Video of the Week......

Spock's a stoner.

Marty
Madison, WI

Ukraine's Got Talent......

Cool......
but it takes forever to get a drink!

Marty
Loves Park, IL

CHA...CHA....CHA.....

Taking a well-deserved Holiday TT break this Tuesday......
and shouting out a CHA...CHA...CHA....
to Jam-Master Dan rocking into his second decade!!

Marty
Rockford, IL

Drop it like its hot......

Marty
Goreville, IL

Turtle Burgers!!

Enjoy your BBQ!!

Learn how to make these....
by a redneck cook!!

Marty

Goreville, IL

So a dog walks into a bar.....

Marty
Goreville, IL

We Have a Weiner!!

Mz. Maggie Pollard was in just ahead of continuing winner Tim McNally
and put an end to his nonsense by guessing
Creedence Clearwater Revival......nice!

Thanks for all the Beach Boys guesses......
but you can't just pencil whip TT.....
do your homework people.

The name....
CREEDENCE--was from the first name of a friend of Tom Fogerty's...
with an extra "e" thrown in.

CLEARWATER--came from an Olympia Beer commercial!
For all you youngsters out there.....good cheap beer back in the day.
CCR sounds better than
Creedence Artesian Revival anyways.

REVIVAL--came from the dedication of "getting the band back together"
after several members returned back from military duty.

John and Tom Fogerty were brothers.
Tom died from AIDS in 1990 at age 48.....
contracted from blood transfusions for back ailments.
All members grew up together.....
but a bitter breakup means probably no reunion.


Never had a #1 hit.....but a TON of others..
Youngsters...
Give this a listen.....they never get old
http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Creedence%2BClearwater%2BRevival/similarartists

Marty
Goreville, IL

The Cubs should sign this guy.....

Marty
Joliet, IL

Payback's a bitch......

Especially when you have almost 12 million hits on YouTube.

Marty

Savanna, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!!

Well this is a TT first.....

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name
the BAND that these 4 young gents represent.....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and
TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....
--In Rolling Stone's TOP 100 artists of ALL TIME list!
--California based.
--2 of these 4 lads.....are Irish brothers.
--Hall of Famers.
--Only lasted 5 years.
--They never had a #1 single.

Marty
Loves Park, IL

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

....I'm just assuming.

Marty
Joliet, IL

By a neck.....

Two down....one to go.
I'll Have Another......Paid $8.40 to Win.
Bodemeister needs a longer neck.


Marty

Doh!!!

No matter how times I watch this.....

I still chuckle.

Marty

We have a TRIPLE CROWN Weiner!!!!

So either my brother Tim got my blog password over our Derby weekend.....
or he has nothing to do at work!!

For the 3rd week in a row.....
he is this week's Grand Prize winner with the answers
Elvis Aaron Presley and Wladziu (or Vładziu) Valentino Liberace!!

Thanks for all of the Jerry Lee Lewis and Les Paul guesses....
but you know what that'll get ya!

Don't forget the Preakness tomorrow....
I'll Have Another??
5-2 odds.

Marty
Joliet, IL

CHA...CHA...CHA.....already!

Better late than never.....
Good Golly Mz. Molly just turned the big 16 this past Tuesday.

I apologize for being late...
but coming off of the big bash last weekend....
this week seems like one never-ending Birthdaypallooza!!

Marty

SLO-MO Popcorn....

Time waster.....
but I enjoyed.....
.......now curiously hungry.


Marty
Loves Park, IL

Tuesday Trivia Twofer.....

OK......first TWOFER in awhile.
Mr. Rocker on the left needs no introduction......a freebie this week.
Mr. Rocker on the right might be a little tougher.
Need formal names for both.

Mr. Rocker on the Right Hints....
--He is a cheddar-head.
--Played a lot of his early shows in strip clubs.
--Has even rocked out with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
--Has played for Popes and Queens and Ed.
--Both of these rockers were the highest-paid performers at one time.
--....and lastly, appeared on Oprah.

Marty
Savanna, IL

Missed it by "that" much.....

Marty
Monticello, IN

Happy Mother's Day!!

Marty

Now for our next act.....

Table Juggling!!

Marty

We Have a Weiner!!

Well if only Mr. Tim McNally had all of this luck at the track last week.....

He was the first in AGAIN this week with the one and only....

Mr.Louis Eugene Wolcott aka Louis Farrakhan.





"The Charmer" dropped his studies to be a nightclub singer....
but then had to drop his singing and playing to become a member
of the Nation of  Islam.






Love him or hate him.....
you gotta love his rambling against Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes.
Not too many people could keep Mike down.

Marty

Man VS Goose....(part duex)

.......may the force be with you.

Marty
Mattoon, IL

You won't see this on the Red Line......

