It's the First Annual ChinesePod 奥斯卡 Àosīkǎ (Oscars!!)

hey everybody, yes we know the real Oscars are over, but they were just the prequel to the real real Oscars here at Cpod. Wed eve 6pm shanghai time is the cut off for your ballots. Submit your fav's to chinesepod@gmail.com to get your vote counted before too late!

Now we're just wondering who is going to award the prizes!! umm, and what the prizes are... hehe!

Best Comedy: What is that Smell?

Best Extra: Qing Wen Even you can use Lian ... dou

Best Series: Jizhou

Best Drama: Jizhou

Right now, I am in Hong Kong and thinking about food poisoning and the Dear Amber on the subject ... I am now going to have to nominate that as the best lesson! It seems that I had some very good chicken at lunch today but now it is repeating in a manner that it should not be! And my Imodium is packed in a bag in Beijing that I will not see until Thursday. Could be intersting ....

Best Lesson: Girly Talk

Best Comedy: Girly Talk

I could not stop laughing when I heard the lesson's dialogue for the first time :). Also, it was one of those few nice intermediate lessons that are all in Chinese and don't use that dumb half English half Chinese mix.

Nah, I'm just an ordinary loser. ;)

I second henning's motion for a Lifetime Achievement Award for bazza. He's in a league of his own.

Best Comedy:

Dear Amber - "Amber vs. Clay standoff"

Best Series:

Dear Amber (Or should this be under extras?)

I don't know about any other nominees though. Although the time when Jenny explained what 网上 meant, when John explicitly said that it was for the user to figure out, was pretty funny as well.

From way back in the archive a great stinger of a post involving Ken. As I remember it Ken was complaining about the use of annoying advertising on the backs of taxi head rests that he felt encroached his personal space.

Then someone posted that Ken himself had used this very same method of advertising to promote his language schools in Shanghai. Ken, red-faced, confessed that this was in fact true but to his credit was humble in owning up to the apparent "kettle calling the pot black" incident.

I nominate a post which was in response to Bazza's post informing us about the flooding near his workplace. Combined with the pictures of the flooded area was Bazza customary glaring avator photo. And considering it had happened on a Monday the post read somthing like:

"Bazza from your stern look is it possible that you may have caused the flood in a Damien from Omen kind of way? Did someone have a bad case of the Mundies?!"

Hilarious, but maybe you had to be there.

Best Chinesepod Extra Show

Dear Amber-The one about Chinese Toilets

Best Sound Effects

Mysterious Visitor

Best Series

Lili he Zhang Liang

Best Comedy

Death by Ninja

Best Lesson

Going to the Gym

Best Supporting User

Bazza

Best Drama

Ken's whining in "It's Nothing"

(I'll have to get back to you on the rest.)

Here are the votes I sent in:

Best Lesson

自闭症

Best Comedy

Parking Lot Range

Best Drama

Lovers' Spat

Best Lesson Photo

The Glory of Labor

Best Supporting User

Goulnik (88news!!!)

Life time award for Bazza!

Best Lesson Intro

Abducted by Aliens

Best User Avatar

sparechange

Best Series

八卦周刊

Best ChinesePod Extras Show

QW - Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern: Lot's of tension in the air

Best User Post

furyougaijin - Experiments in Chinese Language Study: Learning the Alphabet

Second on nomination for Henning's grammar post... already has my vote.

Bazza, your crazy, creative statue reminds me of some of the unfortunate small animals around here that were a tad slow crossing the road... :-)

I would like to nominate Henning for Best User Post for his Grammar Point Series. Tons of work and dedication in this that we can all benefit from.

cool, I thought this was a cross-section of a rat.in some sort of solidifed preservative! But good idea.:-)

Or we could have shaped like the logo?

I suggest making a trophy comprised of the four tones

\V/ but underlined (to include the first tone)

Cpod prestigous Four Tone Award. What do you think?

Perhaps you should invent a new award instead of a modified Oscar trophy.

MTV do a Popcorn trophy

CPod should do...

Any suggestions?

I think today's lesson has a good chance at the best photo. :)

Do the winners get one of those statues? That would be killer. I'd pay good money for one of those.

那是 强人所难 !

That's quite a controversial trophy design.

Hi guys,

Its just a big free for all. Submit your votes for anything on the site to date in the categories above! We will tally and announce the winners on the Wednesday after Oscar night--February 27! Voting cut off is Wednesday at noon, Shanghai time!

Any lesson, or within a time period? If it is only within 2007, then DVD Ploy will have to wait for next year for top comedy.

Best user post:

The message from Lantian the day he returns (sniff)

AZERDoc, Genius Idea. I nominate you for best idea on how to structure a fun contest.

Two other categories:

Best actor in a podcast dialogue

Best actress in a podcast dialogue

That Oscar statue with the hat is classic.

I have the same question as Dave. So, may I suggest that CPod set a deadline to get all nominees submitted; and then to simplify things, during that week before the Oscars, announce the top 5 nominees of each category (just like the Oscars) and then everyone can vote. What do you guys think?

hi dave

you can just choose randomly which ones you like best, i think there are too many to list.

Where are the nominees?

Best lesson: library card

Best Comedy: Bazza

Best User post: this one

whohoo!!! this is gonna be fun!