The year was 2002 – U2 had just taken home the Grammy for Record of the Year with Walk On, parachute pants still hadn’t come back into style yet, and most significant of all, yours truly was selected to participate in Humor Columnist Survivor, the only reality game show for humor writers where … well, ok – pretty much the only reality game show for humor writers, period…
Hosted by the esteemed Greg Gagliardi of Progressive Revelations fame, myself and nineteen other writers were pitted against each other in a no-holds-barred, fight to the comedic death where only the most hilarious would survive and the rest would be sent home to hang their heads in shame, never to rant of the humor behind reality television or office supplies ever again. Sadly, yours truly didn’t take the top prize – that went to Angela Gillaspie, who I can certainly say deserved it because she also won a Weenie Award from Just Laugh that same year – but nonetheless, I still had plenty of fun and managed to kick out a few memorable columns along the way as well!
One particularly eye-catching gem was a column written for one specific purpose – because the host told us to. Greg’s simple requirement – write a humor column about grilled cheese, and by jove, that’s exactly what I did:
Grilled Cheese – Bring Back the Glory (originally posted on 11/16/2002)
Ahhh, yes – those were the good old days. And while I may not have taken home the top honor in the end, I did leave with something just as valuable – tons of stolen office supplies. And for even more memories from that epic competition, be sure to check out these little gems as well…
Always Cheesy,
- Scott
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