VFW: Say Hello to My Little Questions

It was Al Pacino night at the VFW, with Room Two saying "Hoo-hah!" at the end, with a three-question lead, stopping D and M + 3's quest for a three-peat. We welcomed back We're Here for the Beer. Since they were well-rested, they took third. In fourth were Nix Lix, followed by just plain Biscuits and the B52s. The Foreplayers, who were hoping to score some cash to make up for Bert's trip, took seventh and chose "card games" for July 11th's game. (There will be no show on the Fourth of July).

Bube's: Pickle Power!

It was a happy day in Chubville as the Chubby Stubbies finally were the victors! They thought it was due to the pickle power of the Shirt of the Week. Second place went to Once You Nutsack, You Never Go Back, who returned after a month's hiatus. (The Sacks had been "slumming in the minor leagues" - see below). There was a tie for third between TDC and The Tesla Death Rays, with Karen victorious over Seth. Close behind were the Jelly Roll Mortons and the Pomegrams. The coveted seventh place went to early round leaders Beaker's Back, who, appropriately enough, chose the Muppets as next week's theme.

For those of you wondering where Josiah and the Nutsacks (not to be confused with Josie and the Pussycats) have been the last month, they've been playing trivia at another venue that shall remain nameless. Although they won considerably more money, they have decided to go back to their humble roots and play once again at Bube's.

The Pomegrams display their 27 and a half pound bag of Tootsie Rolls that they won as a consolation prize. They also took home the can of Tomato Mozzerella Low-Fat Pringles that no one wanted after tasting. What's not to like about extruded potato flakes dusted with powdered tomato soup?

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Chuckles: No So Stupit

This is a pic of Team Stupit, tonight's second-place team. The gentleman to the left took credit for their win, so I included him, too. It's always good to see a new team in the top three. Third place was a tie between Skirtland and Linuscratchitt, with the Skirts falling once again. Alan thought it was their fourth time losing a tie-breaker. Since they had so many bad experiences with the Captain Jack alligator, we tried the Wheel of Life, but their bad luck once again doomed them.

The comeback of the night was the Talent Scouts, who steadily improved during the four rounds. Their kickass 8 out of 10 last round propelled them to the top spot. KCC almost got 7th once again, but that honor went to The Price Is Right, who chose the soap Guiding Light (post 1990) as their theme for next week. Clueless in Lancaster was a new table and tried a little surveillance on their mother team, to no avail.

Watt the Heck?

It's a mere shell of what it used to be. For those of you who do not make it into downtown Lancaster, this currently what's left of Watt and Shand.

ChrisIvey.com Redesigned!

Just finished the redesign of fellow trivia host Chris Ivey's juggling website, the appropriately named chrisivey.com. Not only is he a world-champion juggler, but he's a pretty good graphics designer, too. (He did all the images, I just assembled the site and did the layouts and coding).

VFW: Sketchy Details

Not to be confused with Cafe Chuckles, where we had "non-Harley motorcycles" as a theme, the VFW went whole hog and picked Harleys (yes, I know it's a bad pun, but you get what you pay for). I recall that D & M + 2 were the victors for the second week in a row and that Nix Lix was one of the 7th-place theme-pickers. They chose "Al Pacino movies." Room Two chose "World War II." And I also remember that the B52s were all sugared up from too many Tastykake donuts. But the rest of the details will have to wait for later, assuming I can find my notes.

Bube's: Darned Cell Phone!

Sometimes you can take a good cell phone picture, sometimes not. Guess which time this is. It's supposed to be a pic of The Fraternity of I Felta Thigh, tonight's champions. It looked like the scary thunderstorms would keep the crowds down, but we had a great night of competition. There were three teams celebrating Dave's birthday, one of which, Han Solo, managed to score 7th place. They chose their namesake as next week's theme. The Jon Shober Gang Minus Jon (AKA JSGMJ) took sixth, the Riverrats fourth and Miss Maine and CPP fourth. The money winners were Team Discovery Channel (third), the Jelly Roll Mortons (second place for the second week!) and those blurry orange guys (and gal) above.

and here's a bad pic of the Birthday Boy himself, proudly displaying his jar of pickled cactus.

And we mean NO bagels!

Chuckles: Beary Good Trivia

Cathy's Clueless in Lancaster team has adopted their Trashbag prize as their official team mascot (appropriately named Clueless). He helped them beat their originating team, KC, who came in seventh (they chose the card game bridge as their theme for next week). Ubersmack was in fifth, the Lethal Amoebas in fourth and the Price Is Right in third. Then it was a dramatic tie-breaker between Out of the Vortex and those come-from-behind kids Skirtland. Unfortunately, Skirtland and the alligator have a history of losses, and the Vortex were victors for the second week in a row. The Tard Kart Heroes, meanwhile, are patiently waiting for their moment to strike.

Our Newest Trivia Player

Is super-nephew Noah. He has already played several games in utero at Bube's with his parents, James and Missy of Superfriends. I think he's the perfect secret weapon to catapult them into the winner's circle.

That creature deserves to be behind bars.

VFW: Digest Blurbage

The Magnificent Four of Dennis, Melanie, Rob and Louise conquered the VFW this week, just ahead of the Titanic Two of Tom and Nick. The B52s were only one question behind in third, followed by We're No Biscuits and the Foreplayers. Farther back were Room Two and the seventh place Alice in Wonderland, who got to pick next week's theme: Harleys.

Relay: Broadway, Here We Come!

Here's my team's award-winning skit at this year's Relay for Life, which was held this past Saturday. The Lancaster Relay made a whopping $1,052,884.33! for the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer!

You might recall that we came in second two years ago and took last year off. So this victory was particularly sweet. Special thanks to my cousin Leanne, who took the video.

Bube's: Tonight, the role of Mike will be played by...

... Chris Ivey! Thanks to Chris, who filled in for an ailing me. Here's a pic of Chris and his wife Julie, taken Saturday at the Relay for Life. Chris put on an amazing one-hour show for the crowd, getting a standing ovation.

As far as tonight's action, it was the Tesla Death Rays in first, followed by the Jelly Roll Mortons and the no-longer AWOL Chubby Stubbies. The Jon Shober Gang once again captured seventh and chose NHL Hockey as next week's theme.

Shank's Tavern: Episode I: A New Hope

I attended the kickoff show of new host Justin Shiffer at Shank's Tavern in Marietta on Monday night. Great energy and great food at one of Marietta's nicest bars. I highly recommend you check out this show next Monday. Here we see the Ta-tas winning their first rock, scissors, paper tie-breaker.

The dynamic duo(s) known as The Ta-Tas celebrate their victory.