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Post number 12557

fleener — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:09:45 -0800

Vote Wil Wheaton 'Entertainer of the Year' in Entertainment Weekly's poll. As one Farkster put it, "a vote for Wil Wheaton is a vote for messing with the normals." Won't Britney Spears be crushed? At the moment "Wil" is leading, but his evil twin "Will" is coming up fast.

By: phatboy

phatboy — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:14:20 -0800

Go wil!

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:15:42 -0800

I guess we can't vote for Hank this time, since he's dead. (Besides, if we're messing with the mundanes, we shouldn't split our votes.)

By: fleener

fleener — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:25:43 -0800

Er, someone just told me they didn't know who Wil Wheaton is. I'm shocked. Just in case, you know him as Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: Next Generation, and 'Gordie' in the movie Stand By Me. Some of us were taken aback to learn Wil is a semi-techie, after recent Slashdot and BBspot interviews.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:29:37 -0800

Go Wil Go! (screenshot)

By: onthestereo

onthestereo — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:30:56 -0800

also doing fairly well on the ol' poll is joss whedon (the ever-cool creator of buffy:the vampire slayer)... who i sent my vote to instead of wil. sorry, folks, but even if he is a weblogger, he still was on a star trek tv show. hahaha, i hope i can turn this into a "STAR TREK SUXXORS" / "NUH UH IT RUULZ" flame war.

By: jheiz

jheiz — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:33:15 -0800

Since some people are having spelling issues.. click the link on this page to vote for wil (via a link in wil's comments)

By: drgonzo

drgonzo — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:54:39 -0800

It's disturbing how many people are voting for "Goatse" man.

By: DBAPaul

DBAPaul — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:08:12 -0800

And Will falls behind again. 1. Joss Whedon (5274 votes) 2. Wil Wheaton (5260 votes)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:11:52 -0800

Will weaton is off the list now. But I wouldn't put to much creedence into this poll. www.goatse.cx is number 10 now :P

By: solistrato

solistrato — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:12:22 -0800

But a surprise dark horse: Goatse Guy!

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:15:47 -0800

The top vote-getters as of 3:13 Eastern Time: 1. Wil Wheaton (5474 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (4239 votes) 5. Goatse Man (1066 votes) 6. PT-Man (1062 votes) 10. www.goatse.cx (783 votes) Who's PT-Man?

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:33:01 -0800

I want to know who's pushing Steve Gibson.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:34:12 -0800

It's just got to be SlashDot that's pushing Goatse.cx. It's just got to be.

By: signal

signal — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:09:45 -0800

Somehow, I don't think they're gonna publish the results of this poll in their magazine.

By: Optamystic

Optamystic — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:23:36 -0800

Wil's up by almost a thousand votes!!! WooHoo!!!! 1. Wil Wheaton (5743 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (4751 votes)

By: rebeccablood

rebeccablood — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:38:26 -0800

I just voted three times in a row. vote early, vote often.

By: rebeccablood

rebeccablood — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:39:49 -0800

wil wheaton: we might like to tease him, but he's one of ours.

By: BarneyFifesBullet

BarneyFifesBullet — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:49:25 -0800

Who will count the chads? 1. Wil Wheaton (5911 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (4815 votes) 3. Janet Jackson (4030 votes) 4. Steve Gibson (2945 votes) 5. Goatse Man (1120 votes) 6. www.goatse.cx (1118 votes) 7. Christina Aguilera (1077 votes) 8. Madonna (1071 votes) 9. PT-Man (1062 votes) 10. Laura Innes (841 votes)

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:51:25 -0800

I did my part. Wil's been chewing himself up inside after that "Weakest Link" producer ragged on him. He needs some warm fuzzies.

By: guy_parsons

guy_parsons — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:50:02 -0800

1. Wil Wheaton (6303 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (5107 votes) 3. Janet Jackson (4070 votes) 4. Steve Gibson (3116 votes) 5. www.goatse.cx (1324 votes) 6. Christina Aguilera (1286 votes) 7. Goatse Man (1121 votes) 8. Madonna (1089 votes) 9. PT-Man (1062 votes) 10. Laura Innes (856 votes) Wil Wheaton keeps gradually increasing his lead!

