Dan Caprera
Writer. Comic. Barrel-Aged to Perfection.
Here's some of the stuff I've written:
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"Hilariously discerning in its critique" -A.A. Dowd (The A.V. Club)
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Went on a three-month, 50-state road trip to find the best mini golf course in America. Featured by:
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The Daily Mail, 9NEWS (KUSA) Denver, Imgur’s Official Blog, theCHIVE, Uproxx.com (Article 1) (Article 2), BroBible, The A.V. Club , Lonely Planet, Golf Digest, and ShortList.
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Professor Norman’s Terrible Time Machine
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Wrote and composed a “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” musical as my senior thesis at Princeton.
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Over three hours of material to create 24 different hour-long one-act plays depending on audience response.
Riffs: The Musical
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Wrote book and lyrics for an original, full-length musical for the Princeton University Players.
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The Curious Case Of The Christmas Crooks
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Created an elaborate, card-based puzzle game for the 2020 holiday season.
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The New York Times
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A Flicker Becomes a Flame (Modern Love; Tiny Love Stories)
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The New Yorker
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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
“A masterwork in silliness” (-McSweeneys)​​​​​​
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"The Roads Not Taken" -- A Robert Frost Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Poem​
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Famous Quotes That Have Clearly Been Misattributed To Winston Churchill (With Caitlin Kunkel)
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"The Only Thing We have To Fear Is Fear Itself... And Goblins" (By F.D.R.)
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Things I Should Talk To My Therapist About Vs. Things I Do Talk To My Therapist About
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Famous Philosophers' Pick-Up Lines (16k shares on social media.)
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The 9 Best Scenes From Game of Thrones' "Battle Of Winterfell" Episode
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How To Create Your Very Own Crossword Puzzle ("Hilarious" - The New York Times Crossword Column)
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Can You Find The Hidden Images In These 15 "Magic Eye" Photos?
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment: A Very Hard Brain Test For Very Stable Geniuses
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For the Love of God, Someone Please Complete This Crossword Puzzle!
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Joel Osteen and the Ark - (11k shares on social media.)
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If You Can Read This Bumper Sticker, You Are Waaaay Too Close!
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I Went to Dave’s Crab Cabin and All I Got Was This Really Long T-Shirt
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I Hope These Messages In Bottles Are Found In The Same Order That They Were Written
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The Covfefe Code - (16k shares on social media.)
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Sorry This Note Is Written With Cut Out Magazine Letters, But I Have Your Daughter
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Trump's First Year: The Word Search (with James Finster)
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Fast And The Furious Movies That Have a Higher Approval Rating Than President Trump (with James Finster)
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Trump’s First 100 Days: The Word Search (with James Finster)
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A Satirist’s Cheat Sheet to This Year’s Most-Anticipated Blockbusters (with James Finster)
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Slackjaw
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New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Dear Marvel, Why Have You Financed Spider-Man and Ant-Man, But Not My Own Insect-Hero Film The Fantastic Franz Kafka’s Cockroach-Man? (Due to the cruel, inexorable ravages of time, images from this article no longer load on Vulture. Here is a PDF for those interested.)
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Golf Carts, Reunions, and Us... Where Did Our Beloved Golf Carts Come From, And How Did They Get Here?
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Mic.com
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Funny or Die
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Flavortown Is Real And One Day I Will Find It Again (By Guy Fieri)
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Ho, Ho, Hell Yeah! 23 Sick-as-Hell Reindeer That Kick Blitzen's Ass
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Tales of Terror From... The Coffee Shop That Didn't Provide Enough Plugs (With Jane Campbell)
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Weekly Humorist​
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Dear Dad From Bluey, Happy Father’s Day – Thank You For Raising Me
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Weekly Humorist’s Top 10 List Of The Top 10 ‘Top 10 Lists’ Of The 2010’s
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Sure, Email Is Great. But Nothing Beats The Feeling Of Getting A Handcrafted Ransom Note In The Mail (Upcoming)
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I Am Become Pumpkin Spice Latte, Destroyer Of Worlds (A Modern-Day Bhagavad Gita)
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Dr. Frankenstein And The Terrifying Trailer For The Film Version Of Cats
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When You Wish Upon A Starfish, Only Fish-Related Dreams Can Come True (By Bob Iger, CEO Of Disney)
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This Is Not The America I Recognize From The Back Of All Those State Quarters
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Little Old Lady Comedy​
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Points In Case
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Musicals That Probably Would Not Be Popular in New York City
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Terrible Game Shows That, for the Love of God, Should Never Be Created​
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Sure Anti-Vaxxers Are Bad... But Have You Met My Aunty Vaxxers?
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I Draw Him Naked First, To Preserve His Purity (By Dilbert Creator, Scott Adams)
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Statistically Speaking, Most Accidents Happen In The Home… My Home
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If Oprah and Kanye are Running for President, Then Adam Duritz, Lead Singer of the Counting Crows, Should Run Too (by Adam Duritz)
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God Closes So Many Doors Because He Enjoys Watching People Crawl Out Of Windows
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The Big Jewel
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If We Let The Ice Caps Melt, How Will We Explain The Plot Of Happy Feet Two To Our Children?
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Unfortunately We Will Be Unable To Publish Your Crossword Puzzle: "The One Thing I'm Afraid Of"
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Robot Butt​​
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I'm Sorry, But Am I The Only One Still Making Sure The Canary Is Alive? (By A Coal Miner)
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We’re Sorry Sir, But ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ Refers to Your Fingers Specifically – Not All Fingers in General​ (10th most-read article of 2019)
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I’m the Guy Your Mom Warned You About… If Your Mom Warned You About Guys Who LOVE Solving Riddles!​ (7th most-read article of 2019)
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‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Is a Relic From a Different Era… An Era When It Was Actually Cold Outside
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The Princeton Tiger
(Managing Editor, Managing Design Editor)
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Newly Discovered Planet Can Support Life But Not Hip Hop; And What Kind Of A Life Is That?
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Characters We’d Like To See In The New Star Wars Movie (with Connor Stonesifer and Max Gollin)
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Songs The Beach Boys Would Have Sung If They Were A Christian Rock Group
The Princeton Triangle Club
(Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Actor, Milton Lyon Award for Outstanding Writing)
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“Smalltown USA” (lyrics)
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“Welcome to the Island” (lyrics)
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“Girls Who Play the Ukulele” (music & lyrics)
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“Music of the Sea” (lyrics & Poseidon)
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“Justice is Coming” (lyrics with Jake Robertson)
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“Welcome to the Triangle Show” (lyrics)
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“We Call the Shots” (actor)
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“Eisgruber is Everywhere” (lyrics)
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“The Trouble With Time Travel” (music & lyrics)
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“Reunion in the Sky” (lyrics)
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Playdate Sketch Comedy
(Writer, Actor, Music Director, Rehearsal Pianist, Founding Member)
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Dr. Gary Sanders, the World’s Worst Doctor (actor & writer)
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“Finale (or We Have All…)” (pianist & writer with Jake Robertson)
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Shout! (actor)
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Guy Fieri Hair (actor)
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The Nassau Weekly
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Curb Couch​
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CASTING CALL: UNPAID ACTORS NEEDED FOR NEW, AVANT-GARDE THEATER AT CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN
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Regular Postcards That Only Look Sinister Because They Use A Ransom Note Font (with Connor Stonesifer)
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What Does Your Favorite Quote From Dan Brown’s Inferno Say About You?
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Ways The Drifter Who Lives Outside My Apartment Is Just Like Harry Potter
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If I Was A Guest In Westworld I’d Probably Be One Of The Ones Who Has Sex With All The Robots
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