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"Hee-Haw" goes to the Orpheum?

Not exactly, but just realizing that this stereotypical-looking bunch called the Hillbilly Tenors was part of the entertainment at last night's 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards makes us want to rattle the AMPAS cage once again. Watch and learn -- other groups put on awards shows that people don't dread. Why can't you?

This award show has been dubbed the "Oscars for the short-attention-span crowd." Or maybe it's for those who realize the trailers are sometimes way better than the movies. Judges this year included cult hero Joss Whedon, skater dude and bazillionaire entrepreneur Tony Hawk, a still-hunting-for-Osama Morgan Spurlock and some folks with enough time on their hands to join the committee online.

As for the honorees themselves, "The Dark Knight" (best action) and "Tropic Thunder" (best comedy) were among the few films to win before ever having been released. That could bode well, or not. Having a spiffy trailer didn't do much for "Vantage Point" (best thriller).

"Atonement" won for best romance and Oscar hoarder "No Country for Old Men" for best drama, but the real horse race was for "trashiest trailer" and we're reeling that "Zombie Strippers" didn't win. Oh, come on! Other winners included the conversation starter (love it or hate it?) campaign for Universal's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" that put up wild postings of the "My mom always hated you" variety. In retrospect, those probably boosted a fairly middle-of-the-road movie to a higher boxoffice than it would've had with Jason Segel bawling his eyes out-style one-sheets.

See more winners here.