Who knew that legs emerging from a plane would inspired so many captions about lost earrings, carnivorous aircraft, and close quarter combat? We went straight to the top for this one, and asked Debra Steidel Wall, our newly named Deputy Archivist, to be our guest judge.
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So what’s really happening here? The original caption reads: “Workmen at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, California. Two women employees working through the bombardier’s hatch., 08/1943” (ARC 520739)
Did you know that June is National Accordion Awareness Month? (Seriously.) We’ve found the perfect image to celebrate! Put your funniest caption in the comments below.
His booking agent would hear about this!
A perfect gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion. And doesn’t.
Mom told me I had to practice until I am called for dinner.
Modern day accordian virtuoso and parodist Weird Al Yankovic was inspired by his grandfather, who worked some of the earliest comedy clubs in the country.
How much longer do I have play this darn thing?!
Happy Hour at Harold’s just wasn’t the same after the Tornado.
“And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadow of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we’re apart”
Don’t tell me I got the time for the parade wrong again!!
When Jasper’s wife said “It’s the accordion or me,” she wasn’t kidding around.
When the wind was blowing in the right direction, Buck’s accordion could be heard for miles.
I am NOT getting the results from this yard sale I had hoped for.
If you buy my stuff, I’ll destroy the concertina. Promise.
Play it again, Sam.
A guy walks into a bar with a bottle, a clock, and a squeeze box…
The show is supposed to start at 7:30. I wonder when the crowds begin showing up around this place.
The yard sale was almost complete, just 3 more items to sell and Samuel would head west to entertain folks on the revival circuit.
Yes this our nature honeymoon suite which we rent by the hour. Father Petrov will marry you then play Oh How We Danced On The Night We Were Wed.
The arrival of the 7:31 train out of Moosehead was always a call for drinks and music!
Are you sure “Antiques Roadshow” doesn’t have a talent portion?
Maybe I should have put up more signs for my yard sale.
A closet Led Zeppelin fan, Uncle Guido practices his chords for “Stairway to Heaven.”
CBS knew they had a problem with this location when even Phil couldn’t find the check in point.
Yosef Croce used visual aids when he played his mournful rendition of “Time In a Bottle.”