The "The Dealership" Award- Comedy Episode

Named For: "The Dealership" (Seinfeld, 911)
Awarded To: The best episode in a comedy series
2010 Winner: "The Table Read" (Curb Your Enthusiasm, 709)

Place. Nominee (Series) Points (My Vote)

5. "Everything Sunny All the Time Always" (30 Rock, 521) 4 points

4. "The Expert Witness" (The League, 209) 7 points

3. "Falling For the Falls" (Sonny With a Chance, 210-211) 7 points (2nd)

2. "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" (Community, 214) 13 points (3rd)

and the Poolie goes to...

1. "Threat Level Midnight" (The Office, 716) 17 points (1st)

This is The Office's first episode nomination, and first ever win for the "The Dealership" Award.  The series has also been nominated for the Seinfeld Award three times, including a win for best comedy series in 2009.

One of the biggest issues I ran into in selecting the nominees for this year's Poolies was picking just which episode of The Office to nominate for the "The Dealership" Award.  In such a great season of the show, I knew that whichever I picked, whether it be "Goodbye, Michael," "Garage Sale," "Classy Christmas," or indeed "Threat Level Midnight," I was going to vote it first.  I re-watched many of the season's best episodes in search of the best of the year and Michael's fake movie was the one that had me cracking up throughout on viewing after viewing.  The others had fantastic moments, and some more heartfelt moments, but this was straight up the funniest half hour of television this year.  Unless you are Jaydon, and then you thought this was the least funny thing to grace the television screen since Cavemen.