  • @TortureBot
    @TortureBot 3 года назад

    Beer strapped to head: "If I can get enough of this into my system, I might not even know I'm dead!"

  • @impressionistslandscape
    @impressionistslandscape 6 лет назад +4

    “Only in New York!”

  • @ireneadler4925
    @ireneadler4925 6 лет назад +6

    I wish Conan did one

  • @TortureBot
    @TortureBot 3 года назад

    Dogs: "Beats wearing a mask, right?"

  • @jessbragg1
    @jessbragg1 6 лет назад

    3:44 all those encounters with "Halpert" and he misspells JIM, that was funny

  • @zerodraw13
    @zerodraw13 5 лет назад

    Even the 9 year old didn’t ruin it for me. Thanks, you two.

  • @mysonisaiahisthebest
    @mysonisaiahisthebest 4 года назад

    Beer hat in hospital bed:
    ‘You only die once’

  • @bexlizard
    @bexlizard 5 лет назад +3

    i think my favorite part of this is the last second when zach stares off at the ceiling

  • @13Yeared
    @13Yeared 6 лет назад +33

    A+
    This was the best one

  • @mysonisaiahisthebest
    @mysonisaiahisthebest 4 года назад

    The first one:
    ‘So, you two ready to take the leap?’

  • @seankelly1404
    @seankelly1404 7 лет назад +42

    LET THE LAD Y SPEAK SOMETHING! SHES TRYING. ALL THE TIME SHE IS TRYING TO SAY IT. BOY! GET YOUR VOICE SMALER.

    • @chrizchanang
      @chrizchanang 4 года назад +6

      Only in New York

    • @plaham7288
      @plaham7288 4 года назад

      Sean you are an inspiration. Only in New York.

  • @fridaalexander8009
    @fridaalexander8009 4 года назад

    This is the best one of these BY FAR

  • @youmeandi100
    @youmeandi100 7 лет назад +55

    Zach......my love

  • @PirateParadox
    @PirateParadox 4 года назад +1

    Should've used Dunder-Mifflin-Sabre's 'sticky quips' to write the captions on

  • @duck_named_goose
    @duck_named_goose 5 лет назад +1

    For the Adam and Eve one”well now we have to eat it”

  • @msminmichigan
    @msminmichigan 6 лет назад +1

    Abbi Jaconson, one of the under appreciated beauties.

  • @Jay2DaPDawg
    @Jay2DaPDawg 3 года назад

    The last one could be: "I can't follow that.."

  • @OdditiesandRarities
    @OdditiesandRarities 6 лет назад +1

    1:01 "...its not my favourite Hitchcock movie."

  • @nobu9705
    @nobu9705 4 года назад +1

    Hahahaha. The most absurd one yet! Thank you, muppets, for bringing me to the New Yorker channel!

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    Chart on fire: "Well, Mr. Jones, I often comfort patients by saying 'It could be worse', but not this time."

  • @DeWraith117
    @DeWraith117 4 года назад +2

    This whole video series:
    *prior to recording*
    “Keep in mind, our audience was alive during the Great War… ok, action!”
    ~boomer captions~

  • @barbecuetie1751
    @barbecuetie1751 6 лет назад

    This is modern humor captured beautifully

  • @garnerday7149
    @garnerday7149 6 лет назад

    0:39 "...ohh, you finally moved into that new place above the bakery?" Or "I told you, you look crummy".

    • @garnerday7149
      @garnerday7149 6 лет назад

      1:06 "sniff... sniff... did you see the new episode of get smart last night"

  • @sonyecollins
    @sonyecollins 5 лет назад +1

    Im obsessed with zach help

  • @codemanthe2nd343
    @codemanthe2nd343 6 лет назад +1

    0:46
    "Don't judge ..... it's therapeutic"

  • @ReubsWalsh
    @ReubsWalsh 5 лет назад +1

    Adam (to Eve) "Honey, you know I can't eat gluten..."

  • @oogleoo
    @oogleoo 6 лет назад

    this is the best one yet shdkfl LMAO

  • @mysonisaiahisthebest
    @mysonisaiahisthebest 4 года назад

    Adam and Eve:
    ‘Forbidden pie again?! It goes straight to my thighs!’

  • @carpetlayenful
    @carpetlayenful 5 лет назад

    " True, he said nothing about eating forbidden about forbidden pies"

  • @michaeltudyk6802
    @michaeltudyk6802 6 лет назад +33

    Wow a lot of people on the wrong side of whether or not this is funny which it definitely is.

    • @seanbell4203
      @seanbell4203 5 лет назад

      Not really. I get what they're going for, but pretty lame nonetheless.

  • @yanambageheche5789
    @yanambageheche5789 6 лет назад

    1. "Ma'am I cannot stress it enough! I don't have the time to pour this into your mouth"

  • @edmundhudson
    @edmundhudson 6 лет назад

    Walking the plank (4:51) - "I give him a 10."

  • @JuliaHap
    @JuliaHap 5 лет назад

    This is one of the best episodes for sure

  • @adelaide428
    @adelaide428 6 лет назад

    1:27 "Stop trying to find loopholes -- you still can't eat it!"

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    pigeons one: "That sesame seed clothing is light and airy, but does have its drawbacks"

  • @NSpam-gp4uh
    @NSpam-gp4uh 5 лет назад

    1:01 “I told you not to spill any breadcrumbs”

  • @lynkempa3415
    @lynkempa3415 6 лет назад

    that pie one should’ve been “i was hoping to get some of that cake”

  • @wolfaww2726
    @wolfaww2726 6 лет назад +1

    4:10 “Diving board meeting”

  • @bluemood3523
    @bluemood3523 6 лет назад

    0:19 “dr.stein really is the best marriage counselor” or “my husband and I usually just go to a play on date night”

  • @mooalijasmine
    @mooalijasmine 5 лет назад

    “My wife says Sesame Oil is hydrating”; “Apparently I don’t drink enough”;

  • @newarefreed
    @newarefreed 5 лет назад

    Zach making a throwback to the office with Wilkes Barre

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    jumping into meeting: "Not sorry I'm late."

  • @jennawade7382
    @jennawade7382 5 лет назад

    me, a new yorker: *shocked pikachu face*

  • @SofiaFP
    @SofiaFP 7 лет назад +45

    lmao i love them

  • @williamwolfe8708
    @williamwolfe8708 4 года назад

    Pirates: "Aye, I knew he was a sociopath."

  • @lochlanmckee7991
    @lochlanmckee7991 4 года назад

    Some how this has been my favourite

  • @allyssahill6372
    @allyssahill6372 6 лет назад

    1:38 " I thought i told you to make me a SANDWICH!"

  • @aldennnnx
    @aldennnnx 6 лет назад +8

    4:10 Bored of Directors

    • @TortureBot
      @TortureBot 3 года назад

      "I don't care WHAT they did at Google! We're not having meetings at a swimming pool!"

  • @rekstizzy
    @rekstizzy 5 лет назад +1

    got funnier and funnier, best one tbh