I am no longer updating this list. For the most up-to-date Monsters’ Ball stats, see: http://mobfd.blogspot.com/2010/11/httpwerttrewtumblrcompost270476062compl.html

For the top five, first place is listed first and following in descending  order.

Dec 10 2010: Top five:  paperstreetsoap / A Serious Monster / That’s Your Commenter / Frank Lloyd Wrong / Polythene Pam Lowest Rated Comment:  Steve Winwood Editor’s Choice: paperstreetsoap Caption winner: Ian / Ian

Dec 3 2010: Top five:  Mans / Frank Lloyd Wrong / huckabeast / slothdrop / lawblog Lowest Rated Comment:  unionman Editor’s Choice: bisquetaker Caption winner: Gangy

 Nov 26 2010: No official Monsters’ Ball this week, but I made some calculations. http://werttrew.tumblr.com/post/1691529517/unofficial-monsters-ball-for-nov-26-2010 In brief: Top five:  huckabeast / yourmom / kingmaker / Polythene Pam / An American Patriot Lowest Rated Comment:  the narrator  Caption winner: huckabeast Contest Winners: werttrew / facetaco

Nov 19 2010: Top five:  The Fondest / Funtastik / Mans / fozzy the chair / Lesley Lowest Rated Comment:  wowee zowee Editor’s Choice: Brosworth Caption winner: Polythene Pam

Nov 12 2010: Top five:  paperstreetsoap / hotspur /  Patrick M / Patrick M / Lizzing Lowest Rated Comment:  gatheraroundtheoakentable Editor’s Choice: Gabe awarded Editor’s choice to his mother, Lynn Caption winner: Patrick M

 Nov 5 2010: Top five:  seanjean / krendy / rickdagless / Polythene Pam / Funtastik  Lowest Rated Comment:  gatheraroundtheoakentable Editor’s Choice: sadmalandar Caption winner: Superglue

Oct 29 2010: Top five:  explainer guy / shellbomber / R2D2, Esq. / Baby Friday / critter Lowest Rated Comment:  LL Bein Editor’s Choice: Ian Caption winner: my ironic mustance

Oct 22 2010: Top five:  thisismynightmare (Note: also caption winner) / cakeordeath / butterpranks / cakeordeath / explainer guy Lowest Rated Comment: explainer guy Editor’s Choice: Anchor Management

Oct 15 2010: Top five:  DuckDuck / witt / Baby Friday / huckabeast / Mans Lowest Rated Comment: ClownCoffee Editor’s Choice: Mans Caption Winner: hellsbells53 Videogum Song Contest Winners: 1) Del Preston 2) Lawblog 3) Topknot

Oct 8 2010: Top five:  huckabeast / Patrick M / huckabeast / CindiLightballoon / The New Sound Lowest Rated Comment: Bubbles Editor’s Choice: wherewolf Caption Winner: topknot

Oct 1 2010: Top five:  Patrick M / werttrew / huckabeast / cakeordeath / Mans Lowest Rated Comment: whyistheretapeonyournose Editor’s Choice: panda bear Caption Winner: thisismynightmare

September 24 2010: Top five:  Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams / werttrew / cakeordeath / explainer guy / concert_addict Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood Editor’s Choice: Patrick M. Caption Winner: Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams

September 17 2010: Top five:  werttrew / Baby Friday / Jeb / shellbomber / hlebtastic Lowest Rated Comment: pnut Editor’s Choice: batteredgnome Contest Giveaway: werttrew Caption Winner: werttrew

September 10 2010: Top five:  Jeff (also caption winner) / Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams / fozzy the chair / Bucky ‘Alex’ Arbuckle / Ginger Ball Z Lowest Rated Comment: Mr. Hausfrau Editor’s Choice: KajusX & Chainsaws

September 3 2010: Top five:  thedilemma / dexterbotwin / duncan / Godsauce / facetaco Lowest Rated Comment: fourisfive Editor’s Choice: [No single comment was awarded Editor’s Choice this week] Caption Winner:  That One

August 27 2010: Top five:  huckabeast / Superglue / pemulis / Notsewfast /   huckabeast Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood Editor’s Choice: wwwest Caption Winner:  Funtastik

August 20 2010: Top five:  werttrew / concert_addict / whoa! / Hi There (face here) / Krasdale   Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood Editor’s Choice: GradStudentsAreTheWorst Caption Winner:  huckabeast

