Song of the week.......

Things to do this Summer....

• Buy a guitar.....
• Learn (2) chords.....
• Write a song...
• Invite friends over with other instruments....
• Make a video....
• Play it loud....

Marty

North Webster, IN

Beatboxin.....

Obviously can't afford a Casio....

Marty

Indy, IN

That's what I'm talkin' about......

Mr. James P. Farrell came oh so close......to picking up another win in this past Tuesday's Trivia....but 4 minutes before his correct email came through....ERIN MCNALLY's email with the correct answer hit my mailbox!!

YEESSSSSSSSSS!

UNCLE RICO from "Napoleon Dynamite" is the correct character answer.....the actor's name is Jon Gries.

Better luck to all next week......'cause if I know my Jimmy....you'll need it.




And to think that I could have bought Uncle Rico's "sweet" van....
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/07/ebay-find-of-the-day-uncle-ricos-van/


Marty
Auburn, IL

Happy Birthday To You..CHA-CHA-CHA!!!

--Future Walgreen's CEO--


Marty
Albion, MI

Big Brotha Watchin......

This will teach you girls not to stand around in your underwear while talking on the phone!!
(Yes....she is there....somewhere.)

And you thought your HD TV looked good.....play with this for awhile.
Click on link below...

http://gigapixelphotography.com/vancouver-yaletown-condos

Marty
Scottsburg, IN

Trivia Tuesday......

OK kids....first correct email to unobuckeroo@aol.com takes home this week's GRAND PRIZE!

I need this actor's name or the name of the character he played ....in one of my favorite movies....in which he plays one of my favorite movie characters of the last 10 years.

Hints.....
This actor has never won an Oscar....is a vegetarian (VERY VERY IRONIC)...has appeared in several TV shows and in movies with actors from Charlton Heston to Will Smith.
.
My favorite character of his is "classic"
....interested in "time travel" and used to "throw a pigskin a quarter mile."

Marty

Boonville, IN

Happy Memorial Day....

"Memorial Day" by James McMurtry.

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http://www.rhapsody.com/player?type=track&id=tra.10506175&remote=false&page=&pageregion=&guid=&from=&hasrhapx=false&__pcode

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Happy Summer....only 7 more shopping months 'til Christmas.

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Marty

Song of the week.......

"Common People"


Ben Folds.......Joe Jackson.....and Captain Kirk?

Turn it up....

Marty

Meet my new bowling partner.....

...........but can she pick up a spare?

Marty

We have a winner.....

Mel Torme and Jerry Lewis are the correct answers to this week's TT.

.
I must report....
that as much as it pains me.....JAMES FARRELL is again this week's GRAND PRIZE winner. Your GRAND PRIZE will be arriving shortly.
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Although Nancy McNally also had the correct answers....she excluded herself from competition this week.....and commented that she "didn't mind losing to Jimmy Farrell." (This attitude is GREATLY discouraged in the future and differs terribly with the opinion of this Blog's host.)
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Some of my younger Blog followers have complained recently that "you have to be ancient (like Jim Farrell) to have a freeking chance at winning the Grand Prize!?!?"

Your feelings are understood and I have switched gears for next week's contest to address your needs.

But.....
GOD HELP YOU IF FARRELL WINS AGAIN!!!
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LET'S GET IT TOGETHER PEOPLE!
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Marty
Scottsburg, IN
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Mel Torme...Chicagoan....wished he could be Buddy Rich....co-wrote The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire....) ...had a short-lived TV show in the 50's....occasional guest on Seinfeld....Night Court....and The Simpsons.

Jerry Lewis.....first name "Joey"....nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with MDA.

If Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney sold furniture...

Something so right and so wrong about this commercial!!??

Marty (aka 10-Gauge)

Boonville, IN

Bonus Outtakes!!

Did someone say Asteroids?

Another quarter on me....

http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/flash_asteroids/

Marty
Indy, IN

Trivia Tuesday TWOFER......

This week....I need the names of both these gentlemen........left and the right.

First correct answer to unobuckeroo@aol.com wins the GRAND PRIZE!!
(Don't let a Farrell take it from you again this week!!)

Hints.....
Left gentleman...closet drummer...Chicagoan...composer of a song you all know the words to....had his own short-lived TV show...also has appeared on The Simpsons, Night Court and Seinfeld.

Right gentleman...."real" first name is Joey...had his own DC Comic Book....used to teach a film class at USC....nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Marty

Grand Rapids, MI

OFFICIAL RULES:

ONE VOTE PER PERSON PER WEEK....

FIRST CORRECT GUESS TO UNOBUCKEROO@AOL.COM WINS! THERE WILL BE NO RECOUNTS OR CHALLENGES....

RESULTS ARE VALIDATED BY AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ACCOUNTING FIRM OF CLIFTON GUNDERSON.

Before there was Pacman Jones.....

If I could only had a tenth of the quarters that I dropped on PacMan/Space Invaders & Asteroids in the early 80's......
I would have never had to drive a $50, '68 Nova.

