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.