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Getting ready to make a lasagna dinner for Quietly Making Noise this afternoon. (They won the dinner at Hornswylde Mansion during the Octobapalooza tourney at Bube's).

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am truly thankful for all of your support of trivia through the years (six years at Bube's and the VFW and three years at Chuckles - yowza!). May your Thanksgiving holiday (and not your pants) be bursting at the seams! Also, just a reminder: there is no trivia tonight at the VFW. See you all next week!

Bube's: Full House!

The White Stains were so close to the winner's circle on this jam-packed night! I had announced them as the third place team, but the misscored Olives pointed out my error ( I forgot that they got the ten-pointer, so they were in second place) and the Stains were pushed to fourth. The adult video-gaming Nutsacks were first, while the Flaming Moe-rons were also pushed to third. The Fool Monkey used their gift certificate from the Octoberpalooza tourney to move to a table for once and they placed fifth, along with the Stonecutters. Theme choice goes to DUI Checkpoint....Aighhhht! They were not fans of this week's Irish whiskey theme, so they are going with bottom-shelf vodkas. Yum! Brings back old memories...

I almost misread FLICK Yur Bean's name, causing a potential FCC disaster.

Long-time-no-seeer Chris and Phyllis drove up from Oxford, but then had to fly home right after the show.

Petey K and the Unpaid Speeding Ticket will be our mixmasters for next week.

They had one of the best team names of the night: Stupidity Leak.

Pink Glove Dance

If this amusing video gets a million hits, a company will make a large donation to the hospital, as well as offering free mammograms to the community in Portland. It's worth checking out.

Chuckles: Preciousssssss!

20 teams didst battle on the field of Fruitville and when the smoke cleared, Ubersmack was victorious. Malevolent Marge continued her winning ways, aided by Sam and Keith to take second. The Fellowship of Pixie Stix and Whirlygigs was third, while Who Put the Men in Our Menstrual Cycle settled for fourth. We Can Win . . . With Tickets (who actually won . . . with tickets) was tied with Who Watches This Fantasy Crap Anyway? for fifth and the IDKs are our themepickers for next week (The Beatles). But the best news of the night was from the Miami Blades, who created their own team t-shirts! Hopefully they'll wear them again so I can get a decent photo of them.

VFW: Jack and Coke Triumphant!

Jack and Coke celebrate their victory as we had a rare three-way tie for first between them and the B52s and Trivia at 8. It was between seasoned Jack-offer™ Dave and virgins Barry and Marsha as the three faced Captain Jack. Dave was the first to fall and Marsha eventually prevailed. Chicks and Dicks was fourth, followed by Obama Bows to Us, Too! and It's Just a Freakin' Game. Sheila was happy, since she finally got her cookies. D and and M was seventh, but since Dennis will be hunting next show night, they gave me Host's Choice as the theme (insert evil laugh here). Also, please remember that there will be no trivia next week, since there will be a band playing on Thanksgiving Eve. Enjoy your holiday!

The Unknown Ray Charles Dancer

Bube's: What's That on Your Lip?

Tonight we pulled some strange gifts from the Trashbag of Deelite (well, stranger than usual). A high point for the Toxic Olives was a set of stylish mustaches, which they promptly wore. We also have an extremely bizarre alien cat which will be next week's trade-in prize. On the competition front, it was the power of duos as two pairs took first (Josiah and Nathan of We're Anxiously Anticipating the Disocvery of the World's Greatest Element: Nutsackium) and third (Charles and Marty of the Fool Monkey). Quietly Making Noise was between them in second. The Tony Danza Slap took fourth, followed by the Olives and Kramerica. Theme choice goes to A Guy, A Gal and a Senior Citizen and they picked Irish whiskey.

Chuckles: Girl Power!

Out of the Vortex + 2 Roses (or as I like to call them, The Rose-Scented Vortex) was a new super-team of Trish, Marie and Marge that took no prisoners tonight. They had a nine-point victory over defending champs Who Put the Men in Our Menstrual Cycle. Second Collection was struggling all night long, but came through in the last round to claim third. KCC and B had a nice fourth-place showing, followed by Skirtland and a three-wa tie for sixth between Nurses We Keep Doctors from Killing You, Team CHUD and Stix and Gigs. Miami Blades once again got theme choice and they are going with the Lord of the Rings.

