Nate Wiley and the Crowd Pleasers are back, and will be filling the World Cafe Live with their sweet jazz and blues sounds during Quizzo Bowl 2. “They were a huge hit the first time around, and when I did a poll on the website asking if people wanted them back for Quizzo Bowl 2, over 90% of respondants said yes. So this was a no brainer.” Johnny added that he has also added an act for halftime that he will be revealing later. Tickets for Quizzo Bowl 2 are available by either clicking here or by attending one of JGT’s quizzoes this week, where he will be selling them for only $10 a pop.
RELATED: City Paper article about Nate WIley and the Crowd Pleasers.
Month: January 2006
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
I saw that only 14% of white americans plan to observe Martin Luther King’s holiday. Well, that’s unfortunate, though let’s be honest, it’s not like we sit around and think about George Washington all day on presidents day. I think it has more to do with us as Americans being so focused on the future that we tend to think that thinking about the past is a waste of valuable time. But I do suggest you take just a few minutes today to reflect on a man who was as flawed as the rest of us, but who was willing to risk and ultimately sacrifice his life for a beautiful ideal. And I dare you to listen to the “I have a Dream speech” and not tear up a little bit.
Related: Video of his famous speeches.
Transcript of his “I Have a Dream Speech”
Learn more about Martin Luther King
Some great Martin Luther King quotes. Check these out. There are some really great ones.
Whoops!
By now, everybody knows that Colt cornerback Nick Harper was stabbed in his knee by his wife. According to her, it was an accident. Now I have been in arguments with signifigant others. Plenty of them. And I don’t ever remember one time where, during the course of the argument, somebody might have been accidentally stabbed in the knee. But apparently I’m the only one: “What makes this different is who this person is,” the sheriff, quoted by the Star, said. “These things happen every day.” People are accidentally stabbed in the knee every day???? Where are the anti-knife coalitions? Where is the outrage?
Speaking of outrage, the referee overturn of Poliamalu’s interception in the fourth quarter of the Colts game was an absolute joke. In fact, it was such a bad call, it made those of us who have been around gamblers at least a little bit suspicious. It also made the Steeler’s Joey Porter suspicious, as he said that the refs cheated the Steelers. And he’s absolutely right. And this play came only a few plays after the refs called, for the first time in NFL history, a “do over”. They couldn’t figure out which team had jumped offsides, so they literally just pretended like it never happened. It was amazing.
Final Thoughts
I’m heading out to go see the McCarthy movie, but here are a few final things. First of all tickets are selling exceptionally well. In the first three days, over 60 tix were sold, and numerous teams are putting their teamas together and still plan to buy, so I think we’ll have a great crowd. And yes, things will move more swiftly than in Quizzo Bowl One. I am still in negotiations with a few different acts for a halftime show. That includes the infamous Killdozer, Jr., who sent me this unprovoked e-mail a few days ago.
Dear Johnny Goodtimes,
I graciously accept your offer to perform at Quizzo
Bowl II.
You probably will not regret this decision.
Thank you.
Killdozer Jr. (Acoustic)
Finally, we need a good slang term for Benjamin Franklin in the Urban Slang Dictionary. The ones they have so far are kind of weak. See what you can do.
Who could divorce this?
The whole mess started when she told him not to do that pay per view concert. Now she wants a divorce.
This from the AP report on the Hasselhoff split: He also starred in the 1980s TV series “Knight Rider,” in which his character, Michael Knight, teamed with a talking Pontiac Trans Am sports car to fight crime.
That sentence, taken on it’s own, makes the premise of the show sound ridiculous. But those of us who were seven years old when the coolest thing our brains could have possibly conceived was a “crime fighting talking car” realize that nothing could be further from the truth. That show ruled.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: So does this Hasslehoff-KITT video. You are going to love it. Trust me.
RELATED: Did David Hasselhoff end the Cold War and single handedly reunite East and West Germany? He thinks so.
Happy Birthday Mad Monk!
