Here's the press release from the World Stupidity Awards:

Bush, Hussein, Trucker Hats win big at Stupidity Awards

President Bush and deposed dictator Saddam Hussein were the big winners at a start-studded presentation of the World Stupidity Awards at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal Friday. The packed comedy gala featured heavy metal midgets, wardrobe malfunctions and the cream of the international comedy crop as awards were doled out to the "titans of stupidity". Hosted by The Daily Show star, Lewis Black, the awards show featured stand out appearances by Sinbad, Pauly Shore, Scott Thompson and Maggie Cassella.

U.S. President, George W. Bush, was voted Stupidest Man of the Year by an international online audience, while rival Saddam Hussein received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Stupidity. Awards were given out for Stupidest Statement, Act, Media Outlet, Government, Movie and T.V. Show among others. Public nominations were held in the spring and the winners were selected by online vote at www.stupidityawards.com. Votes came from over 100 countries.

The Survivor All-Stars handed out the award for Stupidest Trend of the Year which went to "Trucker Hats", over "spam", "war" and "climate change". Fox News got the nod for Media Outlet Which Has Made The Greatest Contribution To Furthering Ignorance Worldwide while British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and President Bush shared the Stupidity Award For Reckless Endangerment Of The Planet.

Some of the comedy highlights were presentations by Sinbad, English comic, Boothby Graffoe, and U.S. comic, Andy Kindler, who's skewering of the television industry had the packed house screaming for more. Pauly Shore appeared miffed that he had been selected to give out the award for Stupidest Movie and told the crowd, "I know what's going on here. You think it's funny that I'm giving out this award. I'm back," he screamed, "and I make great movies."

Host Black, had the crowd roaring on several occassions. "It's easy to fall down a manhole," he said. "It's easy to put the candles too close to the drapes, it's easy to launch a military invasion of another country based on a few blurry satellite photos," he observed. Black received a thunderous standing ovation at the conclusion of the awards. The evening ended with a musical tribute to the legendary idiocy of former Iraqi dicatator, Saddam Hussein, followed by MiniKiss, a glam rock heavy metal tribute band performed by dwarves.

"It was a stupendous evening," said Spokesmoron, Albert Nerenberg, of the Main Organization Revealing Obvious Numbskulls (MORON) which puts on the awards. "That's pretty well all I can say." The nominations were judged by experts in their fields ("a bunch of idiots") and overseen by the Academy for Recognizing Stupidity Everywhere. Black announced next year's awards will include a new category, Stupidest Song of the Year, and that nominations for the 2005 World Stupidity Awards are now open.

The Stupidity Awards were originally inspired by the hit documentary, Stupidity, which claims that we live in a culture of willful stupidity. [and which features morons.org in the credits! ---Nick]

Nominations for the 2005 Stupidity Awards can be emailed to nominate@stupidityawards.com

Awards not mentioned in the preceding text: Stupidest Movie of the Year went to both Gigli and the Passion of the Christ; The O'Reilly Factor won Stupidest TV Show; Stupidest Act of the Year was The Crocodile Hunter feeding crocodile with his baby son; President Bush's proclamation that "Major combat operations have ended in Iraq" snared the Stupidest Statement; the Stupidest Woman of the Year was Private Lynndie England; and the Stupidest Government was The Government of the United States.

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