When I retire.....

Marty

Now I know why they call them.....

Tumbleweeds.....

Marty

We have a Weiner!!

Home favorite Maribeth McNally was the first to email
(and call in....awkward and not really necessary)
this week's correct answer.......
"Mr. Cub" Ernie (Ernest) Banks!!

--He had to work in the off-season as a car salesman.....that pic from Tuesday was of him sitting in a car in the showroom reading a press release stating that he was named the National League MVP....for the second year in a row in 1959. FIRST player to accomplish that feat.

--Owned and operated the Ernie Banks Ford dealership in the 60's/70's on South Stoney Island.

--FIRST.....black player on the Chicago Cubs....
--FIRST year of eligibility .....elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
--FIRST ....black MLB manager....technically yes....officially no.
Replaced the Cubs Manager Whitey Lockman
(after Whitey was kicked out of the game)....
years before Frank Robinson was officially named.
--FIRST Cubs player to have his number retired.
--FIRST with the most games played as a player.....
without a post-season appearance....HA!!

--Met him in a downtown parking garage, 15 years ago, as we were both waiting for our cars.....he couldn't have been nicer.....even to a Sox Fan.

--O.J.'s second cousin....

--Only 65 more days until the Cubbies first game.....
and the 47th consecutive year in which I will not see a home game.

Marty
Chicago, IL

Maybe use a broom next time.....

Marty
Chicago, IL

Haiti 360*

Is it me....or am I on Haiti overload...
Does John Travolta really need to be flying his own Quantas sponsored jet to Haiti?
I mean...really!?!??!?!?!?
Just write a check John and stay home and off my TV.....but I digress.

Click below...
a pretty cool interactive link....that will take you on a 360* tour of the streets of Haiti.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.5.html

Marty
Frederic, WI

Trivia Tuesday......

Here we are....another Tuesday....
and another Grand Prize with your name on it (maybe?)

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the gentleman above will win this weeks GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....
--This Texan was once a part-time car salesman.....
--Owned his own car dealership in Chicago....
--You may call him "Mr."....
--Owner of a lot of first's......
--You won't find his number in use.....
--I always liked him....but never liked the company he worked for....
--Met him in a parking garage once...
(not really a hint that will help you...
unless you were with me in the parking garage..
and you weren't)
--Related to O.J. Simpson.


Marty
Colfax, WI

Commercial of the week.......

"It's time for Daddy to make some funny....."

Marty
Scottville, MI

This doesn't happen at 63rd & Ashland.....

Marty
Lombard, IL

Only 10 months until my Birthday.....

"meet George Jetson......"

Marty
Detroit, MI

We have a Weiner........

Lots of correct guessers along with lots of incorrect spellers.....
and with no other option.... I must award MRS. MOLLY FLYNN with
this week's GRAND PRIZE for correctly naming and SPELLING.....
Daryl Dragon....Toni Tennille.....Kenny Rogers.....and Bob Keeshan......
I would even have taken the answer of a "Captain Sandwich"
only with the purpose of toppling the reigning champ ....Mrs. Flynn.

--Daryl and Toni are still married and make up the duo of the "Captain and Tennille"
--Kenny Rogers once owned a chain of Chicken Restaurants...
--Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan is a member of the Clown Hall of Fame...
--Kenny has 5 ex-wives....."you gotta know when to hold 'em....know when to fold 'em"
--Toni Tennille sang backup on The Wall by Pink Floyd......
--Captain Kangaroo's pic is buried at the top of Mt. Everest....his grandson was one of the youngest persons at that time to ever scale the Seven Summits by climbing Mt. Everest.....
a pic of the Captain and his grandson is buried there.

The Captain looks a little scarrrrry....mmmmmm?

Check out some scarrrry looking "Kenny's"....
http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/muffins.html


Marty
Lombard, IL

That apartment was bigger than I thought......

Marty
Loves Park, IL

Trivia Tuesday Quartet.......

First and foremost.....

I need first AND last names of all four people in the photo above.....

Not only should these 4 never have been seen singing together.....

they should probably never have been photographed together.

First correct email to unobuckeroo@aol.com will take home this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days.

.

Hints.....

2 out of the 4 are still married to each other....

one owned a chain of Chicken restaurants.....

one is in the Clown Hall of Fame....

one has been married 5 times....

one sang backup on Pink Floyd's THE WALL album....

one has his photo buried at the top of Mt. Everest.

Marty
Colfax, WI

Before there was Joe Camel.....

Philip Morris.....
a cigarette recognized by eminent medical authorities for it's advantages to the nose and throat!

Marty

Loves Park, IL

You know you're in Heaven when....

We lost a dear friend/babysitter and adopted grandmother this past week.

Joan Lovell started babysitting for us in 1994 when I first started The Buck Stop. After interviewing several, terrible candidates to watch Erin and Danny while both Mar and I worked...
Joan was a Godsend.

Always there when we needed her....
never missed a day....never late and always great with the kids...
The Buck Stop would have never happened without the peace of mind that Joan gave us.