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Try this out.....no quarters needed.

http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/pacman_flash/

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Marty

Caledonia, MI

Song of the week.......

Rap that my kids and I can both agree on....

Jurassic 5...."What's Golden"

Marty "I'm the verbal Herman Munster" McNally

Just try to sing along.....

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Whats-Golden-lyrics-Jurassic-5/722079B15E70D3DF48256C4F0005EBCB

Got 'em!

Mb found me some Simpson Stamps....
So if I owed you a Trivia Tuesday Grand Prize....it is now on its way.

We shall resume again next Tuesday.....


Marty

Happy Birthday To You..CHA-CHA-CHA!!!

Good Golly Miss Molly..........

Look who's a teenager!

Marty

Be back soon.....

Taking a little break.....

Marty

Return to sender.....

Mr. McFeely reminds you that postage goes up today

(Monday 5/11) to .44 cents for a letter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_Postal_Service_rates

Initially, there were few or no postal regulations governing packages mailed parcel post.

To construct a bank in Vernal, Utah in 1916, a Salt Lake City Company figured out that the cheapest way to send 40 tons of bricks to the building was by Parcel Post.

Each brick was individually wrapped & mailed.

Postal rules were promptly rewritten.

Marty

Evansville, IN

Happy Mothers Day!

Norman Rockwell.....1951

Marty
Evansville, IN

Double DOH!!

I think that it is fair to say that Homer isn't a Hoosier.....after stopping at 4 Post Offices in the last 2 days...I am without any Simpsons Stamps.

• P.O. # 1......"What??.....They don't come out until next week on May 7th." (??)
• P.O. # 2......"Yeah I got 'em....(success I thought)....uhhhh.....they won't scan and nobody teached me how to manually enter digits... so I can't sell 'em to ya."
• P.O. # 3......."I didn't know that Jessica Simpson had a stamp....damn!"....I told her politely that 'No..... actually I'm looking for the O.J. Simpson stamp'..paused... turned and left.
• P.O. # 4......Polish guy relieving for lunch breaks....I got out of line after 4 minutes of his broken English.....was afraid I might go O.J. on him.

Thinking about crossing the stateline into Kentucky.....but on the other hand.....DOH!

Marty

Evansville, IN

Here's a story.......

Mike Lookinland of the Brady Bunch is the winning answer.....
not "Bobby Brady" and JIM FARRELL rebounds from last week's disappointing setback to buzz in with 1 hour to spare....
Who remembers Bobby Brady in the "Towering Inferno" mmmmmmmmmmm??

Tuesday's photo was from Mike's recent photo shoot with the local Police Dept for DUI.

The Grand Prize enclosed in a Simpson stamped envelope will be arriving at the Farrell household shortly.

And for those of you who will question "Recording Artist" on his resume.....
ENJOY.....



Marty
Evansville, IN

Doh!

Simpsons Stamps available at your local Post Office TODAY!!

This week's Trivia Tuesday winner will receive their Grand Prize in an envelope adorned with a Simpsons Stamp.

How about that for incentive!?

Marty

Evansville, IN

Where is this kid's mother?

I'm no doctor.....
nor do I play one on TV.....
but I think I know where all this got started.

Marty
Evansville, IN

Trivia Tuesday......

You know the drill.....first correct guess to unobuckeroo@aol.com will receive this week's GRAND PRIZE.

Name this singer/actor.....

Hints.....
No hints this week...you're on your own.

Well okay........ quit your whining.
NEVER nominated for an Oscar....and was a recording artist at one time.

Marty
Evansville, IN

(I'm here all week.....try the veal)

Katie's Big Day....

The rain held off just long enough for us to squeeze in a PARTY!!
Aunt Kathy and Grandma Nancy pulled off Derby winners.....
Good food...drink...and family!!

St. Katie of Lockport...............................................

The Whole Fam Damily......................................

Grandma Nancy.....Katie.....Grandpa Joe.........

"Finally it's mine.....ALL MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Who you lookin' at??????????????????????????"

Marty

Evansville, IN

Song of the week.......

At least somebody's smilin'!!

Wrapping up Derby Week....good "horse" song. Great album.

Sorry to those who followed my DERBY HOT TIPS from yesterday.....those 3 just crossed the Finish Line about an hour ago.

Marty

(Driving to) Evansville, IN

Do you have 2 minutes?

1901/Churchill Downs.



1964/Tunnel from the Grandstands to the Infield.

No matter how many times one goes to the Derby.....when the Churchill Downs Bugler blows out "Call to the Post" for the 1oth race....and 157,000 of your closest friends scream for joy.....the hairs on your neck will stand at attention.....guaranteed....no matter how many Juleps you have had.

All walks of life....millionaires to rail & jail-birds, all converge upon Louisville for these treasured 2 minutes....and then hurry up and wait another year so that they can do it all over again.

