The Smithee Awards

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Allen Smithee for President in '08! Join the Groundswell!

As you know, the Smithees is all about voting. What you may not know is that I've thrown my beret into the ring in the race for President! So when you go to make your choice this November, the following news report will help you make the right choice!

I am running on a platform of increasing defense spending to protect us from Giant Monster attacks, building an enormous dome over the country to stop space aliens from taking the jobs of hardworking American citizens, a higher tax burden for sequels above "2," and mandatory jail time for producers of Roger Corman remakes. And for Roger Corman. Campaign donations are being accepted at our online T-Shirt Sales Center, in the sidebar to your right.

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Important Announcement: Smithees Moving to Friday

Be advised and adjust your lives accordingly, Smithee fans and cultist followers! After years of the Origins Smithees being on Saturday, they're moving us to Friday. I view this as a positive thing: It gives folks some downtime to recover. It may allow others who wanted to go to such events as the Origins Awards to do so. But best of all, they've promised us the bigger rooms! As you know, we've been blowing out the smaller ballrooms, which seat only about 300. We need the Big Mama of All Ballrooms, and this will be our ticket.

So mark your calendars! I'll send out an actual e-mail announcement as we get closer to showtime. Like in about a year.

Smithee Awards XVII: Almost Legal a Huge Sellout at Origins '08!

That, and we filled the room, too! Everyone had a blast at the 17th Annual Awards. Some highlights:

Only one cellphone interruption!
Pirate Balloteers vs. Ballot Ninjas!
Another Carnosaur!
A paper bag over my head--for very good reason!
Another Nemesis (the "very good reason")!
Shapeshifting alien robots who arrive 39,999,995 years early to every party!
Cyborgs vs. vampires!
Superheroes with super-stupid names and bipolar disorder
(and who resemble Will Farrell)!
Blaxploitation! Sadistic puking bulemic transvestite assassin poisoners with spike heels of doom!
Bigfoot taking a medal in the Sleeping Bag Hammer Throw event!
Plantenstein! It's two, two, two Venus Flytraps in one idiotic movie!
Lots of underwater hijinx!
"Star" Power: Christopher Lambert! Martin Sheen! Dean Cain! Eric Bana! Luke Perry! Peter Falk! And more!
Suicidal Jewish robots!

And a big shout-out to our Official Stalker, Ty, who went and got himself (get this) an actual, honest-to-L. Ron Hubbard Smithee tattoo! I'll see if I can convince him to send me a close-up photo. Way to go to prove your undying loyalty and devotion, Ty! It's stalkeriffic! Oh, and my wife Rhana would like to ask you to be more careful and not trample the azaleas outside our windows anymore.

Steins and T-Shirts and Mugs -- Oh, My!

And tote-bags, too! At long last, we have a version of the long-awaited T-Shirt storefront! A selection of Smithee Awards merchandise is ready for your perusing and purchasing pleasure right here at CafePress. Choose from a variety of items--such as T's, sweats, mugs, tank-tops, jerseys, track suits, and more--in a variety of styles, all emblazoned with a new, snazzy, and stylized logo cooked up by our own Matthew Quirk. Now you, too, can wear the same shirts as the Smith-ka-teers (well, perhaps not the same ones, although some of us might let you) and join us as we yell, "I Stayed Up To Watch The End of THIS?"