Business, Featured - Written by Hagai Fleiman on Friday, April 25, 2008 9:57 - 4 Comments

Everyone’s a comedian…

A cool new mashup at Dilbert.com allows users to create their own punchline for the famous Dilbert comic strip. Focusing on interactivity, the site plans to eventually let users rewrite entire strips. This is a great example of an innovative way to engage consumers in a way that traditional newspapers are not able to do. When asked whether he expects to see funny suggestions, the original creator Scott Adams replied:

I think 99.9 percent of the submitted punch lines will be less funny than my original. After all, I’ve had a lot of practice. But with volume, that still leaves room for lots of comics that are better than the original. But we’ll see. This new model makes mocking your co-workers and boss a competitive sport, so it should be lots of fun. I submitted two alternative punch lines today myself, trying to top my original. It’s addicting.

Our very own Danny Williamson is part of the funnier 0.1% remashing the comic strip below:

 Original:

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Williamson Mashup:

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Danny Williamson
Apr 25, 2008 10:32

Thanks.

I’m here all week.

Mike Dover
Apr 25, 2008 12:14

Nice post. Reminds me of Garfield minus Garfield.

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Suggests that Jon has some “issues.”

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