Summer Quizzo at the Kimmel Center!

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Got some really cool news, gang. As part of their annual summer solstice celebration, I will be hosting a summer quizzo at the Kimmel Center on Saturday, June 21st at 10 p.m. This is gonna be really cool, as it is part of their 15 hour party ringing in the summer season. There will also be a band playing between rounds. Tickets for the entire show, including jazz, juggling, violinists, a drag show, a drum circle, and much much more, are only $10. This entire event is going to be incredible, and I am really excited to be a part of it. Hope you guys can make it!
DETAILS ON THE EVENT HERE.

JGT Logo Contest

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Alright, I’ve been slack about this, but here’s the deal: I’m giving you til’ Friday to get something in. Two more days. Then we’re done. So far I think I like the one above (from Mike) the best. Simple, but it’ll look good on a business card. A woman made me a great one on a beer coaster at the Black Sheep, but she would need to scan it in or something to make it count. If you want to enter, please hit me up with your logo by Friday.

10 Toughest questions from last week

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Answers (and details about some of the answers, including Nikita Koloff’s new mission) after the jump.

  1. This tv show about lawyers, which reached the peak of its popularity in the 1990s, starred David James Elliott and Catherine Bell.
  2. Ludology is the study of what?

    3. a) comics b) alternative fuel c) Political elections d) video games

  3. Visitors at Phantom Ranch often holler out “Bobby…Cindy” because of a memorable Brady Bunch episode. In what national park will you find Phantom Ranch?
  4. Deckle edges are normally associated with what?

    5. a) sand sculpture b) paper c) patios d) plate tectonics

  5. Wrestler Nikita Koloff’s favorite finishing move was found on the Soviet flag. What was it?
  6. This Pennsylvania town used to be known as Mauch Chunk. What is it known as now?
  7. Which direction is the leaning tower of Pisa leaning: North South East or West?
  8. 43,560 square feet is known as what?
  9. Between 1991 and 2003, only four men were named NBA FInals MVP. One was Jordan. Who were the other 3?
  10. This man, considered to be Russia’s greatest poet, was killed in a duel with his wife’s lover in 1837

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The Obama-Che connection?

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Interesting column in the LA TImes about how the artist who created the Obama Hope posters used the famous Che Guevara look from his iconic photograph as his model:
So it shouldn’t be a surprise that L.A. artist Shepard Fairey, in his design for a Sen. Barack Obama poster, looked to Korda’s Che. Fairey’s Obama is not wearing a beret, and he’s looking left instead of right, but his face tilts at the same angle as Che’s. His jaw is set with the same willfulness and strength, and he too is gazing recognizably upward into the future (hasta la victoria siempre . . . ). Obama’s eyes, though, are filled not with righteous anger but with vague and lofty hope.
I have a feeling Parsnip is going to have a field day with this one.
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Taking the Gloves Off

  • Quizmaster Chris vs. Big Daddy Graham. Currently one regular segment features him (Big Daddy) telling the Greater Philadelphia area what snack he’s going to eat, and then we all get to hear him chew it. I swear I’m not making that up. Orson Welles is clearly not running things over there.
  • Bill Clinton vs. Vanity Fair.: “[He’s] sleazy,” he said referring to Purdum. “He’s a really dishonest reporter. And one of our guys talked to him . . . And I haven’t read [the article]. But he told me there’s five or six just blatant lies in there. But he’s a real slimy guy,” the former president said.
  • Dick Cheney vs. West Virginia. (Note to West Virginia: lighten up.)
  • Rick’s Steaks vs. The Reading Terminal Market.

Larry Mendte in Better Days

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Long before this whole Alycia Lane debacle broke out, Larry Mendte took a few moments to talk to johnnygoodtimes.com readers about the false rumors his dad spread about watching TV in the dark, bananas in the fridge, and the ghosts at the General Wayne Inn. Incidentally, JGT’s attempts to make Lane jealous by writing for Kerri-Lee’s blog (today: I pay homage to Chuck Barris) have been entirely unsuccessful.