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The contest's logo.

The winning couch gag

The Simpsons Couch Gag Contest was a contest organized by FOX where viewers write their own idea for a couch gag. Submissions for couch gags were taken between September 30 and November 15, 2012, and the voting period lasted between January 24 and February 11, 2013. The winner was Cheryl Brown. A Canadian version of the contest with Ray Savaya as a winner was also made.

Details[edit]

The Candaian Couch Gag

The contest is about writing an idea for a couch gag (100 words or less) to appear in the opening credits of The Simpsons, and if your idea is selected as the winner they animate it. The couch gag will air in season 24 finale that airs on May 19, 2013. Three contestants will go into a final and the public will vote during January 2013.

It must be a 2D animation, no longer than 30 seconds long without dialogue or music will all five family members featured. It can't have brands or commercials and obviously must conform to broadcast standards. Only one entry by person, who is physically residing in the all the states of the USA (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) or the District of Columbia and are 18 years old or older. The writer can't be defined as a professional writer by the Writers Guild of America, the entrant can not be an employee, owner, shareholder, officer or director of Sponsor, Administrator, Twentieth Century Fox Television, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Gracie Films, or any other person/company directly involved with the contest or be an immediate family members or household members of such persons.

Prize[edit]

The grand prize winner will receive a 4 day/3 night trip for the winner and one guest to Los Angeles consisting of:

Round-trip economy class air transportation for two people from the major airport nearest to the resident to Los Angeles, California (or $500 in lieu of air travel if winner lives within a 200 mile radius of Los Angeles)
Three nights standard hotel accommodations for the winner and their guest at a hotel selected by contest entities
A visit to Film Roman and the opportunity to attend a table read of The Simpsons (subject to availability)
An illustration of their winning submission
The Simpsons merchandise package
$500 spending money.

Worth a total of $3,750.

Additionally, the winning submission will be animated and may also be used in a future episode of The Simpsons with a credit as contest winner.

Finalists that are not selected as grand prize winners will each receive an illustration of their submission.

Finalists[edit]

Picture	Name	Couch
	Cheryl Brown Oakland, CA	Dandelions Four yellow and one blue dandelions are on the couch. A giant pair of lips emerges from the TV and with a loud sucking and blowing sound, blows. Tiny Simpsons fly all over the room.
	Myle Debona Fairfield, CT	Tubby Trouble Instead of the normal living room, it's the Simpson's bathroom and it zooms in on the tub. The tub is filled with bubbles and you can't see the surface. A rubber ducky Marge pops up, followed by a rubber ducky of Lisa, Bart and Maggie. A toy tug boat of Homer pops up last. Homer then sinks again with a panicked look on his tug boat face.
	Ben Feldman Oakland, CA	Revenge of the Sofa The Simpsons enter the family room and the couch is missing. They stand there looking puzzled. A vengeful anthropomorphized couch drops from the ceiling behind them and wraps the whole family up in rope side by side, then tips them over onto the floor. Then a "mother" couch and three child couches enter the room and join the first couch (the father), and they all sit on the Simpsons to enjoy some TV. THE END.

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