Monthly Archives: October 2005

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, for the 3rd straight year, Johnny will be hosting the Halloween Spooktacular at all quizzoes this week. Candy, scary music, and horrifying questions about halloween traditions, murders, and mayhem will all be found in abundance. To get you in the mood, here’s some info on the greatest horror writer ever, Edgar Allan Poe, and here are some of his stories.

Why, yesterday was the anniversary! It was the worst accident I ever seen. And when they finally pulled the body from the heaping burning wreck it looked like…this!

Come on, peeps! I’m still waiting for your worst Rocky idea entries. Also, let me know what kind of wild card rounds you’d like to see in the future.

Johnny will be gone again tonight, as he heads to Virginia for the 2nd time in 6 days, this time to see one of his good buddies get married. Now, now. There, there, Thursday night players. Don’t take this personally. You know I love you more than I love my Tuesday and Wednesday night players (don’t tell them that, ‘k?). Seperation makes the heart grow fonder. And next week I will have special treats for you guys, just to show you how much I care. Plus this gives you an opportunity to meet Trivia Art, Johnny’s primary consultant and the man behind the website. And Triva Art will be giving away tix to Sun Volt and the Yonder Mountain String Band, both of whom will be playing this weekend at the Troc, as well as CDs of a great local funk band, the Blue Method.

As many of you know, my sister, “Big E” Goodtimes, got married over the weekend. It was, like, the most incredible wedding ever. I got in on Friday night, and there was a party next door to my dad’s house, so we were able to get as housed as we wanted and only have to walk down the dirt lane (my dad lives at the end of a mile long dirt road).

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I’ve got two tix left to go see Adrift in Macao (valued at $86). Here’s the deal. After the enormous success of Rocky VI, famed Hollywood producer Johnny Goodtimes has decided to film Rocky VII, under this stipulation: it has to be the worst idea for a Rocky movie yet. Even worse than the idea for the current Rocky film. So in comments below, you tell me what your Rocky film will be about. What happens to Adrian, what happens to Uncle Paulie, what’s the name of the bad guy, will the Soviets be involved, etc.? Just a one paragraph synopsis of the Rocky film you want me to produce, best one gets the prize.

I’ve had several people approach me with ideas for 50-50 and wild card rounds. If you have any bright ideas for a 50-50 or a wild card round, just fill out the comment box below.

Something about this weather has me feeling loungey. Think I’ll be playing some lounge jams tonight at quizzo. If anyone has any tunes they’d like to hear, just post them below or shoot me a request. Stay kool-Goodtimes

Do you ever flip to a tv station and realize that you have to be, literally, the only person in America watching what you are watching? That happened today, as I flipped to ESPN Classic and saw that they were showing a bowling match from 1985 between Steve Martin (no, not that one) and Gary Skidmore. Skidmore is quite the family man, and is a Pittsburg Steelers fan. He leads Martin by 11 pins after 4 frames. I’ll keep you updated.
UPDATE: Skidmore held off a pesky Martin and took home the huge trophy (you should have seen this thing!), 256-253. Then his wife Sherry came down from the stands wearing the most hideous pastel dress you have ever seen and gave his moustached lips a big ol’ smacker.

Tobe Hooper directed this film classic, which debuted on October 18, 1974.

The “bad guy” in the upcoming Rocky movie will be named Mason “The Line” Dixon. Apollo Creed? Great name. Clubber Lang? Not bad. Mason “The Line” Dixon? Huh? Was the name International “The Date” Line already taken? If they were looking for names of events of the 1750′s, did they consider the name Frenchie “And Indian” Warr? Did Stallone want to pay tribute to his favorite 18th century surveyors? If you want to learn more about the Mason-Dixon line, click here. Actually, don’t. Let’s not kid ourselves. Nobody cares about the Mason Dixon Line. Also, it’s believed that producers are negotiating with boxer Antonio Tarver to play Dixon. If there’s one thing that we learned from Rocky V, it’s that boxers automatically make great actors. Tommy Morrison’s acclaimed film career (2 Oscars, multiple leading man roles) got it’s start in Rocky V.

Moustache Rides: The Erotic Journey of Joseph Stalin was voted worst possible musical title, and Eric will be receiving tickets to go see the latest Philadelphia Theatre Company play, Adrift in Macao. Congratulations, Eric!

Whoever has the most votes when I wake up tommorrow morning will win the “Worst Musical Name Contest.”

Hey, I’m heading home this weekend for my sister’s wedding, so I might get a little backed up on stories and pics, etc. I’ll be back on Sunday night, and will get everything caught up then. Wanna say thanks to everybody who came out to see Super Diamond last night, I hope you had fun. I hope everybody has a great weekend, and I look forward to seeing you next week! Take it lite-JGT.