It's Over! It's Over!

We have our champion! Samantha Stevens destroyed Rachel Green in the Finals of the 2016 Classic TV Pulchritude Tournament. Samantha finished with 82% of the vote to Rachel's paltry 18%. Thanks to all who participated!

Until next time…from the booth.

The Finals!

March Madness is coming to a close. At least for the Tournament of Classic TV Pulchritude! After four grueling rounds of competition we have arrived at our two finalists – Samantha Stevens of Bewitched and Rachel Green of Friends. These are the paths these two lovely ladies took to get to the finals:

Samantha won her opening match in the Midwest bracket over Jeannie Nelson by a mere 4%. After that she gained momentum. She thumped Thelma Lou in the finals of their bracket by 24%. Samantha then demoralized Donna Pinciotti in the semifinals by 42% to reach the championship round.

Rachel’s journey to the Finals was similar. In the opening round, she handily disposed of her Friends roommates, Phoebe and Monica to advance to the finals of the South bracket. She then flattened Jill Munroe by 54% to move onto the semis. There, Rachel crushed cartoon cutie, Betty Rubble by 14%.

There you have it. Samantha vs. Rachel. Vote, Chicago style, early and often!

The poll is now open for the Finals. As always, base your voting on the character and not the actress herself! We will crown our Queen of Classic TV Pulchritude after the voting ends on Wednesday night at midnight!

Until next time…from the booth.

Final Four

We now have the Final Four for the Tournament of Classic TV Pulchritude! The results from the Elite Eight matches show us how we got there:

EAST Finals

Mary Ann Summers 64% over Diane Chambers 36%

MIDWEST Finals

Samantha Stevens 71% over Donna Pinciotti 29%

WEST Finals

Catwoman 64% over Bailey Quarters 36%

SOUTH Finals

Rachel Green 57% over Betty Rubble 43%

Well, the cartoon character finally went down as Rachel Green squeaked by. It was a nice run, Betty! Meanwhile, Mary Ann, Samantha and Catwoman continue to dominate. That leaves us with these Final Four matchups:

Semifinal #1

Mary Ann Summers vs. Samantha Stevens

Semifinals #2

Catwoman vs. Rachel Green

The poll is now open for the Final Four. As always, base your voting on the character and not the actress herself! The voting ends Sunday night at midnight. On Monday, it will be the Finals for the Tournament of Classic TV Pulchritude. Finally!

Until next time…from the booth.

Elite Eight

The madness of the Tournament of Classic TV Pulchritude marches on! Here are the results from the Sweet Sixteen matches:

EAST Semifinals

1. Mary Ann Summers 77% over Lucy Ricardo 23%

2. Diane Chambers 69% over Morticia Addams 31%

MIDWEST Semifinals

1. Samantha Stevens 62% over Thelma Lou 38%

2. Donna Pinciotti 54% over Shirley Feeney 46%

WEST Semifinals

1. Bailey Quarters 77% over Mary Richards 23%

2. Catwoman 77% over Marcia Brady 23%

SOUTH Semifinals

1. Betty Rubble 62% over Chrissie Snow 38%

2. Rachel Green 77% over Jill Munroe 23%

Wow! We have a cartoon character moving on and Rachel Green thumped Jill Munroe! Didn’t see that that coming. These are the Elite Eight matchups:

EAST Finals

Mary Ann Summers vs. Diane Chambers

MIDWEST Finals

Samantha Stevens vs. Donna Pinciotti

WEST Finals

Bailey Quarters vs. Catwoman

SOUTH Finals

Betty Rubble vs. Rachel Green

The poll is now open for the round of the Elite Eight. Don’t forget to base your voting on the character and not the actress. The voting ends Friday night at midnight. On Saturday, it’s on to the Final Four.

Until next time…from the booth.

