Author: Johnny Goodtimes

Quizzo Tonight (And a few notes on Saturday)

We kick it off at the Locust Rendezvous at 6:15 p.m., then move to the Black Sheep at 8 p.m. $2 McSorleys Black Lagers  at the Vous this week. Drank way too many of them Monday night. Possibly the best beer deal in town right now. Good stuff. On to the Black Sheep, where after a few months of wall to wall insanity, there has been more of chance to grab a table lately. Things kick off at 8 p.m.

As for the event, it will begin, once again at the East Falls Marketplace at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets can be gotten at the door. More details, including ticket prices and entertainment, coming tomorrow. I just have to finalize things with the owner of the Marketplace. See ya tonight!

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Lots of Quizzo News

  • jgtlogoFirst of all, remember Fall Brawl is going down this Saturday at the East Falls Marketplace at 5 p.m. Live music, beer, and $250 in prizes. I know that some of our top teams are lined up to play. Should be a fun time.
  • Pics of Thursdays winners forthcoming. I took the photos on my dad’s camera, he went back to VA, and now he can’t figure out how to send them via email. I am currently in talks with my sister, who I am hoping can take over the project and get those pics sent to Philadelphia. I will let you know how things develop in this very delicate process.
  • Quizzo taking foothold in Kansas City.
  • 168 Hour Film and Sketch Spookyfest next Monday at Khyber. If you want to put together a “Haunting” skit  or video for our show, please let me know, and you will receive the email tonight with the prop, One Liner, and rules. You will have a mere 168 hours to complete your project, so use your time wisely.
  • Is Denver’s Evil Empire expanding toward Philadelphia? Geeks Who Drink CEO John Dicker and I have long been friends, and I have marveled at his ability to expand his empire. But now he is hitting close to home. He has started quizzo in Charlottesville, VA, within one days marching distance of Philadelphia. Be forewarned, Dicker, my sentries have scattered to the city walls.  My archers are practicing their aim. My phalanx are…doing whatever it is phalanxes do. You’ve been warned!

Three Bounty Bowls This Week!

BOUNTYHey kids, I am probably gonna end up going broke by the end of the week. But this isn’t about me. It’s about you. You can win BIG MONEY this week at quizzo. First of all, at O’Neals, The Ear has pulled off 5 straight wins, and anyone who knocks them off gets $20 cash in addition to the gift certificate. The same holds true at the Ugly American, as L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics have again established a foothold with 5 straight W’s. $30 off bar tab in addition to $20 cash to anyone who knocks them off this week. Finally, at the Bards it is just getting ridiculous. Steak Em Up won this past week in OT over Duane’s World. The bounty there is up to $35, in addition to the $40 GC, making this Thursdays quiz worth a crazy $75 for the winners! A great week to make it out to the quiz.

How Cubans Celebrate Columbus

columbusevilOne of the wonderfully ironic things about this ignorant and idiotic holiday about a failed explorer whose two major accomplishments were a) getting lost and b) killing and enslaving millions of people is that he didn’t discover America at all. In fact, he never stepped foot in it. But he did step foot in Cuba, which makes this newspaper article about the bar that marks the spot of his landing in Cuba fascinating:

When visitors pull up, the employees greet them with a full-costume re-enactment of Columbus’ arrival...His landing is commemorated by a lone plaque, almost lost amid sculptures of Taino gods, a replica of a Taino village — which includes the bar — and the ruins of a marker, toppled last year by Hurricane Ike, for a small Taino archeological site…The shore, now a badly eroded beach, where Columbus and his crew landed their boat is unmarked and obscured by vegetation.