Congratulations to our 5 winners of a downloadable copy of the Harlan Ellison documentary, DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH:

Josh Bernhard, Val Smith, Neil Ottentstein, Gary Lindros, and Jeffrey Squires

The Babylon Podcast is proud to present to you a giveaway of a downloadable copy of the Harlan Ellison documentary, DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH.

Running from now through Saturday, June 27 (midnight Pacific), we are giving away (5) copies of this documentary.

This contest is open to US entrants only, and be sure to include the email address you use at iTunes’ US Store, since that is how these prizes will be awarded.

Send an email to contest at sliceofscifi dot com with the subject “B5: Dreams with Sharp Teeth”… it’s very important to include the “B5″ for these contest entries. If you are sending an entry from an email account that’s different from your iTunes one, please include your iTunes email address in the body of the message.

We have a winner, at last (you’ll hear the discussion and selection in this week’s show, if you didn’t hear it during last week’s live feed broadcast)

Congratulations to Gregory Smith (Albany NY) —

You’ve won a copy of “Across Space and Time: The Chronologies of Babylon 5″!!

just let me know if you want me to sign it before sending it to you!

And for everyone’s edification, here’s who said what:

It was the year of Deep Geeking… — Brad Bowyer
the year of Feedbackapalooza… — Gary in Jacksonville
the year we discussed our favorite show. — T’Jon (John Keegan)

It was the year without Zima… — Robin in Seoul
the year of great tequila… — Michael R. Mennenga
the year of puns… — Brian Brown
and a year of more interviews. — Mur Lafferty

It was a new chance for fun. — Jarsto
It was the end of the series. — Edmund Boys
It was the year we made it to Crusade. — Summer Brooks

The year is 2009. — Jeffrey Willerth
The show: Babylon Podcast — Tim Callender

As promised, here are the breadcrumb hints for the Season 4 podcast opening:

It was the year of Deep Geeking… he’s one of the Cultured Pod people
the year of Feedbackapalooza… the voicemail line is his and his alone
the year we discussed our favorite show. the Narn is always trying something

It was the year without Zima… she’s everywhere, and she’s Beta Clone #062
the year of great tequila… he’s our primary audio god
the year of puns… he’s a wiseacre, he’s Captain Hammer, and Giles
and a year of more interviews. she’s Writing, For Keeps

It was a new chance for fun. he is the Netherlands Captain
It was the end of the series. and he is the unnamed Agent
It was the year we made it to Crusade. Summer Brooks

The year is 2009. Jeffrey Willerth
The show: Babylon Podcast Tim Callender

I hope this helps someone win!

We thought that the entry requirements for the chronologies contest would be more fun for you guys than this.

Finding the names for all the voices in the open seemed simple enough… but you have mentioned that the requirements for entering the contest were a bit too challenging, given the time frame.

We hear you, and we are there.

To help things along a little bit, here is the script for the open:

It was the year of Deep Geeking…
the year of Feedbackapalooza…
the year we discussed our favorite show.

It was the year without Zima…
the year of great tequila…
the year of puns…
and a year of more interviews.

It was a new chance for fun.
It was the end of the series.
It was the year we made it to Crusade.

The year is 2009.
The show: Babylon Podcast

All but two of them have been on the podcast at some point in time or another (yes, that was your first hint), and one of those two is still directly connected to the podcast (yes, that’s your second hint). All of them can be found somewhere in the FarPoint Media universe (yes, that’s your third hint).

We’re also thinking about picking riddles to help lead you to those voices, if it’s still not easier to figure out.

We haven’t decided when we’re going to drop the breadcrumbs that will lead you to the other voices, but it will be announced ahead of time. Most likely there’ll be a 24-hour window to get entries in after the breadcrumbs are dropped.

We don’t have to give you guys hints for those last three voices, now do we?

update, 3/18: Of all the entries currently sent in, everyone’s gotten the last three voices wrong. The only thing we can come up with is that Tim’s voice sounds so different when not over a crappy phone line, that it’s throwing everyone off!

No, Jeffrey did not do both of the last two lines. So here’s another helper:

It was the year we made it to Crusade. Summer
The year is 2009. Jeffrey
The show: Babylon Podcast Tim Callender

What you’ve all been waiting for… the 5 lucky people who’ve won a copy of “Babylon 5: The Lost Tales”, courtesy of Warner Bros Home Video and The Babylon Podcast:

Caitlin Stamper (KY)
Thomas Vincent (AZ)
Mark Earnshaw (AUS)
Mike Hall (KY)
Sean Reiser (NY)

Y’all enjoy, and many thanks to all who entered!

It’s Babylon Podcast Giveaway time!

Warner Brothers has graciously allowed us to hold a giveaway, with copies of “The Lost Tales” as the prize.

So, we have 5 copies available for 5 lucky winners. Random drawing, email your entry to contest at babylonpodcast.com. These are Region 1, so just be aware.

Winners will be chosen on August 10th.