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and phil, will and royce have me to thank for getting the 100plus parody restriction dropped and letting them in
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tvm TD - I have to admit, I hadn't spotted the restriction, nor its lifting :-)

I have to admit, I thought the judging was pretty good overall, with not a huge amount to argue - a couple of the "wrong number of syllables" comments seemed to me to be wrong, but could be explained by "right number of syllables, but with the stresses on the wrong ones".  Given the huge number of songs they had to review, I thought they did a pretty good job.

Personally, I'd have voted "Super Tacos" higher, because I think the coherent storyline gives it an extra boost... but I'm not sure which I'd be excluding...

I'm very surprised STG didn't make it through, for some reason he didn't choose a better song (there's enough to choose from, the Britney one being a prime example)

Well done to everyone, not just we happy few who progressed to the next round.  And to them - see you there

Phil

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Yeah, I really don't feel like being civil about it because the only reason I didn't make the cut is because of one judge's opinion.  Album Cornix complained that my parody wasn't funny SIMPLY BECAUSE he isn't from America.  And while I respect my fellow foreign brothers, as a judge, it is his responsibility to try his best to understand the song.  I quote Album Cornix, "Local references are a dangerous game to play."  Now maybe it's just me, but since when has the country of the United States become simply "local?"  It is a nationwide event that has gotten so much press time it's unbelievable.  I suggest that he read some of the comments of the people who have voted on my parody - it has gotten very good reviews.  I suggest he do the same with "Supertacos" as well.  His opinion of that song was just plain wrong.  It's not my fault as a parody writer that he is among the 5% of people who have not heard of Lebron James.  The whole Lebron James story has been a HUGE story in the sporting world of America, and the fact that I got a "2" in funniness really ticked me off, mainly because the 2 American judges gave me a 5 and a 4 in funniness.  Hopefully, he can learn from this round, and realize that if he's going to be a judge, he should not make blind stabs at trying to understand those parodies that have been submitted.  Otherwise, worthwhile parodies will be left out, like I feel that mine and John Jenkins' parodies were.  
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I think his use of the term local is a bit off.. but his criticism isn't that off.. I live in America, and um.. I have no idea who Lebron James is.. I don't follow sports, and barely know the stars on the Boston teams.. so while claiming it was about something "local" isn't really the proper complaint. He should have complained that he doesn't follow American sports. Much like I would complain if I was reviewing a parody about the world's most famous cricket player or even soccer (football to everyone else).

that being said, you came very close to getting into the first round, which is something to be happy about..

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I congratulate the eight parody writers who advance to the second round - by my unofficial tabulation - Phil Alexander, Jared Lerner, Jeff Buchoff, My Name is Kenny, Double E, Billy Florio, Royce Miller, and Will Tong.  While I am disappointed that I will not be competing in future rounds, I agree that all of you deserve to advance.  I look forward to reading the parodies in the coming weeks.  I did not agree with all of the judges' comments, but I think that, on the whole, they did a very good job - better than I would have done, especially loosekanen!
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Your calculations are correct! I just verified I put all the reviews in the right places (the judges verified I did, though one review was misplaced, I still got the score in the right places).

The winners are indeed: Phil Alexander, Jared Lerner, Jeff Buchoff, My Name is Kenny, Double E, Billy Florio, Royce Miller, and Will Tong. That is also in descending order. I'm going to updatet the front page of the site and announce the first topic.

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Personally, I'd have voted "Super Tacos" higher, because I think the coherent storyline gives it an extra boost... but I'm not sure which I'd be excluding...

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I appreciate the compliment from the top scorer in the first round.  Good luck with Christopher Walken.

Thanks,
John

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I appreciate the compliment from the top scorer in the first round.  Good luck with Christopher Walken.
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Top scorer?  <fx: goes and looks at the updated page>

S**T, you're right!

;D ;D ;D

Phil

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Oh well :)  Let's hope we get to play again later.  Congrats to the second-rounders :)
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Ditto.
Except nobody is stopping anybody from "unofficially" playing along with the contest.  You don't really have to wait til later; practice your parody skills now, just don't enter your song in the "official" thread for voting.  I don't know jack about this actor, but it'll be fun to try and find out and write something anyway.  

May the farce be with you!

