Week in Review


A road trip to Canada for an RPS tournament, a new scoring wrinkle, and a quizzo lost to the ethos in a computer crash: It’s time for the week in review.

O’NEALS: The Big Jesus Erection knocked off the Werewolf Bar Mitzvah, 100-95. The Young, the Old and the Restless finished a distant third.

BARDS: For the 4th straight week, it was a 1-2 finish for the Sofa Kingdom and the Dysfunktion, with the Kingdom taking the one spot the last three weeks. They won, 104-90.

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS: A shocker, as Garrett Reid is My Jailhouse Bitch (aka Trust Us We Know) changed their names and their fortunes, knocking off the Jams (aka Here’s to You, Mrs. Oral Roberts) 109-107.

BLACK SHEEP: Palestra Jon’s team, Polyeurethane Wife, took a perfect score into the final round and only missed two in Round Four. But it wasn’t enough, as Duane’s World aced the final round and took home a 114-109 win.

GOOD DOG: Was just getting ready to head out to Good Dog, and decided to print out my latest quizzo. Hit print and, BOOM! the computer crashed, erasing the entire quizzo. You would have highly enjoyed my behavior over the next five minutes as I stormed around my house, screamed at my cats, and contemplated throwing the computer off my roof. I finally settled down and headed to the Good Dog, where the Brothers’ Big scored the only total blowout of the week, a 106-90 win over the Self-Effacing Scurriers.

BARDS: On to a strangely quiet Bards. All the other bars were pretty packed this week, including Bards on Tuesday, but Bards on Thursday was a different story. In the end, it was the Hurtin’ Bombs holding off a pesky Holocaust Deniers: Rittenhouse Square Chapter, 94-89.

SCORING CHANGE: As for the scoring wrinkle, I let teams that were way behind going into the final round get back into it with some Monte Hall type games, giving 10-20 points for various items they might have in their pockets or purse. I only had one complaint, from my favorite complainer, but in the end, none of the teams that got the bonuses got a win. When that happens, I’m sure we’ll have controversy. But I think it’s kind of a fun way to keep teams that are 25-30 points down going into the final round from giving up. Your thoughts?

Week in Review


Alright, I’m gonna make this snappy, cause I gotta hit the road.

TUESDAY: The Young the Old and the Restless’s dreams of a fourpeat were dashed on Tuesday, as Dork Sided cruised to a win with 105 points. Cornbread Mafia finished 2nd with 88. The YORs finished 4th with 82.

The Sofa Kingdom knocked off the Narkotyzing Dysfunktion at the Bards, 94-86.

WEDNESDAY: At the Vous, Booze Donkey got the 2nd highest score of the week, a 106. Unfortunately, the only team to score higher all week, the Jams, also played at the Vous. They got an incredible 115 and took home the prize.

Die, Johnny Goodtimes, Die (basically a Satan’s Minions splinter cell) pulled off a blowout win over Duane’s World, 101-85 at the Black Sheep.

It was also on Wednesday that JGT strapped on the purple lingerie.

THURSDAY: Speaking of blowouts, Flipped by Bonaduce scored an 81-52 win over the Syracuse Soap Opera, who I believe posted the lowest ever score to finish in the money.

The word at the Bards was that this was one of my toughest quizzes ever. The Sofa Kingdom didn’t seem to mind, though, scoring a 96-88 win over At least no-one at this table has the clap.

Pics of last weeks winners

Alright, let’s find out what hot new shows are on tv right now. I’m gonna post a question about new shows in the fall schedule and you can answer in the comments below. One guess per person. Last week, nobody figured out who the Phillies lost their 10,000th game to. The answer was the Cardinals.

Week in Review


The Week began on Sunday, when the Phils completed their monumental comeback (and the Mets completed their monumental collapse). It led to a wild, impromptu celebration in the middle of Broad Street.

-In quizzo action, we begin at the Big O, where the Young, the Old, and the F****** Psyched About the Phillies continued to roll past the competition with a 107-93 win over Dork Sided.

-The Sofa Kingdom cruised to a 99-80 win over the Narkotyzing Dysfunktion at the Bards, and then we all celebrated with Mind Erasers (above), which are a manly drink, I don’t care what you say.

The Jams (aka Madison Square Garden: Ladies Entrance) won for the 9th time in 11 weeks at the Rendezvous, acing Round Four to knock off Playing With Steve, 112-102.

-A nailbiter at the Black Sheep, as Duane’s World slipped by Who Needs D? 102-100. After a couple of slow weeks, the crowd seems to be picking up at the Sheep as well. Once the weather turns, I think the Sheep will again become a hotbed of activity.

MAGMA returned to the Good Dog on Thursday, and emerged with a victory. But they were upstaged by Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter, who showed up in time for the 4th round (above, with a crazed looking JGT, who happened to be wearing a “Member of the Right Wing Conspiracy Club” shirt that night). His team finished 4th. Al Taubenburger, if you’re listening and think you can put together a squad to take on Nutter’s team, let me know. I’ll see if I can put something together

-An overtime match at a packed Bards on Thursday night, as the Hurtin’ Bombs and the Kingdom ended in a dead heat. The OT question was, “When was Garth Brooks born?” The Kingdom answered 1954 and the Bombs answered 1958. The answer was 1962, and the Bombs came away with a win.

The Week in review

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-We begin on Tuesday at O’ Neals, where the Young Old and Restless continued their hot streak, winning for the 3rd time in 5 weeks, 98-94, over Tallulah and the Three Js. Dork Sided finished 3rd with 90. Tallulah had a comfortable lead in round four, but pulled an ’07 Mets and missed the final three questions.

-On to the Bards, where the Sofa Kingdom’s five game winning streak came to an abrupt halt at five, as the Narcotyzing Dysfunktion scored a 104-96 win over Blast of Humidity. The Kingdom finished 3rd with a 90.

-At the Vous Steve O. (AKA Milton Bradley: Some Assembly Required) took a perfect game into the 4th, but changed a couple of answers he had right in Round Four and fell to the Jams (aka Eternal Silence of the Spotless Mime) 106-94.

-The Satan’s Duane’s were none to happy with Goodtimes Wednesday night, as their formidable team was laid low by the “1991: The Year in Music” round. Truth be told, though, they still got outscored in Round Four by the Axis of Evil Knieval and fell by a score of 107-87.

-Thursday was weird. Real weird. Are that many people watching the Phils? Smallest crowd ever at both the Good Dog and the Bards. At the Dog, the C+ Average knocked off the RPD M****F*****, 85-64.

-On to the Bards, where the Sofa Kingdom fought off a spirited effort by End of the Bar. The two teams were tied at 58 after three, but the Kingdom had too much manpower and closed the door in Round Four, 103-88. In third place was Geekswhodrink.com, aka John Denver (all quizmasters must be named John). The king of quizzo in the game’s Second City finished with 79.

Big announcement time: JGT QUizzo on MyFoxPhilly.com!!!

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Finally, your chance to play Johnny Goodtimes quizzo, without having to deal with Johnny Goodtimes! That’s right, I’ve started hosting a quizzo on MyFoxPhilly.com, and I think you’re gonna like it. I think it turned out pretty daggone good for our first go at it, and there are definitely plans to make it wilder and wackier in the future. More importantly, cyber-Johnny is even handsomer and more charming than human Johnny! And dig the sweet 70s game show set. So hope you enjoy our first edition, please pass along the word to your friends (if this thing takes off the sky is the limit) and stay tuned for more Quizzo action to come!