OK, so I’m two days late on this, but nobody is really sure when he was born anyway, so who cares. Regardless, I am a huge Rasputin fan. His story is so unbelievable that it’s hard to believe it’s true. This filthy peasant religious man supposedly helps the young prince’s hemophilia, so the royal couple keeps him around the Royal Palace. They can’t let out why he’s there, because they don’t want the prince to be perceived as weak. So the citizens of Russia are like, “Why in the hell is there some bum chilling at the Royal Palace?” Not only is he a bum, but he’s banging all the upper class babes in town, raising the ire of the upper class. It is said that his eyes transfix women, but if this display at a St. Petersburg shows us anything, it’s that it was his monster hog that drove the babes wild (Warning, if anyone at work sees you looking at that link, there are going to be a lot of questions asked). He was also a wild partier, getting wasted, acting inappropriate in public, and picking up hookers. He was unquestionably a black eye on the Royal Family, and with the Czars approval rating hovering even lower than Bush’s, a member of his family decided to act. The cross dressing Prince Felix Yussopov tried to kill Rasputin, but this proved exceedingly difficult. Or did it? New evidence shows that Rasputin wasn’t as hard to kill as previously believed, and that he was actually killed by the British, who were scared that Rasputin would convince the Tsar to pull out of WW One, gravely hurting their cause.
Related: Original press release concerning Rasputin’s death.
Below: Grigs kicks it with some honeys.
yo peeps
Didn’t get anything done on the site today because I was out thrift store shopping. Let’s just put it this way: last place just got even better.
QUIZZO BOWL 2
Here is where we currently stand, just so everyone is aware. Quizzo Bowl 2 will be taking place at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street) on Sunday, January 29th. The doors open at 6, the opening act will go on at 6:30, and the quizzo will begin at 7:00 p.m. We aim to have the show completed by 9:45 p.m., though we ain’t making no guarantees. The show we had last January was a blast, the one we had in August was even better, and I expect this to be even better than that. The legendary Nate Wiley and the Crowd Pleasers will be providing between round entertainment. If you have not seen these guys, you simply have to go to Quizzo Bowl 2. I am still in talks with various entities regarding the halftime show. I will make you aware as soon as I ink a deal. There is almost no chance that Johnny will be performing a rap at this event. His rap days are done.
Tickets are $10 if you buy them from Johnny, who has them on him at quizzo, or $13 if you buy them online. That is because there is a processing fee for online purchases. I am selling seats on the first two rows, so if you wanna front row seat, buy your tix soon. They have already started selling. The prizes for first and second are the same as last year. $300 for first, $150 for 2nd. The reason I didn’t raise ticket prices and offer a bigger cash bonus? I was scared that a price raise would scare off the heart and soul of this operation, which consists of people who are in it more for the fun than the glory. I want those people to have an affordable evening of good music, good food, and of course Goodtimes. And yes, I think that $300 cash (and untold glory) still makes it worthwhile for those teams who have a legitimate shot at winning. In addition, there are going to be a bunch of other prizes offered throughout the evening. I really think that this is going to be an unforgettable event, and I look forward to seeing you all there! If you have any questions at all about Quizzo Bowl, feel free to leave them in the comments section below or send me an email.
Only in Philly
This from Dan Gross’s column today:
Trattoria Prima Donna (1508 Spruce) was star-studded Monday night when dining at separate tables were former Eagles wideout Freddie Mitchell, “Rocky Balboa” actor Burt Young, and Jerry Blavat.
You know you’re in Philly when a “star studded evening” consists of a crappy former wide receiver who probably couldn’t land a job with the Soul, “Uncle Paulie”, and the Geator with the Heater (no offense to the Geator, of course). I guess Gervase couldn’t make it. God, I love this town.
Ben Franklin: Unplugged
The play I am giving tickets away to is called Ben Franklin: Unplugged, and it is currently showing at 1714 Delancey Street in the Plays and Players Theatre. It is a one man show, written and performed by Josh Kornbluth. Here’s the Washington Post’s review of the play. It looks pretty good.