Author: Johnny Goodtimes

Simpson’s Quiz Tonight

Koob and Kristy are hosting a Simpson’s quiz tonight at Chenango in Northern Liberties. Action starts at 8 p.m. If you’re a Simpsons fan, tonight is your chance to show your stuff. And keep in mind, points will count in the JGTSI. If you’re a Simpsons fan, this will probably be the easiest quiz to win all week.

Get Your Physical Challenge Points To Earn an Invite!

Just a quick reminder that even if you haven’t scored any points yet, you still have an opportunity to play in the JGTSI/City vs. City Smackdown. But you need to get on the ball. Get a photo of you as a child posted on the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Page by Monday at Noon to get your team in the mix. Alright, it was just too damn hot to post pics and scores today, but I’ll have them up Saturday morning.

The Best 10 Words You Will Read All Day

From People magazine, January 1997. The best part is highlighted, though the whole paragraph is pretty tremendous.

Clerk Robert Waller was working the late shift at the Wal-Mart in Fredericton, N. B., when Elmo-mania hit him. Literally. It was after midnight on Dec. 14, and a crowd of about 300 had gathered to get their hands on the store’s latest shipment of Tickle Me Elmo, that vibrating, giggling, must-have toy of the holiday season. Waller, 27, was holding an Elmo when the crowd spotted him—and stampeded. “I was pulled under, trampled—the crotch was yanked out of my brand-new jeans,” says Waller, who suffered a pulled hamstring, injuries to his back, jaw and knee, a broken rib and a concussion. “I was kicked with a white Adidas before I became unconscious.”

Just think about that. It’s not bad enough you’re being run over by dozens of people. It’s not bad enough that they give you a concussion, a broken rib, and a pulled hamsting. It’s not bad enough that they “yanked” the crotch out of your jeans and left you lying there, unconscious and crotchless. But what really seemed to bother Robert was that these jeans were BRAND NEW. That’s just going over the line. I mean, if you’re going to give a guy concussion over a stuffed animal, that’s one thing, but don’t rip the crotch out of some jeans that he just bought. Now you’re just being inconsiderate.

Five Cool Things We Learned This Week

 

  • Barbie dolls were based on an “adult” gag gift in Germany known as a Bild Lilli doll. “Early fashions are noted for their particular seductive design. Originally this doll had been produced as an advertisement gag for adults.” In 1956, an American woman named Ruth Handler, whose husband was one half of the Mattel ownership team, went to Germany on vacation. She came across the Bild Lilli doll, purchased three, and gave one to her daughter, whose name was Barbie. Her daughter loved the toy, and Mattel decided to take a chance on the first adult doll for kids. Needless to say, it paid off handsomely.

All New Kids Quiz Tonight


The van’s been a-rockin all week, and let’s hope it continues tonight, where in addition to free French Fries, I’m gonna be giving away bonus JGTSI points. That’s right, if you want a chance to get your team in the mix for the JGTSI, you couldn’t pick a better night than tonight. First of all, there is no clearcut favorite at Ugly American at 8 p.m. $1 corn dogs and $3 Stoudts and Kenzingers. Could be a great chance to earn JGTSI points. On to the Bards at 10:15 p.m. $3 Lagers. A chance to knock off the legendary Steak Em Up crew and become quizzo immortals. Hope to see you tonight!