The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: Best of Season 3
To all ye donors out there, we've got a special treat. We recently came in possession of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: Best of Season 3" DVD, and we want you to have it. It's really an awesome show that was incredibly influential. Who ever would like it, and is a donor, please e-mail casey@maximumfun.org your address and a one sentence reason why you deserve the DVD's.
Who would like a copy of the book "Late Show Fun Facts" by David Letterman? Oh, you would? Here you are.
We have a copy of the wonderful "Late Show Fun Facts" by David Letterman. It is the perfect coffee table book and regular book. All you have to do is answer this question: David Letterman used to work on a news program in Indianapolis; What was his job?
Just e-mail the answer and your address to casey@maximumfun.org
If you listen to the show on your local public radio station this book will most likely be available as a pledge drive gift during the pledge drive in the fall. So stay tuned to The Sound of Young America all the time.
We have a winner! Bobby, congrats. Enjoy your book.
Attention All Maximumfun.org Donors! Brian Wilson Wants to Give You His New Vinyl.
To all Maximumfun.org donors: we have a nifty contest for you. We recently came in possession of some copies of the new Brian Wilson record, "That Luck Old Sun," on special edition 180 gram vinyl. But not only that, we also have 7" vinyl singles of Brian Wilson's "Midnight's Another Day." We have decided that the nice thing to do would be to give them away as a package to the wonderful donor's of Maximumfun.org. All you have to do is answer the following question: What album took Brian Wilson 37 years to complete, and was finally released in 2004?
E-mail your answers to casey@maximumfun.org
Attention Again: We have selected the winners and they will be notified as soon as we figure out how many vinyls we can send out. Thanks for entering. You guys are so smart.
Alan Moore is one of the most influential graphic novel writers in the medium. He has penned such classic graphic novels as "V For Vendetta" and "Watchmen." And we've got some movies about him! We currently have in our possession three copies of the documentary "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" that we're giving away. The first three people to answer the following question will receive a DVD: Who is the President of the United States in Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen?" E-mail your responses to casey@maximumfun.org The answer is: Nixon
Contest Over.
Congrats to Cory, Tim, and Mark. You guys are so smart.
Hello people. So. We have chosen the three winners of the Morris Day VS. A Wild Animal contest. Here they are in no particular order. Thanks to all who entered!
Jenny Whiting: Just look at this image. I know hippos are vicious, but eating a U.F.O.? Damn, that's cold. You've got skills Jenny. Skills.
Chris Vendrick: Morris Day strangling and kicking a bear in the knee. Do you see fear on his face? I don't. If you like this illustration Chris has a blog. Nice work Chris.
Ian Thompson: It looks as though this lion has interrupted Morris Day walking like an Egyptian through the park. You know what you get for that Mr. Lion? A finger in the eye. Excellent MS paint skills Ian.
The second Maximum Fun Drive is six weeks or so away, and I want to have a special thank-you gift for people who support the show. Since our regular TSOYA t-shirts, while awesome, have been available for some time, I thought I'd put together a contest to find a design for a special, one-print-run shirt specifically for the drive.
To do this, I'll be using a neat site called Pixish. Here's how it works...
If you're not a designer, visit the Pixish page and give a thumbs up or down to the shirts that have been submitted.
The top five vote-getters will get iTunes giftcards. The overall winner, chosen by myself and a CELEBRITY JURY, will get two shirts of their design, a pair of super-high-quality headphones for their iPod or home stereo (either in-ear or over-the-head), and my voice (or Jordan's, or me and Jordan's) on their home answering machine. Plus the satisfaction of contributing to your favorite shows/blog/community/website/etc!
If you'd like to share ideas, but don't do much design yourself, or you want to talk about designs as they're submitted, there's a special forum thread for the contest here.
Details for designers:
* Please use no more than three colors, and use a basic American Apparel tee color as your background. * Entries must be submitted by the end of April, and the sooner the better! * No more than five entries per person. * Entries must be uploaded as an image to Pixish, and you must also be able to provide the graphic in a format that satisfies the printing requirements of BroPrints. * I reserve the right to appoint psuedo- and semi-celebrities to the celebrity jury. * Shirts can but need not have text, and should be of significance to anyone who downloads The Sound of Young America, Jordan Jesse Go, or reads this blog.
