This thread is the annual SOTY Thread

Being that I am hosting it now--I saw there was no rule against me changing things up to make them more interesting this year

First, just like last year, the top 3 from all 12 months AND Wildcard are entered. . .and the SOTM participation being the only requirement to vote is generally not changing, but there are a few you should be aware of!

1st: I'm changing how many you pick to TOP 10 entrants.
      My reasoning for this is simple, we pick 5 out of an average 15 to 20 entrants per month, that's between 33% and 25% of the total entrants, if we are literally doubling that in entrants, shouldn't we literally double it in votes cast?  Last year picking 7 out of the 39 BEST parodies of the year was friggin impossible, this will give a little more leway and reflect more accurately the actual SOTM numbers they are based on

2nd: Since this does not count towards Author of the Year standings, I am adding in a point bonus for those who vote.  Nothing against those who do not have time to vote in this optional contest, but it discourages voting to allow one to win without having to vote because voting would put those who do vote at a disadvantage.  Similar to Artistry, you will be awarded points on each entry you have in this competition.  Your songs will each receive 10 points by voting, and that's every entry you have. . .there is no disadvantage to anyone who votes because it won't alter the ranks, but you also won't penalize yourself by voting because you'll give your songs an equal vote to that of the song you give 1st place.  This will encourage more people to vote, without erasing points from those who don't. . .and without penalizing those that do

3rd: Commenting is not required IF you have already commented on the song previously like last year, the difference is last year I think we actually allowed people to completely skip reading songs that they did not read the first time around, which is a disservice to the entrants who were in smaller months.

The other rules will remain in tact, and if anyone wishes to challenge these rules please let me know, but I think these three rules will make things fair.  A LOT of people did NOT VOTE in the SOTY last year, that's very unfortunate because the songs that one were great pieces that deserved the honor. . .this year I want this contest to really reflect the field that created it. . .so please everyone let's vote this year whether or not have earned a spot. . .good luck everyone

Other rules remain unchanged
~~Anyone who's participated in a SOTM contest may vote.
~~Vote by choosing your ten favorites in order.  ten points to your favorite, nine points to your second favorite and so on.
~~You're not allowed to vote for your own parody.
~~Once you vote, you're not allowed to change it.
~~Points do NOT count toward the Parody Author of the Year Contest.
~~Voting ends at midnight, eastern standard time, March 31st.
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1. 88 Lines About 44 Cartoon Females by Chris Frederick

2. 88 Lines About 44 Strange Dates by Kristof Robertson

3. A Fight With My Wife by Stuart McArthur

4. Antarctican Terrorist by Below Average Dave

5. (Buy, Buy) An African Child by Kristof Robertson

6. Everything Shows by Phil Alexander

7. Free Tits by Phil Alexander

8. Fun Park Al-Qaeda by Kristof Robertson

9. Guilty Teeth Have Frog Legs Bitten by Stuart McArthur

10. Hardrockhiphoppunkyfunkyemotechnodiscocountry by Kristof Robertson

11. Homley No More by Jeff Reuben

12. I Am A Tired Runner In A Super-Ultramarathon by Peter Anderson

13. I Didn't Use the F-Word by Peter Anderson aka K1chyd

14. I Don't Really Care by Red Ant

15. I Only Want a Neat Igloo by Stuart McArthur

16. Jesus on the Bun by Kristof Robertson

17. Lola (The Ex-Wife of this Dude I Met) by Stuart McArthur

18. Lyrics Man by Invisible Boy

19. Makin' Love in the Men's Bathroom Stall by Mikey Squirrel

20. More Relations? No! by Cat

21. My Family's Strange by wannabemustangjockey

22. No Regret-o (....Priscilla honey) by Stuart McArthur

23. Prequel to Stan (When he Believed in Santa) by Stuart McArthur

24. Quite a Spiteful Night by Stuart McArthur

25. R. I. P. Pluto by Stuart McArthur

26. Reindeer Horn Buyers Get Elk Poop For Free by Peter Anderson

27. Small Doomed Tits by EmiLoca

28. Sex(i)est by Kristof Robertson

29. Sting at the Moment by Agrimorfee

30. The Fundamentalist's Song by Phil Alexander

31. The Techies of PC World by Phil Alexander

32. Too Much Medication by Yoidy!

33. Totally Dissed Noah's Ark by Stuart McArthur

34. Uneasy Writer by Matthias

35. Very, Very Sensible by Stuart McArthur

36. Won't You Make it Snow by Agrimorfee

37. Your Band is Called What? by Kristof Robertson

38. Your Mom by Kristof Robertson

39. Yum Deities byMcKludge

Hey Dave,

You might want to check number 39....as great as "Yum Deities" was, it ain't mine....McKludge was the creator of that masterpiece!

