November 3, 2021

Cartoon Collections, Humor

Cartoons: Desert Island Desperation

When there’s nothing but sand, sun, and silly.

Guy attempts to swim through shark-infested waters to get to the women across the strait.

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A coconut falls and lands on a guy's head while he and his friends are marooned on a desert island. — “This just doesn’t seem to be his day.”
Joseph Zeis
September 27, 1958

Guy attempts to swim through shark-infested waters to get to the women across the strait. — “I’m going to chance it!”
Al Johns
September 13, 1958

Woman tells a guy that he can't stay on her desert island. — “You realize, of course, you can’t stay here tonight.”
Joseph Zeis
July 6, 1957

A military airplane dumps a load of money on two guys on a desert island. — “Good grief! We’ve been mistaken for a foreign country!”
Orlando Busino
June 29, 1957

Men on a desert island read a note found in a bottle. — “It says ‘Help! I am marooned on an island!’”
Vahan Shirvanian
June 14, 1958

Man realizes that the desert island he floated to is actually a giant whale. — Al Kaufman
May 8, 1958

Man on desert island is excited to see an approaching ship only for it to slice through his island. — John Vincent
February 27, 1954

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Comments

Mary Jo says:

November 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm

Both the island slice and the whale island made me laugh out loud. Where do they come up with this stuff?
Bob McGowan, Jr. says:

November 7, 2021 at 8:59 pm

The irony of numbers 4 (money) and 7 (island slice) are really something on that. #5, bottle message too. #2 I would NOT chance, sorry guys. It would have been even funnier if the two women had their arms outstretched. With #1, it sure isn’t his day. Ouch!

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