VFW: All Systems Go

The VFW was packed tonight. Chicks and Dicks inched past Andre Agassi's Dope Dealers to take home the gold. 2-H+3 had their best night ever, placing third. The B52s and Jack and Coke tied for fourth, while Mixed Company was sixth. It's Just a Freakin' Game are next week's theme-pickers and they are going with the Nanny. (As in the one with the woman with the nail-on-chalkboard laugh)

Bube's: Join the 300 Club

Proving that you can't keep a good team down, Semper Fi Do or Die Nutsack Nutsack aced the last round to win tonight, after being the worst team last week. Charles of the Fool Monkey was confident that they had won having guessed nine of the ten. But the Monkey was second, followed by the Toxic Olives. The Olives' farm team, the Toxic Kalamatas featuring birthday girl Katrina, was fourth, while Ere We Are was fifth. A new team, The Dutch Rudders, was happy to place sixth out of 15 teams, while the Stonecutters was even happier to place seventh. Thier choice for theme: the periodic table. They also chose the playlist and I can safely say it's a little on the eclectic side.

Chuckles: Menstrual Show

Who Put the Men in Our Menstrual Cycle won on a night featuring the "chick flick" Benny Hill, I mean Notting Hill, with an 8-point victory over defending champs Ubersmack. Pixie Sticks featuring Yusef fell one point shy of the silver and settled for third. Second Collection was stuck in fourth all night. Team CHUD, Kim Jong Ill'in and Out of the Vortex rounded out the top seven, with the Miami Blades getting theme choice for next week. They are going with the Twilight saga.

Best Show Currently on TV

I think Friday Night Lights is currently the best show on TV (since Chuck and Lost are on hiatus). If you don't have DirecTV, make sure to watch it next year on NBC.

Some Unposted Chuckles Pix

VFW: Gone to the Dogs

It was a special night of TV animal trivia, as we played a speeded-up game to accomodate World Series fans (and we all see how well that went). Andy Pettite Should Take a Urine Test returned to the winners' circle, one question ahead of the cookie-deprived It's Just a Freakin' Game. KB was joined by K and continued their winning ways, placing third. Chicks and Dicks grew again and placed fourth, one point ahead of 2H + 3. The B52s was 6th and D&M once again get to pick a theme: NASA.

Bube's: Trivia from Hell

Thankfully I had my back turned to the huge Beezelbub behind me, otherwise I would have had the heebie-jeebies all night. Seems the demon was left over from Bube's Halloween spooktacular. He got to see a great night of quizzing, as teams went down in flames (again with the hellish imagery!). Quietly Making Noise was not so Quiet, as they had a nearly 20 point victory over One Ball Paul and the Rhythm Disciples. A Tiny Danza Slap was third, followed by Kramerica, who were celebrating their highest placing. Jones was fifth and the Toxic Olives sixth. These Themes Really Chap My Nutsack was delighted to place seventh, so they get to pick next week's theme: Major League pitchers who have won 300 or more games.

Chuckles Theme

Thanks to Justin for filling in for me. He reports that the theme for next Sunday (November 8th), at Cafe Chuckles (as chosen by Nurses: We Keep Doctors from Killing You) is the film Notting Hill.

VFW: Sock It to Me

Mary Lynn proudly displays the only inedible item from this week's Trashbag of Dee-lite: a pair of Halloween socks. It will also help her team stay warm since they slid down an icy slope to eighth place. D and M are our theme-pickers and they are going with animal TV stars. It's Only a Freakin' Game, Room Two and Got 26? were sixth, fifth and fourth, respectively. Dear God, Please Use the Phillies As Your Vessel to Strike Down the Yankees took home the bronze, while the top two slots went to two 2-person teams: Chick and Dick and K-B!

Bube's: All Together Ooky

Team Discovery Channel finally reunited just in time for the end of our October tournament, as they saw their arch-rivals Is Cousin It Nothing More than a Giant Walking Nutsack come from behind to win by one question. The 'sacks also won the cumulative point prize of a chocolate moussecake. The Undead Fool Monkey placed second, one question ahead of the Brain Tryst 3. The Ottos took a tumble and fell to fourth, while TDC took fifth. Quietly Making Noise placed sixth, right ahead of two seventh-place teams: the Toxic Olives and the Tony Danza Slap, who did one of their spectacular fourth round crash-and-burns form first to seventh. So there are two themes next week: The Nightmare Before Christmas and Kids in the Hall.

Quietly Making Noise is looking forward to their prize from our Octobapalooza Tournament: a home-cooked lasagna dinner party with tons of ricotta and a little mozzarella (or maybe it's the other way around?)

Otto von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeyer went kaput.

You're a Monster can barely contain their excitement.

Courtney and Lori (?) were not going to stay for the whole night, but then got sucked in. Good thing, too, since they got the bronze!

Two-thirds of the Fool Monkey had a fantastic night, taking both the silver for the night and the grand prize for the Octobapalooza Tournament, a $100 Bube's gift certificate (provided by yours truly).

Becky enjoying the breeze.

