The dust has settled on the most terrible tournament ever devised, and it’s dust of the most dirty kind. It seems like only yesterday that 16 vile contestants started on a twisted path to determine who was the meanest meanie of them all, but after 6 weeks of crafty competition, only one bad guy remains. He’s not only been terrorizing our television sets since 1989, but he’s also been voted one of the worst people to work for of all time. His name, Charles Montgomery Burns.

That’s Mr. Burns to you or I.

Words escape me when I think of all the dastardly deeds this man has committed over the years. From trying to block out the sun over Springfield, to kidnapping Tom Jones… er, ok he might be let off the hook for that one, but my point remains, he is a bad, bad old man . He even managed to single-handedly steal a trillion dollar bill from the U.S. government – Chrysler, Ford and GM together haven’t been able to top that one! I digress, but when it comes to being the baddest baddie on the block, Mr. Burns has enough dirty tricks up his sleeve to send your average villain running to the nearest underground lair.

Thanks to everyone who voted in the Cartoon Villain Showdown. There were plenty of surprises, and some of the biggest names dropped out earlier than expected. Eric and I had a lot of fun putting it all together. Stay tuned over the next couple of months, we already have another contest planned.