''They Call Me Baba Booey'' Autographed Book Galley Giveaway

Update October 12, 2010: The contest is now over and we have a winner. I narrowed down the 100+ entries to five finalists. I thought I'd be giving away three copies of the book but I received some good news. All five of the finalists are winners! I had Shawn T's ''One Flew Over The Umpire's Head'' right at the top of my list but the grand prize winner was ultimately chosen by Gary Dell'Abate himself... and he went with Shawn's title. Nice! Congratulations to everyone! Here are the winners:

• ''One Flew Over the Umpire's Head'' - Shawn T.
• ''ALL CAPS'' - Nick C.
• ''The Green Smile'' - Christa W.
• ''Who's The Bauf'' - Lois L.
• ''American Choppers'' - Bobby V.

This is pretty awesome. I've been offered the chance to give away three autographed copies of Gary Dell'Abate's new book, ''They Call Me Baba Booey,'' to some lucky fans. These books are ''galley'' copies which are pre-release copies of the book so they're pretty rare. Gary only signed six!

Gary's book had a bunch of rejected titles (which you can see below) so to enter this contest, just come up with your own suggested book titles. I'll pick 3 winners and each of the 3 will get a signed copy of the book. But wait, there's more! The grand prize winner will have their suggested book title printed in the paperback version of ''They Call Me Baba Booey'' which will be released at a later date. Awesome!

These are the rejected titles from Gary's book:

REJECTED BOOK TITLES

• Monkey Boy: The Tale of a Horse-Toothed Creature from the Jungle
• Ass Camping: How to Make it Last for 30 Years
• How to Do Everything Wrong and Still Succeed in Business
• Hello, Hello
• Too Fat to Pitch
• The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth
• Lord of the Chimps
• Mein Caps
• Dark Side of the Tooth
• Green Teeth and Ham
• War and Teeth
• Memoirs of a Dumb Fuck
• The Connecticut Ape: How an Italian from Long Island Erased his Past to Become a WASP
• A Farewell to Teeth
• How Green Were My Choppers
• The Apes of Wrath

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MarksFriggin ''Baba Booey Book Giveaway'' Sweepstakes (''Sweepstakes'') begins at 6:00:01 a.m. ET on September 27, 2010 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on October 8, 2010 (the ''Sweepstakes Period'').

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