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Chad, no longer hanging

chad-michael-murray-shirtlessCongratulations to SF Guy (pictured), for his winning entry in the “Tout gai!” competition. A copy of the newly-released DVD The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center is currently winging its way City by the Bay-ward.

And what of Harold and the video of Dame Joan on the swing? Well, let no man call La Cieca ungracious: taking into account the overwhelming groundswell of popular support among the cher public, your doyenne has decided to name Harold “Mr. Congeniality,” which you must admit on this site is really saying something. He’ll get an amazon gift card for his populist efforts.

Keep watching parterre.com for the next competition, which will be the biggest and grandest of them all, with a prize package featuring a pair to tickets to one of this summer’s most eagerly-awaited musical events!

12 comments

  • kashania says:

    Not to put too fine a point on it but a great portion of the cher public can’t vote for their favourite cause it’s not on the list of nominees. We take our gai (and ourselves) verrrry seriously!!!

  • CruzSF says:

    Congrats, SF Guy. (envy)

  • peter says:

    If that indeed is SFGuy’s picture, I’m available for lunch today.

  • OpinionatedNeophyte says:

    So this is how Susan Lucci felt in 1978. Congrats SF Guy.

  • kashania says:

    Our doyenne is most gracious!

  • SF Guy says:

    My thanks to all who cast ballots for my entry, even if your hearts were still with Joan. If “Caught in the Web” demonstrates anything, it’s that no man, no matter how manly and well-built, can avoid looking totally ridiculous when sporting droopy arachid pulpi.

    Of course, our man Chad might be the exception, at least if he keeps his shirt off. Perhaps our Hostess would like to do a bit of Photoshopping…

    • Though Joan stole my heart, I do think your clip is fabulously gai/y! Congrats!

    • Donna Carlo says:

      I’ll be arriving at the SF Station tomorrow evening at 6. You don’t have to bother about a shirt. I’ll be wearing flowers in my hair.

      Oh, wait. You’ll go and confuse me with Dame Joan, who’s arriving on the same train.

      I DID ADORE your clip, especially as it featured my beloved Richard Burton.

      • SF Guy says:

        I’ll be there, Donna, but could you make it just a bit later? I may very well pass for Chad, you see, in the dusk with the light behind me.