Bad Blogger

I will be the first to admit that the blog has been very light lately. I think once Halloween weekend is over I will be able to get back into the swing of regular blogging. Things are starting to calm down in the Real World and I just finished up a ten week subbing gig at the Barn Door, so life is beginning to return to "normal." In the mean time, the theme for Sunday's Chuckles show will be the Showtime cable series Weeds.

Happy Hallo-week!

Tom Karel is well known for his pea salad. Here we see his seasonal variation on the classic recipe.

Themes, Themes, Who's Got Themes?

Sunday, Chuckles: lines from the Godfather.

Tuesday, Bube's: the Addams Family.

Wednesday, VFW: sitcoms after 1980.

Some More Random Pix

Chuckles: Live, from Lancaster, It's...

The Phillies! Actually it was a fun night of trivia, along with a Dodger-whomping by the Phils. Our defending champs Ubersmack managed to be one of the few teams to get the last question right, giving them first place instead of fourth. Team C.H.U.D. was right behind and the Nurses took the bronze. The Weather Balloon Joyriders missed third by one point, while Skirtland and Grand Hoochie Skank Rose tied for fifth. Pixie Stix get to pick next week's theme, and they're going with a theme I can't refuse: Lines from the Godfather.

The Ivey Is Growing!

Congrats to Chris and Julie Ivey, who welcomed Lucien James Ivey to the world this week. Little Lucien promptly grabbed the forceps and scalpel out of the doctor's hands and began to juggle them.

VFW: Trivia Royal with Cheese

First off, thumbs up to the Stars and Stripes Fish N Chips special, topped off with Carmen's Double Chocolate Cupcakes. Just what was needed for a fun night of Pulp Fiction competition. Friends of Stub Hub returned tot he winners' circle, one question ahead of K-B (I think the change of tables actually helped Karen and Bob, since the air was not as rarefied at their lowtop. Mixed Company went away with a third place gift certificate with a blank amount, so they'll be ordering filet mignon next week. Our defending champs, Chicks and Dicks, was fourth and the B52s featuring peanutbutterhater Barry was fifth. Devilin' overruled Trish, so they fell to sixth and 2-H+2 and It's Just a Freakin' Game tied for seventh, so we'll have two themes next week: The Ultimate Fighting Championship and TV Commercials.

Bube's: Who's On First?

That would be a brand new team, Fruits and Nuts Featuring Brown Sugar, Oatmeal and Stir Stick. They were convinced that they had lost and headed out before their name was announced. Luckily Nathan of the Nutsacks knew them and theoretically delivered their gift certificate. The Fool Monkey was six points behind, followed by Take My Nutsack, Please (Is This Thing On?) Quietly Making Noise changed their name to Chipmunk Jamboree and had to settle for fourth, two points ahead of the Toxic Olives. The Carnivores got their first taste of trivia action and vowed to be back. Rumplemintz was sixth and the Triviettes were seventh. And for the first time in trivia history I did not write down their theme and cannot recall it, so for now it is TBA. I will investigate...

VFW: Tomorrow's Theme

Pulp Fiction

Bube's Theme for Tonight

Classic stand-up comics and their routines.

Chuckles: V for Victory

Ubersmack claimed victory tonight, squeaking by Skirtland by two points and one question ahead of Here's Hoping I get That Internship with David Letterman. Raking Leaves and Loving It was fourth, while The Return of Captain Stupid and the Twin Roses tied for fifth. Second Collection will chose next week's theme and they are going with Saturday Night Live.

Go See This Woman!

Barb DeCesare of Winter Radio Theater will be doing a reading of her works at Dogstar Books in Lancaster (the corner of West Chestnut and Pine) this Wednesday, October 14th, 7 P.M.. I can't make it, but y'all need to go see her and tell me how wonderful it was!

Bube's: Captions to Come

Octobapalooza Tourney at Bube's!

The Octobapalooza Trivia Tournament begins tonight at Bube's! Teams that play at least twice at Bube's during the month of October will be eligible for fantastic prizes such as a lasagna dinner at my home (AKA Hornswylde Mansion) or a $100 gift certificate to Bube's! The more often you play, the greater your chances. Come tonight to learn the details.

Halloween Is Coming!

Chuckles: 20's Company

The nice weather is bringing out teams from the woodwork, as we celebrated the 70s schlockfest known as Three's Company. Ubersmack had a last-round rally to place first, six points ahead of Second Collection. Raking the Leaves was one question ahead of Skirtland and the Zombies, while We Can Win With Tickets placed a respectable sixth. The Miami Blades "V is for Vendetta" as their theme for next week. Rich and Donna, AKA A Wing and a Prayer, meanwhile, would like to remind everyone that they were in first place in the first three rounds.