Clinton Griffiths Wins American Greetings Humor Contest
American Greetings says about 60,000 people thought they were funny and entered its Think You're Funny? Prove It! caption writing contest. Clinton Griffiths of Derby, KS was awarded the grand prize of $1,000.00. Two runners-up will have their concepts posted on AmericanGreetings.com and will also receive one-year memberships to the site. The contest ran in conjunction with the release of American Greetings' newest line of funny photo cards, Fun Pix. They now have a new contest up called Sounds Funny to Me.
Griffiths submitted copy for a picture of two young boys looking down into the kid's potties they are sitting on. The image resonated with Griffiths, who recently became a father. Inspired by the trials of new parenthood and caring for his seven-month old son, Colton, his caption read, "Sorry your card is late. Dooty called. Happy Belated Birthday."
"I was shocked and delighted to find out I was the winner. My wife Mary Beth didn't believe me at first," Griffiths said. "I've always enjoyed looking at funny photos and thinking of humorous captions to go with them. Those are my favorite types of cards to give family and friends."
The judging was completed by a team at American Greetings, who looked at many factors in deciding the ultimate winner.
"We received a lot of very funny ideas to choose from," said Mindy Johnston, assistant product manager at American Greetings, who was part of the team reviewing the entries. "When we judged the submissions we looked at many things, but mainly it came down to whether or not the joke that was submitted would translate to a final card, and then, who came up with the funniest idea."
