The 8th Annual (1998) Grabby Award Winners Award Show, May 29, 1999 Chicago, Illinois From Gay Chicago Magazine's "Behind Closed Doors"

BEST VIDEO: Romance - MAN WATCHER, Kristen Bjorn - Sarava Productions BEST VIDEO: All Sex -  LINK 2 LINK, Chi Chi LaRue - All Worlds Video BEST VIDEO: Fantasy -  HOMOGENIZED, Michael Zen - All Worlds Video BEST DIRECTOR (Tie) CHI CHI LaRUE KRISTEN BJORN BEST SCREENPLAY (Tie) A LESSON LEARNED:Mike Donner - All Worlds Video RYKER'S REVENGE: Jim Steel- Men of Odyssey BEST ACTOR: Dramatic - BLUE BLAKE, Men in Blue- New Age Pictures BEST ACTOR: Action Hero - STEVE RAMBO, Catalinaville - Catalina Video BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: ROD BARRY, A Lesson Learned - All Worlds BEST NEWCOMER: JARED WRIGHT BEST PERFORMER  (Tie) COLE TUCKER WILL CLARK BEST DUO SEX SCENE:  (Tie) KEN RYKER & STEVE HARPER, Ryker's Revenge - Jim Steel, Men of Odyssey ROBBY TAYLOR & MILES ANDREWS, Even Steven - Toby Ross, Videospoon/ Video 10 BEST GROUP SCENE: LINK 2 LINK Final Orgy - Chi Chi LaRue - All Worlds BEST NON-SEX PERFORMANCE: TOM WALKER, Catalinaville - Catalina Video BEST ETHNIC PERFORMER: J.C. CARTER BEST HOT (Cum) SHOTS: VINCENT DiMARCO BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO: IMPROMPTUS, All Worlds International/Czech Mate BEST ETHNIC VIDEO: BLACK BALLED 2, Chi Chi LaRue - All Worlds Video BEST LEATHER VIDEO: FALLEN ANGEL 2, Bruce Cam & Robert Kirsh - Titan Media BEST FETISH VIDEO: BATTER UP, Steven Scarborough, Plain Wrapped/Hot House BEST ART DIRECTION  (Tie) HOMOGENIZED, Michael Zen - All Worlds Video TIME COPS, Chip Daniels - Centaur Films BEST CINEMATOGRAPH: ROBERT KIRSH & BRUCE CAM, Titan Media

	Following the awards was a special ledgends "Wall of Fame" sign-in. Of course Chi Chi LaRue and Ken Ryker topped the list of those signing in.
	THE GRABBY WALL OF FAME Bob East - Oddysey Man Video biz whiz Chi Chi LaRue - Legendary DirectriXXX Toby Ross - Legendary Director Ken Ryker - Supersized Superstar Mickey Skee - XXX Writer, Editor, Phillantropist Jim Steel - Legendary Director Big Daddy Ferguson - Magazine Founder, Grabby Creator

For a pictorial report of the 8th Annual Grabby Awards show click here: THE 1999 GRABBY AWARDS SHOW What videos were involved in the selection process? You will find most of them on a recap of The Best Videos of 1998 as published in issue #1.

Trophy Studs, Robby Taylor & Peter Dixon "congratulate" J.C. Carter, Best Ethnic Performer of the Year, durning the 1999 awards show.

The 8th Annual 1999 Grabby Awards Show The first live award show was proclaimed a "smash success" by the industry and fans alike. For some of the reports with plenty of pictures see the following pages: Grabby Show Pictorial Page One Hank Ferguson's Report Big Daddy's Personal Notes Thru A Virgin's Eyes

To see the results of other awards show winners of 1998 see these reports: The Gay Erotic Video Awards (GEVAs) and the Adult Video News' GayVNs

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