August 13 2010: Top five:  That One / hellsbells53 / Notsewfast / shellbomber / That One   Lowest Rated Comment: jimmy jones Editor’s Choice: Lysdexia Caption Winner:  Incredimarc

August 6 2010: Top five:  whoa! / briadru4 / itsahotdog! / Jambi / mike_d   Lowest Rated Comment: unionman Editor’s Choice: ElectricKoala Caption Winner:  Notsewfast

July 30 2010: Top five:   khrushchev / Chris Trash / Dinger / whoa! / Apartment Tiger   Lowest Rated Comment: laughcamp Editor’s Choice: Hi There (face here)  Caption Winner:  Patrick M

July 23 2010: No official Monsters’ Ball this week, but I made some calculations. http://werttrew.tumblr.com/post/852078691/unofficial-monsters-ball-for-july-23-2010 In brief: Top five:   Teacherman / Lysdexia  / Godsauce  / caseanate  / (Tie #5) Godsauce / (Tie #5) Mr. Hausfrau / (Tie #5) topknot   Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood   Caption Winner:  Patrick M  

July 16 2010: Top five:   topknot / spiff huxtable / facetaco / itsahotdog / stonemill Lowest Rated Comment: thegreatsatan Editor’s Choice: kob Caption Winner:  paperstreetsoap

July 9 2010: Top five:   Chareth Cutestory [also caption winner] / Mans / Notsewfast / werttrew / Chris Trash Lowest Rated Comment: the dust collector Editor’s Choice:  huckabeast 

July 2 2010: Top five:   duncan / Bookface / Lauren Matson / Max the King of All Wild Things / topknot Lowest Rated Comment: Gabe Editor’s Choice: That One Caption Winner:  Godsauce

June 25 2010: Top five:   wrj713 / shellbomber / Kateness / ghostdad /teacherman Lowest Rated Comment: MikeyObviously Editor’s Choice: Godsauce Caption Winner: torgothewhite

June 18 2010: Top five:   Steve Winwood / werttrew / Max Silvestri /  explainer guy / Notsewfast Lowest Rated Comment: yue.chloe Editor’s Choice: Gladvillain Caption Winner: wwwest

June 11 2010: Top five:   Abalogariz [also caption winner] / Aaaaron / mydaughter’sname69 /  ohthehorrorofitall / ElectricKoala  Lowest Rated Comment: shoogyboom Editor’s choice:  KajusX & Chainsaws

June 4 2010: Top five:  Godzilla Got Busy / werttrew / Notsewfast / paperstreetsoap / duncan  Lowest Rated Comment: Hit_girl Editor’s choice:  Steve Winwood Caption winner: mydaughter’sname69

May 28 2010: Top five:  Disagreebert / briadru4 / Notsewfast / Patrick M / Notsewfast  Lowest Rated Comment: Hit_girl Editor’s choice: All comments were awarded Editor’s choice. Caption winner: Guided by Vodka

May 21 2010: Top five:  Jordan Schlansky [also unofficial caption winner] / Mark / Funkles/ Huckabeast / Notsewfast  Lowest Rated Comment: vaguevoguerogue Editor’s choice: batteredgnome / gumlover42

May 14 2010: Top five: Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams / philplusbert / lemonne / Jeb / nakedpainter Caption winners:  Steve Winwood’s Grandpa / lemonne Lowest Rated Comment: nightheat Editor’s choice: iplatinumtoothbrush

May 7 2010: Top five:  paperstreetsoap / An American Patriot / Cory Butcher / KajusX & Chainsaws / werttrew Caption winners: mans // RunBMC Lowest Rated Comment: garbage_face Editor’s choice: platinumtoothbrush

April 30 2010: Top five:   werttrew / Patrick M / Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams / west  / jeff Caption winners: Kateness // topknot Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood  Editor’s choice: Ian

April 23 2010: Top five:   lildanzig / christrash / Cultural Underpinnings Face King / That One  / Notsewfast Caption winner:  Steve Winwood [Note: would have been in top five if not a caption winner] Lowest Rated Comment: Steve Winwood  Editor’s choice: Miss Rabbit

April 16 2010: There was no Monsters’ Ball this week, but I’ll note that Chareth Cutestory was the Caption Winner.

