Alright gang, the JGTAI is now underway. Quite a bit to report on, so let’s get to it…for those who don’t know who the Invitational works, it’s pretty simple: teams earn points for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes. They can also earn points via Facebook Challenges. (There’s one up right now: post a pic of you in a football jersey or t-shirt of your favorite team). The top 15 point scorers, at the end of the 10 weeks, earn an invite to the Big Event. We then have a wild card week, where any team that wins earn an automatic invite, though that’s not how I’d recommend making a living. We’ll hold the big event on November 19th. Venue and musical act to be announced in good time. So get your squad together, and come on out…quizzo season is here.

Hey gang, for the next 3 Mondays starting tonight, I’ll have a quiz at Fishtown Hops, an outdoor beer garden right next to Sugarhouse. They’ve got free parking, plus a free bus that will get you there as well. Going to be a gorgeous evening to be outdoors, so come on out and join me. Quiz starts at 6 p.m.

We Have Fun!, a new variety show hosted by Chip Chantry and Johnny Goodtimes, will debut next Monday the 18th at the GoodGood Comedy Theatre. We’ll have Abby Rosenquist, winner of Philly’s Funniest 2017 at Helium, as well as Philly rock legend Kenn Kweder performing a couple of tunes and sitting down for an interview. And we’ll have hijinks and yes, probably a bit of trivia. Tickets are a mere $5. Gonna be a very funny show. Hope you can make it.

Hey gang, we’re giving away a free Shibe Sports shirt in a contest with the Philly Influencer. All you have to do is click here, enter your email address and pick three players….whoever has the most points from their 3 players wins the shirt! Just that easy.

JGTAI starts tonight! Start earning points at Sidecar and O’Neals at 8, and City Tap House at 10:15. Hope to see ya tonight!

We kick it off at Sidecar and O’Neals at 8 p.m. Just a heads up that I have an event at Nova that ends at 7:30, so we may be starting a bit closer to 8:30.

On to City Tap House at 10:15. Back to School theme. Hope to see ya tonight!

Alright kiddos, some of you may have noticed new quizmasters last night. Jam Master Phil will be hosting again tonight at the Vous and at Founding Fathers. I will be heading back tmrw and will host tmrw night (JMP will host at Birra.) No Question of the Week this week. See ya soon!

Hey gang, we’re kicking off our annual Dude Hates Cancer Fundraiser tonight. We’ll have raffle tickets for sale…$5 each or 6 for $20. Whoever wins the raffle will get 24 gift certificates to 24 of the best restaurants in Philadelphia. Basically free dinner twice a month for the next year. Not a bad deal. More importantly, all of the money raised goes to fight blood cancer. We’ve had a long relationship with these guys, they do a terrific job of raising money for a tremendous cause, and I am excited to work with them again this year.

Here’s where we stand heading into this week’s quizzes:

YES

• Quiz Quiztie
• Synchronized Trampoline
• Duane’s World
• Tempura House
• CGA
• Motor City of Brotherly Love
• In the Lead
• Jacobites for Destruction
• Comey Chameleon
• Popesack

WAITING TO HEAR FROM:

• Jitney Spears
• Jeff Sessions is a Goblin
• Jerk and a Squirt
• Jawn of the Dead
• Must Love Pogs

And of course we’ve got several oppurtunities to earn an invite this week at wild card week. Any team that wins earns an automatic invite to the event, going down this Sunday at Heritage.

Here ya go, our final rankings from the JGTSI. Invites will be going out today. If you didn’t get an invite, there is still hope: any team that wins next week will get earn an automatic invite. I also know for a fact that a few teams currently on the bubble are almost certainly gonna get in.

Teams in orange have been invited, teams in green have accepted their invitation, teams in the blue are on the bubble.

Looking at scores of the past few weeks, your best bets to get a win appear to be O’Neals, City Tap House, and Birra. Good luck!

(There is one team I do not have contact info for: Jeff Sessions is a Goblin. If you see this, please shoot me a line at johnny at johnnygoodtimes.com and let me know if you can make it.)