Another sweet prize that we’ll be raffling off on Saturday night: A dinner for two at Marigold Kitchen (501 S. 45th Street), whose chef, Michael Solomonov, was named Philly Magazine’s “Best New Chef” in 2006. In addition, I’ve got a gift certificate to the Black Sheep for $40, and a certificate to the Bards for $40. I also have tickets to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden and a $100 gift certificate to Gayle. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and show starts promptly (for once) at 7:30 p.m. Then, after the Bowl, we’ll be heading to the Devil’s Alley 19th and Chestnut for the Gangsta Party. It’s gonna be a fun night!

Alright, here’s some stuff that I’ll tell you about Saturday night, so we’re all on the same page. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show will be starting at 7:30 p.m. sharp, so get there before then. There are going to be a variety of acts. Brie Wildau will be playing ukelele, the One Man Show David Smith will be putting on, well, a one man show, and the Kenny Gates Trio will be playing jazz between rounds. At halftime, the Bawdy Girls will be performing.

Number one most asked question: Will there be a beer special? Yes. They will have a $3 Troegs special and a $3 Lager special. As for the quizzo, it will be 12 questions instead of the usual 10. It will be a bit more difficult than usual. Keep in mind, there will be around 40 teams there, so it will also take a little longer to grade than usual. However, with the jazz band playing, I don’t think you’ll mind. I am expecting the event to run from 7:30 until about 10:30. I will not be rapping at this event.

There is an afterparty/JGT B-day party after quizzo. It will be taking place at the Devil’s Alley (1907 Chestnut). Everyone showing a ticket stub will get happy hour prices all night. Parties are fun.

There will be random giveaways throughout the evening, including gift certificates to several local restaurants and bars, tickets to the Adventure Aquarium, and the grand prize giveaway, a $100 gift certificate to Gayle (617 S. 3rd Street, between South and Bainbridge), Chef Daniel Stern’s place which was named “One of the Hottest New American Restaurants” by Bon Appetit magazine last year.
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Yeah, we’ve got a sellout for Quizzo Bowl III. Sorry gang. Anyways, I’ll let you know some more about the upcoming show later today.

Yo, peeps, the fun on Saturday night will not end at the World Cafe Live. We’re gonna keep the party going at The Devil’s Alley (1907 Chestnut, a short cab ride from the World Cafe Live). The good people at the Alley are allowing everyone who shows their ticket stub from QB3 to enjoy Happy Hour prices all night long. Of course, even if you don’t attend the Quizzo Bowl, you are free to swing by, buy me a drink, and tell me what a great guy I am. I mean, come on. It’s my big day.

Rumors that Johnny will be performing a certain type of music at a certain event that may or may not be taking place this Saturday are patently false. “Oh, here we go again,” said a visibly dismayed Goodtimes. “Why is it that people can’t come to grips with the fact that that part of my career is over. Was it fun kicking it with Slick Rick? Was it great to get to date Eve for a short while? Of course. But those days are over. I turn 32 on Saturday. That’s like 100 in rap years. It’s over people. Deal with it. And move on.”

If you decide to get QB3 tix this weekend, you can do so by going to the World Cafe Live website. If you and a few friends wanna go but don’t have a team of 8, that is fine. I do have tickets for the bar, where smaller teams can play. Talk to me next week. If you really wanna go (and you do), do not wait until the day of the event to buy your teams tickets! We’ve sold a little over 170 tickets so far, and I do think that it could very well sell out before the night of the show. If you need to contact me concerning Quizzo Bowl, then click here.

Yes, I will have Quizzo Bowl Tix on me this week. Sold about 60 last week and expect to have that number rise substantially this week. I would advise you to get your 8 person team together and get your ducks in a row, because it is on.

Johnny Goodtimes, long considered one of Philly’s greatest entertainers by the underground but snubbed by the mainstream, thinks he knows why. “I have succeeded in many things, but have failed in one-to make quizzo sexy,” says the award winning quizmaster. “That’s about to change. On February 3rd, to be precise. On that date (which also happens to be Goodtimes birthday), we will be putting the IQ in Risque.” But Goodtimes thinks his vision is even grander. “This is about more than making quizzo sexy. It’s about making Philadelphia sexy. For too long we’ve been looked at as more trashy than sexy, a stereotype perpetuated by that neanderthal eating contest that takes place every year. Trashy has had it too good in this town for too long. On February 3rd, sexy fights back.”

Therefore JGT has hired the Bawdy Girls as his halftime entertainment. THe Bawdy Girls are women who realize that sexy is real, and not something that comes from saline, silicone, and botox. Much like the fact that the true measure of a person’s worth is the amount of questions they can answer, not the amount of wings they can eat. There is already Quizzo Bowl vs. Wing Bowl smack talk going down at Blinq, so I highly suggest you check it out. JGT will be selling tix at quizzo all week ($15 a pop).
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One thing I haven’t mentioned earlier that I’ve gotten numerous emails about is team size. The answer is that team max is 8. How easiest to get tickets? Come to quizzo. I will be selling tix at quizzo all next week. You can buy them online at worldcafelive.com as well, but they are more expensive there. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Oh yeah, and February 3rd just happens to be my birthday, so there is talk of a birthday afterparty. I’ll keep ya updated.

I woke up this morning grumpy. Here we were, less than three weeks away from QB3, and I still had no halftime show and no headline performers. So I met with the lovely Ginger today to get some work done, and let’s just say that after screaming at each other for several hours, we somehow ended up very close to signing an extremely sexy halftime act. Then she had a brainstorm about a band, and I’m meeting with the leader of said band tommorrow. It sounds PERFECT, but I gotta see if they’re available before I give out any details. I’m starting to get really excited about this. Stay tuned!