April 9 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / Notsewfast / That One / Notsewfast / werttrew Caption winners:  Notsewfast and That One Lowest Rated Comment: godsauce  Editor’s choice: lizzing

April 2 2010: Top five: I Like a Skinny Tie / Jeb / shellbomber / jeff / patrick m.  Caption winner: west [Note: would have been in top five if not a caption winner] Lowest Rated Comment: steve winwood  Editor’s choice: No individual commenters were named. Instead, all comments on this thread were awarded: http://videogum.com/163521/duh-aficionado-magazine-nicholas-sparks-is-a-jerk-and-an-idiot/top-stories/

March 26 2010: Top five: mitchnmurray / shellbomber / jeb / lakonislate / kateness Caption winner: Notsewfast [Note: would have been in top five if not a caption winner] Lowest Rated Comment: steve winwood  Editor’s choice: wrj89

March 19 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / werttrew / Notsewfast / Tom Foolery / jim reaper Caption winner: Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams Lowest Rated Comment: steve winwood  Editor’s choice: Gabroll Note: This was the last Monsters’ Ball that animated gifs were eligible for the top five.

March 12 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / Tom Foolery / Mr. Hausfrau / Burdette / werttrew Caption winner: Mr. Hausfrau Lowest Rated Comment: gumdrop  Editor’s choice: huckabeast

March 4 2010: There was never an official MB posted this week due to an error that made vote totals disappear temporarily. However, I went back and tallied the scores by hand: http://werttrew.tumblr.com/post/445918974/unofficial-monsters-ball-for-march-5 Because this is an unofficial tally, there is no Editor’s Choice. Unofficially: Top five: Notsewfast / I Like A Skinny Tie / Scudworth12 / werttrew / One Armed Boxer Caption winner: Lord Growing Lowest Rated Comment: I Like A Skinny Tie 

February 26 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / holy smokes! / bookface / buttercup / Noam Noam Noam Caption winner: Spice Weasel [Note: also highest vote total of the week] Lowest Rated Comment: bearface  Editor’s choice: jlkrekel

February 19 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / bird / The Life of the Mind / Notsewfast / Jew Tang Clan [Note: also a caption winner] Lowest Rated Comment: Johnny  Editor’s choice: werttrew

February 12 2010: Top five: Notsewfast / Notsewfast / PattyO / Lord Growing / werttrew Lowest Rated Comment: west Caption winner: tkc Editor’s choices: batteredgnome and Spice Weasel

February 5 2010: Top five: incredimarc [Note: also a caption winner] / west / Tom Foolery / Patrick M / Ben (waiting for the perfect GIF) Lowest Rated Comment: dUB-iLL Caption winner: Notsewfast Editor’s choice: Lew Zealand

January 29 2010: Top five: gary bang / chris / joefry / littlebobbytables / minifigs Lowest Rated Comment: woozefa Editor’s choice: Patrick M

January 22 2010: Top five: dance contest winner / inglorious basTURD/ Lauren / Josh is Wrong / TiredandWired Lowest Rated Comment: muse sesay Editor’s choice: underweareyes

January 15 2010: Top five: dance contest winner / notsewfast / Lord Growing / bird / Funtastik Lowest Rated Comment: Warden El Fuego Caption winner: arm426 Editor’s choice: Mr. Hausfrau

January 8 2010: Top five: bdglide / Funtastik/ itsahotdog!/ Sir Wilson Coneybeare / werttrew Lowest Rated Comment: Adam Caption winner/Highest vote total of the week: joefry Editor’s choices: Patrick M and Warden El Fuego

December 18 Top five: The Dread Pirate Roberts / david_notascynical / itsahotdog! / women be photoshoppin’ / Tooom Highest Lowest Rated Comment: Spice Weasel. Caption winner: Dish Editor’s choice: Televangelina Lansbury

December 11 Top five: Jeff / Mr. Hausfrau / incredimarc / dUb-iLL / Frank Lloyd Wrong. Lowest voted: mangum. Editor’s choice: Josh Ya’ll

December 4 Top five: Duckduck / Dr. Mantis Toboggan / werttrew / That One / Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up Lowest voted: aquaboogy. Caption winner: mwilliamrice Editor’s choice: Ivan Idea

November 20 Top five: rileygrime / dUb-iLL / dish / dUb-iLL / werttrew Lowest voted: DS3M. Editor’s choice: annoyingmouse

November 13 Top five: whoa! / jabberwocky / dub-iLL / KajusX / KajusX Lowest voted: woozefa. Editor’s choice: Electron.Rotoscope

November 6 Top five: Paperstreetsoap / Kiss the Pan / harshbrowns / werttrew / superglue Lowest voted: Nowak attack Editor’s choice: whoa!

