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.
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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.

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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

Before the Internet......

........this movie could have never happened.

Interesting.

I saw this on a public access channel in Grand Rapids last week....
Reminds me when I was a kid...looking up McNally's in the Holiday Inn phone book while on vacation. It's not such a big world after all.

His website...http://www.googlemethemovie.com/index2.htm

Also.....picked your horse yet for the Derby? Posts have been picked....only 20 to choose from. My "hot" pick coming on Sat's Blog.....don't miss out.

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/racing-information

Marty

Indy, IN

Opening Day......

.....in Lockport Little Miss Softball last Saturday.

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Katie went 4 for 4 and struck out 5 while pitching.

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Big power hitter with a double....but has unfortunately inherited her Dad's speed on the bases.

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Marty

Bay City, MI

Trivia Tuesday..and theeeyyyyrrrrrrreeeeee offff!

Ahhhh....
Warm weather....green grass.....bad hamburgers....juleps....horsies and hangovers....some of my favorite Derby Memories.
Due to the fact that I will be attending my last Communion as a parent this year for Katie....
I will not be trekking south of the Ohio River this year.
But next year....."game on".

Speaking of the races......who are these two Gents of the track?
(Yes......I need both of their names...there are no 1/2 Grand Prize awards)

Hints...
A couple of Oscars between them (understatement)....one grew up on Tripp Ave in Chicago....other is a "Sir" not a "mister"....one may be chilly....the other was a composer with #1 hits in several different languages..recorded by Nat King Cole...Judy Garland...Elvis Costello....Michael Jackson.....among others.

First correct email to unobuckeroo@aol.com takes home the Grand Prize!!

Marty
Bay City, MI

Made my day.....

My Bill Veeck book (Veeck....as in Wreck) showed up over the weekend....my book report paid off.

1962/Hardbound and autographed....all for $14.

No pic or info on Amazon....just thought I was getting an old paperback.

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His autograph is currently on Ebay for $225 on a check stub.....looks like a match.

It's gonna be a good week.

Marty

Song of the week.......

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...............................

Marty

April Showers bring........BAM!

This past Thursday night....

More coming later this afternoon.....

Dad get your Super 8 camera ready....you've got the perfect angle.

Marty

Read my lips.....

President Eisenhower receiving Helen Keller at the White House 11.3.53

No....I am not Jane Wyman....Susan B. Anthony...Shirley Temple....or even Cloris Leachman (??)


Helen Keller is the correct answer...and no one had it.
I may have even taken Patty Duke....
just because I felt sorry for you losers.
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Received an Honorary Oscar in 1954 for the documentary "Helen Keller in Her Story"
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Has met every President at the White House from Grover Cleveland to JFK.
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My favorite South Park episode...."Helen Keller The Musical"
(You gotta watch it)
http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/414/
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Helen Keller is on the back of the new "Alabama" quarter...
which has her image,
her name
and her name in braille......was one in your pocket?
Hopefully you learned something....the Grand Prize isn't everything.
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Better luck next week.....maybe a Derby theme next Tuesday....mmmmmm?

Marty
Michigan Center, MI
(I'm no Rand McNally.....but not even close to "center")

Commercial of the YEAR.......

First turn off the music on my player at the bottom of this page.....

Watch this one first......


Now......the Commercial of the YEAR!!
The ultimate Flash Mob



The guy in "My Boy Lollipop" (1:40) makes me laugh!

In 5 seconds he goes from confused....to non-trusting....to what the hell!

There's a deeper messsage here...

More public dancing would make the world a better place.

Marty

Bay City, MI

I can see clearly now....

If you had to squint to read this....

You may need some glasses.....
or...... some somethin' somethin'.

Marty
Caledonia, MI

Trivia Tuesday......

You know the drill.....

Who is the lady holding the child....first correct email to unobuckeroo@aol.com

takes home the GRAND PRIZE!!

