Here, It Begins

Here is the Final Tournament Bracket:

1. Pauly Shore Movies
16. Jealousy

8. Randy "Macho Man" Savage
9. "You Don't Know Shit from Shinola"

4. Mr. Show with Bob and David
13. A half-eaten bag of movie popcorn

5. Horses. Lots of Horses
12. Henry Winkler. You know. The Fonz?

6. Kansas (the state)
11. A packet full of turnip seeds

3. Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant Series
14. The ghost that lives in my parents' basement

7. Southern Methodist University (SMU)
10. A joke Jerry Seinfeld wrote on a cocktail napkin

2. Kansas (the band)
15. All the salmon you can eat!

The opening round begins Thursday at the John Goodman Memorial House of Pancakes. And remember: this is a friendly competition. No wagering on the grounds of competition.