October 30 Top five: oh. / jimjbollocks / humunculoser / That One / Copperfeel-d Lowest voted: ghostrobot Editor’s choice: magsweeto

October 23 Top five: hlebtastic / tkc / Godsauce / Kiss the Pan / oh. Lowest voted: rat [later revealed to be woozefa] Editor’s choice: Matthew

October 16 Top five: That One / paper werewolf / harshbrowns / dan s. / dUb-iLL Lowest voted: werttrew Editor’s choice: mantasim

October 9 Top five: Weeam / Ian / what the what! / werttrew/ That One Lowest voted: senor bunch Editor’s choice: bubbles

October 2 Top five: Cap’n Jack / Kiss the Pan / Drewmo / Lord Growing / Dz-015 Lowest voted: ryback’s Editor’s choice: bthny

Sept 25 Top five: monstah / eric / inglorius basTURD / whoa! / tibmalian Lowest voted: the LOLster (aka Da Cake Eatur) Editor’s choice: The New Sound

Sept 18 Top five: Kathleen 11 / robinrubbermaid / Kiss the Pan / Emmylou / you got me so confused Lowest voted: WoW Rules 69 (aka Da Cake Eatur) Editor’s choice: hlebtastic

Sept 11 Top five: werttrew / werttrew / thejesuscodpiece / werttrew / werttrew Lowest voted: WoW Rules 69 (aka Da Cake Eatur) Editor’s choice: robinrubbermaid

Sept 3 Top five: Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up / jar krenshaw / Detroit dutchgirl / eric / mabuk Lowest voted: DS3M Editor’s choice: tala

Aug 28 Top five: bdglide / godsauce / thejesuscodpiece / lizzing / mike Lowest voted: Josh Weezy Collins Editor’s choice: professor smartypants

Aug 21 Top five: godsauce / the handshake / sen_tankerbell / That One / jimjbollocks Lowest voted: jake Editor’s choice: Lemonne

Aug 7 Top five: Andy / videogummybear / skillet / tom foolery / Godsauce Lowest voted: passerby Editor’s choice: jonkers

July 31 Top five: dude / drewmo / alexandrararara / TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder / thereisnogreen Lowest voted: TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder Editor’s choice: Dan S

July 24 Top five: dictums / k-mo / Kiss the Pan / bobby seger / funtastik Lowest voted: Carms Editor’s choice: Nate Scott!

July 17 Top five: ladders / oh. / Nate Scott! / That One / booruns Lowest voted: tim weyers Editor’s choice: Sarah B.

July 10 Top five: devin / carrie / the real matt / bingogastation / whyareyouyelling Lowest voted: sam Editor’s choice: meesh

June 19 Top five: ModernMANdroid / muscles marinara / .bryan. / dr. Johnson / Benjamin Lowest voted: pro_life_cutie Editor Gabe’s choice: Kenny Powers. Editor Lindsay’s Choice: Josh Is Like Germany Ambitious And Misunderstood

June 12 Top five: constantinople / Johnny / Kenny powers / Darren 87 / sarah palin. Lowest voted: recordingDR Editor Gabe’s choice: simon says Editor Lindsay’s Choice: chris

Monsters who’ve had a Top Five comment more than once:

23 times: werttrew

22 times: Notsewfast

10 times: That One

Nine times: huckabeast

Eight times: Patrick M

Seven times: Godsauce

Six times:  shellbomber

Five times: Kiss the Pan, dUb-iLL, whoa!, Funtastik, Mans

Four times: Tom Foolery, itsahotdog!, Jeff, Jeb, Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams, cakeordeath, explainer guy,  paperstreetsoap

Three times: oh.,  Lord Growing, KajusX & Chainsaws, topknot, Mr. Hausfrau, Chris Trash, duncan„ Baby Friday, Frank Lloyd Wrong, Polythene Pam

Twice: Jimjbollocks, eric, Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up, Harshbrowns, thejesuscodpiece, drewmo, bdglide, Dance Contest Winner, inglorius basTURD, incredimarc, bird,  I Like A Skinny Tie, west, Kateness, Bookface, teacherman, briadru4, superglue, facetaco, hlebtastic, concert_addict,  Duckduck, lizzing, fozzy the chair,  An American Patriot

Monsters who’ve had a lowest voted comment more than once:

10 times: Steve Winwood

Three times: woozefa, Da Cake Eatur

Twice: DS3M, Hit_Girl, gatheraroundtheoakentable, unionman

Monsters who’ve had Editor’s Choice more than once:

