Month: November 2012

Those Steak Em Up Guys and I Are in A Documentary. About Quizzo. Seriously.


A few years ago, some of you old schoolers might remember, we had video cameras following us each week at the Bards for a while. The result was this…believe it or not…a full length film about quizzo. And after watching it, I’ll think you’ll agree, Garbo is well on his way to Hollywood superstardom. Actually, this is a very fun film. I think you’ll dig it. If you do, please feel free to share it on facebook and twitter.

Big Money Tuesday, With a Bounty

We kick off Big Money Tuesday with a bounty at O’Neals. Bounty is now up to $30 to knock off Mysterious Mr. Mapother, meaning that If you knock them off and win it’s an $80 prize. Boom! $3.50 margaritas and Mexican beers.

On to the City Tap House at  10:15 p.m. Can specials and great pizza with kitchen open late. And $100 gift cert for the winners. See ya tonight!

Bards on Wednesday This Week

With Thanksgiving coming Thursday (in case you hadn’t heard),we’re mixing up the schedule just a bit this week. Simply moving Bards up a day (Wednesday at 10:15 p.m.) Ugly American is cancelled for the week.

Only one quiz this week. I’d expect at least one round with a Thanksgiving theme. We start it off tonight at the North Star at 7 p.m. Gonna have plenty of giveaways and half off mussels and hummus as usual. ON to the Sidecar at 9:15 p.m., where we’ve been rocking lately. Hope to see ya tonight!

Steak Em Up (Plus Jams) Take Title at City Tap

Steak Em Up, aided by Jam Master Phil, were able to knock off the competition at a packed City Tap House on Sunday night. It had all the elements of a spirited competition, with controversy, great music, and awful rap renditions of some of the greatest songs in music history. At the end of the day, Steak Em Up got the win, though you have to wonder if they could have done it without adding probably the best player on the Invitational’s 2nd winningest team during the JGTAI, the Jams.  Their attempts to create a “Supergroup” (like Asia, above) was met with resistance from the JGT corporate offices, but in the end resistance proved futile (Though Duane’s World gave them quite a run.) My only hope is that by adding JMP (not a regular member of their team) to their invitational team, they did not tarnish their proud legacy. I would just hate that. That would just be awful.

The between round bluegrass band Sour Mash was phenomenal, and I’m fairly certain the music round was the worst best music round in quizzo history. City Tap House regulars Better Than Danny’s Team and Underground Bard made names for themselves last night with impressive third place finish. And finally, we were able to raise $150 for the New Jersey Red Cross and give out over $600 worth of prizes. Here are all of the team scores from last night.

  1. Steak Em Up 149
  2. Duane’s World 141
  3. Better Than Danny’s Team 127
  4. Underground Bard 124
  5. 407 Primrose Yellow Jackets 122
  6. The Sidecardigans 117
  7. Zombea Arthur 116
  8. Look Up Look Down 115
  9. Hooter and Chuff 114
  10. Ukraine in the Membrane 104
  11. SHarktoberfest 104
  12. Mysterious Mr. Mapother 101
  13. I Drink Your Milkshake 99
  14. Interim Team Name 96
  15. Happy Birthday to the Ground 83
  16. Marie Antoinette’s Undergarments 76

JGTAI FAQ LOL OMG

Ok, peeps, so the big event is tomorrow, and here’s all you need to know.

WHO: Teams who earned an invite, and teams like Look Up Look Down who snuck in by the skin of their teeth on wild card week.

WHAT: The 3rd Annual Autumn Invitational. (I think it’s the third one. I’m too lazy to look it up.)

WHEN: Sunday, November 18th at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: City Tap House, 3925 Walnut Street.

WHY: Why not?

COST: $10 a pop.

PRIZES: Over $500 worth of cash and prizes to be given away. Yeah buddy.

MUSIC: Music will be provided by Sour Mash, a bitchin’ local bluegrass band.

WHAT ELSE: Nothing else. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a line at johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com.

UPDATE: A few quick notes I forgot to include yesterday. First of all, Denver dropped the ball because they are slackers, so the city vs. city angle is being pushed back to December. We’re gonna do it on December 9th at Trestle Inn. Also, I forgot to remind you that we are going to be raising money for the New Jersey Red Cross with a 50/50 raffle, so bring a few bucks extra for that.