Month: November 2007

Review of Spaceballs

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You guys really blew it on this one. Terrible choice. I’m sorry, but I saw every single joke in this movie coming from a mile away. I may have laughed three or four times, but there was never a part of the movie that I can say I thoroughly enjoyed. Darth Helmet was the only moderately funny character. I love John Candy, and my disappointment in what a terrible character he played cannot be overstated. I’m sure I would have liked this movie when I was 12, and I have a feeling that that’s why you guys like it so much, but trust me, this one doesn’t hold up. Or perhaps if I had done some deadly marijuana and then watched it at the deadliest time of the day it would have been funnier. However, that would have also led down a road to death and despair. I suspect this is the worst movie I will see in the Classic Movie Experiment. D-

PREVIOUSLY: JGT reviews North By Northwest.
PREVIOUSLY: JGT reviews Dr. Strangelove.

Goodtimes Changes Endorsement, Going WIth Huckabee

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In a startling announcement today, Philadelphia quizmaster Johnny Goodtimes changed his endorsement from Ron Paul to Mike Huckabee. Why? Simple. Johnny’s boyhood idol has come out in support of Huckabee, and Johnny is now doing the same. “I understand why Mike Huckabee is being endorsed by Ric Flair. Mike reminds Flair of a young Tully Blanchard,” says Goodtimes. “Mike Huckabee is now the man to beat. And to be the man, you gotta beat the man. WOOOOOOOOOOO!”

RELATED: See how you do in the Rasslin Round.

P.S. The first comment under this story states: “YO SERIOUSLY CNN – YOU’RE STARTING TO PISS ME OFF. RON PAUL HAS A FEW WRESTLERS HIMSELF THAT SUPPORT HIM – WHY NOT COVER THAT? HE HAS BOTH KANE AND VAL VENIS. JUSTICE PLEASE.”
These people are insane.

Around the Horn, brought to you by the Birthday Boy

  • Happy Birthday, Big Love!
  • The now infamous Tim Furlong 4:20 story from last week has ripped to pieces by about every blogger in the area, and with good reason: it’s William Randolph Hearst style scare tactics just in time for sweeps week were a shameless attempt to scare parents into watching their newscast. Then the sheer nievete of the piece took it from ridiculous to sublime. Long story short, Philebrity just did an interview with Furlong. He seems kind of embarrassed by the whole thing.
  • Speaking of William Randolph Hearst, did he shoot some dude for hooking up with his girl on this date in 1924, then cover it up? This is a great conspiracy. Check it out.
  • I don’t think that those “Wawa is leaving downtown Philly to concentrate on the suburbs” rumors that recently left me in a corner crying myself to sleep are true. I called Wawa this morning, and the receptionist said she hadn’t heard anything about it. Then she tried to transfer me to someone else, but accidentally hung up on me. I didn’t call back. I just didn’t have the energy.

Chip Chantry presents some new Ron Paul fun facts

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  • Ron Paul wants to end the war on drugs. His first step will to hang a “Mission Accomplished” banner over 125th Street in New York City.
  • Ron Paul plays a weekly squash game with Ving Rhames.
  • Ron Paul is commited to border security. He plans to build a 20-foot wall along the Mexican border AND one along the Mason Dixon line.
  • Ron Paul went to a year of nursing school in Utica, New York, where he was roomates with radio DJ Rick Dees.
  • Ron Paul likes the cut of your jib, sailor.

PREVIOUSLY: Chip Unveils 5 Ron Paul Fun Facts.

Damnit

Well, not exactly the way I wanted to start Monday morning. I can’t find the stupid thing that puts the pictures into the computer, so I dunno when I can get the photos of last weeks winners up. Hopefully later today.