Mine are as follows:
1) Get better organized. That is my resolution every year, and it doesn’t usually work out so well.
2) Get back into comedy, and record at least one rap song.
3) At some point during the year, have a date #2 (with the same person date #1 was with, if possible.)
And of course there is the one that I will be filling you in on shortly, since you will be helping me with it. Anyway, post your New Year’s Resolutions below and I’ll be back in the early afternoon.
A quick reminder for all responsible males in the area who want to do their part to make Philly a world class city: I’ve got your New Year’s Resolution covered. I am undertaking the most ambitious project of my life and I will not succeed without your help. I don’t need your money, all I need is a little bit of your time to achieve the lofty goal I have set for myself. I will have more details at the start of the New Year.
Alright, I’m starting work on the World Famous Johnny Goodtimes Year in Review. While I do work, why don’t you check out a couple of past year in reviews. Ah, good ol’ 2005, when JGT went Punkin’ Chunkin’, went to Intercourse, and tried to advertise on a baby. Let’s also take you way back to 2004, when Russians went rubber woman rafting, Johnny had his laundry stolen by a crackhead, and JGT dated a hot Jersey girl.
JGT is kicking it in Virginia for a few days, but the show will go on. Dark Horse John will host tonight at O’Neals and the Bards, and the Inquizzinator is gonna be in full effect manana. As of right now, I plan to be back on Thursday.
I have no access to the Philadelphia Metro today, but I was supposedly gonna be in the Tuesday thru Friday editions. So if you pick one up you’ll see me. Maybe.
Just got done drinking a little wine and watching Wonderful Life. It’s as good on the 15th viewing as it was on the first. Here’s a downright hilarious article about why Pottersville is soooooo much kooler than Bedford Falls.
The sole bar in town appears to be Martini’s, a rest home which has a policy against admitting anyone under the age of 60. The strict family values of its devoutly Catholic Neapolitan owner, heavily watered drinks, the constant attention of a kindly bartender who knows your mother and a particularly anodyne menu of Christmas music are the attractions of this morgue, where your chances of getting lucky range between nil and zero.
Rocked the mic with a little “Christmas in Hollis” at my grader party last night. I wish I had video, but I got some good photos. I gotta be honest, I kicked total ass, and the 22 year old girls at the party gave me extended glances before deciding that they weren’t interested.
Looking forward to Christmas day. Will watch a little Christmas Caroll early while we wait for my sis to get here, then watch Elf while we open presents. One of my best friends is a big Cowboys fan, so I’ve invited him and his family to come by and watch as the Eagles destroy them manana. Then, in the spirit of Christmas, I will laugh heartily at his expense and tell him what a fraud his favorite team is. Ah, I love the holidays. Anyways, I just wanna wish you all a joyous Christmas and be sure to check back this week as I work on my world famous “Year in Review” both here and in this week’s Philadelphia Metro.
I just posted a new poll, so be sure to vote. If you’ve got any movies that aren’t on the poll but should be, post below. My favorite Christmas movie of all time is “It’s a Wonderful Life”, hands down. Indeed, watching this film is one of the highlights of the Christmas season. While most movies are about romantic love, this is a film more about platonic love, about the meaning of friendship and how important it is to our lives. But at the time it was released, it received mixed reviews:
-Indeed, the weakness of this picture, from this reviewer’s point of view, is the sentimentality of it—its illusory concept of life. Mr. Capra’s nice people are charming, his small town is a quite beguiling place and his pattern for solving problems is most optimistic and facile. But somehow they all resemble theatrical attitudes rather than average realities. -New York Times
Oh, and apparently there are people who are such stoners that they have figured out when to synch up “It’s a Wonderful Life” and Pink Foyd’s “Wish You Were Here”. Another strange fact about the film: the FBI hated it. A 1947 FBI memo stated that, “With regard to the picture ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’…this film is a rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a ‘scrooge type’ so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists.” Final fun fact, this one courtesy of wikipedia: After Uncle Billy chooses between his three wavering hats and leaves George’s house drunk, it sounds as if he is falling over trash cans. This scene was unplanned. A technician accidentally dropped some equipment off-set, making a loud noise. Shouting “I’m all right, I’m all right,” the actor saved the take and made comedic history. The stagehand made an extra $10.
OK, first off, this is my mom’s favorite song ever. Not favorite Christmas song ever. Favorite song. Ever. Secondly, there are rumors that I will be performing this song at a grader shed party in Virginia on Saturday. (Grader sheds are where farmers have a conveyer belt to sort through or grade veggies. They also store farm equipment.) These rumors are of course untrue, and JGT doesn’t know how they got started. Oh, and Smackdown will be pissed if I don’t say that she suggested that I post this song. Smackdown suggested that I post this song.
Well, the rumors proved true. Food and booze master (as well as occasional quizzo fill in and johnnygoodtimes.com contributer) Trivia Art just had his site Foobooz named Philly’s best food blog by the Weekly:
It’s everything you want in a food blog—openings, blind items, whittled-down capsule reviews, nightly specials and happy hour deals—with none of the endless mind-numbing threads from aggro foodies you’ll find on other food blogs. Art Etchell’s site has just the facts, and I like it that way.
RELATED: Philly Weekly year in review in food.
Trivia Art on MySpace.
–Glenn is rocking Christmas like a Hurricane. The Jewish forecaster refuses to promote the Christian holiday on the air. Speaking of Jews and the Christmas holiday, if you missed the Wheel of Terrific last night, you missed Hanukkah Dwayne and you also missed bartender Marianne dressed in her Mrs. Claus outfit. Both were spectacular.
-What if Office Space was a thriller?
-Britney gets dragged out of her car and beaten by the fashion police.