Hey Dave,

You might want to check number 39....as great as "Yum Deities" was, it ain't mine....McKludge was the creator of that masterpiece!


It's also misspelled

Fixed & Fixed. . .anyone who notices something of that nature please let me know. . .I got this up really quickly, and I think most of it's right--but there's bound to be a few more slight mistakes in there.

Hey Dave,

You might want to check number 39....as great as "Yum Deities" was, it ain't mine....McKludge was the creator of that masterpiece!


Well, the title was yours  :)


It's also misspelled


And I also get the shaft of being last alphabetically  :)  By the time folks read the other 38 parodies, they'll be burned out  :\'(  (j/k)

Wow! A 1 in 39 chance!  :o
Good thing we have all month to vote on this, this is gonna be hard to choose... these are the best of the best!

I've got my 10 already in mind... 8) the hard part is ranking them from 1-10!  :o

10=10. Hardrockhiphoppunkyfunkyemotechnodiscocountry by Kristof Robertson
9=23. Prequel to Stan (When he Believed in Santa) by Stuart McArthur
8=27. Small Doomed Tits by EmiLoca
7=33. Totally Dissed Noah's Ark by Stuart McArthur
6=2. 88 Lines About 44 Strange Dates by Kristof Robertson
5=4. Antarctican Terrorist by Below Average Dave
4=20. More Relations? No! by Cat
3=39. Yum Deities by McKludge
2=24. Quite a Spiteful Night by Stuart McArthur
1=1. 88 Lines About 44 Cartoon Females by Chris Frederick

What the hell ever happened to Chris Frederick?  :o Nobody has ever come out of the gates with such a strong work that has impacted our Amiright lives as he has...he may become the Harper Lee of Hilarity if he never comes out of hiding and graces us with another work such as "88 Lines about 44 Cartoon Women".

Just to be sure, are the numbers on the left the number of points for each song, or the place (for example, does #10 get 10 points, or is it your 10th place song-one point)?


10=#10
9=#23
8=#27
7=#33
6=#2
5=#4
4=#20
3=#39
2=#24
1=#1

What the hell ever happened to Chris Frederick?  :o Nobody has ever come out of the gates with such a strong work that has impacted our Amiright lives as he has...he may become the Harper Lee of Hilarity if he never comes out of hiding and graces us with another work such as "88 Lines about 44 Cartoon Women".

Just to be sure, are the numbers on the left the number of points for each song, or the place (for example, does #10 get 10 points, or is it your 10th place song-one point)?



Left=my top 10 entrants as per BAD's rule)
Right=the contestant as listed on the 1st post. I have now edited with the title/authors.

2nd: Since this does not count towards Author of the Year standings, I am adding in a point bonus for those who vote.  Nothing against those who do not have time to vote in this optional contest, but it discourages voting to allow one to win without having to vote because voting would put those who do vote at a disadvantage.  Similar to Artistry, you will be awarded points on each entry you have in this competition.  Your songs will each receive 10 points by voting...

I appreciate the initiative but unless I make a huge error in thinking here I find it to work the other way around as fairness in a potential tie at the top goes. If we look at last year we had a draw where one of the drawees probably remained in that position by not having the time to read and vote on all 39, while voting just one point to the other's parody would have given the victory to that one. Under this rule and in the same situation the same drawee will score ten points for his/hers own parody and must give his/hers top vote to the other's for it to even remain a tie, whereas one to nine points given still takes the votee himself/herself in front. Not that I have another solution...

