Dong Dong
This celebrity goo was created by player Aaron Shurtleff.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Friday, August 31, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)
category: 
Sports
clue: By awarding a gold medal, Olympic judges showed that there's nothing they like better than a bouncing Chinese Dong.
explanation: Dong was the gold medal winner in the men's trampoline event at the 2012 Olympics. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, and Steve Dunn
trivia: While the "Carrying the Torch" theme was still underway, Aaron Shurtleff pointed out that Dong Dong would make a great goo, though he figured the theme was already planned out and it was too late. Since the Olympics theme was in fact being created one day at a time to keep current with the news, Scott re-assured Aaron with the statement, "There's still room for Mr. Dong." Ultimately, Scott decided to hold Aaron's pseudo-request for the end-of-season bonus goos like most other requests. (Besides the obvious joke based on the athlete's name, Scott also considered making a Law & Order joke.)
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