A billionaire, a TV producer, a comedian, and the Pope walk into a bracket. Only two come out. That sounds like the start of a bad joke, but is also describes our Final Four: the world’s second richest man Warren Buffett, comedic genius Tina Fey, the beloved (and reviled) Jon Stewart, and his holiness Pope Francis. The Elite 8 saw some blowouts, but also a nail biter and our first tie. Now it’s up to you to decide who the champions will be.
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Warren Buffett vs. Tina Fey
Apparently voters couldn’t decide which billionaire they preferred—Buffett and Bill Gates split the vote 50/50. That being the case, we decided to give the round to Buffett, based on his decisive Sweet Sixteen victory over Lucious Lyon with 89 percent of the vote. (Gates squeaked by Elon Musk with 52 percent of the vote.) Disgruntled Gates fans have only themselves to blame, and should feel free to vote for Tina Fey to avenge him. Of course, Fey’s appeal extends beyond not being an obscenely wealthy investment wizard. Throughout this bracket she’s bested purveyor of bro-comedies Judd Aptow, philanthropist and (according to several magazines) world’s most beautiful woman Angelina Jolie and the best part of “How I Met Your Mother,” Neil Patrick Harris.
Jon Stewart vs. Pope Francis
We have to hand it to Francis—Pope Benedict wouldn’t have made it this far. Even Jon Stewart is a fan. Last year he devoted a “Daily Show” segment to how great Francis is and joked that he’d been swayed to convert to Catholicism after Francis accidentally dropped an F-bomb in Italian. When is the last time you heard a presidential candidate say that he loves one of his rivals? Stewart beat out his faux-conservative friend Steven Colbert, Fox News star Megyn Kelly, media mogul Arianna Huffington, and full-time beautiful person and soccer player David Beckham. But if Jon ever comes across this humble little bracket, even he’d probably be a little bummed to see he beat the Pope.