It’s all television, all the time this week. From Philo Farnsworth to Milton Berle to Mike the Situation, this week we’ll find out how much you know about one of the silver screen. Going to be a fun quiz. We kick it off tonight at North Star at 7, where hummus is half-off and Kenzingers are $3. On to Sidecar, where all bitter beers are a buck off. Action starts at 9:15 p.m. See ya tonight!
Author: Johnny Goodtimes
Right Now in Sports
We’re down to the Finals of Philly’s Most Infuriating, and remarkably, they both come from WIP. It’s Eskin vs. Cataldi to see who is most infuriating. You decide! Vote, and please spread the word!
We’ve been working on a project of Philly’s Most Underrated Athletes, and the new one should cause some controversy. The much maligned Bobby Abreu checks in at #6.
Cliff Lee pitched brilliantly on Wednesday and came away with a ND. The last Phillie to throw 10-shutout innings? Lefty, of course. And the Phils lost that one 1-0 as well.
The latest podcast for Comcast where we talk NFL schedule, the Bobby Valentine disaster in Boston, and Lee takes the Robots quiz.
In case you missed it last week, I wrote a pretty interesting piece on the history of Negro League baseball in Philadelphia for Hidden City Philly.
Here’s my latest for Philly Mag: 10 Things You Don’t Know About the Current Phillies.
Group W Wins at Bards
First Place: Group W 96
2nd Place: Probe Your Oral Cavity 85
3rd Place: Chris Brown’s Greatest Hits 81
Steak Em Up Wins at Vous
First Place: STeak Em Up 103
2nd Place: $1 of Cheese 93
3rd Place: Lindsay Lohan USO All Stars 87
Peer Reviewed Knocks Off Steak at CTH
First Place: Peer Reviewed 111
2nd Place: Steak Em Up 110
3rd Place: Cher Man Will Yams 92
Sharktoberfest Wins Thriller at O’Neals
First Place: Sharktoberfest 93
2nd Place: Apocalypse Now and Later 92
3rd Place: Bears are Scared of Jazz Hands 80
Sidecardigans Dominate at Sidecar
First Place: Sidecardigans 121
2nd Place: I May Not Be Pituitary But I can Make a (W)hormone 109
3rd Place: Prognosis Negative 93
Avenue Hustlaz Win at North Star
First Place: Avenue Hustlas 90
2nd Place: Deuce 84
3rd Place: Popesack Resurrected 78
Quizzo Tonight
Kick it off at Ugly American at 8 p.m. A very nerdy science quiz tonight. If you are a science nerd, you do NOT want to miss this quiz. Usually, when I do a science quiz, I throw in some pop culture for balance, but this time I got pretty deep into science and technology. We move to Bards at 10:15 p.m. $2 Lagers at both. Hope to see you tonight!
Fun Stuff Found While Researching Questions
Regularly, I come across funny or interesting stuff while researching my questions, and think I should share more of them on the site. Here’s a pretty good one. When John Logie Baird had succesfully created the first television, he went down to his local paper, the Daily Express, to try to drum up some publicity for his new machine. When he arrived and announced the reason for his visit, the news editor was horrified, and was heard to say, “For God’s sake, go down to reception and get rid of a lunatic who’s down there. He says he’s got a machine for seeing by wireless! Watch him, he may have a razor on him.”
Just goes to show the resistance you tend to get when you come up with a good idea.