"This is a tough hurricane. One of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water."
- President Donald Trump on Hurricane Florence
September, 2018
It is the normal practice of this humble quizmaster to eschew politics in the weekly recap. After all, it would be ethically questionable for any King Trivia Quizmaster to take advantage of their incredible influence by using his or her bully quizzer pulpit for political purposes.
On the other hand, your loyal quizmaster just loves it when a group of quizzers chooses a team name that mocks and otherwise belittles political figures of any persuasion. That's why I was delighted with last night's team, The Wettest Team (From the Standpoint of Water)
Donald Trump's description of water as being wet is one of the greatest, most delightful moments of his Presidency so far, and I salute you, Wettest Team, for soaking him in it!
On a separate note, a special shout out to the lovely ladies of this week's winners, Bad News Barristers (photos 7, 8 &9 above) who pulled off the impressive win despite Michael and Ritchie drinking themselves silly during the quiz.
How silly, you ask? Well, at one point, Ritchie was overheard saying, "well yeah. water is wet! I don't see what's so wrong with saying so!"
See y'all next week.
What an honor to have famous funnyman, actor, writer and all-around talent Seth Rogen (photo #1 above) drop in and join us for trivia this week at The Famous in Glendale!
I was pretty surprised when I noticed him sitting in the crowd. I mean, this was only the second time I'd had a "celebrity sighting" at one of my trivia venues, and the first one doesn't really count, considering it was Stevie Nicks who was going through an unfortunate stalking phase after we spent a "lost weekend" together at Desert Trip.
It seems that Stevie couldn't get enough of that good quizmaster lovin' and wouldn't leave your humble QM alone for awhile after our "special time" together ended.
But last night's celebrity appearance was an entirely different kettle of fish! I mean, Seth Rogen! The original freaky geek himself! He's an actor! A writer! A producer! A true Hollywood triple threat! And there he was, sitting at a table, laughing and talking and being all normal! Well, I just had to say hello!
"Mr. Rogen, I'm a big fan," I said. "I don't wanna get all gushy here, but I think you're a true genius, and I just wanted to say hi."
He smiled that unmistakable Seth Rogen smile and said, "oh, dude! I'm not Seth Rogen. I get that all the time. People say I look a lot like him. I think it's the beard. But thanks for the compliment. I like Seth Rogen, too."
I thought about this for a minute, and suddenly understood. "Oooooh. Riiiiiiight. I get it. We're keeping it on the down low. Hey, no problem. I'll just call you 'Reth Sogen.' No one needs to know. We don't want to create a fan frenzy, right?"
"No, seriously, man. I'm not Seth Rogen. My name is Bob." While he was saying this, the girl he was with began shaking her head and mouthing the words, "he's not Seth Rogen."
"Okay 'Reth." Or Bob. Whatever you wanna call yourself is fine with me. I just want you to know how happy I am to meet you!"
"No, you freakin' moron!" and now he's shouting, "I'M NOT SETH ROGEN!" In fact, he said it so loudly that heads started turning all through the Famous, and a girl's voice could be heard from somewhere in the crowd saying, "Look! It's Seth Rogen!"
"Sorry man," I said to Reth Sogen. "I think you just blew your cover."
See y'all next week. (Except for YOU, Stevie Nicks!)
Lodestar was our lodestar this week at The Famous in Glendale. Though they vigorously deny writing the anonymous New York Times op-ed declaring Donald Trump a whackadoo looney-bird, they did acknowledge sending a letter to the editor of the Trivia Tattler opining that this humble quizmaster should be taken for a mental health evaluation.
That's Lodestar there, in photos 1 and 2. Good job, guys and gals. You earned your first place finish with an impressive 76 points.
The fine folks who comprise Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink don't bother writing letters, anonymous or otherwise. The just call me a bozo right to my face! But despite that regrettable disrespect, they still finished in 2nd with a 72.
That brings us to our 3rd place finishers: The Bad News Barristers. They too question their quizmaster's mental stability, but in their case it's the pot calling the kettle a pot, or something like that. Third place!? YES!!
See ya next week.