I've slept in tents in the snow...in friends vans... ponied up to a weekend at The Galt House (with 14 friends in a double-room).....rode in strangers limos ....walked miles in the rain.....always picked the losers.....and have never had a bad time.

Plenty of great stories that seem to get bigger as another year passes.
If you have never been.....you need to go at least once.

You may not see a horse....but that's not the point.

:)

Marty

$100 BET--HOT TIP!

(ONLY....if it rains on Sat.)

• $20 across the board on # 5 "HOLD ME BACK"
• $20 Exacta box with # 5 "HOLD ME BACK" and # 6 "FRIESAN FIRE"
• BONUS LONGSHOT.....$20 to SHOW on "Flying Private"

Kentucky Derby Trivia

• No other U.S. horse race runs more than 14 horses....Derby has 20.

• Derby horses tend to lose 15 to 25 pounds during the race.


• They also go through a new pair of shoes in the race.


• No matter when a horse is born....they all turn a year older on Jan. 1st.


• No race horse can have a name that is longer than 18 letters.


• Only 21 horses have ever led and won the race....wire to wire.


• Post position 5 and 16 have produced the most Derby winners.


• Post positions 17 & 19.....NEVER HAVE HAD A WINNER.

(Sorry "Summer Bird" & "Desert Party" fans....although you never know?)

• Secretariat in 1973 was the only horse to break the 2 minute mark (1:59.4)


• 1957...Jockey Willie Shoemaker misread the finish line and pulled up short on his leading horse 'Gallant Man' only to be passed and finish 2nd! DOH!!


• Willie redeemed himself in 1986 on Ferdinand to become the oldest (54) jockey ever to win a Kentucky Derby.


• Willie's birth weight was 2.5 pounds and not expected to make it through the night.....was placed in a shoe box and put in the oven to keep him warm.


• 1991...Willie rolled his Ford Bronco while driving drunk....left him a quadriplegic.

• He sued Ford....and won a $1,000,000 settlement....DOUBLE DOH!!


• Continued to train horses until his death in 2003.


• Tim and I met him in the late 90's outside of the track at the corner drug store...in his wheelchair on the Sunday morning after the Derby.


• Longest shot....Donerail in 1913.....91 to 1 odds.


• Only 50 "favorites" have won out of the last 134 years. (So....just pick your lucky number...your favorite color....or shoot a dart at the program)


• If you are picking colors....ONLY 4 Black horses have won.


• Only U.S. President to attend the Derby .....Richard M. Nixon...1968.


• Mmmmmmm.....President Richard Nixon would be in attendance the same year (1968) that the ONLY Derby winner (Dancers Image) would be disqualified for cheating!! Coincidence.....I think not.


• (Actually an interesting story if you have another minute)


• 97 Derby winners were born in Kentucky.


• Ladies Only.....only 3 fillies have ever won.


• 400 horses are nominated each year to run....usually only 20 do...this is based on their winnings over the Winter Race Schedule.

• Lotsaluck!!

PHOTO FINISH........ HOLD ALL TICKETS!!

Aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddddd........

It's NANCY "Seabiscuit" McNALLY
by a nose over
JIM "Mr. ED" FARRELL!

Both with correct answers......but Nancy was the first to name both Walt Disney & Charlie Chaplin placing their bets at the Santa Anita Racetrack in March/1939. Nancy your Grand Prize will be in the mail shortly!

Get your bets in for tomorrow's KY Derby....and watch tomorrow's Blog for a hot tip!

Other than being famous for his Tramp character.....Chaplin was an accomplished songwriter who penned the music to "Smile" which has been covered by many artists including the list given on Tuesday.

Nat King Cole's version is here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sqLRNVmR44

• Chaplin co-founded United Artists in 1919.
• First actor to appear on the cover of TIME Magazine.
• Sir Charles Chaplin was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1975.
• Was married 4 times...Met 2nd wife when she was 12.....married at 16.
• At his peak....he entered a Chaplin-look-a-like contest and lost.
• Bob Hope won first prize at a similar contest in Cleveland, OH.
• Rest in peace?? 1 year after his death...Chaplin's coffin was stolen and held for ransom...the culprits were caught and he was re-buried at an undisclosed location. Hopefully deeper.

• Walt was born in 1901 and grew up at 1249 N Tripp in a house that his Dad built.
• Disney was an Oscar nominee 59 times and won 22 of those times....on top of 3 special and 1 honorary Oscar.
• More nominations than any other individual in Oscar History.
• Contrary to popular belief....Walt's body is not frozen in a cryonics chamber full of liquid nitrogen somewhere awaiting a comeback with "Snow White 2".
• Never graduated from H.S....dropped out of McKinley HS/Chicago....does have honorary degrees from Yale....Harvard....UCLA.
• When searching for land for his theme parks.....he went by the name of M.T. Lott (empty lot)...as to avoid price surges.
• Upon making it big...Walt and brother Roy bought his parents a new home in Los Angeles....unfortunately the house had a faulty HVAC system ....their mother died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Marty

Indy, IN