Harper's Island "Scariest Place" Contest Give-Away

CONGRATS TO OUR WINNERS!!

Men's TShirt: Ben Zaitzew, Ohio
Women's TShirt: Loye Turner, Washington
Poster: Sara Williams, Iowa

Thanks to all our readers who entered!

Harper's Island is coming to CBS on this Thursday April 9th. In conjunction with the people behind the show, TheTwoCents is having a "Scariest Place" contest.

It's simple! Just tell us, in a quick blurb, the scariest place you've ever been to. Was it down right spooky-haunted, or just a bit creepy? Did you like the fact that it was scary?

Email it to HarpersIsland@TheTwoCents.com and you're entered!

You can simply tell us the place or you can elaborate and tell us why it was scary to you! One week after the premiere (April 16th) we will pick 3 entries at random to win one of the following (pictured):

(1) Men’s 100% cotton vintage soft t-shirt w/ Harper’s Island logo & premiere date (color: gray)
(1) Women’s 100% cotton vintage soft t-shirt w/ Harper’s Island logo & premiere date (color: purple)
(1) Harper’s Island poster (11” x 17”)

It's easy right? Here's what you need to do:

- Click HERE to read the official rules.
- Email HarpersIsland@thetwocents.com with your entry.
- Watch the April 9th premiere of Harper's Island on CBS at 10:00PM EST.
- Come back to TheTwoCents.com on April 16th to see the announcement of winners.

Good luck and enjoy the show!

My Boys Contest Winners - CONGRATS!

"My Boys" Contest & Give-Away

Congrats to our winners! Thanks to all you entered!

1st Prize: Greg J from California
2nd Prize: Paula K from Massachusetts

On Tuesday March 31st, the TBS comedy - My Boys returned with a brand new season.

To celebrate, TheTwoCents.com has teamed with TBS for a fun and easy contest for all the My Boys fans out there to win some great prizes.

What can you win? How about the Season One DVD of the series, or the grand prize of a show poster (like the one pictured here) autographed by the cast!?! DUDE!!

So, how do you win? Easy - just email us at MyBoys@thetwocents.com with your favorite "Dude" story.


What's a "Dude" story you ask? Well, like any group of friends, the gang on "My Boys" tend to use the word Dude as a noun, verb, adjective, and OFTEN. So, what about you? When's the best or worst or funniest time you've heard or used the word Dude in conversation?

Send it to us in an email to MyBoys@thetwocents.com and we'll pick 2 winners at random. One winner will received the Season One DVD and the other winner will receive that autographed poster. Easy right? We thought so dude.

Rules and Regulations click HERE.

Sarah Silverman Program Season 2 - DVD Giveaway!

Do you like to laugh? Yeah, me too! Who better to make you laugh than the woman who let us all know that she was "F^%&ing Matt Damon"?!

Comedy Central is releasing The Sarah Silverman Program - Season 2 on DVD this week and we have a copy for some lucky reader of TheTwoCents!

I've seen the DVD and with the episodes that include a Dungeons and Dragons game that's been going for 20 years, Sarah switching races, dating God and going to Mexico - you can't help but laugh.

Season 1 was a hit and Season 2 will tickle your funny bone yet again.

So, do you want the DVD? It's simple - you just need to email us at Silverman@TheTwoCents.com and describe (in 500 words or less) which person from history or from fiction that YOU would want to date and why!

The staff of TheTwoCents will review the best submissions and will post our favorite three for the readers of TTC to vote for the winner. That winner will receive the DVD set!

Simple right? Well - check out the rules listed in the comments and send in your submission!

Good luck!

"The Office and Philosophy" Contest/Give Away

Following up on our interview with J. Jeremy Wisnewski, the editor of "The Office and Philosophy - Scenes from an Unexamined Life", we have one copy of the book to give away to a lucky fan!

How do you do it? Easy! Send your best philosophical idea of "The Office" (either NBC or BBC version) to OfficePhilosophy@TheTwoCents.com!


Example:
"Jim pranks, therefore he is."

Yeah, it doesn't have to make sense. :)

One lucky winner will be selected at random and sent a copy of the book! The deadline is Office Finale Thursday!! That's Thursday May 15th at 10:00PM PST. So send in your entries now!

