The elusive Motown elevator cartoon

July 22, 2010 9:07 AM

Super-long-shot-filter: Trying to find a single-pane cartoon about elevators in Motown.

Several years ago, I saw a single-pane comic that featured a close-up of elevator buttons. The top one set "Get on up" and the bottom one said "Get down." The caption read something like "elevators in Motown." It was hilarious, and I haven't been able to find it since.

No luck Googling/Google Image Searching, and I've tried some Bizarro archives thinking it might have been that comic but to no avail. I suppose it could have been a New Yorker cartoon but I have no idea. Does this ring a bell to anybody?

posted by Ms. Toad to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Sounds like it could be a Far Side cartoon. Not sure if there is a searchable database of them out there somewhere though.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:25 AM on July 22, 2010

Also sounds like something that could have been in the New Yorker. You could try checking their Cartoon Bank.
posted by bobafet at 12:46 PM on July 22, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks, I've tried Cartoon Bank and a couple other similar sites, and while I've found a ton of elevator cartoons (who knew?), I haven't found the one I'm looking for.
posted by Ms. Toad at 1:12 PM on July 22, 2010

Different approach to a similar joke:

http://www.savagechickens.com/2008/02/alarm-clock.html
posted by AD_ at 5:22 AM on July 23, 2010