I appreciate the initiative but unless I make a huge error in thinking here I find it to work the other way around as fairness in a potential tie at the top goes. If we look at last year we had a draw where one of the drawees probably remained in that position by not having the time to read and vote on all 39, while voting just one point to the other's parody would have given the victory to that one. Under this rule and in the same situation the same drawee will score ten points for his/hers own parody and must give his/hers top vote to the other's for it to even remain a tie, whereas one to nine points given still takes the votee himself/herself in front. Not that I have another solution...


Well that's not entirely true because last year would not have been a tie because the one drawee would have had ten points, had the other person who did not vote voted to where the other person got so much as one point--it would have broken the tie, but remember last years tie did not involve any such rule. . .essentially this would make no difference at all in the standings if everyone were to vote. . .last year it would have actually made a difference in the standings. . .Now if you are suggesting the other votee would be a disadvantage last year if that person had voted with this rule because it likely would have broken the tie, perhaps thats true, but that would be fair also as the winner would have earned more points.  For the record I am not casting my vote for or against the two people who were tied, however if the one tied person who did vote had not voted, that person would have won because some of that person's points went to the person tied who didn't vote. . .in essence it's just like any other contest where voting is mandatory, you are likely to hurt your own rank when you choose to vote late in a close competition because (so long as we are honest with our votes--which I believe most of us are) of whatever reason--those who you are close to in rank are likely to get some points from you, while you gain no points.

This rule doesn't affect the standings except as a bonus that those who don't vote don't get. . .the example you used did not have this rule, and if it had, that tie wouldn't have existed at that time, because one of the two tied at top had voted, and therefore under this rule would have had the bonus points. . .so had the other person voted, that person also would have gotten ten points, which would have placed it back into a tie, and had the one who did voted gotten any points from that voter, it would have broken said tie. . .not to say I'm in anyway demeaning last year's contest, but I'd like to put a clear advantage on the part of those who take the time to vote without making it mandatory for those who just don't want to vote.

Whew,,,I'm glad you two understand what you are talking about.  :o

LOL Agri. . ..Hey Peter, if you'd like I could send more reasoning via PM for this, but in essence it doesn't affect the standings in the end unless someone chooses to game the point system, which they can do with or without this rule. . .and it's helped encourage a very high voter to entry ratio in Artistry (a comp I run where people enter parodies of the artists which are drawn from a playlist pre-selected via nominations back in mid 2007)  Yes it's possible that someone who is not sure how they would do would count up points and watch until the ending dates, and then see if voting would put them ahead of anyone else, but the same can be said about no bonus points at all, there is no honest way to eliminate cheating unfortunately--but as I said I believe most of the regular contestants don't cheat (especially those that end up in the SOTY comp). . .I know that it happens--but cheating where nothing but pride is involved would be kinda silly IMHO--not that people won't do it--but I don't see a good reason to.

This rule doesn't affect the standings except as a bonus that those who don't vote don't get.

This must be where my thinking must have fumbled in receiving the ball in the first place, not that you didn't threw it with a double negative… ;)


The example you used did not have this rule, and if it had, that tie wouldn't have existed at that time, because one of the two tied at top had voted, and therefore under this rule would have had the bonus points.

Fair enough. I should have made a clearer distinction between a situation that really has existed but would have been different under this new rule and an imaginary one where there's a similar tie but with voter bonus points already included. Second Fumble!

*Ahem* There's no three strikes/fumbles and you're out rule, is there?

Well, time to get this arduous revisiting done, I decided to be as hard and critical in my judging as Osama on the Western Civilization on a bad beard day – still ended up with 22 songs on the first short list – 'tis been a good year for parodies indeed. Later, after a mental digestive cutting process that in terms of pain can only be described as passing (another) 12 cerebral kidney stones, I ended up with this:

1 Point: "Totally Dissed Noah's Ark" - #33

2 Points: "A Fight With My Wife" - #3

3 Points: "Everything Shows" - #6

4 Points: "Prequel to Stan...(back when he believed in Santa)" - #23

5 Points: "Yum, Deities!" - #39

6 Points: "The Fundamentalist's Song" - #30

7 Points: "Funpark Al-Qaeda" - #8

8 Points: "Small, Doomed Tits" - #27

9 Points: "Makin' Love (In The Men's Bathroom Stall)" - #19

10 Points: "Sexist" - #28