Pie Contest 2009 - Final Unofficial Tally
James Langdell
Monday morning was the final chance to enter this year's pie contest.
Now we await the final judgement, which is in the actual hands of
Dave's Mom and in the virtual hands of the Pie Machine 314159 as
depicted here:
http://homepages.together.net/~hpr/pies/piemachine314159.html
Watch The Late Show With David Letterman tonight to see which pies
Dorothy unveils, and hear how many times the word "pie" is uttered.
This determines who is the winner of a pie to be baked by Traci.
In addition, the Pie Committee will gather to witness the PM314159
bake a sequence of virtual pies. The Pie Committee will judge which
entries score points for matching each virtual pie until some lucky
winner crosses the threshold of victory. In the event of a tie that
cannot be broken by virtual pies alone, the PM314159 will generate a
number of Pie Utterances to serve as a tie breaker. The winner of this
virtual pie contest will receive a Whoopie Pie.
Wednesday evening (or early Thursday morning), some time after the
Late Show airs, Eastern Time, watch the alt.fan.letterman newsgroup
for reports from the Pie Committee.
If all goes well, a podcast of our deliberations will be available so
all can experience the wonder that is the Pie Machine 314159 in
audible form. And Helen promises that this year, the PM314159 will
speak!
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The official rules for this year's Pie Contest are here:
http://homepages.together.net/~hpr/pies/
If you want to play the home version of this game,
here's some rules to try:
1. Note which pies were served at your own Thanksgiving meal.
2. Look at the entries listed below and determine which came closest
to guessing the pies you experienced.
3. Offer to send a pie to your local winner. Or, just eat an extra
slice of pie in the winner's honor.
4. Do not perform experiments to determine if your pie is
buoyant...unless you test the pie in a tank of vanilla ice cream.
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This year, 41 guessers participate in the real and virtual pie
contests.
Here's the full data on the guesses in the order they were submitted,
including comments by some of the guessers:
LAURA/MAYBESO, Pumpkin, Lemon Lime Chiffon, 45
Virtual: Cream Cheese Peach, Strawberry, Cranberry Velvet, Sour Cream
Apple, Apple Cheddar, 322
Comment: I love this contest, thanks Pie Committee!
ALAN PAGE, Pumpkin, Cherry, 46
Virtual: Chocolate Chess, Blazing Cranberry, Schadenfreude, Caramel
Almond Apple, Raspberry Chiffon, 47
SOFIA, Pumpkin, Apple, 40
Virtual: Brown Sugar, Maple Cream, Banana Coconut Cream, French Silk,
Grape Apple Berry, 271
SHIRLEE/FOXYSCRIBE, Pumpkin, Cherry, 45
Virtual: Festive Frozen Mint, Hazelnut Double Fudge, Peach Cream,
Caramel Brown Sugar, The Thing On Donald Trump's Head, 248
Comment: The Pie Committee Rocks.
ROD FERNANDEZ, Pecan, Blueberry, 51
Virtual: Gingerbread Cream, Blazing Cranberry, Lemon Mousse, Banana
Banshee Supreme, Cranberry Raspberry meringue, 240
Comment: Thanks to the pie committee! You rock!
LAURIE, Apple Crumb, Pumpkin, 46
Virtual: Lemon Chess, Mincemeat, Blackberry Crumb, Apricot Pineapple,
Lemon Meringue, 52
Comment: As last year's first runner up after a devastating tie-
breaker, I'm hoping for better luck this time. Happy Thanksgiving, and
thanks to the Pie Committee for another shot at pie heaven.
MARILYN SARGENT, Chocolate Cream, Cherry, 12
Virtual: Apple Maple Caramel Cream, Vanilla Cream, Lemon Lime, Amish
Peach, Cheese Pudding, 19
TOM CRONIN, Pumpkin, Blackberry, 52
Virtual: Glazed Strawberry Rhubarb, Lime, Cranberry Raisin, Mint
Blossom, Lime Meringue, 479
Comment: I am the egg man/They are the egg men/I am the walrus/goo goo
g'joob. Also, I like pie.