By: owillis

owillis — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 15:13:48 -0800

A vote for Wheaton is a vote for geekdom.

By: jess

jess — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 15:17:46 -0800

I voted once for Wil, but I've spent the last five minutes doing my part for Joss Whedon's cause. C'mon, people.. Musical Buffy! Yeah! Hello?

By: bunnyfire

bunnyfire — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:05:24 -0800

Well, I have done my part for the cause..... ABB! (anybody but Britney....heheheh.....)

By: otherchaz

otherchaz — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:07:24 -0800

1. Wil Wheaton (6840 votes)
2. Joss Whedon (5425 votes)
3. Janet Jackson (4224 votes)
4. Steve Gibson (3207 votes)
5. Christina Aguilera (1433 votes)
6. Madonna (1116 votes)
7. PT-Man (1062 votes)
8. Laura Innes (871 votes)
9. Nicole Kidman (732 votes)
10. Britney Spears (726 votes)
Goatse Man is gone. Who is PT-Man?

By: tpoh.org

tpoh.org — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:11:18 -0800

Okay, I did what you asked me to do. Now vote for Beef Humper. Yes, I know it's a self-link, but I don't know any easier way to explain it. Forgive me. You know I'm good for it. I want one thing this year, dammit, and that's to be famous.

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:13:36 -0800

Shoot otherchaz, I was about to post that. I guess they didn't want to be criminally responsible for having goatse_cx on their site, think of the children. And where's Bruce Campbell?

By: jjg

jjg — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:28:34 -0800

Up with Wheaton! Down with Whedon!

By: otherchaz

otherchaz — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:33:18 -0800

Entertainment Weekly's review of Wil's appearance on Weakest Link: Crusher Crushed One of many comments about the EW poll on Wil's blog Read this carefully people: THE WINNER OF THIS DOES NOT WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. Let me restate that for emphasis: EVEN IF POLLS CLOSED NOW, WIL WOULD NOT BE THE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. This is just PHASE ONE. The top ten, (which Wil should stay in with zero prob, as long as we keep an eye on this until it ends on the 28th, just in case) will merely go on to phase two. PHASE TWO will not be write in, but will list the top ten, and we have to choose from then. THAT WINNER will be the entertainer of the year. We will have to make sure that we play this out on phase two as well, so Wil gets the credit he deserves for keeping us entertained on Wilnet everyday. And, in case you're really not paying attention: THIS IS JUST PHASE ONE. THE WINNER OF PHASE ONE IS NOT ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. LET'S MAKE SURE WE CARRY THIS THROUGH WHEN PHASE TWO COMES AROUND, AFTER THIS PART ENDS ON THE 28TH. Clear? Posted by John Kenneth Fisher @ 11/22/2001 11:54 AM PST

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:56:47 -0800

I love this. I voted (2X) and added a link to the poll to my site -- I urge all MeFi'ers to do same. Thanks for the news, fleener; THIS is what makes me love the web so much.

By: free2bme

free2bme — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 18:24:19 -0800

1. Wil Wheaton (7887 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (5998 votes) 3. Janet Jackson (4470 votes) 4. Steve Gibson (3257 votes) 5. Christina Aguilera (1801 votes) 6. Madonna (1142 votes) 7. PT-Man (1062 votes) 8. Britney Spears (1061 votes) 9. Laura Innes (881 votes) 10. Nicole Kidman (740 votes) Way to go Wil! Like Fisher/Otherchaz said, let's keep this going.

By: Charmian

Charmian — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 18:43:41 -0800

BTW, what did people or whoever it was do when Hank the angry drunken dwarf made the most sexy list? Does Wil Wheaton get anything cool if he wins?

By: mattpfeff

mattpfeff — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:47:24 -0800

damn that's funny. As of 10:43 p.m. EST: 1. Wil Wheaton (8292 votes) 2. Joss Whedon (6234 votes) 3. Janet Jackson (4537 votes) 4. Steve Gibson (3386 votes) 5. Christina Aguilera (1814 votes) 6. Madonna (1154 votes) 7. Britney Spears (1120 votes) 8. PT-Man (1062 votes) 9. Laura Innes (883 votes) 10. Nicole Kidman (742 votes) The PT-Man mystery is a killer. A google search yielded nothing helpful. Someone's gotta know....

