Tonight's episode will be the 67th episode of The OC (I miscalculated in my earlier post to say that Marissa hasn't eaten in 56 episodes, but it's actually 66--don't worry, I corrected it). The modest task that is your charge is to predict which episode Marissa will finally break down and eat on screen. Please post a comment to this post with your prediction of the exact episode number in which you think Marissa will eat. The winner will receive an OC t-shirt, courtesy of GMYH.
Here are some rules:
- To be eligible for the Grand Prize, you must post a comment to this post. Your comment must include the following: (1) (a) Your real name (first and last) or a nickname that I know personally (any ambiguities in my mind will result in your entry being deleted) and/or (b) your e-mail address or a personal website at which you can be contacted (such as on MySpace), and (2) The exact future episode number in which you think Marissa will eat on screen.
- There is a limit of one entry per person.
- You may not guess the same episode number as someone who has previously guessed. Any duplicate entries will be deleted.
- You must guess an exact number larger than 66. There is no upper limit, but you must guess an exact number (i.e., if you think The OC will last 1000 episodes, you can guess 1000, but you can't guess "never," no matter how likely that is). Entries without an exact number will be deleted.
- If your entry has been deleted for any of the above reasons, you are free to guess again.
- The deadline for entries is Thursday March 16, 2006 at 9pm EST.
- The winning episode will be one in which Marissa eats on screen under her own power. Drinking doesn't count (even protein shakes or mudslides). Neither does a feeding tube. Having food in front of her doesn't count. Neither does the implication that she ate off screen. She must actually use her own hands to put food in her mouth, then chew, and then swallow on screen.
- If no one guessed the exact episode number, then the winner will be determined by Price Is Right rules: the winner will be the one with the closest guess without going over (i.e., if she eats in episode 134, and the two closest guesses are 135 and 131, the person who guessed 131 will win).
- The winner will receive the Grand Prize, which will be his or her choice of one of the following two items: (1) a Free Marissa t-shirt from www.freemarissatshirt.com; OR (2) an OC shirt from CafePress.com of the winner's choosing, not to exceed $25 (excluding tax and shipping).
It is the winner's responsibility to contact GMYH (i.e., post a comment) in order to claim his or her prize. The logistics of the prize will then be worked out between GMYH and the winner.
Good luck everyone.
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GMYH
67
71
70 is my guess. :-)
I'm taking 78, since rdc took my guess...
I guess 74
Marissa seems to be having a hard time of it this season so I am thinking we won't see her eating until next year. I am going with 82.
(on the bright side, she did drink some orange juice last night!)
While your pool is well-crafted, you have put forth an impossible standard. If you're requiring swallowing, you likely will never get it. That's too long for a character to be onscreen without talking--so in effect you're asking Schwartz and McG to give her something on the order of 10 straight seconds of nonstop wordless screentime. Might chewing food itself be enough? Also, why not go with one pool per season? Most people will lose interest after their episode passes. (Question: could this pool turn into a scene out of 40 Days 40 Nights, where Josh Hartnett vows not to have sex for lent, and his coworkers bet on the date he'll break The Vow--and try to corrupt the system? Might there be attempted bribing? I would argue that if you get those 10 seconds, someone has been bribed. You need a rubric for punishment of tampering.)
There's a party on the OC next week. I think she prepped herself with last night's OJ. I'm going with 68.
Does eating Volchok's face count?
RobDeWitte
Rob,
Interesting proposition, except that we don't know how many episodes will be left in the season (the 1st season was 27 episodes, and the 2nd was 24). I may restart the pool if we exhaust the highest number, but only after that point.
With your concerns about seeing her swallow, I don't think it will be a problem. In all likelihood she will never eat. However, if it does happen, it will probably be while she is sitting at a table with other people. Thus, a wide shot of the whole table or a shot of her half of the table or a shot of just her, or any combination of these shots, should give us what we need. In any event, I hold the final discretion because dammit, it's my money on the line.
I vote 77
Well, somebody has to go with the obvious eating episode. #69
I am going to have to say episode 100. If a series makes it that long they usually pull out all the stops.
Matthew Spring~ 72
Alex B. guesses 73.
The deadline for entering has passed, so what you see above are the entries. Good luck everyone.
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