Johnny’s Bio

johnny_profile.jpgJohnny Goodtimes was born in Virginia (which is NOT the same as West Virginia), just like Thomas Jefferson and Moses Malone. In high school, Johnny played against Iverson in summer league b-ball, and rumor has it that Johnny shut him down. He received a PhD in Spermology (the study of trivia) from Quizzo A & M in 1997, and moved to Hawaii in 1998. In Hawaii, Johnny served as a dolphin trainer for a few years (seriously) before returning to the mainland. While training dolphins, Johnny learned two vital Japanese phrases. Sabadu sudu sudu (Touch softly, softly) and Iruka ha hachi chu hachi ha (The dolphin has eighty eight teeth). Goodtimes moved to Philly in October 2001. He began hosting Quizzo at Nick’s in August of 2002 after going to one and being bored to tears. The business expanded rapidly, and in October of 2004 his quizzo was named Philly’s Best by City Paper. Philly’s Quizmaster laureate occasionally does consultant work for a dolphin facility in Mexico. Johnny hates the Cowboys, eggplant, and Manyunk. Here’s a few other worthless facts about Johnny (And be sure to check out his MySpace Profile):

Favorite movies: Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure, Scent of a Woman
Favorite musicians: The Roots, Johnny Cash, and Nina Simone
Favorite comedians: Steve Martin, Bill Hicks, Dave Attell
Favorite disease: Scurvy
Favorite Presidents: William Henry Harrison (I’m a big fan of any politician who dies after a month in office), Grover Cleveland (Two non-consecutive terms; what’s not to like?)
Hottest actresses: Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Chambers

Least favorite movies: Zoolander, Twister
Least favorite musicians: Celine Dion, P. Diddy, all modern country music
Least favorite comedians: Marguaret Cho, Sinbad
Least favorite disease: Lumbago
Least favorite presidents: George W. Bush, George Bush, Sr.
Overrated actresses: Kirsten Dunst, Liv Tyler, Julia Roberts

Special Ed Ed Wins!

091603_frank_clements.jpgSpecial Ed Ed scored a perfect score through the first two rounds, and held off the Sealappers in round four, to win 96-92. The Broad Street Bullies struggled in the wild card round, and landed in third with 87. The defending champs Do We Get Cheated and How never got on track, finishing with 66.

“Do We Get Cheated & How” Win!

Do We Get Cheated & How

Known as “The Jose Mesas” in the quizzo world due to their late game breakdowns, Do We Get Cheated and How were finally able to rip the monkey from their backs in stirring fashion, holding off Ditech by one point, 95-94. The Broad Street Bullies, who are about as popular in Philadelphia as Andy Reid’s playcalling, had a seven point lead going into the final stanza, but uncharacteristically fell apart and scored only 30 in the fourth round.

“His Boy Elroy” the Winner at Nick’s

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One man ?berstar romps at Nick’s Roast Beef. Don Seymour (His Boy Elroy)overcame a twelve point deficit in the final round to shock defending champ Fingerless Phrenology Limited, 83-80. Don was the only player to spell “sesqicentenary” correctly in the final round. Phrenology missed it by one letter, and thus lost the illustrious $50 gift certificate.

What we learned this week

Here are a few things that were learned this past week at quizzo:

Alaska contains the westernmost, northernmost, and easternmost points in the United States. (the Aleutian Islands wrap around the Earth, and are located in the Eastern Hemisphere, with a longitude farther east than Maine.)

The president on the 2nd largest bill in the U.S. is Ulysses S. Grant, who is on the $50.

Dr. Robert Morton fired a bullet into a corpse and was the first man to use an x-ray machine on a human body.

Elizabeth I was completely bald.

Broad Street Bullies Win!

broadstreetbullies_thumb.jpgThe Broad Street Bullies aren’t the most poular team in town, but you can’t argue with the results. The Bullies were able to fight off a scrappy Orange Crush squad on Tuesday to win the Johnny Goodtimes Brain Attack at Frank Clements.