If you read last week’s City Paper, or have spent more than 15 seconds with Johnny over the last week and a half, you know that he was awarded “Best Dolphin Trainer Turned Quizmaster” by the good people at that fine publication. Therefore, he has been invited to a winner’s reception at Metro Lounge next Thursday. Now, Johnny needs a classy, beautiful date for that reception. If you can handle sharing the spotlight with an egomaniacal international megastar, please send Johnny a photo and an explanation of why you deserve to be Johnny’s guest to this highly prestigious event.

Aparna the Robot was able to squeak past the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, 83-78, at the Brownstein Group’s party on Friday. There were a lot of hot gals working there who were apparently intimidated by Johnny’s celebrity status, because none of them asked the award winner for his phone number. That must have been it. There’s simply no other plausible explanation. Another unfortunate turn of events: Dan H. refused to reprise his award winning rendition of “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love.”

Happy Birthday to Doc Watson bartender Jason, who turned 22 (roughly) recently!

Answer questions about the Presidents as you watch the results unfold on television, as Johnny hosts his 28th annual Election Spectacular tonight!

City Paper named Johnny Goodtimes best quizzo master in their Choice Awards issue. And while the acknowledgement of “Best Dolphin Trainer Turned Quizmaster” was a great honor, Johnny was even more overjoyed at the fact that the good people of Philadelphia voted him “Best Local Celebrity,” defeating the likes of AI, TO, and Hurricane Schwartz. Thanks, peeps!!! The City Paper article is written below.

Best Dolphin Trainer Turned Quizzo-Master
Quizzo masters can be lots of fun or very, very painful. (What’s the deal with the guy who peppers his questions with commentary like “I think [insert historical figure here] was a little fruity”?) Luckily for us, every weeknight there’s a Quizzo owned and operated by one Johnny Goodtimes, who combines a serious trivia obsession with the knowledge that these things are supposed to be fun, people! And how many so-called Quizzo “masters” out there can claim they spent years training dolphins in Hawaii? We almost lost Goodtimes this year to a sea-lion gig in Mexico (you can’t make this stuff up), but he turned it down for the love of Philly Quizzo. Aw.

So go grab a copy and read it in good old fashioned news print or follow this link and check out the rest of the Choice Award Winners.

I’m a little late on this one, but I did want to wish Heather of Western Omelette (far left) a happy birthday!

Hey gang, please vote for Johnny Goodtimes in the City Paper People’s Choice Awards. My categories are under Entertainment and Nightlife (Best Quizzo and Best Event Recurring) and also under Personalities (Best Local Celebrity). Free chili dogs for everyone who votes for me*.

*not true

Hey, if any single men between the ages of 21-35 want an opportunity to win big money on an upcoming national reality/game show, please be sure to attend the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular for the next couple of weeks. Johnny will be helping to cast for this program, as yet untitled. There is no entry fee. If Johnny thinks you’ve got the right stuff, you will earn an opportunity to try out in front of LA casting directors on October 22 at Philadelphia Casting here in Philadelphia. The right stuff is not in the traditional TV sense (this ain’t the Bachelor), but in an intellectual sense. I myself will be trying out. And you will have the opportunity to make a national TV appearance and win BIG MONEY!

Screw A.I. and T.O. In the truest sense of the word, Manute Bol is the biggest sports hero to ever come out of Philly. He gave all the money he earned in his NBA career to help his countrymen in Sudan, and the money he has made in charity events since then has been given to help orphans in Sudan. Then, in June, he was in a horrific car accident and he has been in the hospital ever since, racking up a huge hospital bill he cannot possibly pay for. Let’s show Manute why Philly sports fans are the best in the world (excluding, of course, the mental midgets who ruin it for everybody else at the Linc) . Donations can be sent to:
Manute Bol Medical and Special Needs Fund
c/o Fleet Bank
4 N. Main Street
West Hartford, Conn 06107

Remember Katie Sometimes (left), the hottie who tried out for the “Be the Next JGT Contest”? Well it was a big week for her. First, she celebrated a birthday over the past weekend. Then she became the first ever recipient of the Johnny Goodtimes Dork of the Week Award. When Johnny sent out e-mails on Monday, he said that the WB was the home of Moesha. Katie quickly fired back an email stating that Moesha was on UPN, not WB. This lame knowledge of such a bad show has earned her the dork of the week award. Do you have what it takes the Dork of the Week? Send me an e-mail telling me why you deserve to be the “JGT Dork of the Week”, and I’ll put you on the website.