The following entries have been chosen as winners in the TSOYA Holiday Awesome competition. Congratulations to all the winners, your prizes are in the mail. The standard of the entries was really high – I had a tough job judging them. Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter – they were all great - you’re all winners in my eyes! That’s it from me as intern with TSOYA I’m afraid – I’m heading off back to Ireland. I really enjoyed my time here. Thanks to Jesse and Theresa for being so awesome! And thanks to all you guys who I’ve been in contact with during my time here. Happy Holidays!
And the Winners are.....
Prize: Dr. Katz DVD Collection. Dave Shumka gave us this amazing JJGo Montage! I love this!
Prize: The Chapelle Show Collection. Emily Tilles showed us her baking and decorating skills with this fabulous and original Darth Vader Christmas cookie.
Prize: The Chapelle Show Collection. Carol Martucci make some fantastic origami Christmas decorations – which now have pride of place on Jesse, Theresa and Cocoa’s Christmas tree. Sorry I haven't got any pics of the decorations!
Prize: The Chapelle Show Collection. Justin Zell gave us this awesome Santa Con video.
Prize: The Dangerous Book For Dogs. Tom Deja gave us this super Holiday Mix – he also did the illustrations and jewel case design! Have a listen on iTunes or any other music player you might prefer.
Prize: The Dangerous Book For Dogs. This is Ben Watt’s John Hodgman Christmas tree – I’m pretty sure he super-imposed a pic of John’s head onto a photo of a Christmas tree and hasn’t actually chopped off John’s head and stuck it on his real live Christmas tree at home.
Prize: TSYOA Poster.
Sid Miller put pen to paper and composed this poetic gem:
A Jew Sets Out Walking Christmas Morning Through Orange County
Leaving the cul-de-sac of my home
I set out walking.
A T-shirt, shorts, Chuck Taylor's
without socks -
The seventy-eight degrees
heats manure from the horse stables -
I take in the scent.
The sidewalks are wide and clean,
the streets empty.
Ten miles to the ocean.
I walk in steps that I've seen before,
like Moses through this disguised desert
past palm trees and mirages of smiling faces.
I don't have a staff,
only a pocketful of joints,
a disposable lighter
and the image of waves breaking
in my head.
I walk past black cars shining,
giving off my reflection every ten feet -
past sprinklers making
rainbows in the winter, color on top of color-
past ghosts of old friends
and enemies that bark
like dogs behind metal gates,
past rows of shaped hedges
and brown wrapped packages on doorsteps.
Eight miles to go.
This road is like Las Vegas Boulevard -
the end always in sight,
but hours to come
Every strip mall, every McDonalds,
is an oasis -
veering into empty parking lots,
I slap my shoes and sing
to the geometric beauty
of white lines.
Lying on grassy islands,
watching heat rise,
I fill my nostrils
with the warm scent of asphalt.
But being too restless
I leave comfort for blisters -
take to the sidewalk.
With five miles to go
El Toro Road ends,
sidewalk ends.
My shoes land on real earth,
this land too rugged,
too jagged to bulldoze.
I remember these hills -
wandering with the thoughts
that there might be more
to this world.
Hiding in caves of rocks round
and drinking whiskey,
covering myself in cattails -
now I walk through the center of it,
sweat under my arms
and in the well of my chest.
Salt begins to fill the air.
I crawl under barbed wire,
walk through long grass,
over classified ads, potato chip bags
and shards of glass.
Three miles pass in a minute,
as I retrace the steps
that have brought me back.
With two miles to go
my feet feel lighter,
back onto sidewalk,
passing art galleries -
pictures of whales,
sculptures of dolphins
and dark little bistros
with signs hanging from doors
that read:
"CLOSED FOR XMAS."
With one mile to go
people emerge, tourists from places
where Christmas doesn't exist.
With the stores closed
we are forced to look
into one another's eyes -
a silent feeling of comradery,
all of us on our own walks
with our own staffs in our hands -
nobody saying a word,
not even coughing.
And at last the beach comes,
the sun beginning to set.
I take off my shoes
and walk in the sand,
my footprints
my only gift.
I sit and watch the sun fall,
the smog creating colors more beautiful
than God could ever imagine.
Prize: Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth Resa Latour’s “Holiday Awesome” collage is pretty neat, don’t ya think?
Prize: Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth Chad Johnson sent a beautiful Christmas bookmark – apologies that I don’t have a copy to show you on the site, but trust me it’s awesome!
