March Madness

Synopsis

Bob Backup, chair of the New Yorker magazine, welcomes viewers to the Cartoons Lounge during March Madness. He shares his lifelong passion for basketball, recalling his time playing at the High School of Music and Art in 1962. This week's issue features a cartoon about the Final Four, humorously depicting sperm racing towards an egg, with the caption expressing hope to make it to the Final Four. Bob introduces basketball expert Colin Stokes, who explains the differences between soccer and basketball, highlighting the smaller, rounder goal in basketball and the use of hands instead of feet. Bob also discusses the cartoons in the March 16 issue, including one about New York's snowy weather affecting the city bike program, suggesting a dog sled might be more appropriate.