{"id":3668,"date":"2019-02-21T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2019-02-22T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T17:34:20","slug":"the-2019-dentin-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/21\/the-2019-dentin-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Dentin Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Feb 2, and you know what that means?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It means television viewers will soon be subjected to four hours of narcissistic preening, posing and posturing when Hollywood celebrates itself and lectures viewers about the latest topic du jour trending on\u00a0social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019-Dentin-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This coming Sunday,\u00a0February 24th\u00a0marks the 90th\u00a0anniversary of\u00a0<em>The Oscar<\/em>s, the annual ceremony recognizing\u00a0two-legged chameleons\u00a0pretending to be anyone but themselves. This annual pretentious rite of professional pretenders is also known as\u00a0<em>The Academy Awards<\/em>\u00a0for big screen purists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To tell the tooth, we at the Dental Insurance Store prefer to leave the narcissism to the parade of posers\u00a0while we focus on\u00a0<em>The Dentin Awards<\/em>, the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dentalinsurancestore.com\/resources\/agent-straight-talk\/agent-straight-talk\/2015\/05\/14\/the-dentin-awards---best-movies-with-dental-themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only awards show<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>recognizing\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dentalinsurancestore.com\/resources\/agent-straight-talk\/agent-straight-talk\/2016\/03\/02\/the-2016-dentin-awards-are-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dental-themed movies and television shows<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that contribute to oral awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This year\u2019s <em>Dentin Awards<\/em> was a tasty affair held at a local\u00a0<em>Golden Corral<\/em>\u00a0because their salad bar is superb, and their senior discount meant two could eat for under $20 \u2013 if the ceremony was held on a Friday afternoon before 4 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Without further ado, here are this year\u2019s winners and their categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Best\u00a0Television Show Involving a Dentist on a Boat\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In this\u00a0Drew Carey\u00a0episode Lewis\u00a0Kiniski\u00a0(Ryan Stiles) learns the importance of using a certified dentist rather than a certifiable one and\u00a0illustrates the importance of possessing\u00a0legitimate dental coverage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5hY68Drsxw\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Best Animated Movie with a Dental Reference\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In\u00a0Shrek 2\u00a0Shrek and Donkey scam their way into the Fairy Godmother\u2019s office by impersonating union representatives\u00a0who\u00a0are shocked to learn that the Fairy Godmother doesn\u2019t offer dental coverage for her\u00a0employees.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8InEAgkjAE0\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Best Television Variety Show with a Drunk Dentist Impersonator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this hilarious scene from\u00a0The Dean Martin Show,\u00a0comedian Foster Brooks plays a dentist and amuses Dean with his experiences dealing with patients.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovfTYQvwZl4\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Best Oral Exam Involving a Monkey\u00a0Playing\u00a0a Dentist\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This oral exam is funnier than a barrel of monkeys when this curious \u201cdentist\u201d makes small talk with his patient during a comprehensive oral exam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GxSs9Zw4FEI?list=PLodEDKUAW9L6XvtLov91ajbUbAh1U4gOh\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for reading, and for more dental-themed TV and movie clips visit our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/Toothteller\/lights-camera-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lights-camera-action-roll-it?trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Ashowcase%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1431609627318%2Ctas%3ALights%2C+Camera%2C+Action%2C+Roll+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0pages.\u00a0\u00a0If bright lights and cameras aren\u2019t your thing, you can still work your smile on\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dentalinsurancestore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toothteller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Photo source:\u00a0<em>iamsplogy.com\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Copyright 2019, Bloom Insurance Agency, LLC\u00a9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Feb 2, and you know what that means? It means television viewers will soon be subjected to four hours of narcissistic preening, posing and posturing when Hollywood celebrates itself and lectures viewers about the latest topic du jour trending on\u00a0social media. This coming Sunday,\u00a0February 24th\u00a0marks &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[458,28,456,459,457,461,455],"class_list":["post-3668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-agent-straight-talk-insurance-blog","tag-dean-martin","tag-dean-riffs","tag-drew-carey","tag-foster-brooks","tag-shrek","tag-the-academy-awards","tag-the-dentin-awards","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9iuwk-Xa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3677,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}