KEN McM, Pumpkin, Cherry, 55
Virtual: Angel Pecan, Butterscotch Meringue, Grasshopper, Apple Brandy
Praline, Pineapple Cream, 412
BOB SHRIVER/NEK58, Cherry, Blueberry Crumb, 47
Virtual: Cherry, Pumpkin, Lemon Meringue, Blueberry, Apple Crumb, 613
Comment: Well, it's like this, I try and make it simple, but that darn
machine makes it impossible. I hope Dorothy is doing something this
yet. If I lose again, I'll just go out and buy a few of these anyway
and celebrate! Oh, yeah, If I win, I got a great idea for a pie report
(with pics), using Traci, if she'll do it. Happy Thanksgiving folks!
INCUBUS, Cherry, Chocolate Chiffon, 32
Virtual: Frozen Chocolate Mint, Coconut Cream, Apple Crumb, Almond
Streusel Peach, Rhubarb Streusel, 298
NANCY KRUGER, Pumpkin, Pecan, 27
Virtual: Peanut Butter, Chocolate Turtle, Cranberry, Maple Walnut
Mousee, Dutch Apple, 187
TOM WOLPER, Apple, Blueberry, 51
Virtual: Honey Mustard, Pomegranate, Shoo Fly, BLueberry Cheese, Steak
and Kidney, 261
SUZANNE FEMMER, Pumpkin, Plum, 26
Virtual: Coconut Cream, Carrot, Banana Banshee Supreme, Chocolate
Coconut Crunch, Pecan, 58
Comment: Thanks so much for doing this. I look forward to the results
every year.
ANTHONY/THETUBBYHUBBY, Apple Crumb, Chocolate Chiffon, 46
Virtual: Blackberry Crumb, Apple Maple Caramel Cream, Chocolate Silk
Pecan, Caramel, Cranberry, 51
Comment: I feel lucky this year, even though I said that in 2008. I
plan on eating pie as I await the results!
SWOHIO BOB, Red Raspberry Chiffon, Pumpkin, 49
Virtual: Kahlua Mousee, Apple Maple Caramel Cream, Marco Island Key
Lime, Chocolate a L'Orange, Coconut Cream, 21
Comment: I don't like pie, I LOVE PIE!!!!
KEITH ROSE, Rhubarb, Strawberry 48
Virtual: Chocolate Coconut Crunch, Black Beauty, Lemon Lime, Chocolate
Chess, Blueberry Crumb, 364
Comment: I hacked the PM314159. You're all gonna be losers.
PAT JOHNSON, Pumpkin, Cherry, 53
Virtual: Banana Cream, Blueberry, Rhubarb, Apple, Boston Cream, 165
GREG EVANS, Marionberry, Blueberry, 57
Virtual: Black Bottom Strawberry,Boysenberry, Marionberry, Blueberry,
Dutch Apple, 157
SUE/COWGIRLSUE, Banana Cream, Pecan, 86
Virtual: Caramel, Maple Chiffon, Chocolate Pecan, Fresh Rhubarb,
Pineapple Cream, 311
SALLY DRELL, Pecan, Blueberry, 300
Virtual: Amazing Coconut, Apple, Almond Streusel Peach, Chocolate a
L'Orange, Pumpkin, 500
Comment: You know, this wasn't easy. -- Clouseau
MARCIA ROVINS, Pecan, Boysenberry, 12
Virtual: Chocolate Chip Almond, Butterscotch Cream, Cocoa Orange
Mousse, Strawberry Kiwi, Lemon Lime, 112
Comment: This is my first time, so be gentle with me! :-)
DAKE SIKULA, Pumpkin Cream, Apple, 38
Virtual: Banana Meringue, Marco Island Key Lime, Concord Grape, Black
Walnut Oatmeal, Cantaloupe Cream, 637.52
Comment: Pie is delicious.
ETHAN RENNER, Apple, Chocolate Chiffon, 53
Virtual: Lime, Lemon Chiffon, Apple Crumb, Raspberry Chiffon, Peanut
Butter Cream, 126
Comment: I love finding equally geeky or perhaps even geekier
Letterman fans than I. Well done.