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The top 3 picks leave me wondering how old the judges are, but that's part of the competition.. knowing what THEY like and catering to it.
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well, since I didn't ask for ages, that was kinda hard to predict for contestants. I would hope the judges tried to check out the songs they didn't know though. For one of the rounds, I'm going to try and pick a song no one knows (I'll make it available on a server for the contestants/judges) and see how hard that is for people to do.

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Except nobody is stopping anybody from "unofficially" playing along with the contest.  You don't really have to wait til later; practice your parody skills now, just don't enter your song in the "official" thread for voting.  I don't know jack about this actor, but it'll be fun to try and find out and write something anyway.  
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I kinda expect a few people to do this anyways, and I'm perfectly fine with it. Considering the public can vote on the entries and the non-entries, it would be interesting to see a non-entry make the top ten or something.

also.. Walken is pronounced like Walkin'.. I would think it would be very easy to rhyme or find a song with a similar word in it's title (This Movie's Made for Walken, instead of These Boots are Made For Walking.. well close, I think I'm off a little there for pacing)..

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Yeah, I really don't feel like being civil about it because the only reason I didn't make the cut is because of one judge's opinion.  Album Cornix complained that my parody wasn't funny SIMPLY BECAUSE he isn't from America.  And while I respect my fellow foreign brothers, as a judge, it is his responsibility to try his best to understand the song.  I quote Album Cornix, "Local references are a dangerous game to play."  Now maybe it's just me, but since when has the country of the United States become simply "local?"  It is a nationwide event that has gotten so much press time it's unbelievable.  I suggest that he read some of the comments of the people who have voted on my parody - it has gotten very good reviews.  I suggest he do the same with "Supertacos" as well.  His opinion of that song was just plain wrong.  It's not my fault as a parody writer that he is among the 5% of people who have not heard of Lebron James.  The whole Lebron James story has been a HUGE story in the sporting world of America, and the fact that I got a "2" in funniness really ticked me off, mainly because the 2 American judges gave me a 5 and a 4 in funniness.  Hopefully, he can learn from this round, and realize that if he's going to be a judge, he should not make blind stabs at trying to understand those parodies that have been submitted.  Otherwise, worthwhile parodies will be left out, like I feel that mine and John Jenkins' parodies were.  
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Steve,
       Just to let you know, I do have my feet firmly planted in the Big 50, But did you hear abour Shane Warne? That was "huge" here. How about Cathy Freeman? "huge" here as well.

Look I don't want to be spiteful or anything, but my point was comedy about sports stars doesn't travel as well as people would like it to. I *do* know about LeBron and what happened, but I had to search for it. It wasn't even given a snippet on "Sports Tonight".

I do apologise for "local" that was short-sighted, when (in retrospect) it did make pretty much National news across the USA. But I've spoken to a number of Americans (my significant other included) who have never heard of him.

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Album Cornix, I felt you judged fairly and you wrote the most detailed reviews.  While our "Instant Coffee" parody didn't make the second round, I don't hold the judges in contempt by any means.  Judges in these contests are, of course, subjective, and if the judges didn't like your parodies, suck in your gut and take the punches like a solid human being.  
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Yeh, thanks.
Anyway, I've taken up Parody Writing (after a forever-hiatus) I posted the link in the other thread (New Parodies) and I want all you AmIRight Idle contestants to tear apart at it.

It's only fair.

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Jared Lerner wrote an excellent parody about "Joe Millionaire."  But I think that it might reveal something about the tastes of the people who visit amiright.com that there is such a strong consensus among the Amiright Idol judges and voters that this television show is a relevant and interesting parody topic and some people question whether Lebron James is relevant.

From my perspective, I find the topic of the ground-breaking high school basketball phenom more interesting than a television show which I did not watch.  But the bottom line is that Rice Cube (who might have as much right to complan as anybody) is absolutely correct.  If those of us who were eliminated in the first round have not yet gotten over it, shame on us!
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that's just it.. it's your perspective.. the "Who Wants to Marry a Millionare" show, as stupid and purile as it was, got the 4th and 5th highest watched numbers for the week of the finale.. that means a very large number of people were watching it.

An up and coming basketball player, no matter how great, isn't going to be on the radar screen of the general public until he's actually playing for the NBA... plus, from what little I know of sports, I can safely say, it's quite possible he might not turn out to be the hot player everyone wants him to be.. there have been plenty of instances where top draft picks turn out to be less stellar than everyone anticipated. maybe in two years, when this guy is endorsing everything under the sun, it will be relevant, but right now you're just ahead of the curve of public consciousness..