I will be hosting a Simpson’s quizzo at the Franklin Institute on friday night. There is a presentation by John Dilworth, creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog. That is from 8-10 and costs $8. Quizzo starts at 10 in the planetarium and is free. While the questions will be Simpson based, there will be a few wrinkles thrown in to keep Simpsons freaks honest. And yes, they will be serving booze.
Author: aetchells
Newsflash! Somebody else signed the Petition!
In a a startling announcement made earlier today, it was discovered that another human being besides Johnny Goodtimes had signed the “Preserve Pluto’s Planethood” petition! “Wow, this thing is really starting to take off,” saidan exasperated Goodtimes. “With this ‘can-do’ spirit, I think we should have Pluto relisted as a planet in no time.” Critics, who had charged that this was, without question, “the least succesful petition in the history of mankind”, are currently eating their words.
Half a Game!
The Phils moved to within half a game of the Padres last night with a convincing win over the Nationals. The Reds have lost five straight and are tied with us at a half game back. Keep in mind, all three of these teams (including us) would be about 20 to 30 games under .500 if we played in the American League. These are all really bad teams. But that doesn’t matter, and shouldn’t stop us from cheering the Phils to go to the playoffs, where anything could happen (at least until the Series, where we would get swept by any team we played.) Of course, if we defeat the Padres by a game in the wild card race, I will be expecting a letter of thanks from the team, since I single-handedly costed the Padres a game in July.
And congrats to Ryan Howard, who tied Schmidt’s team home run record last night. It’s too bad steroids made the MLB home run record, once the most cherished record in sports, absolutely meaningless. Otherwise, we in Philly would be getting excited about the small but possible chance of Howard gunning for 61. God, I hope Bonds gets hit by a bus before he breaks Aaron’s career record. I really do.
Related: When will Philly fans chase away Utley and Howard?
The Wheel of Terrific
There are a lot of people asking me, “Johnny, what exactly is the Wheel of Terrific?” The only answer is, “You have to see it for yourself.” There is no way to explain it, other than that it is excellent. The crowd on Monday was a little apprehensive about the wheel at first, and for a second I though we were gonna lose them. But there is one thing that happens once in every Wheel of Terrific, something so horrifying, so unexpected, that it won the crowd over, and we ended up having a great show. Of course, there will be no Movie Monday this week (Labor Day), but we will be back in action on the 11th with Office Space-and the wheel.
Y’all Thought a Moustache Would Hurt My Game?
Puh-leeeeeeze.
Finally!
Yeah, we had a bit of a server meltdown today, but it looks like the battlestation has been repaired and we back in business. Yee-haw. To be honest, I’ve just been sitting here all day, trying to deal with my laryngitis! Seriously. I would anticipate a lot of audio and pictures tonight, if I were you.
What movies do you want to see?
I want you guys to list below what movies you would like to see on Movie Mondays at the Trocadero. Write down up to three movies. Now, I don’t want your three favorite movies necessarily. Yeah, I love Braveheart, but it’s a little too long for the big screen. I want the three movies that you think would be the most fun to watch at the theatre with a group of people. And feel free to back up what someone else posts, so I know which ones are the most popular. Any movie, any genre, any era is fine.
Silent Hill, Wheel of Terrific Tonight!
Chip Chantry and I will be hosting the thrilling new game show that is taking America by storm, the Wheel of Terrific. Seriously, you owe it to yourself to see and possibly even partcipate in this game. Then, the movie playing is the horror film Silent Hill. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. at the Trocadero (1008 Arch Street).
Question of the Week
What astronomer is credited with discovering Pluto in 1930?
Let’s Put Pluto Back Where It Belongs!
As you might imagine, I am simply outraged by Pluto getting the shaft by so-called scientists. Well, I am not going to take this egregious act lying down, or even laying down. Whatever. I started a petition that we hope to send to the evil liars who perpetrated this fraud! I need your help to make Pluto a planet again! Also, check out the new poll on the right side of the page.
SIGN THE PETITION!!!