Where Do I Get the Ideas for the Gags?

THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST HISTORY BLUFF. I HEARD TWO DEE JAYS ON THE RADIO JOKING ABOUT CERTAIN EVENTS IN HISTORY. THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE 100 YEARS WAR AND ONE OF THEM SAID, 'YEAH, WHO STARTED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?' I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE OLDEST TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN I GOT THIS IDEA, ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. WOW, THIS COULD BE THE START OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP. 

THIS EDISON TOON IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES. I WISH MORE IDEAS CAME TO ME AS EASY AS THIS ONE. I'VE SOLD AT LEAST 10 PRINTS OF THIS BLUFF. FOR SOME REASON AUDIENCES REALLY LOVE THIS PARTICULAR TOON. IT REALLY CRACKS PEOPLE UP. I AM QUITE FOND OF EDISON'S UNI-BROW. PERFECT EXAMPLE OF KEEP IT SIMPLE, SIMON.

THE BEST CARTOONS ARE THE ONES THAT HIT A PERSONAL CHORD WITH VIEWERS. THIS ONE REALLY, REALLY MAKES ME LAUGH. OTHERS JUST SEEM TO SNICKER. BUT THE TOONS THAT I THINK ARE JUST HA HA, SEEM TO BE A KNEE SLAPPER TO OTHERS. I FEEL THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS WHEN READERS CUT OUT A TOON AND POST IT IN THEIR CUBICLES OR STICK IT TO THE FRIDGE. THAT'S BETTER THAN THE HALL OF FAME. HERE'S A PERSONAL NOTE ON THIS TOON. THE PUNCHLINE IS FUNNY, NO DOUBT. BUT HOW FUNNY ARE THE NAMES RUTHERFORD, ULYSSES AND GROVER? COME ON, THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT THERE

THIS CARTOON IS ONE OF LIFE'S LITTLE BONUSES. I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO WRITE A TOON ABOUT THE BIZARRE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ABE LINCOLN AND JACK KENNEDY. ONE OF THE COMPARISONS IS THAT THEY BOTH HAD A VP NAMED JOHNSON. THEN WHEN I SAID THE NAME 'JOHNSON' OUT LOUD, I CHUCKLED AND SAID, OH MAN, I GOT IT.THIS HAPPENS TO WRITERS. THEY ARE GOING DOWN ONE LANE, AND THINK OF SOMETHING FUNNIER ALONG THE WAY.

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