Monthly Archives: December 2006

Holy Wow! AI to the Nugs

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Johnny’s high school nemesis AI is going to the Nuggets for Andre Miller (honestly one of the most underrated players in the game), a couple of draft picks, and Joe Smith who, I SWEAR TO GOD I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP, I played against in high school. I am absolutely totally telling the truth. The Sixers, apparenty worried that JGT would head to Denver, made sure to include one of his boys from his eastern Virginia days in the trade, and keep him from getting homesick. “That they would do this for little old me really shows what a commitment this organization has to its fans,” said a relieved ‘Times, who has not yet packed his bags to be with his homie in Denver.

In all honesty, Joe Smith was not really that good in high school (I played him once), he was just really tall and blocked everything that came near the rim. It was pretty shocking that he did so well at Maryland. Of course, in the pros, he is best known for being one of the players involved in every single trade that has occurred in the last 10 years. He has played for every team in the NBA at least once, including the Chicago Zephyrs and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.
RELATED: AI to the Nugs.
RELATED: Sweet AI video I posted a couple of days ago. If you haven’t checked it out, do so.
AND FINALLY: Yeah, you knew I was busting this one back out: JGT vs Bubbachuck in high school.

Foobooz Tuesdays

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Renowned food and booze blogger Trivia Art (who rumor has it will be receiving a pretty sweet award manana) presents us with his tips to ensure a great New Year’s Eve. My advice? Give up. New Year’s Eve always sucks, except for that one where I kissed one of my sister’s hot friends right at midnight. That one was fun. Other than that they’ve all sucked. But Trivia Art is more of an optimist than I. Here’s his advice:

It first rears its head a little after Thanksgiving. Then you hear it again when you get together with friends in mid-December. By the week before Christmas it has become the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge. “What are you doing for New Years?” Uggh! How has such a simple excuse to party it up and get drunk become such a production. What are you to do?

Foobooz helps you navigate the trials and tribulations of the biggest night out of the year.

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Malia presents: Around the horn

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-Glenn is rocking Christmas like a Hurricane. The Jewish forecaster refuses to promote the Christian holiday on the air. Speaking of Jews and the Christmas holiday, if you missed the Wheel of Terrific last night, you missed Hanukkah Dwayne and you also missed bartender Marianne dressed in her Mrs. Claus outfit. Both were spectacular.

-What if Office Space was a thriller?

-Britney gets dragged out of her car and beaten by the fashion police.

-Oh please God no.

The 4th annual holiday spectacular

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JGT will be hosting the 4th annual holiday spectacular this week at all quizzoes. It will be the same questions throughout, so I am asking that all teams just play once this week. So brush up on your Christmas movies,find out what a chanukkiyah is, and come on out and party!

Quizzo For the Cause

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Hey gang, the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness was overjoyed with the $307 we raised for them a couple of months ago, and in the spirit of the season, we’re gonna raise some cash for charity again this week. We’ll be giving to a charity we gave to last year at about this time, the Utility Emergency Services Fund. It’s a charity that helps low income families pay their utility bills, which is of course vital in the winter. I am asking each person who plays this week to donate at least $1 to this worthy cause. Also, I would like to remind male quizzo players that I have many of your New Years Resolutions already taken care of. I’ll talk to some of you this week about what you will be doing next year to help make Philadelphia a better city. More details to follow in the near future.

Question of the Week

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What was the name of the Grinch’s dog? (Do not answer below)

The Embrassments win

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In what Christmas classic will you find Drew Barrymore’s Grand Uncle?

Reefer Madness

And you people thought the the War on Drugs was a complete failure. You couldn’t be more wrong.

How Sweet it is!

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Yo, I love McNabb and all, but how fun is it to see a quarterback play with some emotion? Especially when he plays like Jeff Garcia. If this guy was about 7 years younger, we would have a full fledged QB controversy on our hands next year. (Oh, and if one person chants “We Want AJ” at the Falcons game, you are allowed to shoot them with a flare gun). And doesn’t Garcia look kind of like an elf, something that should bode well for us on Christmas Day? Garcia vs. TO. This is gonna be awesome.
Related: Eagles kick Giants asses. Sweet!

The Grinch cartoon tonight at the Troc

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Yeah, we’re going to have a very special Holiday edition of the Wheel of Terrific tonight, followed by a showing of the Grinch cartoon on the big screen! After that they will also be showing Home Alone. The Wheel kicks off at 1003 Arch at 7:30 p.m., and then you’ll get to see the Grinch like you’ve never seen him before!

The Week that Was

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We got the party started on Monday with Beerfest and I can honestly say that we had a blast. The Wheel of Terrific included beer bonging, a schwag beer taste test, and a very special appearance by Lindsay Lohan. It may have been the highest energy crowd we’ve ever had for the WOT, and it was awesome. The movie was actually a lot better than I thought it would be as well. Then, after the movie Ginger and I engaged some worthy opponents in a hard fought game of beer pong.

Continue reading to see the winners this week, the toughest questions of the week, and whether or not your team makes the bold print.

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Killing the camel

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Here is the opening paragraph of a story out of Turkey: A crew of mechanics at Istanbul’s airport were so glad to be rid of some trouble-prone British-made airplanes that they sacrificed a camel on the tarmac in celebration — prompting the firing Wednesday of their supervisor.

Isn’t it a miracle that every plane flying out of Istanbul hasn’t come crashing down to earth moments after take-off, when you consider that these Neanderthals who SACRIFICED A LIVE CAMEL ON THE TARMAC were the mechanics! Also, keep in mind that this is Istanbul, the metropolitan hub of the country. Can you imagine what they are sacrificing in the small villages? Gypsies? Finally, I can just can just imagine a sweet old American couple who have taken their first big overseas trip in a while sitting in the airplane as it coasts toward the tarmac, having just arrived in Istanbul.

Woman: Hey sweetie, my eyes are bad. Can you tell me what those gentlemen are doing over there?
Man: Hmmm, it’s hard to tell. Let me just get my binoculars. OK, let’s see…JESUS F****** C*****!!! These maniacs are sacrificing a live f****** camel! I told you we should have gone to Paris!”
Turkish officials fire airport chief mechanic over camel sacrifice.
AND SINCE WE’RE TALKIN’ ‘BOUT CAMELS Scouting out Camel Toads at the pool, the funniest letter to an advice columnist ever sent (sfw).

Tribute to AI


AI is like that girl that you wanna hate, that it makes total sense to hate, and all your friends think you should hate, but there is something about them that you just can’t help but love. Damn, we gonna miss you, Bubbachuck. (Lots of spine tinglers in this video. Sort of safe for work, but 2Pac drops a couple of cuss words in the songs, so be cautious.)

Santa Presents Around the Horn

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-David Duke takes on Wolf Blitzer on CNN. At one point, David Duke actually says, “You can’t handle the truth.” In other news, David Duke apparently has a very firm grip on the truth.

-TO says, “Stop Snitchin’!”

-Santa News! First, a man curses out Santa at Plymouth Meeting mall. Second, the Running of the Santas is taking place this Saturday. Yeah, you heard me. The Running of the Freaking Santas. Damn, I love this city.

-Thursday With Ginger coming this afternoon.