Some Rules:
- Winners must be in the continental United States.
- Only one entry per person.
- Include Name, Address, Email in your submission.

That's it. Easy rules right?

TheTwoCents is ONE Year Old!!

SO many thanks to all our writers, readers, press agents, celebrities and more who helped TheTwoCents.com make it to the ONE Year Anniversary! This is big for a website and we're touched that you keep reading us a year later!

We want to celebrate with presents! If you send us an email with your TwoCents about our site, you'll be entered into a drawing for a TheTwoCents prize pack including merchandise from our site! Send us an email by clicking the "E-Mail Us" button on the right hand side of our site!

So - we can always do better! What do you like about the current TheTwoCents.com? What can we add, change, revamp as we enter our second year?

YOUR TwoCents is what makes this work!

Also, with April coming, SHOWS ARE COMING BACK!! We need new reviewers/Staff Writers! Are you interested? Let us know!

Thanks for a GREAT year!

TwoCents/ABC Family Holiday Contest Winner

Congrats to Nancy H from Ohio for winning our TheTwoCents/ABC Family contest!

Nancy was picked at random from all the correct answers to the following questions.

ABC Family will now be sending the prize back directly to Nancy.

Well done Nancy!

1. In 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' what does Hermey the Elf want to be?
A dentist!
2. In the animated 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' who was the voice of the narrator?
Boris Karloff
3. In 'Frosty the Snowman' what greeting does Frosty give every time the magic hat is placed on his head?
Happy Birthday!
4. In 'The Year Without A Santa Claus' who is the mother of Heat Miser and Snow Miser?
Mother Nature
5. In 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' what song do the children sing around the little tree at the end of the show?
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

TheTwoCents/ABC Family Holiday Contest!

Happy Holidays everyone!!

TheTwoCents.com has teamed up with ABC Family to offer a fun and easy Holiday Contest!

All you have to do is email your answers to FIVE Holiday TV Special trivia questions to Holidays@TheTwoCents.com!!

From all the correct entries, one lucky submission will be selected at random and that person will receive a prize pack directly from ABC Family!

The prize pack includes:
One 25 Days of Christmas poster, one Holiday in Handcuffs poster, and one reusable 25 Days of Christmas tote bag!



ABC Family’s 10th annual 25 Days of Christmas began December 1st and runs through December 25th, with over 200 hours of holiday programming. Included in the programming are two ABC Family Original Movies – “Holiday in Handcuffs” starring Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez and “Snowglobe” starring Christina Milian and Lorraine Bracco. In addition, ABC Family will host the basic cable premiere of the hit animated film “The Incredibles”.

Rules:
- One Entry Per Person.
-All entries MUST INCLUDE: Full Name, E-Mail Address, Phone Number (will not be published), City/State.
- Open to U.S. residents only.
- Entry Deadline is 11:59PM PST on Tuesday December 11, 2007.

QUESTIONS:
1. In 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' what does Hermey the Elf want to be?
2. In the animated 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' who was the voice of the narrator?
3. In 'Frosty the Snowman' what greeting does Frosty give every time the magic hat is placed on his head?
4. In 'The Year Without A Santa Claus' who is the mother of Heat Miser and Snow Miser?
5. In 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' what song do the children sing around the little tree at the end of the show?

Send in your answers to Holidays@TheTwoCents.com!

ENJOY AND HAVE FUN!!!

AMANDA R IS THE OFFICE CHAMPION!

All Summer long, 8 of your favorite Office Fan Sites ran The Office Summer Scavenger Search! For 9 weeks a winner was selected each week. Those 9 were challenged to the HUNT OF CHAMPIONS for the past 2 weeks, having to search the internet to answer 20 very specific questions!

Of the correct answers we received, Amanda R from Ohio was selected as the Ultimate Office Fan!

Congrats go out to Amanda who will be receiving her major Office prize pack soon!

Congrats to BP!

TwoCents reader BP from New Mexico outsmarted the staff of TheTwoCents and scored the most points in our Emmy contest!

Congrats BP! Your prize will be on the way shortly!

Emmy Pick Contest!

Want to win a fun little prize from TheTwoCents?

It's simple!

Send an email to Emmys@TheTwoCents.com with your picks from the categories below and see if you can beat some TwoCents TV Writers!