In order to enter this contest, you have to be a Sound of Young America monthly donor. If you're not one already -- don't worry! You can become one easily. Just visit our donation page, and start giving. You can give as little as a few dollars a month, and the impact of your donation will be huge. It's the holiday season, why not support something you love?
The Contest
Here's what you have to do: create an expression of the spirit of awesome in the holidays. It can take (almost) any form. Here are some suggestions:
* Haiku * Visual art or photoshopping * Short video * 50-word essay * Lanyard * Rube Goldberg contraption * New animal (invent your own!) * Discover new country, name it Maximum Funistan
When you make your piece, send it (in some internettable form) to our intern Emma with the subject Holiday Extravaganza. Her email is her name @maximumfun.org. Please also include your prize preferences in order and your mailing address.
You can make up to three entries, but the contest will be judged on merit, not by random drawing. Of course, there's a lot of merit in anyone who donates to The Sound, so we'll send a small prize to any TSOYA donor who enters the contest.
Deadline
All entries must be received by the end of the day on Thursday, December 20th. We'll pick winners on Friday!
Hey everyone... another giveaway up for grabs. Season 1 of the hit tv show Dexter is now on sale but you can get a copy right here for free! Not only that, there's also a music cd from the series plus a poster you can hang on your wall, or ceiling or wherever!
To get your hands on the loot: just email our intern Emma (emma@maximumfun dot org) with your name, address and tell us the name of Dexter's boat in the series. Please note that this contest is open to Maximum Fun donors only. You have until 5PM Pacific this Thursday 8th November! Good luck!
Here's how you can get a copy: just email our intern Emma (emma@maximumfun dot org) with your name, address and the name of the traditional Kazakh song which Borat teaches to a group of country & western fans in da Ali G Show. Please note that this contest is open to Maximum Fun donors only. You have until 5PM Pacific.
We've been talking a lot about Jordan's clothes on Jordan, Jesse GO! lately, and on last week's show, Carl from Detroit suggested something truly brilliant. Specifically: The Jordan Morris Paper Doll Project.
Here's how it works. We've uploaded three photos of Jordan in his underwear to our Flickr group. #1, #2, #3. Your job is to add clothes. Draw them on, use photoship skills, cut-and-paste. Make Jordan look nice.
Then, upload your pictures to our Flickr group with the tag "jordandoll." We'll highlight favorites on the forum, and probably give out some prizes if we can think of some good ones.
Hey NYC area max-funsters/Galifianakers/Indie rock lovers/bad art hounds - this contest's for you! July 10th, at the Hiro Ballroom in New York, Zach will be hosting a charity event for New York Cares in which "really bad, really funny" art will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. And if that doesn't already sound like a blast and a half, the auction will be followed by a full set from reverb-rockers Band of Horses - who's Everything All The Time was, to this Intern's mind, one of the better debut albums OF THE MILLENIUM. I've also seen them live, and they are indeed top notch. IN ADDITION, it's their only show scheduled in NYC the whole summer.
So now you're wondering, "Hey Tim the Intern, how can I win free tickets to this hip shindig for a good cause?" Well that's simple. Just be the first person to e-mail me (tim@maximumfun.org) the answer to the following intern related question, along with your name and phone number:
In a classic episode of Seinfeld, Kramer takes on an NYU Intern to assist him at Kramerica Industries. WHAT IS THAT INTERN'S NAME?
Well, I just held the virtual drawing for our pledge drive prizes (it involves a random number generator, a Cray Supercomputer and a copy of Microsoft Excel 2000), and I'm proud to announce our drawing winners!
A Custom Hobo From Ape Lad
Congratulations to Matt Hill, Patricia Reed, Josh Arcurio, Andrew Batten and Laura Gastel! You won a custom hobo illustration from Ape Lad (aka Adam Koford). Adam's now doing monkey illustrations, so you're getting his historic FINAL HOBOES.
SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy From A Plane
Congratulations to David Shumka, who won a copy of Kasper Hauser's brilliant book.
John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise
Congratulations to Troy Coll, who wins an inscribed copy of Hodgman's hilarious compendium of knowledge.
Get Smart Box Set
Congratulations to Margaret Cross, who won our GRAND PRIZE, a complete DVD box set of Get Smart!
And thanks to everyone who gave during the pledge drive. I've got a brand new field recorder and a much-needed hard drive to show for it already.
