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Subject: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - *** results posted ***

Written By: Stuart McArthur on 07/11/08 at 7:10 pm


Welcome to the
ABC4 (W)
Voting Thread



Voting deadline for ABC4(W) is midnight (amiright time)  Wednesday July 23rd
No votes date-stamped after the voting deadline will be accepted - no exceptions



Vote by replying to this thread with your five favorites in order:

1st choice........5 points
2nd place.........4 points
3rd place..........3 points
4th place..........2 points
5th place..........1 point

or in algebraic terms, p = 6 - r    (p=points, r=rank)



RULES
- Any parody beginning with the current letter is eligible, except parodies that have been entered into ABC1 or ABC2 or ABC3
- You're not allowed to vote for your own parody
- Once you've posted a vote, you're not allowed to change it
- Anyone who's participated in any previous ABC contest may vote
- Any entrant who hasn't left a comment on all entries is disqualified and may not participate in the next letter
- Any entrant who doesn't vote by the voting deadline (above) is disqualified and may not participate in the next letter



ALSO
Under no circumstances will a vote that missed the voting deadline be accepted (even by 1 second)
However the resulting disqualification from entry to the next ABC4 comp may be over-ruled, if you do the following...

  1.  Post an "appeal" on this thread giving your excuse for missing the deadline, and plead for mercy
  2.  If your plea wins the sympathy of 3 other entrants your disqualification from the next round will be overturned
        Your late votes will still not count though 
        (if less than 4 entrants in the comp, only 2 sympathetic "Thumbs Ups" are required)


and the entries are.........



1.  Agrimorfee
Won't You Make It Snow?
          youtube here


2.  Matthias
Why Can't You Guys Write Anything But...
          youtube here


3.  Doritos
Who's What's His Name?"
          "Who's On First?" youtube here
          youtube here


4.  Mikey Squirrel
WonderBread
          youtube here


5.  Jason
What's On


6.  conqueror_of_parodies
Where'd the Remote Go?!
          youtube here


7.  Max Power
We Are Winners (Michael Strahan's Song)


8.  Below Average Dave
Weenie on a Hot Bun
          Dave's Recording here


9.  Stu McArthur
Working In Japan
          youtube here


10.  Invisible Boy
Woodsock




Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Jason on 07/11/08 at 7:36 pm

Ive found a YouTube link for the OS of my 'Whats On' parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mzadEFuP4

Please can you add it to my entry.

Thanks.

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Jason on 07/12/08 at 6:53 pm

Wow! A nice selection of (W)onderful tunes for this contest.

So here are my Votes!

5 Points - Stuart's Japanese effort
4 Points - B.A. Dave's weenie
3 Points - Conqueror's missing remote
2 Points - Agrimorfee's Snow
1 Point  - Matthia's anything but.

Honourable Mentions to everyone else

Good Luck To All Of You!

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Matthias on 07/13/08 at 10:39 am

5 Points: Agrimorfee (Terrible original song, but a great parody!)
4 Points: Invisible Boy
3 Points: Stuart McArthur
2 Points: Below Average Dave
1 Points: Conq's Remote

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/15/08 at 12:23 pm

The most un-PC round I can recall participating in in quite awhile. 8)

5pts=IB, I gotta hand it to you...but don't hand one to me, please...
4pts=Stu, the Asian American Defamation League was asking me about your whereabouts
3pts=Hey Dave, nice weenie
2pts=Matthias, you generallly write modern major songs quite wonderfully
1pt=Guy whateverhisname is...

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/15/08 at 12:24 pm


5 Points: Agrimorfee (Terrible original song, but a great parody!)

10Q

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: DoRitos on 07/18/08 at 9:51 am




5 Points for Number 9  - Ichi-bon kawaii-so!
4 Points for number 1  - For the Glenn Close look alike Weather Maid.
3 Points for number 2  - For a great redundancy check.
2 Points for number 5  - For 600 TV stations and nothing to watch.
1 Point  for number 10 - For the wooden-hosen song.



Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/18/08 at 3:05 pm




5 Points for Number 9  - Ichi-bon kawaii-so!
4 Points for number 1  - For the Glenn Close look alike Weather Maid.
3 Points for number 2  - For a great redundancy check.
2 Points for number 5  - For 600 TV stations and nothing to watch.
1 Point  for number 10 - For the wooden-hosen song.



You misplaced your comment for Mikey in Matthias' entry instead. Not trying to get all so Eliot Ness on you :D, but Mikey I think would appreciate seeing it in there.

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: DoRitos on 07/18/08 at 5:27 pm


You misplaced your comment for Mikey in Matthias' entry instead. Not trying to get all so Eliot Ness on you :D, but Mikey I think would appreciate seeing it in there.


