Bob Eckstein

Bob Eckstein
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New York City, New York,
Birthday
February 27
Title
Snowman Expert
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Publisher of Today's Snowman.com
Bio
Ex-cartoonist/illustrator/writer. Author of The History of the Snowman; From the Ice Age to the Flea Market Twitter; snowmanexpert

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JUNE 5, 2009 9:17AM

Cartoons as a Viable Means of Communication in Our Time

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Great! There should be (and probably will) an app for everything: shrinks, lovers, spouses, kids, friends. You can apply them or ignore them at will.
dcvdickens
June 05, 2009 09:41 AM
Bob Eckstein. Nice.
Which sketch is You?
Or, cartoonist lisa Donnely?
I may have misspelled Lisa?
O Mother:`Frances Donlan.
Your BIO. former? present!
a former pugilist? Cartoon!
Dog nickname? `Ali Frazier!
app.? wear fire red lip sticks!
shrink will lick Ya plump lips!
good cartoon. Ya a therapist!
free counsel humor's healing!
tap a pitchfork on nose studs!
no pierce Ya belly button tho!
Arthur James
June 05, 2009 09:42 AM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I just downloaded that app as a matter of fact! On the cheap!

Classic. As always. One of the best IMHO.

Rated
Kind of Blue
June 05, 2009 09:55 AM
You are great! I hope that you do this for many, many years to come!
Roger Fallihee
June 05, 2009 11:27 AM
I can almost imagine my BF saying something like that to me. I am so much more self-contained now than I was 20 years ago.
ktm
June 05, 2009 11:27 AM
Bob, what a great idea, I can just see it, a face, a voice, even the nodding movement from time to time.
Stellaa
June 05, 2009 11:50 AM
Pitch perfect. Now get coding.
pretend_farmer
June 05, 2009 11:53 AM
Ha! Maybe my old newspaper job replaced me with an app!
Maria Stuart
June 05, 2009 11:56 AM
My Motorola is 2 years old and it crashes and reboots every few minutes.

This makes me depressed. I'll bring it up to my shrink next session.
Vac
June 05, 2009 12:19 PM
I'm pretty sure there is already an app for this :)

But no app can replace the talent of our real, live resident cartoonist!
Susan Mitchell
June 05, 2009 12:26 PM
Thanks...wow, very cool line-up of commenters at moment here whose work I really admire. I may not get alot of commenters but I get the top-shelf, high-quality ones!
Bob Eckstein
June 05, 2009 01:03 PM
iShrink. I think you're actually on to something here, Bob!
Donna Sandstrom
June 05, 2009 01:11 PM
ha. I can see it now. pic your choice of therapist on the app, complete with accent (I will take French or British) and male or female and the amount of nods per minute, and the amount of "tell me more" per five minutes....

all for the handy dandy price of $2.99 per minute, taxes not included. Oh, and don't forget the Bart Simpson voice and the Debbie Does Dallas voice! Hehehe.

I love your stuff Bob!
LuluandPhoebe
June 05, 2009 01:12 PM
Wait! Wait! Which app? I want to make sure I get the right one!!
MiddleAgedWomanBlogging
June 05, 2009 01:18 PM
Ha!! it's funny cause it's true

: )
Karin Rego
June 05, 2009 02:18 PM
Bob Newhart was never funnier.
Stacey Youdin
June 05, 2009 02:28 PM
Oh man Bob...you nailed this one!
Glenn Farrington
June 05, 2009 02:32 PM
This would be the easiest app in the world to write. Whenever the computer recognized five seconds of silence, it would simply ask:

So how do you feel about that?
Tom Cordle
June 05, 2009 02:32 PM
Well done, Bob. I hope this 'toon is the intro to a series, you've got a lot to work with. Reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode from the late '60's, Wally Cox getting dating advice from his giant IBM.
Thanks for the laugh, much appreciated on this cold, rainy afternoon.
old gold
June 05, 2009 02:51 PM
Thanks all! Karin, Old Gold, Stacey, Donna, Lulu, MAWB...thanks for encouragement to do these cartoons.

Glenn that video was hilarious!
http://open.salon.com/blog/glenn_farrington/2009/06/02/okaywho_needs_a_laugh_and_partial_nudity

Tom, hilarious line! Sorry i haven't been in touch. Hitting the job pavement. Humbling and educational. As I google places for background I often find they're going Chapter 11.
Bob Eckstein
June 05, 2009 02:57 PM
Hilarious and pitch perfect!

I wonder how many people could actually be replaced by apps in their jobs...
Chocolate with Almonds
June 05, 2009 02:59 PM
Oh dear, this cannot be good news for me! Wonderful cartoon Bob. Well done again!
marytkelly
June 05, 2009 05:15 PM
Wonderful! I just saw the commercial where Nationwide Insurance is touting it's new app for car accidents, and now this.

Is an app for sex next?
Ablonde
June 05, 2009 05:23 PM
OMG, I cracked up, so true! Excellent!

Rated
BuffyW
June 05, 2009 07:23 PM
agreeing with everything that has already been said!
mamoore
June 05, 2009 07:49 PM
Uh-huh. And how does that make you feel inside right now?
o'stephanie
June 06, 2009 10:29 AM
How do these comments make you feel?
"Hello," she lied
June 06, 2009 01:51 PM
How about a totally integrated iCouch? Just plug the headphones into the armrest. I'm sure Brookstone will sell them alongside their massage chairs. Actually, the deluxe version could be a massaging iCouch.

Hmm...
artsfish
June 06, 2009 05:26 PM
Don't know where you were but hope all's okay. Have missed your pithy and hilarious take on life. This one is Great!!
Sally Swift
June 06, 2009 07:21 PM
Of course, it wouldn't do to omit mention of the late Joe Weizenbaum's ELIZA computer program from so many years ago. The very notion that anyone could confuse such programs with practical help was what scared Joe so much and made him write his book Computer Power and Human Reason.
Kent Pitman
June 07, 2009 02:06 AM
What's next: an iCat? a Mac-Corgi? (Shudderringly rated)
psychomama
June 07, 2009 12:12 PM
Please let us know as soon as that app is available.
Hawley Roddick
June 07, 2009 01:31 PM
Please let us know as soon as that app is available.
Hawley Roddick
June 07, 2009 01:32 PM
You know, this hits so close to home! I am a workinghg therapist, and recently bought a new tool, called a "Livescribe". This futuristic pen is able to record both your writing, and the spoken work, then download the whole damn thing into an app. I have the entire as I have written and recorded it! Freaking amazing!
TMaita
June 07, 2009 05:10 PM
We could call it the Mary T Kelly App!
Michael Rodgers
June 08, 2009 06:32 AM
Fantastic.....in a way, I am beginning to feel like the therapist in how my School is starting to think about us faculty members!
Gary Justis
June 09, 2009 08:41 AM

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