Johnny is fuming with jealousy as his quizzo understudy, Jam Master Sean, continues his rise to the top of the national stage. Jam Master, who hosts quizzo on Tuesdays at the Dive, was recently featured in a story on the Fox News website. This comes only weeks after he was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Which leads to the obvious question: Why is he only being featured in conservative circles? Where will we hear from Jam Master next? On the Rush Limbaugh Show?
Johnny Starts the Hunt at Pietro’s
Johnny Goodtimes began THE GREAT PIZZA HUNT OF 2006 on Friday, getting a pie at the Pietro’s on 17th and Walnut with well respected pizza enthusiast (and roommate) Trivia Art. Let’s start with ambiance: Pietro’s looks ok inside, but it doesn’t have much of it. Lots of plastic plants and paintings that look like they were bought from Ross Dress For Less. I did, however, like the tall tin ceilings. They had televisions showing tourney games (a plus!), which seemed sort of strange with opera music providing the soundtrack. The crowd was young and attractive, including a hottie at a nearby table who was speaking a foreing language, like French or Spanish or Aramaic or something. But this wasn’t a trip to find hottest foreign honeys, this was THE GREAT PIZZA HUNT OF 2006, so let’s move to flavor: First off, Coke. There is a major Coke problem in this city. Seriously, it seems like a lot of bars and restaurants in this city put aspirin or something in their Cokes, because it tastes chalky and awful. So I was happy to discover that Pietro’s Coke was aspirin-free and tasty. The pie came out, and it looked beautiful. White mozarella cheese, thick chunks of tomato in the sauce, big thick pepperoni’s. And it tasted almost as good as it looked, especially the thick pepperoni’s. I tore through four slices in a hurry. Finally, service. It was ok. Not bad, but certainly not personable. Typical late lunch service. The Johnny Goodtimes Final Grade for Pietro’s on Walnut was the same as Trivia Art’s: 3 pepperonis out of a possible 5. A good solid selection to start THE GREAT PIZZA HUNT OF 2006.
Johnny To Begin the Great Pizza Hunt
Yo peeps, heading outta the crib to grab some pizza. Think I’m heading to Joe’s. Will be back with a full report either today or tommorrow. I’ve got a lot of pizza to eat in the next few weeks. But don’t worry ladies. I’ll be spending even more time at the gym to make sure that I don’t lose this girlish figure with all that pizza.
(P.S. About the bod-yeah, it is steroid free.)
Just when you thought she couldn’t get any hotter…
\About the tourney brackets
I dunno why this is being such a pain in the ass, but if you are having a problem signing up for the bracket challenge, just send me an email, and I can send you an invite that should get you in, no problem. Please try to get your request in to me by 10:00 a.m. Thursday, as that will probably be the last time I check my email before the tourney begins. Also, if anybody wants to watch some tourney games during the day tommorrow, I’ll be at Barrister’s (1823 Sansom) starting at 2 p.m.
Related: Sign Up for Johnny Goodtimes Bracket Challenge.
Some local blog action
Not much going on today. Working on tommorrow’s questions so that I can spend my entire day Thursday watching college basketball. Woo-hoo! Honestly, this is my favorite time of the year. March Madness, baseball around the corner, hot babes emerging from their winter hibernation, hot babes shooting me down because I use terms like “hot babes.” Ah, spring! Wait, what was my point of thsi post? Oh, yes. There is another sort of local blog where the writing reminds me a lot of my own. Which is to say, sheer, unadulterated brilliance with dashes of caustic wit and just the right touch of arrogance. It’s called badmintonstamps, and it’s pretty daggone funny. On a more political bend, my buddy Donald has one called implodingamerica, which I think is really interesting and thought provoking. If you know of any good local blogs I should be checking out, or if you write one, holla atcha boy!
FRIENDLY REMINDER: Get your brackets filled out before noon tommorrow.
$75 worth of prizes in the Johnny Goodtimes Bracket Spectacular
Updated: Well, gang, it’s time for the annual Johnny Goodtimes Bracket Spectacular. It’s simple. All you do is click here. Then, when they ask what your group # is you type 104416 and when they ask for a password, you type goodtimes. (You do have to sign up for a yahoo account. Also, for some reason this is a total pain in the ass with Internet Explorer, but if you use Mozilla, it is no problem. If you wanna know how to make it work with Explorer, send me an email and I’ll tell you.) You’ve got until Thursday morning at noon to get your picks in. And trust me, the tournament is so wide open this year that you could not know a thing about basketball and win the friggin’ thing.
The first place winner gets a $50 gift certificate to Barrister’s, the place to watch the NCAA tournament. Barrister’s has flat screen tv’s and the March Madness satellite package, so they will be showing all of the games. More importantly, they are not the Fox and Hound, so the food doesn’t taste like they got it shipped in from McDonald’s and they will never tell you that they can’t turn off the Kenny Chesney song playing throughout the restaurant during the big game because they “don’t have permission from corporate.”** Barrister’s has really terrific food. Speaking of terrific food, the 2nd place finisher gets a $25 gift certificate to the Good Dog. In case you were wondering, I actually won this thing last year, and I expect to win it again this year.
**This sentence brought to you by Bobby Badtimes.
Question of the Week
At what Division II school did John Chaney coach before he came to Temple?
Who’s got the best pizza in Philly?
Yo peeps. I wanna find out who has the best pizza in the area. Need a little help. Please post under commetns below who you think has the best pie in or near Philly. I’ll try out a bunch of them, and find out, once and for all, who has the best. Also, the bracket challenge will be up as soon as I can figure out how we did it last year, so check back soon.
The Set Lists
Alright, gang, let’s vote for who has the best set list this past week at quizzo. We had three contestants. Kirt DJ’d at the Bards, Clare was at the Black Sheep, and Chris was in the mix at the Good Dog. After the jump, you can see their set lists, then you can vote for which one you liked best in the poll at the right. Whoever has the most votes by Friday at noon wins the $40 gift certificate to the Devil’s Alley.