The BBQ restaurant chain and sauce maker Famous Dave’s just announced the winners of their first “Famous Fan Film Festival.”  BBQ lovers were supposed to shoot a short movie parody that incorporated Famous Dave’s in some interesting way.  The grand prize was only $1,000 but I was amazed by the amount of love that went into some of the 30 entries that were received.  Here’s the first place winner:

First Place.  Prize: $1,000

That was neat.  But I the second place entry cracked me up:

Second Place.  Prize: $300 in cash and gift cards

I wish I could grill you!  The guy who delivered the long monologue deserves an extra gift card just for remembering all his lines.  You know what, I think I’ll post the third place entry too.  It’s worth watching simply because the girl playing Mrs. Robinson is hotter than…hold on, let me check the famous dave’s website for a metaphor….Got it, she’s hotter than a full bottle of Devil’s Spit!

Third Place.  $250 in cash and gift cards.

Like I said, even though the prizes in this contest were small, the contestants went all out.  Check out this Top Gun parody that got an honorable mention.  It was disqualified because videos were supposed to parody a single scene and they did like a whole crazy trailer.  But they, and everyone who entered, got some Famous Dave’s gift cards as a thank you.  So why did so many people put so much work into their entries when only a thousand bucks was at stake?  From the looks of the videos, no pros entered this contest; only real, hardcore Famous Dave’s fans.  Plus the theme of the contest was a great one and probably inspired a lot of people.  Hopefully famous Dave’s will see this contest as a successful test run and do something bigger down the road.