The Flight of the Conchords contest continues apace... simply upload to Flickr a picture of yourself rocking out -- it needn't be a photo, and you needn't interpret it literally. At the end of the day tommorow, I'll pick two winners who'll get sweet prize packs from HBO including a t-shirt, a poster, a "robot stress reliever" and a DVD. Be sure to tag your photos "maxfunflight" so I can find them.
Also! The first episode of F of the C is now up on the HBO website. So far I've spotted past TSOYA guests Eugene Mirman and Arj Barker in prominent roles, and I'm barely halfway through!
I know, I know, I'm not supposed to be blogging. But it's a cool contest!
We're giving away two of the ever-popular "prize packs" including a DVD, poster, t-shirt and postcard, PLUS A ROBOT STRESS RELIEVER.
If you have one of these relievers and Old Glory Insurance, there's really no reason for Robot Stress.
HOW DO YOU WIN?
Upload a picture of you rocking out to our Flickr group, and tag it maxfunflight. I will pick my two favorites next week when I return from the Yay Area!
Below: from the Conchords' HBO special, "Issues (Think About It)"
"Pope-o" is the winner of our Aqua Teen Hunger Force Crap Contest, which asked readers to post pictures of themselves making funny faces to Flickr. He gained unfair advantage by using an ignorant child -- and gaining unfair advantage is the best way to win.
"Pope-O," please email me your address so I can send your crap (once it gets to me).
The movie, by the way, opens today I think. I saw it and it was funny.
I refuse to be bought... but I'll sell out in a minute if it means free crap for you!
The Aqua Teen Hunger Force film, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Moviefilm for Theaters" is almost in here, and while you wait, rapt, wondering how they're going to convince anyone to sit through the equivalent of seven episodes in a row...
WHY NOT PLAY WITH AMAZING PRIZES?
To quote from the kind PR folks stoking the fires of internet buzz:
We'd love it if you could give away this giftbag for the upcoming movie that includes a meatwad beachball, a meatwad stress relief ball, meatwad socks, an ATHF t-tshirt, a mug koozie, a postercard, and poster.
In order to win... take a picture of yourself making a funny face (or draw one if you have no camera) and upload it to our Flickr group with the tag awesomefunnyface.
THEN... tell me what a "koozie" is. This second part is not actually a requirement of the contest, it's just for my own personal info.
YOU HAVE UNTIL APRIL 13TH, the DATE THE FILM IS RELEASED.
My girlfriend's mom high-fives a centurion in Italy!
The High Five Contest is drawing to a close... what an exciting time this has been. We'll announce the winners on Jordan Jesse GO!, which should go up on Tuesday.
In the meantime, if you are an entrant, and are all done entering, email your final point total to jjgo@maximumfun dot org. Include your address -- remember that all entrants will get some stickers in the mail. Please do this by Monday afternoon so we can determine the winner by nightfall.
And if you haven't entered yet, you have until midnight pacific to do so! You could even win!
Furthermore: if you haven't entered your Debut story for our This American Life contest, please do so by calling 206-984-4FUN. You could win an autographed Ira Glass poster, which as an astute forum member pointed out is the Farah Fawcett poster of the 21st century.
The time comes for all contests to end, no matter how awesome that contest might be.
So far, we've received over THREE HUNDRED high fives in our high five contest. They've come from all over the country and all over the world. They've been airborne, adorable and amazing. I love them.
March 31st, however, will be our cutoff. That means you have just two short weeks to take pictures of yourself high fiving, upload them to our flickr group, tag them "awesomehighfive," and thus share them with all of us. The top three high fivers will recieve TSOYA t-shirts, and our grand champ will get a huge prize pack including an SCTV DVD set, a Stephen Colbert / George Bush "We're not braniacs on the nerd patrol" t-shirt from sneakmove, and much more.
But two weeks is all it takes! Grab a camera and get to work!
Showtime was nice enough to give us a big beautiful poster for their new television version of This American Life.... and as if that wasn't enough, it's autographed by the Ira Glass.
So: we're giving it away.
Here's the contest: call our listener hotline at 206-984-4FUN and tell us a story. Like This Life, we have a theme: debuts. Keep it pithy and punchy, if you please. Interpret the theme broadly. Leave your name and phone number.
The TV TAL debuts on Showtime March 22nd, and our contest ends at the end of the month.
