Month: September 2011

Did Al Jolson Originally Sing “Paper Planes”?


Well no, but this is what it would have sounded like if he had. Furthermore, this is not the only Jazz Singer mashup. Here’s one in which Al brings sexy back. Jazz Age Quiz, coming Sunday. National Mechanics. Music starts at 6 p.m., quiz starts at 6:30. $400 in prizes. It’s gonna be aces. And don’t worry, you won’t have to be a history professor to have fun with this quiz.

Quizzo: The Game of World Domination

International week has been quite a sensation, with upsets at our first three quizzes and nearly at our 4th. The madness continues tonight with an all new international quiz. If you know your foreign geography, international cuisine, and games of world domination, then you should probably play tonight. We start at Ugly American at 8 p.m., where Corn Dogs are a buck, Lagers are $2, and French Fries are $3. On to the Bards at 10:15, where Fries are also $3 and Lager Lights are $2. Gonna be a great night for quizzin’, and your last chance this week to get your team on the scoreboard (Scoreboard will be posted Monday).

Insanely Awesome Prizes at 1920s Quiz


Here’s the first video to get you in the mood for Sunday. This is shaping up to be a hell of an event. In addition to live music from the Blackbird Society Orchestra, we’re going to have insanely awesome prizes to give away throughout the evening. They include:

-Free night’s stay in Atlantic City

-$50 gift certificate to the Franklin Mortgage Company

-$50 gift certificate to Farmer’s Cabinet

-Free ice cream from Franklin Fountain

-Two free passes to an upcoming event at Audrey Claire’s COOK

-$50 gift certificate from City Tap House

-$50 gift certificate from National Mechanics

Action starts at National Mechanics with live music at 6 p.m., and wraps up in time before 9. After the quiz, we’ll be watching the season premiere of Boardwalk Empire on the big screen. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. It’s gonna be a lot of fun, and I’m gonna be posting 1920s fun facts and videos on the site all week. As for JGTAI, finishing in the Top 3 of this event will be worth double points.

2nd Annual JGT Autumn Invitational Starts This Week!

Hard to believe, but it’s that time again! Time to start earning points in the 2nd Annual Johnny Goodtimes Autumn Invitational. Immortality is there for the taking, as the Specific Jawns found out last month at the Summer Invite. They went from being a little known team that played occasionally at the Bards to being International Megastars. Since their win last month, they’ve been feted at numerous international hot spots, being treated like royalty in such exotic locales as Khartoum, Juarez, and even Edmonton.

Speaking of International, we kick off the Autumn Invitational with International Week. All questions this week will come from outside the United States (Unless there’s a question about the International House of Pancakes). Foreign foods, foreign stars, and foreign history will be on tap this week, starting on Tuesday night.

As for the JGTAI, it will operate the same as lthe SUmmer Invite. 8 weeks, with a wild card week at the end. Our big event will take place on Sunday, November 20th. If you’ve got any suggestions for venue and/or band, feel free to let me know and I’ll take it into consideration. I plan to have both booked in the next 2 weeks. Oh, and the first facebook challenge is posted. Get crackin’ and get your team on the scoreboard.

Previous Invitational Winners

Summer 2010–Steak Em Up

Autumn 2010–Exhausted Nihilists

Spring 2011–Steak Em Up

Summer 2011–Specific Jawns

Major Movement on the Power Rankings

An interesting week last week caused a few major shifts in our power rankings.

1. The Jams (Locust Rendezvous). They play the toughest competition on the JGT circuit, and they’ve won 3 straight weeks. A loss by the Steak puts them in the top spot. Last week: #3

2. Duane’s World (Black Sheep). An impressive 30 point win at Black Sheep, but as of late, they’ve been afraid to test their mettle against the Steak. The QCS system takes strength of schedule into account. To be the man, you gotta beat the man, and they’ve gotten a little too comfortable in the friendly confines of their home park. Last week: #2

3. Specific Jawns (The Bards). The only top flight team this past week that was willing to go toe to toe with Steak Em Up, they came from 10 down to knock them off in the 4th round. Furthermore, they won the most recent invitational. Last week: NR.

4. Steak Em Up (Bards). Cruise to an easy win at City Tap, but crash and burn at Bards on Thursday, much to my enjoyment. Last week: #1

5. L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics (Ugly American). A narrow win at UA keeps them in the Top 5, but a lot of questions remain. Will Marshall stop being lazy? What are they teaching Bob at Thunderbird U.? And does former Diabetic Gabe still exist? Last week: #5

6. Team Popesack (North Star). They’ve quickly established themselves as the team to beat at the North Star. A win tonight could launch them into the top 5. Last week: #8

7. The Misspellers (O’Neals). Trailing by 15 heading into the final round at O’Neals, they scored an amazing 55-points to score the come from behind win of the week and launch themselves onto the power rankings. Last week: NR

8. Magnus ver Magnusson (Locust Rendezvous). Drop out of the Top 3 at the Vous for the first time in months, dropping them four spots in the rankings. Last week: #4

9. Inglorious Barristers (Locust Rendezvous). An impressive showing this week at the Vous. We’ve just go to see if their hearts are in it for the long haul. Will they make a run at another Invitational invite? Last Week: NR

10. The Savage Ear (O’Neals). As much skill as any team on the circuit, but they just can’t seem to get the whole team together much lately. Chemistry obviously an issue for this squad, but they still nearly pulled off a win last week. Last week: NR

Also receiving votes: Poo Castle, IBM on Your Face, Schaub my Knob, Taking it to the Max, Million Dollar Robot Baby, Tug My McGraw, Why Can’t Us?

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