VOTE FOR SCHARPLING & WURSTER IN APRIL 2007 AST POLL!!!!!!!

[Laurie]

[jed]

One could get the impression from all this heat that something important is riding on the results of this poll.

[Jason]

For the record, I tried to get Jason verified when I talked to him in the chat, but he couldn't even tell me what name or email he registered with. Seems like he doesn't really want to be an AST member.

No I couldn't remember the exact name but I could have told you the email if you'd asked. I did want to be an AST member when I attempted to join, I wanted to be a member when I spoke to you and I only stopped wanting to be a member halfway through this thread.

For the record I was joking about not deleting this thread because of AST's faulty sign-up system. I'm not deleting this thread because it's something I don't like doing and something I certainly won't do for reasons that has nothing to do with this site.

As loyal as the FOTs are I seriously doubt they are going to start stuffing votes in order to see Tom and Jon win a poll of little or no consequence to anyone outside of your forum. For a humor site you seem to be taking yourselves very seriosuly.

Now let's all be pals again.
Friendsoftom.com is for everyone.

[Jouster]

I am genuinely bummed that Jason seems to think I was unhelpful, or not as helpful as I could have been.  I did ask for his email, and got no response.  I think it was reasonable on my part to assume he didn't really want to be a member at that point.  Forgive me for taking AST (too) seriously, but it's important to me and I can get a little defensive when it's criticized.  In defense of my comrade Itslikeimsayin, although I'm sure he realizes the poll is "of little or no consequence to anyone outside of [our] forum," he takes its integrity seriously.  That's the kind of guy he is, and I like to think it gives the poll a little bit of credibility it may otherwise not have.  Best wishes to all FOTs, and good luck to Scharpling and Wurster in the AST poll.

[John Junk]

For the record, I considered joining AST for the prime purpose of voting for Scharpling and Wurster, and then got pre-emptively bored thinking about the ten minutes out of my life it would take to do it, and so I didn't do it.  I do recall that this decision was promptly followed by the thought "Perhaps I will join that site someday, for it looks pretty good, but I am so completely and deeply obsessed with the FOT, and haven't really joined any other internet community for the last six years, and really don't have time to join anymore, so I probably won't."  Then I went and flamed a Ted Leo fan site.

[KickTheBobo]

"Can we all just get along?"

[Chris L]

I recently registered at AST but now I might vote for the Tourgasm guys, just to offset any potentially controversial S&W votes.

[JimmyKustes]

Well I voted Sharpling last time at no. 1 and PFT the poll before that at no. 1 with no one influencing me and they both placed no. 1. I think they scored so high because most people on AST aren't from NY or LA so the only exposure they have to these comics is radio and podcasts which Tom and PFT are on a lot.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Well I voted Sharpling first last time at no. 1 and PFT the poll before that at no. 1 with no one influencing me and they both placed no. 1. I think they scored so high because most people on AST aren't from NY or LA so the only exposure they have to these comics is radio and podcasts with Tom and PFT are on a lot.

1) It's "Scharpling", Jimmy Typo.
2) PFT won the last poll, not the poll before that.
3) Scharpling/Wurster have never won the AST poll.
4) Most people on AST are from LA or NY.

Other than that, yes, good point.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Scharpling and Wurster place 7th*

[Jason]

Asterisk - A Poem.

A weight upon my shoulder weighs,
Moderation fills my days,
As Lady Justice must I be,
Fair in my activity,

And so it came that I did earn,
Some undeserved opprobium,
When in judgement I did state,
That AST would not dictate,
Decisions I alone could make,
But th'asterisk I had to take.

[buffcoat]

Is #7 with an asterisk as good as #1 with a bullet?

[Laurie]

It's not an asterick, it's a star!

[John Junk]

I e-mailed AST and called them nappy-headed faggot cunts.  Is that extreme?

[Dorvid Barnas]

Edit: I originally thought that Tom himself places the flashing messages on the home page of the message board.  I've since been corrected.

The "7*" flashing message on the homepage had me doubled over in pained laughter.
I'd been wondering if I had been too harsh a critic of the poll results, but now I know my little tantrum over there was justified.

I still like and respect many individuals over there, the pollster included, but the comments about the FOTs and Tom/Omar's alleged hypnotic power over us really pissed me off.  This isn't friends of L. Ron Hubbard; I think for myself.

The fun part is supposed to be seeing how your buddies rank their favorite comedians, right?
Maybe hearing about someone new?

Right!  Here's my top 10.  They kicked ass.

1 - Scharpling and Wurster
2 - Tim and Eric
3 - Paul F. Tompkins
4 - Louie CK
5 - Todd Barry
6 - Maria Bamford
7* - Todd Glass
8 - Martha Kelly
9 - Patton Oswalt
10 - Morgan Murphy

And my 11-20, because I've always thought it should be 20.

11 - Jimmy Pardo
12 - Zach Galifianakis
13 - Andy Kindler
14 - Jen Kirkman
15 - Flight of the Conchords
16 - David Cross
17 - Eugene Mirman
18 - Brian Posehn
19 - Leo Allen
20 - Hard and Phirm

*7 - Todd's the only one whom I've met, so the integrity of my own opinion must be called in to question.  Throw out the ballot.