My bad-ness Ag - I submitted a request to remove the errant comment and then placed the appropriate comment in Mikey's parody.  I do all my commenting and voting offline and had the wrong URL pasted up.  Went a bit too fast and missed poor Mikey.  Sorry. 

Off the subject a bit - seems that you and I are the only ones in the "X" round.  Matt had an entry there but now it appears to be gone.  Does anyone know if we ever had to skip a letter due to a lack of entries?  I did some looking around the site on the usual ABC authors for "X" parodies.  Seems most have been previously used in other comps.  Perhaps we can bail this out if we got a concensus about re-using "X" parodies but only for this round.  Any thoughts on this idea out there please?

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Invisible Boy on 07/18/08 at 8:58 pm

Guy,

For what it's worth, I have an "X" parody in the works. Since it's due on the 23d, I guess I know what I'll be doing late on the 22d.

8)

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Max Power on 07/21/08 at 9:10 pm

5pts - Stu the wapanese

4pts - Aggie's line of snow

3pts - Mafia whack anyone but...

2pts - Cop losing a remote

1pts - Bad self 69

HM: Everyone else

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Stuart McArthur on 07/23/08 at 2:59 am


5 points........................Agrimorfee                Won't You Make It Snow?
4 points........................Matthias                    Why Can't You Guys Write Anything But...
3 points........................Invisible Boy                Woodsock
2 points........................Below Average Dave    Weenie on a Hot Bun
1 point.........................conqueror_of_parodies Where'd the Remote Go?!


btw Max, which parody does "Mafia whack anyone but..." refer to?  Matthias's?  If so, why? ???


Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: ThaConqueror on 07/23/08 at 6:40 am

1 point to Modern Major Matthias
2 points to Snowy Agri
3 points to Squirrel Bread
4 points to McArthur-san
5 points to BAD Weenies

HM's to TV Jason and Dorito's on first.


btw Max, which parody does "Mafia whack anyone but..." refer to?   Matthias's?  If so, why? ???


Max calls Matthias 'Mafia' for some reason (I've noticed this trend in the Artistry voting threads). The 'whack anyone but..' part blends the title on Matty's entrant with the Mafia's penchant for whacking people.

Actually, I'm more confused about why he keeps calling Rex 'Grossman' with numerous references to him being cut.

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/23/08 at 9:58 am


Actually, I'm more confused about why he keeps calling Rex 'Grossman' with numerous references to him being cut.


I'm not a football nut, but I am a fair-weather Chicago Bears fan! Rex Grossman is the much-beleagured quarterback for the team. His story with the Bears is much like the famous little girl who had a little curl right on the middle of her forehead...

When she was good, she was very very good.
When she was bad, she was horrid.

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Below Average Dave on 07/23/08 at 5:12 pm

HM to Jason

1 Point to Agrimorfee

2 Points to Invisible Boy

3 Points to Stu

4 Points to The Conqueror of Parodies

5 Points to Matthias

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Invisible Boy on 07/23/08 at 10:58 pm

Down to the wire...

5 points to Agri

4 points to Stu

3 points to Matty

2 points to BAD

1 point to Guy

HM to everyone else and thanks for a great round

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Stuart McArthur on 07/24/08 at 12:45 am


voting closed

results soon...


Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/24/08 at 8:20 am


5 points to Agri

Thanks!  8)

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/24/08 at 8:20 am


5 points........................Agrimorfee                 Won't You Make It Snow?

Thanks 8)

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/24/08 at 8:21 am


5 Points: Agrimorfee (Terrible original song, but a great parody!)

Thanks 8)

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - deadline: midnight Wed July 23rd

Written By: Stuart McArthur on 07/24/08 at 5:09 pm



Results of the ABC4 W-Round

1st place with 33 points:            "Working In Japan" by Stuart McArthur
2nd place with 28 points:            "Won't You Make It Snow" by Agrimorfee
3rd place with 22 points:            "Why Won't You Guys Write Anything But......" by Matthias

******************

Below Average Dave...............19
Invisible Boy...........................15
bobpie...................................11
Guy Doritos............................2
Jason.....................................2

hon mention to Max
disqualified:  Mikey Squirrel (bad luck mate)

Huge (and surprised) thanks for my votes for a parody that went so far under the radar when I posted it that I'd almost dismissed it from my memory

Congrats to Agrimorfee for his epic, and to Matthias for his reworking of the classic about the constant reworkings of the classic


see (a few of) you in the X's

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - *** results posted ***

Written By: Below Average Dave on 07/24/08 at 7:28 pm

Congrats to Stu, Agri and Matty  :D

Subject: Re: Voting Thread For ABC4(W) - *** results posted ***

Written By: agrimorfee on 07/25/08 at 7:51 am

Thanks back to you all, congrats to Stu (but I'm comin' to get ya in the rankings!) & Matty

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