We received 144 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for Idol Makers on page 74 of the February issue.
“My nine-year-old daughter, Ava, made a guess that the ad for Idol Makers was the fake one,” wrote Monet Tiedemann, “and then we saw the ‘Willson’ in the ‘I’ll songwrite.’ Perfect.”
A few Fake Adders objected to our creation of the word “songwrite,” but if there are songwriters, they must songwrite, no? No, according to Jeanne Paul: “The non-existent ‘W. Main’ as well as ‘songwrite’ (I’ve never seen an illiterate ad in the Observer) were dead giveaways,” Paul wrote. “And last month’s winner’s name appears as ‘show! I’ll songwrite’ (it pains me to even type that neologism).”
Our favorite entry came from Waterloo, Ontario’s Alison Feuerwerker. We’re happy to have an entry from such a far-off land, and even happier–for obvious reasons–that Feuerwerker didn’t win.
Speaking of which, our winner this month is sure to draw the ire of faithful Fake Adders who have entered our little contest month after month without ever being chosen. “Wow! I can’t believe I won!” wrote Aditi Ganesan. “This is my first time entering.” Ganesan will get a gift certificate to Zingerman’s.
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To enter this month’s contest, find the fake ad in the March issue, identify it by name and page number, and follow the instructions in the box at the bottom of the Back Page. The fake ad always contains the name of last month’s winner in some form.
