January 17, 2006
Status quizzo
Okay, kiddies, gather 'round. It's story time! Let's go back, way, way back to the spring of 2004 -- okay, not really that far back -- when yours truly was a simple Penn senior awaiting graduation, trying to lose weight and sitting around making fun of the local media. So, really, not much has changed, except for graduation and that my missives directed at the local media now reach far too large of an audience.
There's a tradition for Penn seniors called Walnut Walk. You start at City Tavern and go west all the way back to campus, stopping at bars along the way. (If you're really interested, I did a reading about it last year.)
Sometime during that walk, some friends and I stumbled into a bar that had a big sign advertising "Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo." We thought that if quizzo on Penn's campus was fun, then Johnny Goodtimes' quizzo must certainly be fantastic! And then we won a best team name at another quizzo the next day by naming our team "Johnny Goodtimes."
Fast forward to late last September. (I didn't say this was going to be a good story.) I've been to Johnny Goodtimes' quizzo a few times. I'm doing this job for under a month. I'm out, sharing a table with random people at a crowded bar. And who sits next to me but Johnny Goodtimes. Right: Just a stupid coincidence. But funny nonetheless. And who calls me when I'm with the same high school friends just last Saturday night? Right: Johnny Goodtimes.
With all this Dan McQuade/Johnny Goodtimes synergy going on, obviously I have to plug his "Quizzo Bowl II," which is Jan. 29. It's $10, and Johnny says that the top two teams from last year (Where's Johnny, Sofa Kingdom) will be back. The winner gets $300. Local jazzmen Nate Wiley and the Crowd Pleasers and comedian Norm Klar provide entertainment.
Full Johnny Goodtimes release after the jump. For a trivia guy like me, Quizzo Bowl II will be a nice chance to prove how in reality I'm actually quite bad at it.
Contact: Johnny Goodtimes E-mail: johnny[at]johnnygoodtimes.comGoodtimes To Host Quizzo Bowl II At The World Cafe Live
PHILADELPHIA (January 17, 2006)- The Second Annual Quizzo Bowl, a trivia spectacular that will determine who in the area has the most vast reservoir of completely worthless knowledge, will be hosted by Johnny Goodtimes on January 29th at the World Cafe Live. The winner will walk with $300 in cash and the respect of every nerd in the Delaware Valley.
Where's Johnny will be looking to defend the title they earned last year, barely edging a local quizzo juggernaut known as the Sofa Kingdom. In August, the Kingdom became the first (and still only) team to record a perfect score in Johnny Goodtimes quizzo history.
But this will be more than just a battle of intellectual titans. The night promises to be as much fun for the team that finishes last as it will for the team that finishes first. Legendary local jazz and blues
musicians Nate Wiley and the Crowd Pleasers will be laying down sweet sounds between rounds and comedian/magician Norm Klar will be mesmerizing the crowd at halftime.To find out more about Quizzo, to learn a ton of useless but fascinating knowledge, and to purchase tickets to the event, go to johnnygoodtimes.com.
Posted by D-Mac on January 17, 2006 01:26 PM
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