By: crasspastor

crasspastor — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:57:27 -0800

I've never personally culture-jammed before. It feels great.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:59:04 -0800

I wish goatse would have won. I'm sure there's an interesting story behind the site. Or maybe it's just a bunch of drunk frat kids. I've heard people claim his name really is Goatse and he died recently.... yeah right.... By exploiting Wil like this you're just making him more of a pop icon that will die fast. Remember mullets, all your base, Gary Coleman's comeback? Please don't vote, if not for yourself, but for Wil's dignity.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:07:18 -0800

Wheaton is in favor of this.

By: crasspastor

crasspastor — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:21:11 -0800

Yeah I don't think its a dignity issue for Wheaton. If you've ever read his blog, you'd find he is soooooo down to earth and a refreshment at that. I think that he along with the rest of us enjoy seeing him figurehead the rise of the geeks. His new found popularity exists web-only. A vote for Wil is a vote for all of us Web-Only types. Vote Wil Wheaton!

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:25:24 -0800

Whats goin on here...huh, some stat stacking?

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:09:52 -0800

I just voted three times in a row. vote early, vote often. I voted (2X) why wouldn't EW add some ip checking at least to the code? surely it isn't b/c of lack of tech-kno-how. do they really care that little about the integrity of the poll? anyway i just pumped in a couple of dozen for wil. i still don't get what i was supposed to hate about little wesley crusher.

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:42:30 -0800

Here's a direct link to vote for Wil. Vote early and often, kids!

By: trioperative

trioperative — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:45:39 -0800

The best part is that Wil isn't even a television figure currently. I consider this a nice slap in the face of most of the other top tenners.

By: mrben

mrben — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:04:22 -0800

what's odd about this is that if you type nothing it says : You answered: Jack Black at least it did for me

By: Catch

Catch — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:08:15 -0800

I hope Googlebot follows that link. Heh heh heh.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:16:47 -0800

Yo, RylandDotNet -- excellent link - works great. Just keep clicking Refresh and watch the count rise! Um...did anyone notice the top of the screen -- it says "College Entertainment Poll." Huh?

By: jerseygirl

jerseygirl — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:26:03 -0800

I understand Joss Whedon, I understand Janet Jackson, Madonna and even Nicole Kidman, to an extent. I don't know who Steve Gibson is or PT-Man is. Sadly, I understand Aguilera and Britney. But what is up with Laura Innes on the top 10? Is there some militant Dr. Weaver fan club out there or has she done something exceptional this year and I'm blissfully oblivious?

By: krisjohn

krisjohn — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:48:37 -0800

Now Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka from Something Awful is at number 5. How is a culture jammer to choose?

By: signal

signal — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 23:09:17 -0800

Yo, RylandDotNet -- excellent link - works great. Just keep clicking Refresh and watch the count rise! or, if you use opera, just set it to reload every 5 seconds. And leave it running all night.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:06:52 -0800

Steve Gibson.

By: Perigee

Perigee — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:45:43 -0800

Well.. SOMEBODY's stuffing the ballot box!!! Low, cheating bastard. This Lowtax guy got 6,000 votes between my first vote and my sec.... uh... nevermind.

By: jjg

jjg — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:46:36 -0800

Wait a minute, who's Steve Gibson? Does this guy have a Web site?

By: pnevares

pnevares — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:14:06 -0800

Just to clarify, unless there's some "Cult Of The grc.com Steve Gibson" doing this, the Steve Gibson on that list is the one who runs www.shacknews.com. Just check the comments (but for the love of God, don't click any of their links ;).

By: DyRE

DyRE — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:14:50 -0800

Right now Lowtax, Steve Gibson, and Wil Wheaton are top three. Wonderful.

By: toastcowboy

toastcowboy — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:20:53 -0800

For the even more lazy, here's my contribution. Will automatically reload w/ the magic of frames.

By: suprfli

suprfli — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:36:43 -0800

just like mr. ben said i think it's really odd that if you don't enter a name then jack black of tenacious D is automatically entered for you. i wonder if this is an inside joke by the EW programmer.

