CelebriGum: The FanGum Photo Contest

What a varied and delightful batch of FanGum photos you folks sent in… I'm glad I got Paul Shaffer to be the judge, because I would have found it awfully difficult to pick. Yes, all cliches, and all true.

The winner of the FanGum Photo Contest is Mark Gentle, for his photo of a gum-adorned Lockheed A-12 spy plane at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama. Mark wins his choice of either posing on 53rd Street for his own featured CelebriGum photo, or sending his gum to join the original gum on the ledge for some CelebriGum shots! Way to go, Mark!

Paul also gave honorable mention to a pair of multi-gum shots taken by Catherine Huggins in the Governor's Mansion, Des Moines, Iowa. Note the glass bases that prevent the gum from defacing the historic 1869 home.

Here are some other intriguing, surprising, clever, and just plain awesome submitted photos. I'll be featuring these and others in the new FanGum section of the site, coming soon.

"The Bashful Astronaut," a Lego simulation of a typical CelebriGum shot, by Jack O'Brien

"I Love Lucy" -- Lucy the Elephant in Margate City, New Jersey, with a heart-shaped piece of gum, by Shirlee DiBacco

"VertiGum" by Katie Dolan

By Jim Westfall

The following entry is rated NC-17:

"Hot Gum on Gum Action" by Alan Page

The Ralph Kramden statue at New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal, by Cheryl Levenbrown

At Seattle's famous Gum Wall, by Joni Layne

By Karen Byers

Monument Circle in Indianapolis, by Amy Holtsclaw

By Francine Hughes, a medical professional who I'm pretty sure snagged a tag from a hospital morgue for this shot of unchewed gum on a slab.

By Lenny Boudreau

"Gumbo(w)," by Liz Scholz

The Hollywood Walk of Fame, by Philip Vaughn

Special mention goes to a webcam feed from Karl Schoettler.

Nutty and fabulous, as Paul would say. Thanks to everyone who proved you don't need celebrities to have fun with gum and a camera.

Steve YoungFebruary 27, 2013 at 8:23 PM

I agree. I'm especially a winner because I tricked everyone else into creating this entry.

KarlFebruary 27, 2013 at 10:48 PM

Actually I was so upset that I originally made a sign that said "Celebrigum Sucks", but then my conscience got the better of me so I made a sign that said "We're All Losers (except for Mark Gentle)" but that blew away, and so you end up getting the sign you see.

GreasepaintAnniFebruary 28, 2013 at 4:19 AM

Hilarious -- vintage Steve!!! And vintage mastication...
You are the ultimate rockstar and gumshoe!!
x0x0x0x

Steve YoungFebruary 28, 2013 at 8:23 AM

I humbly accept your oddness congratulations.

I liked your unchewed gum/Paul Shaffer entry, David. I'm going to assemble some sort of Meta collection, since there were many entries that referenced Paul, Dave, and/or the show.

Steve YoungFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:32 PM

I think the plane is actually not that big (it only carried one pilot), and the spike on the tip is pretty small. It may be a trick of perspective. Also, Mr. Gentle may have chewed multiple pieces of gum in order to make it visually arresting. (Mark? Comments?)

KeithMarch 1, 2013 at 6:46 PM

Well, I think a single piece of gum would look that big on a knitting needle, so I still have a feeling that's a whole lotta gum.

Still, award-worthy concept.

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