Month: January 2007

The Week In Review

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We start on Monday, with the showing of The Shining. I thought the Wheel was going to be a disaster, since people attending a horror movie usually aren’t in the best frame of mind to laugh out loud. But the crowd dug it. The best game was probably “Snowy Labyrinth of Death,” in which a woman had to make her way out a labyrinth that consisted of three boxes before she froze to death. She did. The movie was awesome. At one point, I wandered downstairs and watched it by myself in the main ballroom for a few minutes, with an empty old bar behind me. Creepy.

Tuesday saw a blowout at O’Neals, as Dork Sided cruised to a 107-91 win over the Young the Old and the Restless. The Dorks only missed one question in the final two rounds, acing the popular “Wacky TV Neighbors Round”. (The only question they missed, “What team did the Bears beat 73-0 in the 1940 championship game?” The answer is the Redskins. Early in that game, with the Bears only up 7-0, a Redskin receiver dropped a pass in the end zone. After the game, Redskin QB Sammy Baugh was asked if that play had made a major difference in the game. He said, “Yeah, that would have made it 73-7.”)

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What Worries Me is How Your Mother Is Going to Take this

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Yo peeps, gotta do a photo shoot for the City Paper, so I’m not gonna have time right now for Week in Review. Will get to work on it asap. Thanks for your patience. In the meantime, a quick reminder: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , one of the greatest films of all time, will be playing Monday, and I will be celebrating my B-Day then, so I want you guys to show up. It’s gonna be fun.

Quizzo Bowl Tix

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If you decide to get QB3 tix this weekend, you can do so by going to the World Cafe Live website. If you and a few friends wanna go but don’t have a team of 8, that is fine. I do have tickets for the bar, where smaller teams can play. Talk to me next week. If you really wanna go (and you do), do not wait until the day of the event to buy your teams tickets! We’ve sold a little over 170 tickets so far, and I do think that it could very well sell out before the night of the show. If you need to contact me concerning Quizzo Bowl, then click here.

What’s the best city in America?

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Going to meet with a friend about other burlesque acts for Quizzo Bowl. In the meantime, I want u to be in charge of the site and let me know what is the best city in the USA. We already discussed worst city, now let’s move to best. To be honest, I think Philly is number one. If there was one I liked better, I would probably live there. We’ve got all four sports, great food, great nightlife, a little bit of attitude, and it is affordable to live here. I’m a big fan of San Fran, and I gotta admit it, I like Chicago. As far as smaller cities go, I am a big fan of Richmond, but part of that is probably sentimental (I have a lot of family there) and Portland, Maine (super friendly people, good cozy food).

Two Wheel of Terrific Regulars Make PW’s Humor Issue

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Johnny’s co-host, Chip Chantry, and WOT regular Pat House both made Philadelphia Weekly’s “10 Comedians who don’t suck” list. Congrats to both of these funny men who are both, unfortunately, bad human beings (Pat was arrested for kicking a panda at the zoo in 2004, and Chip once played a prank on a passed out roommate by injecting him with leprosy.)
Chip Chantry on MySpace.
Pat House on MySpace.

It’s my birthday, and my father says I can have anything I want. So guess what I want, Pee Wee?

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No, I don’t want a new brain, I just want you guys to hang out with me at one of the best movies ever made. I have decided that my last few birthdays have been kind of uneventful, and last years pretty much sucked, so this year I’m going all out to have the best birthday ever. And it’s gonna be a weeklong celebration. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Johnny, are you really so narcissistic that you think you deserve a full week for your birthday?” And the answer is yes. On Monday, we’re kicking things off with the movie that is one of only three to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay ever. And it also happened to be released the year I was born. And it’s gonna be a birthday party. Now don’t play me like Peter Brady, having a party to celebrate myself and none of you knuckleheads show up except for that girl I saved from the collapsing wall at Driscoll’s. For those of you who have never seen the Wheel of Terrific or been to Movie Monday, this would be a great week to check it out.