Best Show Awards

[emma]

Can I nominate the Shower Beer guy for Saddest Caller?

Coffin' Shoppin' guy has him beat hands down.

[Al Czervik]

I think that the award given to the insertion of "that which cannot be named" in The Order of Everything might need to be an unpronounceable symbol. It is truly unspeakable.

[cleveland jonah]

I think the Todd Palin call was the best of the year.  Easily.

xo
jonah

[Spoony]

I know that no one is asking for my most FAVORITEST moment, but during the episode where Ted Leo is writing "The World Is In The Turlet," Tom gets sick of writing and trying to come up with lines on the spot and says in disgust, "UGH! I hate music!" I have carried that little outburst with me.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

same here, Spoony.  ive been known to shout that out during any time of frustration and more than likely, it has nothing to do with music.

[Julie]

Wow! All of you FOTs are so wonderful to support me as ROTY; however, and not because I'm afraid of failure, I don't think I should be ROTY. I already have an inflated ego and an award will only go to my head. Also, my secret santa sent me a bottle of tequila and if I win ROTY, I'm going to drink the whole thing* and call Tom 17. 















































































*To quote Jack the Ripper, ha ha ha. Obviously, I already drank that and will have to buy another replacement bottle, but since I only drink that kind on Tuesday night, it might as well be the original bottle. And you've heard what one glass does to me... Imagine the whole bottle! You will regret it when you are sitting on your crate and feeling supreme embarrassment for me.

[hugman]

steve vs. emma for ROTY

worst caller: michael k.

best/most violent threat of tom's life: kurt gaistburn putting "the stuff" in tom's blood pressure pills.

I wrote Tom an email once during the dawn of the new regime suggesting the next time he wanted to subject us to three minutes of bad air he should just get Mike from the Cynics on the phone.   Then a couple weeks later some lame call was going on and Tom hung up on him and said, "who is this, the drummer from the Cynics."

Regarding Rookie of The Year: For me, there are a couple fundamental rules about this (good thing I don't make the rules around here).  Number 1) You can't want to be rookie of the year. Some (one) of the aforementioned names wanted it so bad it was palpable 2)Personally, I think if you've been GOMP'd, you don't qualify. Or at least, if you get GOMP'D more than 3 times.  That's like naming someone with 23 errors (or 30 fumbles or a 295 turnovers to 68 assists, depending on your sport of choice) Rookie of the Year.  So, that leaves Emma as my choice, although I do think Julie deserves something, and she's entertaining enough that if she gets ROTY, I won't complain.

Finally, I nominate the guy who doesn't wash his towels as saddest caller unless they introduce a grossest caller category.

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hugman makes persuasive arguments here.

[Bryan]

I dunno - there are lots of Best Show titans who have been GOMPed tons of times.

[hugman]

I dunno - there are lots of Best Show titans who have been GOMPed tons of times.

Fair enough. (I just love using that phrase).

(post edited - I felt like I was unnecessarily besmirching somebody.  I'd rather hug than besmirch.)

[wwwes]

Personally, I think if you've been GOMP'd, you don't qualify. Or at least, if you get GOMP'D more than 3 times.  That's like naming someone with 23 errors (or 30 fumbles or a 295 turnovers to 68 assists, depending on your sport of choice) Rookie of the Year.  So, that leaves Emma as my choice, although I do think Julie deserves something, and she's entertaining enough that if she gets ROTY, I won't complain.

I'd argue that analogy is flawed, because inevitably, home run hitters get named RotY or MVP. It isn't the guy who almost always hits a single in the clutch, it's the guy who swings for the fences and delivers. Julie is the guy that hits 30 home runs with 150 strikeouts. I like Emma, I like Steve, but Julie is the only one who can make me turn up my iPod.

I want to know who should be nominated for Caller of the Year, though. That has gotten very little discussion. Samir, definitely. Erika, natch. Who else?

[hugman]

Personally, I think if you've been GOMP'd, you don't qualify. Or at least, if you get GOMP'D more than 3 times.  That's like naming someone with 23 errors (or 30 fumbles or a 295 turnovers to 68 assists, depending on your sport of choice) Rookie of the Year.  So, that leaves Emma as my choice, although I do think Julie deserves something, and she's entertaining enough that if she gets ROTY, I won't complain.

I'd argue that analogy is flawed, because inevitably, home run hitters get named RotY or MVP. It isn't the guy who almost always hits a single in the clutch, it's the guy who swings for the fences and delivers. Julie is the guy that hits 30 home runs with 150 strikeouts.

We can agree to disagree on my analogies.  I promise I will not talk about the most boring game there is (my favorite, though) anymore on this thread.

[Julie]

Personally, I think if you've been GOMP'd, you don't qualify. Or at least, if you get GOMP'D more than 3 times.  That's like naming someone with 23 errors (or 30 fumbles or a 295 turnovers to 68 assists, depending on your sport of choice) Rookie of the Year.  So, that leaves Emma as my choice, although I do think Julie deserves something, and she's entertaining enough that if she gets ROTY, I won't complain.

I'd argue that analogy is flawed, because inevitably, home run hitters get named RotY or MVP. It isn't the guy who almost always hits a single in the clutch, it's the guy who swings for the fences and delivers. Julie is the guy that hits 30 home runs with 150 strikeouts.

We can agree to disagree on my analogies.  I promise I will not talk about the most boring game there is (my favorite, though) anymore on this thread.

Being completely objective about this, I think my best calls end with Tom hanging up on me. I still wouldn't like to be ROTY, but the GOMP criteria seems like it would lead to a bad decision.

[hugman]

Hey, give it to that junkie blowhard jim carroll wanna-be, Charlie, for all I care.

Love and Hugs,
Hugman

[samir]

I want to know who should be nominated for Caller of the Year, though. That has gotten very little discussion. Samir, definitely. Erika, natch. Who else?

That's very sweet of you. Thanks!