Wock On

Editor’s Note: Robert Bishop, a longtime Pitch freelance writer, recently competed in VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture. Below is his account of the contest.

It was down to me for the championship round of VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture. I was the last man standing out of my team from Kansas City, Wocka Wocka. I faced the Twisted Misters, who still had all three of their players left.

My wife, Kelly, had been knocked out by Victor Lee in a tiebreaker. The category was Emmy-Winning Dramas Since 1981, and between them they exhausted 13 out of the 14 possible answers. With a correct answer, Kelly could’ve forced a second tiebreaker. But she couldn’t come up with Cagney & Lacey. Next down was my other teammate, Rachel Cahill. Rachel’s category was Spoiler Alert, calling for her to name the movie based on its ending. She offered the answer Trading Spaces II, thus inventing a sequel to a movie that doesn’t exist.

Now I was up, and a guy from Twisted Misters named Victor was back. We both got every question right in the category of Bite Me, all about movie foods. That forced a tiebreaker round. The category was based on the film Little Miss Sunshine: “Name the six actors that hit the road in the film’s iconic yellow VW bus.”

No problem, I thought.