STEVE ELLIS/STEVE31415, Pumpkin, Apple, 45
Virtual: Apple Meringue, Frozen Chocolate Mint, Blackberry Crumb,
Pecan, Rhubarb Custard, 209
SHARON PAGE, Pecan, Pumpkin, 46
Virtual: Chocolate Silk Pecan, Blueberry Walnut, Amish Peanut Butter
Cream, Festive Frozen Mint, Chocolate Silk Pecan, 310
GLENN ROBISON, Pumpkin, Cherry, 19
Virtual: Marco Island Key Lime, Cream Cheese Peach, Rhubarb
Strawberry, Blueberry Banana, Cheese Pineapple, 429
Comment: Mmmmmmmm.....PIE!
KATHIE, Pumpkin, Cherry, 24
Virtual: Blueberry Cream Cheese, Apple Salami, Chocolate Babylon,
Cinnamon Goat, Moose Mousse, 59
Comment: If I could think of a way to cheat in this contest, I would.
MINDY, Pumpkin, Cherry, 28
Virtual: Deluxe Lemon Meringue, Chocolate Mousse, Apple Meringue,
Buttermilk Chess, Amish Sugar, 88
Comment: I would really miss Dave's Mom if she didn't do the pie thing
this year. But I would understand.
DAVID YODER, Pumpkin, Chocolate Chiffon, 44
Virtual: Banana Cream, Luscious Caramel Banana, Caramel Almond Apple,
Vanilla Peanut Butter, Gingerbread Cream, 42
Comment: Thanks to Helen, James and Traci for this spectacular
contest.
KELSEY CRONIN, Pumpkin, Lemon Chiffon, 70
Virtual: Chocolate Walnut, Dutch Apple, Caramel Pecan, Maple Walnut
Mousse, Blueberry Meringue, 391
Comment: Make pie, not war.
LIBBY TIDWELL, Pumpkin, Cherry, 47
Virtual: German Chocolate, Chocolate Angel, Cranberry, Black Bottom,
Cantaloupe Cream, 331
Comment: My favorite holiday tradition is guessing what pies Dave's
mom will make. Happy turkey day everybody!
MAUREEN HURLEY, Apple, Pumpkin, 25
Virtual: Pumpkin, Bumble Berry, Peach-A-Berrry, Concord Grape, Caramel
Drizzle, 72
Comment: Thanks to the pie committee for continuing this fun
tradition.
RONNIE HEUER, Apple, Pumpkin, 63
Virtual: Gooseberry, Mint Blossom, Banana Chocolate Chantilly,
Jumbleberry, Caramel Pecan
Comment: Sure will miss the excitement of seeing Dorothy this year.
And off-topic, realy miss the AFL as it was in its glorydays. Hardly
see any of the regulars there anymore, not it's just a place for the
wild rantings of a bunch of "douches."
SHOCKERDAVE, Pecan, Pumpkin, 42
Virtual: Sweet Potato with a Three Nut Topping, Lime, Caramel
Chocolate Pecan, Chocolate Chip Pecan, Banana Cream, 123
GREG/WESTERNER99, Pumpkin, Pecan, 32
Virtual: Georgia Peach Cream, Silverland Walnut Fudge, Apple Orange,
Strawberry Chiffon, Sugar Cream 209
Comment: I will be baking a Butterscotch Pecan pie for Thanksgiving
this year. I love the Pie Goddess!!!
RENEE/EZMAMA, Pumpkin Cheese, Cherry, 43
Virtual: Cherry, Rhubarb, Pecan, Cherry Cheese, Apple Crumb, 66
Comment: We all love pie
JACKIE DOUGHERTY, Pumpkin, Banana Cream, 22
Virtual: Apple, Pumpkin, Pecan, French Silk, Shoofly, 338
RON MUNN, Pumpkin Pecan, 25
Virtual: Apple, Peach, Mincemeat, Sweet Potato, Glazed Strawberry
Rhubarb, 53
DON GILLER/DONZ5, Pecan, Pumpkin, 19
Virtual: Cream Cheese Peach, Caramel Almond Apple, Caramel Nut Angel,
Apple Orange, Apple Praline, 483
KATE CRENSHAW, Pumpkin, Chocolate Chiffon, 47
Virtual: Coconut Walnut Blueberry Chocolate Banana Cream, Peanut
Butter, Coconut Butterscotch Pecan, Vanilla Bavarian Cream, Chocolate
Silk Pecan, 305
Comment: It's time I made a comeback!
