THE LAST ANNUAL CREEM CAPTION CONTEST!
OK, readers ours, the results are in—in the wastebasket mostly, �cause let�s face it: much as you enjoy our photo captions, as you rightfully should, you�re not exactly living in our famed Caption Writer�s Hut. In case you missed it, we ran a contest in our January issue asking you to write your niftiest captions to some typically CREEMish pix. We were happy to get hundreds of responses—until we had to read �em, of course—but what the hell.
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THE LAST ANNUAL CREEM CAPTION CONTEST!
KEEP YOUR DAY JOBS! WE BEG YOU!
OK, readers ours, the results are in—in the wastebasket mostly, �cause let�s face it: much as you enjoy our photo captions, as you rightfully should, you�re not exactly living in our famed Caption Writer�s Hut.
In case you missed it, we ran a contest in our January issue asking you to write
your niftiest captions to some typically CREEMish pix. We were happy to get hundreds of responses—until we had to read �em, of course—but what the hell.
The good hews? Well, outside of never letting you near our sacred trust again, we�ve actually got three winners, as promised. Ironic that they all live in Michigan— a captioneer�s state, lads �n' lassies!—but winners nonetheless.
First prize goes to Chris Karkeet of Sterling Heights. As you can see, Chris grasped the honorable �Ron Jim Dio concept�� most accurately, earning guffaws from our editors and the dozens of convicted criminals we shared your work (and addresses) with. Chris, you�ve won a lifetime subscription to CREEM and a Boy Howdy T-shirt. Now go finish your homework.
Our runner-up is Todd McMullen of Allen Park. Todd�s Madonna caption meets our high standards—hell, we�ve run 60 variations of it in the last year alone—and we�re pleased as punch to award Mr. McMullen a two-year subscription and the inevitable Boy Howdy shirt. Live it up, Todd.
up, Third place? Congrats to Detroit�s own James Dantzer, whose Mick Hucknall caption is a conceptual piece of the highest order. James, you�ve won a free year�s worth of CREEM-r-iook forward to us stealing your caption real soon.
us stealing your caption soon. Now for the potentially bad news: our publisher—that is, the being who literally owns this very magazine and, indeed, our immortal editorial souls—is questioning the very concept of CREEM captions! We�re troubled! Even though we go through this sort of thing with everyone who publishes this great mag, we�d sure appreciate some he�p on this thing. So please—please!—write to Arnold Levitt, c/o Cambray Publications, Inc., 7715 Sunset, Suites 202-204, Los Angeles, CA, 90046 and tell him to keep his hands off our captions. Seriously. A couple hundred heartfelt pleas oughta do it, so let's pitch in, shall we? Of course, if you don�t like our captions, it�s best to wait until you finish eighth grade before writing. It�ll be worth it.
be worth So, once again, our warmest thanks to everyone who entered—you�re all winners, we love ya!—and don�t forget to let this Levitt fellow know that you shan�t take his random dictums laying down.