Sweet Sixteen

The Tournament of Classic TV Pulchritude marches on! Here are the results from the opening matches:

EAST

1. Mary Ann Summers 74% over Ginger Grant 26%

2. Lucy Ricardo 87% over Ethel Mertz 13%

3. Diane Chambers 65% over Rebecca Howe 35%

4. Morticia Addams 61% over Lilly Munster 39%

MIDWEST

1. Samantha Stevens 52% over Jeannie Nelson 48%

2. Thelma Lou 61% over Helen Crump 39%

3. Donna Pinciotti 70% over Jackie Burkhart 30%

4. Shirley Feeney 74% over Laverne De Fazio 26%

WEST

1. Bailey Quarters 56% over Jennifer Marlowe 44%

2. Mary Richards 78% over Rhoda Morgenstern 22%

3. Catwoman 74% over Batgirl 26%

4. Marcia Brady 56% over Jan Brady 44%

SOUTH

1. Chrissie Snow 52% over Janet Wood 48%

2. Betty Rubble 56% over Wilma Flinstone 44%

3. Rachel Green 52% over Phoebe Buffay 31% & Monica Geller 17%

4. Jill Munroe 52% over Kelly Garrett 31% & Sabrina Duncan 17%

These are the Sweet Sixteen matchups:

EAST Semifinals

1. Mary Ann Summers vs. Lucy Ricardo

2. Diane Chambers vs. Morticia Addams

MIDWEST Semifinals

1. Samantha Stevens vs. Thelma Lou

2. Donna Pinciotti vs. Shirley Feeney

WEST Semifinals

1. Bailey Quarters vs. Mary Richards

2. Catwoman vs. Marcia Brady

SOUTH Semifinals

1. Chrissie Snow vs. Betty Rubble

2. Rachel Green vs. Jill Munroe

The poll is now open for the Sweet Sixteen round. Once again, base your voting on the character, not the actress. The voting ends tomorrow night at midnight. On Thursday, it’s on to the Elite Eight round.

Until next time…from the booth.

More Madness!

It’s March Madness time! There tournaments all over the place. The state high school tourneys are wrapping this weekend. In college there is the NCAA, the NIT and a couple of new ones whose names I don’t even know.

Due to all of the madness, I have decided to come up with a new tournament of my own. It starts with a field of 34 competitors. It begins tonight and will conclude Tuesday March 29. It is called… You ready for this? It is…

The Tourney of Classic TV Pulchritude

That’s right a brand new March tournament. Talk about madness!

The premise behind this tourney is to decide who is the most beautiful lady from the Classic TV era. The impetus for this comes from the timeless debate, “Mary Ann or Ginger.” In fact, that is the first “game” in the East bracket of the tourney. All of the opening rounds pit ladies that appeared on the same TV show or from a similar genre.

Here are the opening matchups:

EAST

1. Mary Ann Summers vs. Ginger Grant

2. Lucy Ricardo vs. Ethel Mertz

3. Diane Chambers vs. Rebecca Howe

4. Morticia Addams vs. Lilly Munster

MIDWEST

1. Samantha Stevens vs. Jeannie Nelson

2. Helen Crump vs. Thelma Lou

3. Jackie Burkhart vs. Donna Pinciotti

4. Laverne De Fazio vs. Shirley Feeney

WEST

1. Jennifer Marlowe vs. Bailey Quarters

2. Mary Richards vs. Rhoda Morgenstern

3. Catwoman vs. Batgirl

4. Marcia Brady vs. Jan Brady

SOUTH

1. Chrissie Snow vs. Janet Wood

2. Wilma Flinstone vs. Betty Rubble

3. Monica Geller vs. Rachel Green vs. Phoebe Buffay

4. Sabrina Duncan vs. Jill Munroe vs. Kelly Garrett

Please cast your votes in the poll located to the right of this blog. When making your choices, please remember you are voting for the character, not the actress. The voting for the opening round commences tonight and runs through Monday. The winners will move on to Tuesday where the voting will begin for the Sweet Sixteen.

Until next time…from the booth.