Marty
Goreville, IL

Happy Trivia Tuesday to you......first email to unobuckeroo@aol.com
to correctly name "Mr. Angry Young Man" above.....will win this week's
GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints.....
--Received his first violin at age 6.
--H.S Honor Student and Track Star.
--Went on to play with orchestras and symphonies.
--Once had a song on the Billboard Charts for 5 years in a row!
--Studied initially to be a music teacher....
--Dropped his studies to become a night-club singer.
--I need his full birth name......it's easier to spell.

Marty
Monticello, IN

Last of the Derby....

...a wedding proposal.


Also.....check out the link below from last years Derby.
Where's Waldo?.......zoom in and stalk.
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/76888

Marty
Monticello, IN

The Party is Over.....

So after a long weekend here at the Derby....
Here are some leftover pics from a great weekend.
165,307 attendance on Saturday alone was a new record.....too crazy.

I overheard an old-timer at the betting window today say....
"You know you had a good Derby weekend.....
if you wake up on Sunday morning......."
.....and then he walked away.
I was waiting for the punchline....
but I think that waking up on Sunday morning was the punchline.

Mr. Calvin Borel....
who lost me more money this weekend than my '68 Nova.....
may have had a horse with a broken ankle in "Take Charge Indy" on Derby Day.
X-rays are set for Monday......sorry for the bad tip.

 Tim celebrating his $2.80 winnings...

FRONT ROW!!!!!

Leaving on Derby Saturday.....

I started coming here in 1982 with "Gato del Sol"....
I have invested in and have seen most of these over the last 30 years.

So much for "playing names".....
Mr. LUCKIE CHUCKIE was not so "fuckie lucky" Chuckie Pollard.
(say that 10 times fast!!)

Token annual postcard shot....

I now have my own bookie at the Outlook Inn in Luhville.....
best bar in Luhville.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/outlook-inn-louisville

 Only in Luhville.....

Railbird Tim looking REALLY close for a winner.

Heading home....

Marty
Luhville, KY

Happy Cinco de Derbyo....

Wow....
The Derby on Cinco de Mayo...and also the same day as the "Super Moon"!!
I think the Mayans got it all wrong and are off by about 6 months or so.
The world might end today.....
so I'm going for broke!

So Day 2 of Luhville is always the "educational" part of our trip.
Which allows our bodies to filter the alcohol from Day 1 and save us some money from going back to the track for the Oaks Race.

So.....
off we go to the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville which is about 160+ years old.

Lots of Civil War veterans are buried here....
part of this is a National Cemetery.

We found the Colonel....
ironically you can smell chicken from the KFC that is only a few blocks away.

Really incredible architecture for the day....
lots of mausoleums built into sides off hills which make it look like little "cottages" next-door to each other.

I found this one interesting.....
incredible to think that most of these headstones have stood up to the elements for all of these years.

It is right in the middle of Louisville on 300+ acres.....really a sight to be seen.
Opened in 1848 and inters close to 130,000 people with only space for an additional 10,000.
Sadly.....most of these people have never been to a Derby!!

Marty
Infield,
Luhville, KY

We've Got an Exacta.....

This is a TT first....
A picture of both the TT winner 
and the TT answer in the same shot!!


Yes.....
Mr. Tim McNally was the first and only one in this week 
with Mr. Patrick Alan "Pat" Day....
my favorite jockey.


Thanks for all of the Willie Shoemaker and Rick Pitino's "dad" guesses....
try again next week.


Mr. Day once was in the money in every race one year here except for the Derby Race.
We all did well that day and ended up bumping into him in the parking lot.
Couldn't have been nicer.


He also won 8 out of 9 races at Arlington in one day.


Marty
Luhville, KY

2 days of "handicapping" begins.....

Post Positions were picked on Wed.....

1. Daddy Long Legs 30-1

2. Optimizer 50-1

3. Take Charge Indy 15-1

4. Union Rags 9-2

5. Dullahan 8-1

6. Bodemeister 4-1

7. Rousing Sermon 50-1

8. Creative Cause 12-1

9. Trinniberg 50-1

10. Daddy Nose Best 15-1

11. Alpha 15-1

12. Prospective 30-1

13. Went the Day Well 20-1

14. Hansen 10-1

15. Gemologist 6-1

16. El Padrino 20-1

17. Done Talking 50-1

18. Sabercat 30-1

19. I'll Have Another 12-1

20. Liaison 50-1

The race will be run on Saturday
with a 5:24 p.m. CST post time.

The eagles have landed.....
my favorites for Saturday are in yellow.


Marty
Luhville, KY

Cha...Cha...Cha....

Happy 100..... Kim Il Sung.
You don't see a lot of graffiti in North Korea.

Marty
Jacksonville, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!!

Welcome to the first TT of MAY!!!! 

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the 

little hoopster above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE 

along with TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints.....

--Cannot slam dunk....but led his underlings to over 8000 wins!!

--Had his issues with drugs and alcohol.

--Is now 'born-again".....who isn't!?

--I have a picture with him and I.....nice guy!

--He has is own bobble head.

--State Champion wrestler in H.S.

--He is in the Hall of Fame.

Marty

St. Louis, MO