We will make our picks and post them Sunday morning. See if you can beat us!

Every entry that has more correct than the BEST of the TwoCents Writers will be entered into a random drawing to win a small prize from TheTwoCents.com shop! If there is a tie between TwoCents Staff and the Fans, the fans win the tie!

It's just that easy!

Then, on Sunday night, you can join Staff Members of TheTwoCents.com as we blog and chat LIVE during the Emmy Awards show!

Sound like fun? I sure hope so!

So, get guessing!

Some Rules:
- Only one entry per person.
- Each entry must have full name, city/state, email address in the email.
- This contest is in no way sponsored by FOX Television or the Emmys.
- All entries must be sent my 11:59PM EST on Saturday Sept 15th.

Here are the categories we'll be using:

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock
Entourage
The Office
Two and 1/2 Men
Ugly Betty

Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Extras • HBO • Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
Monk • USA • Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office • NBC • Steve Carell as Michael Scott
Two And A Half Men • CBS • Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
24 • Fox • Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
Boston Legal • ABC • James Spader as Alan Shore
House • Fox • Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Rescue Me • FX • Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin
The Sopranos • HBO • James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Desperate Housewives • ABC • Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo
The New Adventures Of Old Christine • CBS • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Ugly Betty • ABC • America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
Weeds • Showtime • Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters • ABC • Sally Field as Nora Walker
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
Medium • NBC • Patricia Arquette as Allison Dubois
The Closer • Slippin' • TNT • Kyra Sedgwick as Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
The Riches • FX • Minnie Driver as Dahlia Malloy
The Sopranos • HBO • Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano

Outstanding Reality-competition Program
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
The Amazing Race
Top Chef

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO • Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Entourage • HBO • Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
How I Met Your Mother • CBS • Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
The Office • NBC • Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
Two And A Half Men • CBS • Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal • ABC • William Shatner as Denny Crane
Grey's Anatomy • ABC • T.R. Knight as George
Heroes • NBC • Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura
Lost • ABC • Terry O'Quinn as John Locke
Lost • ABC • Michael Emerson as Ben
The Sopranos • HBO • Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
My Name Is Earl • NBC • Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner
The Office • NBC • Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly
Two And A Half Men • CBS • Conchata Ferrell as Berta
Two And A Half Men • CBS • Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Ugly Betty • ABC • Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Weeds • Showtime • Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters • ABC • Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Whedon
Grey's Anatomy • ABC • Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
Grey's Anatomy • ABC • Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey
Grey's Anatomy • ABC • Katherine Heigl as Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens
The Sopranos • HBO • Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
The Sopranos • HBO • Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano

"The Office" Scavenger Search Week Six - NEW PRIZES!!

That's right!

Some new prizes have been added my friends!

Do you want to win this copy of the cover of "Phyllis' Wedding" script? It's autographed by Bobby Ray Shafer (Bob Vance - Vance Refrigeration)! The script cover is a photo copy but the autograph is genuine!



Also!

A hat from Scranton's famous COOPERS has been added to the list!



Both of these have been added into the prize pool for the GRAND PRIZE winner of our Scavenger Hunt!

All the details are HERE!!

"The Office" Summer Scavenger Search WEEK FIVE!!

Week of Five of our Eight is upon us!!!

The Office Alliance hosts this week! So head over HERE to their site and get searching!!!

Good luck!

"The Office' Summer Scavenger Hunt Week 3 Running Down!

Make sure you get your submissions in!! Time is running out for this week! Click here for info!

"The Office" Summer Scavenger Search Week Three!

Week Three is here!

The fine people over at Flonkerton are hosting this week's tasks! So head over HERE and start your search!!

The Week Two Winners to be announced soon!

New Prizes Added!

"The Office" Summer Scavenger Search Week TWO

It's here!

Week one winner, Amanda R from Ohio, is on her way to the Hunt of Champions in September!

Can you join her by winning week two?

LifeInTheOffice.com hosts this week's hunt and you can get to their site from www.thetwocents.com

CLICK THE PHOTO FOR DETAILS!

"THE OFFICE" SUMMER SCAVENGER SEARCH STARTS TODAY!!

That's right! It's finally here!

Week one of "The Office" Summer Scavenger Search has finally arrived!

Your chance to prove you are the biggest "Dunderhead" on the internet and in the process take home some GREAT prizes!!