We all packed her up last August as she left Lockport to move out to PA to live closer to her son Rocky.....she had done this once before a few years back....and moved back to Lockport after a trial run......homesick I guess...
I teased her telling her that she couldn't come back because my back couldn't handle moving her HUGE grandfather clock again!!

Spoke to her on her B-Day in December and on Christmas Day.....
she caught a virus after Christmas and it was just too much for her.
She was a strong lady who we hoped would beat it....but God had other plans.

Hard to believe that a total stranger 15 years ago ("Mrs Lovell")
could have made such a huge impact on our family and especially the kids.

She will be greatly missed by all of us and her own family,
who are all great people!

Marty

You know you're in South Carolina when.....

Marty

We have a Weiner!!

Well you've got to hand it to Mrs. Molly Flynn.....
not only is she right...and first...
but then throws in Neil's middle name (Leslie) just like salt in a wound!!
(Can someone PUHLEEEEEZE beat her ass next week.....thankyou!)

Yes ladies and gentlemen....
Neil Leslie Diamond was this week's answer.

Was a good fencer....and fenced as a pre-show warmup.
Sang with Barbara Streisand in his HS choir....
Wanted to cure cancer after his Grandmother died of it...
Pictured above in one of his expensive shirts...

There's always next week
for the rest of you correct, but late, non-Leslie guessers!!

Enjoy the "tuneage".

Marty
Dearborn Heights, MI

Snowmobile Model T.......

One of Henry Ford's (and sons) side projects....
he should have put those "wheels" on the Pinto and might have had something?!

John....can you make me one of these?

Marty
Allen Park, MI

And you thought I had too much time on my hands....

Marty
Zeeland, MI

Trivia Tuesday......

OK.....
first correct email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the above fencer....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....
He wanted to be a laboratory biologist in his youth so he could cure cancer....
had a ride to college through fencing....
famous for his $5,000 shirts.....
sung in his school choir with Babs......
opened for The WHO.

Marty
Norridge, IL

Johnny Morris should replace Lovie.....

......with Mike Ditka as his Defensive Coordinator.

Marty
Diamond, IL

$1 Redbox movie tip of the week......

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
Mr. T was worth the price of admission.....

Marty

Happy Birthday to you....CHA..CHA...CHA!!

Well....well....well......
looks who's turning the same number as Michael Jordan's old number today.....

.......no...no....no...... not 23
....that other number!!


Marty

We have a Weiner!!

As with many of my other New Year Resolutions......
my resolution to "stump you" has gone by the wayside with only 1 week into the New Year.

Molly Flynn has kicked off the New Year in grand fashion with a correct answer of ........
Mr. Ray Rayner
......pictured here with Chelveston the Duck and Cuddly Dudley.

--Former clown on the "Bozo the Clown Show"....before the "Ray Rayner Show"
--Did spend time in a Nazi Prison camp and helped in the planning of the story behind the movie "The Great Escape".....unfortunately was transferred to a different camp before the escape.
--Before the internet......
Ray Rayner Show was where you would tune to hopefully hear your
school closing on a snowy day!!

Marty
Madison Heights, MI

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....ing out the furniture.

Not enough snow for you..?

Click below and "shake the snow globe"

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/snowglobe

Marty

Detroit, MI

As I get older......

......the print gets smaller.

EASY READ......
Outdoor LCD window thermometer....only $12.99.

Click below...
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/digital-outdoor-thermometer.do#

Marty
Olivet, MI

Trivia Tuesday......

Happy New Year.....
My resolution this year is to .....STUMP YOU!!!
........and now off to another exciting version of Trivia Tuesday!


First correctly spelt email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to name the gentleman above....
will be this week's GRAND PRIZE winner.
(All you recent winners....hang tight....your prizes are on their way.....
they just cleared Customs!)

Hints.......

New Yorker....shot down out of his Bomber in WWII....helped plan "The Great Escape" during his 30 months in a German POW camp....liked to clown around....was known to hang with a duck and a dog....
could be your best friend on a snowy day.

Marty
Indianapolis, IN

And you thought I had too much time on my hands.....

Marty
Norridge, IL

You know you're in Boston when.......

Wicked Weather Outdare!

Marty

You know you're in Indiana when.......

Marty

Happy New Years!! CHA-CHA-CHA!! ...and We Have a Weiner!!

This will be the 44th time that John gets to
walk around the house all day with his
"1966 Little Company of Mary First Baby" sash on......
but unfortunately for Sharon and the kids....
nothing else but the sash!!

We also have a TT GRAND PRIZE winner this week.......
TIM MCNALLY had the first email in to correctly name both
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (Guy on left..)
and
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (GUY on right...)
Your GRAND PRIZE will be in the mail shortly!!

Guy Lombardo made the first song you hear every New Year...
"Auld Lang Syne" very popular starting in the 1930's.
It was originally a Scottish poem from the early 1700's...
and was put to music later in the mid-1800's.
Guy was also a huge Hydroplane racing boat fan
and won the Gold Cup back in 1946.

Happy New Years!!

Marty