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(Why is this tally called "unofficial"? Because the source submissions
in the hands of the Pie Committee are the official basis for deciding
a winner...not Mr. Langdell's occasionally sloppy transcription of
entries.)
Enjoy your own non-virtual Thanksgiving and its pies, following
tonight's Late Show!
--The Pie Committee (Helen, Traci, and James)
Helen Read
> Monday morning was the final chance to enter this year's pie contest.
> Now we await the final judgement, which is in the actual hands of
> Dave's Mom and in the virtual hands of the Pie Machine 314159 as
> depicted here:
>
> http://homepages.together.net/~hpr/pies/piemachine314159.html
>
> Watch The Late Show With David Letterman tonight to see which pies
> Dorothy unveils, and hear how many times the word "pie" is uttered.
> This determines who is the winner of a pie to be baked by Traci.
>
> In addition, the Pie Committee will gather to witness the PM314159
> bake a sequence of virtual pies. The Pie Committee will judge which
> entries score points for matching each virtual pie until some lucky
> winner crosses the threshold of victory. In the event of a tie that
> cannot be broken by virtual pies alone, the PM314159 will generate a
> number of Pie Utterances to serve as a tie breaker. The winner of this
> virtual pie contest will receive a Whoopie Pie.
No, that was last year's prize. This year it's a package of Moon Pies.
--
HPR
pfleet
> Monday morning was the final chance to enter this year's pie contest.
Thanks for the scorecard - now we can all play along while watching
the big show tonight.
I love the kids in Halloween costumes, but this is my favorite LS
tradition.
Chad Riden
> > This determines who is the winner of a pie to be baked by Traci.
>
This is why I'm boycotting the event this year. No pie from Traci, no
point in guessing.
Thanks and stuff,
Chad Riden
http://ChadRiden.com
Alan Page
Helen wrote:
>> No, that was last year's prize. This year it's a package of Moon Pies.
"Chad Riden" wrote...
> This is why I'm boycotting the event this year. No pie from Traci, no
> point in guessing.
Chad, Helen was talking about the prize for the Virtual Pie Contest
winner, not the real Pie Contest.
You missed out, dude.
--
Alan
~WWWWW~
What a Wonderful Web We Weave
James Langdell
> James Langdell wrote:
> > Watch The Late Show With David Letterman tonight to see which pies
> > Dorothy unveils, and hear how many times the word "pie" is uttered.
> > This determines who is the winner of a pie to be baked by Traci.
>
> > In addition, the Pie Committee will gather to witness the PM314159
> > bake a sequence of virtual pies. The Pie Committee will judge which
> > entries score points for matching each virtual pie until some lucky
> > winner crosses the threshold of victory. In the event of a tie that
> > cannot be broken by virtual pies alone, the PM314159 will generate a
> > number of Pie Utterances to serve as a tie breaker. The winner of this
> > virtual pie contest will receive a Whoopie Pie.
>
> No, that was last year's prize. This year it's a package of Moon Pies.
OK, I just suck at this pie information thing. I suppose it's a
symptom of my not being able to eat pie, Whoppie Pie, or Moon Pie for
several years. (Why? "Allergies, dude.")
--James
Alan Page
"James Langdell" wrote...
Looks like we have a winner!
R H Draney
Where the heck is Shannon Eis?!...r
--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
Sally
Mine, too. So much work is involved, people participate, and there's a
payoff. It's fun. More so than Halloween, with smashed pumpkins.
It seems that Dave's Mom always make pumpkin pies...my favorite.
Sally
Bob/Nekk
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Man, I just saw the show, Dave was on the right track, too. For the
second pie, his first guess was Cherry (my first guess for pie number
one). Second guess was Blueberry (My second pie, sort of with
crumbs). Finally he gets it with the third guess of Raspberry. Rats,
rats, rats, how close I was to that one.