This
is the ninth annual McCarty Metro Awards presentation,
brought to you by Bradric Productions. The aim is to
acknowledge "the best of" the McCarty Metro in 2013. The
prestigious Dudley Awards (right) are being presenteded to the
winners in this edition. There were 6 categories, plus
our Lifetime Achievement Award our readers voted on. Winners
were decided by reader votes.
Best Page Of 2013
The Nominees
Are...
Blast
From The Past
Bob
Hope
Calendar
Dateline
News
Final Thought
Jerry's World
Kidz Page
Klutz o' Mania
Pigskin Pickem
Quiz
Rick's Martini Bar
Peanut & Jocko
JERRY'S
WORLD
This
was a very close vote this year as the
competition and quality of work was
great. This is the 9th consecutive award
for this Metro Hall of Fame page.
Congratulations
to the author Jerry McCarty.
Best Feature Of 2013
The Nominees
Are...
72
Hour Film Project
Auntie Margaret's Craft Corner
Flash Game Of The Month
Gone But Not Forgotten
Kidz Quiz
Secret Celebrity
Soundoff
Video Chat Room
What The Hell Is That?
72
HOUR FILM PROJECT
The
second 72 Hour Film Project was held in
April 2013, and included some great
movies submitted by our readers. The
premise was to create a 5 minute movie
in 72 hours.The next 72 Hour Film
Project is scheduled for July, 2014
Congrats
to all submitters.
Best
Writer Of 2013
The Nominees
Are...
Jerry
McCarty
Kelly
McCarty
Mike
McCarty
JERRY
McCARTY
Jerry
writes Jerry's World, Bob Hope Tweet's
From Heaven, Peanut 'n Jocko, and he also directs,
writes and stars in the weekly podcast
called Rick's Martini Bar, which he does
with Rick Farmiloe, Amanda Raymond, and
Kelli Maroney.
Congratulations
Jerry.
Best Video Of 2013
The
Nominees Are...
Big Story Or Big Sham
Chity Flats
Dial M
CHITY FLATS
The film
Chity Flats was also the winner of the McCarty Metro 72 Hour Film
Project. It is based (very loosely) on the events preceding Jon &
Jill's Wedding in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Congratulations to MacDaddy
Productions.
Best Metro Trip Of 2013
The
Nominees Are...
China - Jerry McCarty
Vegas Baby Vegas 2013
Mackinac Island - Brad & Valerie's Wedding
New England Cranberry
Bog - Larry & Amanda
Bend, Oregon
Florida
Vacation - Steve, Kristen, Megan & Jenna
Grand Rapids -
Jon & Jill's Wedding
Western US - Vegas, LA, Seattle - Larry & Gina
MACKINAC
ISLAND WEDDING
Brad
& Valerie's June wedding on Mackinac
Island feature a great wedding and
reception at the Island House Hotel,
pre-wedding dinner at the Pink Pony,
carriage rides, shopping, and fudge,
fudge, and more fudge.
Congrats
to Brad & Valerie
Top Metro News Event Of 2013
The
Nominees Are...
150th Episode Of Rick's Martini Bar
Birth Of Cooper McCarty
Birth Of Olivia McCarty
Bonnaroo
Brad & Valerie's Wedding
Dan McCarty Golf Classic
Dan McCarty Texas Holdem
Jenna's First Communion
Jon & Jill's Wedding
Marathon Man
Megan's Confirmation
Mike's Concert At Shelby Crossings
JON & JILL'S WEDDING
The wedding of Jon
& Jill took place in August. Due to a water main break just hours
prior to the reception at the hotel ballroom, the reception had to be
moved on the fly a couple blocks away to The BOB, where everything
turned out beautiful.
Congrats to Jon &
Jill
THE
McCARTY METRO PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The
Readers Pick - Jerry McCarty
.
Jerry
has excelled at his writing and comedy
craft for many years now. As mentioned
above, he has written the award winning
Jerry's World for the past 22 years. He
also created and has written Bob Hope
Tweet's from Heaven for the past 5 years
in the Metro, and also has his own
followers on Facebook and Twitter. Jerry
resurrected Peanut n' Jocko from the
Weekly Reader, and made them a staple
cartoon on the Metro.
.
.
In
2010, Jerry took a recorded conversation
with Kelly over the controversial issue
of 'Pie vs Cake', and parlayed that into
a weekly Hollywood Podcast called Rick's
Martini Bar, which plays on radio
stations, and featured in the Metro.
Congratulations Jerry.
The
Editor's Pick - Dan McCarty .
Dan was one of the
original writers on the Metro.
His work on 'Sawdust' is already in the
rafters as the first Metro cartoon. He
can be credited with making the first
multimedia issue of the McCarty Metro
as he cut out photographs from
newspapers and then put funny captions
or stories on them. It started out as a
direct mail between Mike and DJ, but
then he would make copies and send them
to others. He also wrote the columns 'The Backyard Mechanic' and 'Dan The
Medicine Man'.
.
.
Dan
was also very active during the Metro's
"video" era putting out
several hilarious submissions with
Jerry, Larry and others. Although gone
from us for almost 18 years, Dan's
presence is still felt in each issue of
the McCartyMetro. Congratuations DJ.
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE
METRO LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Blast
From The Past 