We're happy to announce that the weekly winners will receive a Froggy 101 sticker just like the one you can see on Dwight's filing cabinet on episodes of "The Office"!

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER's stash just got bigger too! (That's what she said). We've already announced that the Grand Winner will receive a TwoCents Mug, a copy of "Call of Duty" video game (the game the Stamford Office always played), and an official Dwight Schrute Bobblehead! Being the week one host, I'm going to throw in a TwoCents magnet to the pool! And trust me, it doesn't stop here, more will be added in the coming weeks!

So, in case you're not sure what ALL this is about, you can read the official info/rules HERE.

Now, on to it! Below is your WEEK ONE TASK LIST! Remember you will find ONE answer on EACH of these sites, including right here on TheTwoCents!!




(Your replies to each item must include the website you found it on! Each site can only be used for one answer in the list and each question is specific to one site.)

1. One of these sites has a series of pictures of John Krasinski with Mandy Moore at The Sauce. How many pictures are there of them both together?
2. According to an interview on one of these websites, what five American movies would Karly Rothenberg (“Madge”) show someone who has never seen a movie before?
3. One of these sites has Andy Bernard’s Oompa Loompa song’s exact lyrics. Copy and paste them into your answer.
4. In a radio contest Brian Baumgartner (“Kevin”) was in a “How many M&M’s can you hold in your mouth contest”. According to a conversation one of these sites had with Brian, how many M&M’s was Brian able to put in his mouth?
5. One of these sites has a weekly fan art post, and one post features a fan who was asked by the show's producers to draw Dwight's "mugshot" for "Women's Appreciation." What is this fan's username (not real name) and was his or her drawing used?
6. One of these websites features an office fan asking another office fan out to the prom with a special gift. What is the gift and what does this gift say?
7. One of these sites had an admin meet a member of the cast at the Kentucky Derby Parade. Who was the cast member?
8. On one site, "Office" writer Gene Stupnitsky, who co-wrote "Traveling Salesmen," claimed that one particular strategy utilizing two Office characters in that episode, was his favorite to write. Who were the two characters?
9. One of these sites has scans of Steve Carell from a recent People Magazine. What animals are featured in one of the pictures with Steve?

BONUS QUESTION! On the main page of the OFFICIAL webpage of the Office Convention in Scranton, what color is the post-it note that says “Office Related Stories”? (You can get links to the official Convention page off many of these 9 sites).

Submit your answers this week to SummerScavenger@TheTwoCents.com

RULES:
(All entries must follow all the rules or they will be considered void)- Only one entry per person/per week
- Residents of the Continental U.S. do not pay shipping for prizes. Hawaii , Alaska and International entries will have to pay for the shipping if they win.
- Hunters may only win once, but may participate in as many weeks as desired for fun.
- All e-mail entries MUST include full name, city/state, e-mail and phone number. (Your full name and personal information will not be released.)
- This contest, and sites included, are in no way associated with creators of “The Office”, NBC or any of its websites/affiliates.

Next Week's Host is: LifeInTheOffice.com

TheTwoCents.com, LifeInTheOffice.com, OfficeQuotes.net, JelloStapler.com, TheOfficeAlliance.com, mtt.just-once.net, Flonkerton, The Office LiveJournal Community, and TheOfficeChat.com

"The Office" Summer Scavenger Search

STARTS MONDAY JULY 9TH!!!

OWNERS OF SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE “OFFICE” FANSITES ARE BRINGING YOU A CONTEST TO HELP FIGHT THE SUMMER REPEAT BLUES!

Are you the Ultimate Office fan? Do you consider yourself the Dunderhead of all Dunderheads? Do you have what it takes to join the Dwight Army of Champions, go head to head with Michael's jokes, out-weird Creed, out-drink Meredith...you get the picture! We are looking for you! You probably visit a fan-site to two from time to time, why not take a chance to win some nifty gifties while doing it?

The owners of TheTwoCents.com, LifeInTheOffice.com, OfficeQuotes.net, JelloStapler.com, TheOfficeAlliance.com, mtt.just-once.net, Flonkerton, The Office LiveJournal Community, and TheOfficeChat.com are combining to bring you this summer-long adventure through the cyberspace!