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Hints...Oscar Winner.....had been received by 12 Presidents at the White House....once featured in a South Park episode.....answer might be in your pocket.

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Marty

Caledonia, MI

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

Somebody's got a BIG DAY tomorrow!!
You've come a long way baby!

(This was back in the day before you had an English accent)

Marty

Elkhart, IN

Song of the week.......

They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm


This will stick in your head all day.
Pause my radio player at the very bottom of my page....then....
Click Play on the link above.
Turn it up....you'll be glad you did.

Marty

.....and there's nothing you can do about it!

Marty

We have a winner.....

No.....
I'm not Gloria Steinem.....Terri Garr.....Jane Byrne....Jamie Lee Curtis.....Jane Curtain or even Ozzie Guillen.

But I do like to talk to men with really bad facial hair.....I also like to look interested in what they are saying when someone is taking my picture.....even though I don't understand Spanish.

Shirley MacLaine or Shirley MacLean Beaty would have been accepted answers.....and Maribeth McNally is a big winner!!! (Named after Shirley Temple....sister of Warren Beatty.....Oscar win for the 1983 comedy "Terms of Endearment".

No proof that she is a whackjob.....but this is fun to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tVWsYK3U4c

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Thanks to Joe McNally and Tuesday Trivia rookie Kelly Rogers (dialing in from the great state of Iowa) but unfortunately they will have to set their alarm clocks a little earlier next week if they want to take home the GRAND PRIZE.

Next week will be tough..you may want to sleep in!

Marty

Harvey, IL

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Official rules

One vote per person per week.....first correct guess

WINS.....there will be NO recounts or

challenges.....results are validated by and under the

supervision of the accounting firm of Clifton Gunderson.

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

Timmmmmmmaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!

It's been 20 years since your first "legal" beer.....

Do the math....

20+21 =your old buddy!

Marty

Boonville, IN

("out in the Boonies")

"I'm not no gay fish......"

• The South Park Boys have done it again......if you have 21 minutes to kill...and can't stand Kanye West and people with big EGOS.....then click below.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220762/

Pay your taxes yet?? NO?!?!?!?

Quick.....click below.....BEFORE watching South Park.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4868.pdf

Marty

Scottsburg, IN

Trivia Tuesday......

Who's the Rearend Jesse Jackass rappin' on?? (Nice chops Jesse!)

First correct answer to unobuckeroo@aol.com takes home the Grand Prize.

Hints...Wackjob....George McGovern supporter....Oscar winner.....has a famous sibling!

Marty

Galion, OH

Sox WIN!!

• New "Championship Moments" Monument in front of Sox Park...make sure you check out both sides.....we didn't know there was a back....until we got home.
  
  

• Carlton ignores Danny.


• Hard to take a pic at Sox Park without an advertisement.
  
  

Went to the Sox game on Saturday to watch Joe Crede wear another uniform. Kind of sad especially when he is featured on the new World Series Monument at the entrance of the park.
32* by the 6th inning made it feel more like a Bears game than a Sox game.

My idea.....Sox should charge more for sunny seats in April. ("Sunny Season Tickets")

Konerko still sitting at 299 career HRs....although Quentin got one just as Dan went to the bathroom.....but he said that the fireworks sounded great in there.

Saw Uncle Timmy and a friend from his work after the game.....they were warm in sunny Center Field.

Sox 8....Minnesota 0.

Even with Crede and minus Torii Hunter.....

I still hate Minnesota.

Marty

Elkhart, IN

Hoppy Easter!

Happy Easter.......fortunately all of these people are NOT heading to Sue/Peter's today.

Here's a view of some of the one and one half million New Yorkers who showed off their Easter finery in the traditional Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue. 1/6th of New York's population took advantage of the sunny skies and fair weather to make their way, inch-by-inch, in a one-mile stretch of New York's famed Avenue.
St. Patrick's Cathedral is at right.

April 1st....1956.

Obviously.....not a lot of other entertainment options in April/'56 New York.

Marty