Muppets Dance Off!

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights! Thirty-two of your favorite Muppets are ready to do battle...on the dance floor. Eight heats have been setup for the first round of competition, with the top two in each heat advancing to the single elimination round of sixteen. Voting is open and you can find it by clicking here. Be sure to pick your two favorites/funniest/etc in each heat. LET'S DANCE!

Kool-Aid Man Wins The Royal With Cheese Rumble, Oh Yeah!

After weeks of voting and food mascot wrestling we have crowned a champion. Congrats to Kool-Aid Man for riding a drug induced range of moves to the belt! Thank you to everyone for voting and spending some of your time on our pointless distractions.

WFMW Royale With Cheese Rumble Foodie Four!

We have come from 32 food mascot wrestlers to the Foodie Four! All four of our #1 seeds have made it to the semifinals proving the cream really does rise to the top. If you haven't taken a look yet watch our YouTube video on the characters and their moves as well as take a look at the profile pics for reference by clicking here After you're done vote for who you want to see in the finale!

WFMW Royale With Cheese Rumble: The Edible 8!

After some of the closest voting yet the Edible 8 is set! The Sweet 16 wasn't a favorable round for #2 seeds, with three of four sent packing by their #3 seeded opponents. Lucky the Leprechaun was the lone #2 seed survivor to advance, but it was in the most hotly contested match of the tournament so far. The match came down to a single vote and Lucky eked by the Joe Camel of snack foods, Chester Cheetah. The competition is getting tighter as we are left with eight worthy competitors all trying to advance to the Foodie 4! The voting for our Royale With Cheese Rumble Edible 8 is now open. If you haven't taken a look yet watch our YouTube video on the characters and their moves as well as take a look at the profile pics for reference by clicking here

KILLER LIGHT DIVISION

SUCKSESS! DIVISION

ONE THING IN COMMON DIVISION

MAR-A-LAGER DIVISION

WFMW Royale With Cheese Rumble: Sweet 16!

Thank you to everyone that voted in the first round! There were a number of matches that were too close to call until the bitter end. The seeding held true with the exception of three #5 seeds besting their #4 counterparts with the Trix Rabbit is the only #4 seed to advance. Here are the matches in the Sweet 16 and voting is now open to see who makes the Edible 8!

KILLER LIGHT DIVISION

SUCKSESS! DIVISION

ONE THING IN COMMON DIVISION

MAR-A-LAGER DIVISION

WFMW Royale With Cheese Rumble: Round 1 Update

With voting underway we have seen a the fruits of our pointless labor realized, particularly as it relates to the seeding. There are a number of matches too close to call at this point and three that are currently split. Here are the three Round 1 matches in a deadlock at the moment:

So if you're going to riot if Grimace doesn't win or whatever make sure to vote and get your friends to vote too! Vote Here

World Food Mascot Wrestling (WFMW): Mascot Introductions and the Royale With Cheese Rumble Tournament!

We are very proud and excited to announce our second pointless bracket challenge, the Royale With Cheese Rumble! We have taken 32 of the most famous food mascots and trained them to be our superstars of World Food Mascot Wrestling (WFMW). After receiving their special and finishing moves we seeded our wrestlers in a single elimination tournament. We offer you the following video so you can familiarize yourself with our WFMW superstars, their moves and who they drew for the first round of the Royale With Cheese Rumble. Enjoy wasting some more time with us, happy Memorial Day and llllllllllllllllllllllllet's get ready to ccccccccccccccccrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbbblllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Ralph Wiggum: Simpsons Fringe Character Champion!

After weeks of challengers and fan votes Ralph Wiggum has emerged as the first champion of one of our pointless bracket challenges. Thank you to everyone that participated and voted!

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge Finals!

It's been a long time coming but we made it to the Finals! The Wiggum family coming in strong with both Ralph and Clancy making the final three, joined by Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby. Before voting check out this little highlight reel of the three finalists and then decide on who you want as the first ever winner of this pointless challenge!

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge - The Semi-Finals!!!

The votes were cast and we now have a who's who of Simpsons fringe characters in the semi-finals! When all is said and done we love all 48 of the fringe characters that made for a great challenge, but now it's time to decide which 3 are going to advance to finals and a shot at being the first champion of what will surely be many pointless bracket challenges. Here we go...

Pop Culture is Cyclical

We took 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd and set it over a group of 80's movie montage clips. What's the point? Nothing really except we thought it would be a fun use of COVID-19 #StayHome time to show how cyclical pop culture is...

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge - Round 3 (The Final 12)

Based on whatever voting system you have been using we are down to the final twelve characters in our first pointless bracket challenge! The best of the rest (as Simpsons characters go) are ready to face-off and need your vote to advance. We have some colossal match-ups this round such as the Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy in a fat guy duel for the ages, the all criminal-off with Snake vs Sideshow Bob, just to name a couple. Here is how the bracket looks and the six Round 3 matches to vote on:

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge Round 2

After four days of voting the winners have advanced to round two. Special note that the voting for the Otto vs Hans Moleman match was dead even! The Board Members of Mess With The Best revealed their votes in an effort to break the tie and it did, giving the win to Hans Moleman, sorry Otto Man, we still love you!

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge - Match #17 thru #24

To finish up the first round we have the final 8 matches. Voting will stay open until Tuesday 4/7/20 at 11:59pm. So make sure to pick your favorites (or whatever selection process you're using) and see those characters through to the second round of this pointless bracket challenge! Here are your final eight match-ups:

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge - Match #9 thru #16

Voting is still open for Matches #1 thru #8 of our first pointless ranking bracket. So far Troy McClure and Chief Wiggum are seemingly locks for the 2nd round with Dr. Nick and Comic Book Guy feeling comfortable. Thanks for your participation in this most important time waster during these crazy times. Stay safe, stay home and vote for your favorite Simpsons fringe characters. Here are the next set of eight first round match-ups to vote on:

Simpsons Fringe Character Round One Voting - Matches #1 thru #8

Ok so here we go! We have the first round match-ups for our Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge. We will start with the first 8 matches and close the polls on Sunday night at 11:59pm. Be sure to vote for your favorite fringe characters and see them through to the next round!

Simpsons Fringe Character Bracket Challenge!

Our first pointless ranking revolves around the Simpsons fringe characters. Our definition of "fringe" was loosely based on any character that did not carry the last name Simpson and also was not deemed pivotal to the show. We rounded out a list of 48 fringe characters and then used a random selection app to select opening round match-ups, as seeding characters would have been a ruthless, futile pursuit that could have ultimately spelled our doom. To view the bracket simply Click Here

What we are planning to do is set up polling to have you help us decide on the winners of each of the first round match-ups and then do the same for the remaining rounds until a champion is decided. Thanks for participating and may the best fringe character win!

Welcome!

We here at Mess With The Best, Rank The Rest are delighted that you have chosen to engage in our pointless meanderings about pop culture. We're a group of college buddies with apparently not much more to do than create lists and rankings of movies, tv shows, characters, actors and actresses, etc. We hope you enjoy our musings and participate in our rankings challenges. Thanks again for stopping by!