(these are the results of the 2005 O.HENRY PUN-OFF)

PUNNIEST OF SHOW

First Place in P.O.S. went to 1998 champ, Francis McGrath for his inventive and rollicking rendition of "Star Wars, the musical." He scored a very rare 40 our of a possible 40 points.
With 38 points each, second place was a clap-off between Jim Hahn of Waco, Texas and Pat Tanzola of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. By an applause vote the audience awarded second place to Jim Hahn.

HIGH-LIES & LOW-PUNS

Former champ Brian Oakley returned to claim the crown for a third time in a heated final battle with last year's 3rd place winner, Greg Chandler on the topic of "Sea Creatures." Third place honors were shared by veteran competitor David Gugenheim and last year's champ,
Alex Ramirez.

mmMVP AWARD

By a vote of his fellow contestants, Chris Caillouet would have taken home the coveted mmMVP award had he lingered around long enough to collect it. Chris was the final contestant in PUNNIEST OF SHOW with a crowd pleasing newscaster routine that scored a very respectable 36 points.

Corngratulations to all contestants and participants. The event was well attended and the weather was most cooperative. More details later. Watch the WWWebsite punpunpun.com for transcripts of many P.O.S. routines and other interesting things.
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