By: mb01

mb01 — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 02:39:35 -0800

I think it's been hacked. I took another look to see where the polls were at, and the page read "You Voted for OvERbuRn" (I voted for Crusher earlier today). When is Cliff Yablonski going to get in the running?

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:54:35 -0800

Someone's probably already reported this and I missed it, but looks like Wesley's gonna get a cameo in the last STNG movie. It's about damn time.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:16:10 -0800

But what is up with Laura Innes on the top 10? Is there some militant Dr. Weaver fan club out there or has she done something exceptional this year and I'm blissfully oblivious? There is a huge Laura Innes/Kerry Weaver fan base, and they are heavily mobilised on the internet -- most of this came about thanks to her "Kerry realises that she's a lesbian" storyline which began last season. There are websites and highly active fan fora committed to discussion of nothing but the 'Dr. Weaver as a lesbian' issue and how important it is for the lesbian community that a leading character on the #1 tv show is now a semi-out, dating (as of last night) gay woman. (Links copped from the ER Daily blog, which considers these sites as cutting edge 'spoiler' factories -- these women put serious research into this!) From that perspective, I can certainly see why there would be a move to fuel Laura into the Top 10.

By: jerseygirl

jerseygirl — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:41:16 -0800

wow. 1. Steve Gibson (73968 votes) 2. Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka (69514 votes) 3. Maarten Goldstein (30228 votes) 4. David Ratana (28044 votes) 5. Wil Wheaton (16944 votes) 6. dognose (16111 votes) 7. Joss Whedon (9299 votes) 8. Janet Jackson (4783 votes) 9. Michael "Pedarist" Jackson (2753 votes) 10. Wil "Lowtax" Wheaton (2375 votes)

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:14:11 -0800

WTF, i selected "Click Here To See The Results So Far", and I was told that I had voted for Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka. Hacked perhaps?

By: maura

maura — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:34:48 -0800

not to burst any bubbles here, but i don't think EW will really care about the results of the poll beyond a 'oh, isn't that crazy internet so funny' blurb somewhere. do none of you remember hank the angry drunken dwarf?

By: shinybeast

shinybeast — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:14:08 -0800

EW won't even take my vote. No response from the server... I suspect that it's being hammered by a bazillion auto-voters.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:17:52 -0800

Bastards...no matter what the results are, their declared winner will be either: one of the Jacksons, a boy-band, Spears, or some other of that ilk.

By: holloway

holloway — Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:46:54 -0800

(sorry, no screenshot. So this could be fake, unlike a screenshot) The top vote-getters: 1. Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka (561613 votes) 2. Steve Gibson (154012 votes) 3. Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons (81238 votes) 4. Mos (81200 votes) 5. Wil Wheaton (56733 votes) 6. David Ratana (45386 votes) 7. Maarten Goldstein (43297 votes) 8. L. Ron Hubbard (27953 votes) 9. Frank Stevens (21586 votes) 10. Chas 'n' Dave (20180 votes)

By: epersonae

epersonae — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:53:39 -0800

update: now, when you submit, you don't get a list, only this text: Thanks for voting in the nomination phase of our 2001 poll. We'll tally all the nominations and post the winners list on EW.com on Friday, Nov. 30. Then, from Saturday, Dec. 1, till Thursday, Dec. 6, AOL will post the final poll where you can pick one winner from a list of 10 top nominees. To vote in the final round, log on to AOL and go to AOL Keyword: EWPoll. so only AOL members can pick the "Entertainer of the Year"? hmmmmm. maybe that will be a good week to convert some coasters back to CDs....

By: toastcowboy

toastcowboy — Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:39:54 -0800

Wait, but using my page I'm still able to vote and I'm getting the following totals: Here are the results: Entertainer of the Year 2001 You answered: Wil Wheaton The top vote-getters: 1. The gord (2929 votes) 2. James Marsters (2919 votes) 3. Britney Spears (2302 votes) 4. d-rock allstar express (2289 votes) 5. Madonna (2183 votes) 6. Christina Aguilera (2081 votes) 7. Chris McElroy (2009 votes) 8. Oobiedoob (2003 votes) 9. Dave Grohl (1979 votes) 10. Les Claypool (1973 votes)