The Hairiest

You know him, you love him, he's everyone's favorite Mantastic space ape, Chewbacca, in Pez form, and he's now a part of the greatest prize package ever. Bob Barker can bite me, because the Showcase Showdown has nothing on this haul. You couldn't over-estimate the monetary value of this bonanza, because numbers don't go that high! It's true. I've tried.

Thanks to Kane for the fabulous prize donation. No thanks to Kane for bestowing the "C-3PO: Gayest Droid Ever" Pez dispenser on me.

Celebrity Mantasm

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Steve Edelson, Mantastic Fan and studio finanicial guru. He's not officially in the competition, but he's growing a Lemmy, just for laughs! Jesus, Mary and Papa Smurf! I'll tell you something right now: nobody saw that shit coming. Nobody! He just walked into yesterday's check-in like he owned the place and sat down for his photo. I would say I was stunned into silence, but for the hooting and hollering coming out of my moustachioed mouth. If I'd been wearing a Crap Hat at the time, I'd have had myself some tasty brew for the afternoon, if you know what I mean.

Big round of applause for Steve. Don't mess with the man growing a Lemmy with no chance for financial or beef stick reward.

Mantastic Invention

What will they think of next?

During a particularly grueling brainstorming session, one of our Mantastic 2006 contestants came up with a semi-brilliant idea for a product that the world has lived too long without. Here's how it was described to me:

"It's like one of those beer helmets, with the tubes that come down to your mouth, except that this one automatically fills up with beer whenever you crap your pants."

He wouldn't say whether the technology essential to this product's success already exists or if he was developing it himself. He'd obviously need some highly tuned sensors, servos, and micro-pumps, as well as a reservoir of some sort, but perhaps it's even more advanced than that.

The working titles for this contraption are "The Shit Helmet" or "The Crap Hat." He's said to be mulling over a cold-weather version called "The Poo Beanie."

The Committee will let you decide for yourself if this is something that would fill a niche in your life or not once out on the market.