History YMMV / TheNewYorker

* JustHereForGodzilla: Plenty of people read the magazine for the cartoons.

** In an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine gets a job with ''The New Yorker'' after complaining that one of their cartoons doesn't make sense. When she tells Jerry, they parrot the magazine's then-slogan: "''The New Yorker''?" "Yes, ''The New Yorker''."

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the older staff and readership reacted this way after Tina Brown took over as editor-in-chief in 1992 and gave the magazine a makeover, incorporating more photography, increased coverage of celebrity culture and hot-button political issues, and much more provocative cover art.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the older staff and readership reacted this way after Tina Brown took over as editor-in-chief in 1992 and gave the magazine a makeover, incorporating more photography, increased coverage of celebrity culture and hot-button political issues, and more provocative cover art.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the older staff and readership reacted this way after Tina Brown took over as editor in 1992 and gave the magazine a makeover, incorporating more photography, increased coverage of celebrity culture and hot-button political issues, and more provocative cover art.

** "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/on-the-internet-nobody-knows-youre-a-dog On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog]]" comes from a 1993 Peter Steiner cartoon.

* MemeticMutation: The phrase "[[http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/03/back-to-old-drawing-board.html back to the old drawing board]]" originates with a 1941 Peter Arno cartoon from the magazine.

** In an episode of ''Seinfeld'', Elaine gets a job with ''The New Yorker'' after complaining that one of their cartoons doesn't make sense. When she tells Jerry, they parrot ''The New Yorker's '' then slogan "The New Yorker? Yes, The New Yorker".

** In 2006 a blogger facetiously suggested that any ''New Yorker'' cartoon could be captioned with the phrase "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/christ-what-an-asshole Christ, what an asshole!]]" The expression has since become a standard quip in online comments sections.

** In 2006 a blogger facetiously suggested that any ''New Yorker'' cartoon could be captioned with the phrase "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/christ-what-an-asshole Christ, what an asshole]]." The expression has since become a standard quip in online comments sections.

* MemeticMutation: The phrase "back to the old drawing board" originates with a [[http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/03/back-to-old-drawing-board.html 1941 Peter Arno cartoon]] from the magazine.
** "On the Intenet, nobody knows you're a dog" comes from a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/on-the-internet-nobody-knows-youre-a-dog 1993 Peter Steiner cartoon]].
** In 2006 a blogger facetiously suggested that any ''New Yorker'' cartoon could be captioned with the phrase "Christ, what an asshole." The expression has since become a standard quip in online comments sections.