Three times: batteredgnome, Patrick M

Twice: huckabeast, KajusX & Chainsaws, Ian

Monsters who’ve had a #1 Comment more than once:

Seven times: Notsewfast

Four times: werttrew, paperstreetsoap

Three times: huckabeast

Twice: Bdglide, Dance Contest Winner, whoa!, That One, Jeff, Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams,  Duckduck

Monsters who’ve been a caption winner more than once:

Four times: Notsewfast

Three times: Patrick M

Two times: West (AKA wwwest), Incredimarc, That One, Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams, topknot, thisismynightmare, huckabeast, Ian

Monsters who’ve hit at least two of the four official categories (top five, lowest voted, Editor’s Choice, caption winner) and the fifth unofficial category: a double. (Basically, a double is when a person was not officially given two awards but could have received a second one—for example, a caption winner who isn’t listed in the top five even though they had enough votes to be listed there too.)

Abalogariz (CW, TF)

Bubbles (EC, LV)

Capu Flapu And The Spasmatic Pentagrams (TF, CW)

Chareth Cutestory (CW, TF, double)

Dan S. (TF, EC)

Dish (TF, CW)

dUB-iLL (TF, LV)

EletricKoala (TF, EC)

explainer guy (TF, LV)

Funtastik (TF, CW)

Godsauce (TF, LV, EC, CW)

hellsbells53 (TF, CW)

Hi There (face here) (EC, TF)

Hlebtastic (TF, EC)

Huckabeast (TF, EC, CW)

Ian (TF, EC, CW)

I Like A Skinny Tie (TF, LV)

Incredimarc (TF, CW, double)

Jeff (TF, CW, double)

Jew Tang Clan (TF, CW, double)

Joefry (TF, CW)

Johnny (TF, LV)

Jordan Schlansky (TF, double)

Josh is like Germany Ambitious and Misunderstood (TF, EC)

KajusX & Chainsaws (TF, EC)

Kateness (CW, TF)

Kenny Powers (TF, EC)

lemmone (CW, TF, EC)

Lizzing (TF, EC)

Lord Growing (TF, CW, Double)

Lysdexia (TF, EC)

Mans (CW, TF, EC)

Mr. Hausfrau (TF, EC, CW)

Mydaughter’sname69 (TF, CW)

Nate Scott! (TF, EC)

The New Sound (EC, TF)

Notsewfast (CW, TF, double)

paperstreetsoap (TF, CW, EC,)

Patrick M (EC, TF, CW, double)

Polythene Pam (TF, CW)

Spice Weasel (LV, EC, CW, double)

Steve Winwood (LV, CW, double, EC, TF)

Superglue (TF, CW)

Robinrubbermaid (TF, EC)

TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder (TF, LV)

That One (TF, CW, EC)

thisismynightmare (CW, TF, double)

tkc (TF, CW)

topknot (CW, TF)

Warden El Fuego (EC, LV)

werttrew (TF, LV, EC, CW)

West (TF, LV, CW, EC, double)

wrj89 aka wrj713 (TF, EC)

Whoa! (TF, EC)

EGOTs

The term stands for  “Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony,” and an EGOT is getting all four. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_persons_who_have_won_Academy,_Emmy,_Grammy,_and_Tony_Awards In terms of Videogum, it means getting on Monsters’ Ball Lowest Voted, Top Five, Caption Winner, and Editor’s Choice.
Since “Lowest Voted” is really not an ”award,” I’m going to list everyone who’s hit the three main categories as well.

There are three EGOTs:
Standard EGOT: Caption Winner, Top Five, Editor’s Choice.
Steve Winwood, wwwest, Godsauce, Huckabeast, lemonne, Mr Hausfrau, Patrick M, That One, Spice Weasel*, werttrew, Mans, paperstreetsoap, Ian
True EGOT: Caption Winner, Top , Five, Editor’s Choice, Lowest Voted.
Steve Winwood, wwwest, Godsauce, Spice Weasel*, Mr Hausfrau, werttrew
Full EGOT: Caption Winner, Top Five, Editor’s Choice, Lowest Voted, plus a #1 comment, a #2 comment, a #3 comment, a #4 comment, and a #5 comment.
Godsauce, werttrew [Note: If you do not count lowest voted, Patrick M would have a Full EGOT as well]

*technically not top five, but had a caption winner with points high enough to have been placed in the TF.