PRIZE LIST FOR GRAND CHAMPION:- Dwight Bobblehead from NBC Store- TheTwoCents Coffee Mug- Call of Duty video game... MORE TO COME!!

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE DETAILS!!!

A NEW "OFFICE" CONTEST!

Have The Summer Repeat Blues?!

NINE Different Websites featuring "The Office" WANT TO HELP!

A contest is coming involving www.TheTwoCents.com, www.LifeInTheOffice.com, www.OfficeQuotes.net, www.JelloStapler.com, www.TheOfficeAlliance.com, mtt.just-once.net, flonkerton.wordpress.com, community.livejournal.com/theoffice_us, and www.TheOfficeChat.com!!!

Prizes, Bragging Rights, and more!

Check ANY of these sites as announcements will be coming SOON!!

"The Office" Season 3 Finale Contest Winners!!

WOW! You guys really made this contest work!

How come no one has entered our other contest yet then? HUH?

Anyway! This really helped show how much we truly do love this show and everyone on it!

We had over 80 submissions! And the favorite moments had a HUGE range! Let's look at some stats shall we?

- Of the 80+ votes, we had 39 different moments nominated!

- Dwight was mentioned in the most moments totaling 13 different moments! Second was a tie between Jim and Michael with 8, and a surprising third place finish with 6 different moments goes to CREED!

- The combo of Dwight and Jim were in 5 moments, JAM were in 3, and Dwight and Michael in 2.

- Full ensemble moments were mentioned 4 times.

- The following characters were all mentioned at least once: Jim, Pam, Dwight, Michael, Angela, Andy, Karen, Kevin, Meredith, Oscar, Creed, Roy, Jan, and Ryan.

- Big names not mentioned were: Kelly, Toby, Stanley, Phyllis, Bob Vance - Vance Refrigeration, or Darryl.

I'll help out here. Kelly in the Mall! Toby at the wedding after the bouquet toss! Stanley on Pretzel Day! Phyllis and Bob at their wedding! Darryl's reaction to Jan's picture email! So many!

- Want to know the Creed moments?
Fashioning a stake out of a broom handle.
Describing Roy's attack on Jim to Angela.
Catching and eating a fish from the lake, BY HAND.
Describing how Ed Truck died.
Talking about his Fake ID business.
Talking about homosexuality and the 60s.

- Ok, here we go, the top moments of Season 3 (prior to the finale) as selected by TheTwoCents readers!

In 4th Place with 3 votes each:
- Michael at Pam's Art Show from "Business School" VIDEO CLIP
- Andy floating away in the sumo suit from "Beach Day" VIDEO CLIP
- Jim's 'frontal attack' on Dwight from "Travelling Salesmen" VIDEO CLIP
- Michael kisses Oscar from "Gay With Hunt" VIDEO CLIP
- Squeeky Chair/Love Fool Singing from "The Initiation" VIDEO CLIP

In 3rd Place with 4 votes:
- Andy's phone in the ceiling prank from "The Return" VIDEO CLIP

In 2nd Place with 8 votes:
- Jim as Dwight and Dwight as Jim from "Product Recall" VIDEO CLIP

THE MOST POPULAR MOMENT OF SEASON THREE
- Pam's Coal Walk and Confession from "Beach Day" VIDEO CLIP

Some great moments were nominated that only got mentions once or twice but deserve the VIDEO clip treatment anyway!

Playing Call of Duty - Scrantonicity Rocks - Flintstones - Future Dwight - Dwight saves Jim - Dwight comforts Pam - Jim turns into a vampire

Now on to the readers who won!

The winners of a TwoCents magnet are:
- Tanya C. from PA who enjoyed Dwight's Shun/Un-Shun antics.
- Mike S. from TX who enjoyed Jim as Dwight, Andy punching the wall and Pam's Confession.
- Tiffany J. from NJ who enjoyed Jim as Dwight/Dwight as Jim and Gaydar.

The big winner of a Dwight Bobble-head is:
- Heidi H. from Michigan who wrote in:
"My favorite moment from the this season of The Office would definitly have to be when Dwight tries to imitate Jim. His imitation might have been horrible but I have never laughed so hard in my life!!"

Congrats to you all! You will be getting emails from us soon!

Thank you to everyone who participated and please keep coming back as we help to keep The Office alive all summer long!