The Week contest: Walker robber
This week's question: A 68-year-old man who uses a walker allegedly robbed a bank in Fresno, California, and was caught two blocks away. Come up with the title of a crime movie about this slow-moving bandit.
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Pokey Is the Bandit"
Paul Anderson, Franklin, Tennessee'
SECOND PLACE: "Take the Money and Hobble"
Penn Jillette, Las Vegas, Nevada
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THIRD PLACE: "The Old Man and the C-notes"
Phyllis Klein, Forest Hills, New York
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Slow and the Mildly Irritated"
Sara Ensign, Madison, Wisconsin
"Slow Motion's Eleven"
David Kancler, Dayton, Ohio
"Defiant (and ADA Compliant)"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Catch Me If You… Oh, You Did"
Mike Reiss, New York City, New York
"Take the Money and Walk"
Linda Hood, Manchester, New Hampshire
"To Catch a Thief (Isn't Hard)"
Chris & Ann Collins, Thousand Oaks, California
"Pokey Blinders"
John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
"Found in 60 Seconds"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
"Slog Day Afternoon"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Elderado"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"Slow Foot Luke"
Scott Demeter, Manhasset, New York
"Catch Me, You Can"
Lynn Morales, Los Osos, California
"Billy the Senior"
Gilbert Mitchell, Elmira, New York
"O Brother, Where AARP Thou?"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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