Welcome to the first ever Tongal contest and thanks for joining! The goal of this contest is to create an original parody or spoof commercial for Comedy.com! $2,500 in prize money will be awarded.
Comedy.com is looking for something similar to what you may have seen on Saturday Night Live, like Mom Jeans, Schmitt’s Gay or Sproingo, or, something like the Facebook Commercial Parodies we’ve been seeing online. But don’t take our suggestions…as always with Tongal, the creation and execution are entirely up to YOU.
THE TOP 5 IDEAS, PITCHES (based on those Ideas) AND VIDEOS (Based on those Pitches) THAT CREATE THE FUNNIEST COMMERCIAL FOR COMEDY.com WILL WIN. SO WILL THE MEMBERS WITH THE MOST ACCURATE PREDICTIONS OF WHAT VIDEOS WILL WIN, AS WILL THE VIDEOS SUBMITTED TO THE CONTEST THAT ARE THE MOST VIEWED.
The winning Videos will be featured and promoted on Comedy.com and across their network. Relaunching in June 2009, Comedy.com is your guide to what’s funny right now!
If you have questions about any of the Phases for this contest, don't hesitate to email us at info@tongal.com Have fun and GOOD LUCK!
ONE SUBMISSION PER MEMBER, PER PHASE - SO you can make only one Idea, Pitch, Video and Prediction submission regardless of whether or not you have won any of the Phases.
PHASE 1: Idea submissions can be 25 words (140 characters) or less; PHASE 2: Pitch submissions can be 100 words (500 characters) or less, an image file or a video no longer than 10 seconds in length; PHASE 3: Video submissions must be no longer than 60 seconds in length (16x9 HD, 720p preferred.)
RESIDUALS: Winning Ideas receive 5% of any winnings in subsequent Phases. For example if a Pitch, Video or Most Viewed Video that is based on your Idea wins $1,000, you'll get 5% (50 Bucks!). Pitches get 10%
OTHER: Do not use nudity, profanity or any content that is unacceptable to a general audience. More specifically, think along the PG-13 guidelines. For example, the type of content on Saturday Night Live or other late night variety shows would be considered suitable for this contest.
MINIMUM of six (6) Video submissions or the contest will repost and be open for another fourteen (14) days.
If there’s any uncertainty or any questions about how to participate in this contest, please feel free to email us.