I was expecting maybe a little more than a few allusions to Don Imus' troubles, as well as more allusions to Grindhouse, which was phenomenal and not only a bargain, but an edge-of-your-seat thing that cooked with gas, even in the draggy middle bit where Quentin Tarantino tried to foolishly write dialogue for women. Don't knock yourself out, Q. Stick to the wacky camera angles and the killer soundtracks underneath slam-bang holy-shit boyzoney funny stuff, and kids of all genders and ages will flock to your movies like conservative politicians to cranky old racists.
This week's rounds:
1. On This Day - Happy birthday to Ethel Kennedy, Joss Stone and everyone's favorite manwhore, Vincent Gallo!
2. Audio Round: Let's Talk About Our Feelings - In which I dropped pieces of Feely songs by Blue Swede, the Gorillas, Carole King, Samantha Fox, Foreigner and Chaka Khan. It was one of those rare rounds where I actually liked all the songs I used. (If you hear Rush or Zeppelin, you know that's not always the case.)
3. Famous Cultural Catchphrases - Where I asked about stinking badges, "Mission Accomplished, "By any means necessary," "Amandla," and "It's the economy, stupid."
4. Charlies - Janet asked about Charlie the tuna's hat choice, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Manson, Charlie Bucket, and Checkpoint Charlie (but not the perfume).
5. Name 3's - So many people thought that "Postmortem," "Body Of Evidence" and "From Potter’s Field" were all written by Sue Grafton. Or maybe they were all copying off each other. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The team names this week veered between the topical and the slightly surreal, which is a trend I wholeheartedly endorse:
Prizes this week, aside from the shiny future book and the bar tab goodies, included some Emergency Chocolate (it only looked Swiss) and some teeny mousepads courtesy of Yahoo!. There was more, but I can't remember. What else happened?
This week's rounds:
1. On This Day - Happy birthday to Ethel Kennedy, Joss Stone and everyone's favorite manwhore, Vincent Gallo!
2. Audio Round: Let's Talk About Our Feelings - In which I dropped pieces of Feely songs by Blue Swede, the Gorillas, Carole King, Samantha Fox, Foreigner and Chaka Khan. It was one of those rare rounds where I actually liked all the songs I used. (If you hear Rush or Zeppelin, you know that's not always the case.)
3. Famous Cultural Catchphrases - Where I asked about stinking badges, "Mission Accomplished, "By any means necessary," "Amandla," and "It's the economy, stupid."4. Charlies - Janet asked about Charlie the tuna's hat choice, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Manson, Charlie Bucket, and Checkpoint Charlie (but not the perfume).
5. Name 3's - So many people thought that "Postmortem," "Body Of Evidence" and "From Potter’s Field" were all written by Sue Grafton. Or maybe they were all copying off each other. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The team names this week veered between the topical and the slightly surreal, which is a trend I wholeheartedly endorse:
- 1st Place: DON'T
- 2nd Place: The Original Nappy-Headed Hoes
- 3rd place: Lisa Kudrow's Cask of Amontillado (I love this name)
Followed by (in no particular order): - Please Tell Me Where I Can Get Generic V1@gra Online.
- Santorini Deckhands (formerly, A-Rod's Steroid Source)
- Whole Foods Market, Bowery
- Fabulous Four
- B.A.R.K.
- Your Highness, Don Imus
- Larry Birkhead Of The Class (I was expecting more TWANS jokes, but I guess that's just so damned played out by now)
- !Fuck Foucault!
- Teenage Mutant Tina Turner
- Kym, Please Buy Those Two Gentlemen By The Fireplace A Pitcher On Me
- The Running Deer
- WACK'R (Wes, Annie, Chrissy, Katie, Rachel)
- Thinking With Our Mouths
- Sam I Am
Prizes this week, aside from the shiny future book and the bar tab goodies, included some Emergency Chocolate (it only looked Swiss) and some teeny mousepads courtesy of Yahoo!. There was more, but I can't remember. What else happened?
