Man Who Hosts Quizzos For A Living Strangely Out Of Touch With His Immediate Reality
It’s been a while since we’ve blurbed about the strange cult of popular (?) local quizzo host Johnny Goodtimes (pictured), so before we get going, let us once again state what side of the fence we’re on here: Quizzo is fucking unbearable. (Since when is going into a bar and drinking and bullshitting simply not enough?) Even more unbearable, however, are the lumpen hordes who make quizzo their weekly hobby/habit, at the expense of actually having a real conversation or, God forbid, spending that time, if not getting properly wasted, then acquiring more knowledge? But everybody’s gotta make that paper, and to that end, there’s nothing wrong with Goodtimes; it’s just that, if you ask us, this is no kind of job for a grown-ass man. And to his credit, we recently met Goodtimes in the flesh (not at a quizzo, heavens no) and he revealed himself to be a very nice man. Goodtimes has a column in the Metro — we like to think it’s his concession to both us and his parents that part of his income does not derive from asking questions about dialogue from The Simpsons — and today, he waxed on about the A- through C- lists of various Philly celebrities, both pseudo and real. It is riddled with curious choices.
Among those on the A List: M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Nutter, Howard Eskin, Patti LaBelle, Stephen Starr, and so on. But it’s on Goodtimes’ B and C lists that he gets himself into trouble. For instance: Buzz Bissinger is not B-list; more like no list at all. Conversely, Jose Garces on the B-list? Please. He’s a solid A-lister if ever we saw one. Meanwhile, what the fuck is a Ray Didinger? The C-list is even weirder: Our own Joey Sweeney tops that one (thanks, fucker, thanks a lot), but then Goodtimes humbly wonders whether or not he’s C-list, too. Let’s put it this way, bub: If fading drama nerd overlord Scott Johnston and professional Andy Reid impersonator Steve Odabashian also made the C-list, well, c’mon in, Johnny, the water’s fine. As for Sweeney, he just darted out the door for a full script of antibiotics.
Metro: My Life On The P List
September 11th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
speaking of trivia, Black Landlord is a band, not a rapper:
http://www.myspace.com/blacklandlord
September 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Gotta love it when Metro staffers copyedit and factcheck post-publication publicly.
While you’re at it, Patti LaBelle’s on both the A + B lists? JG couldn’t think of the title “The Happening.”
September 11th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Someone’s gonna’ find his way onto the D-list very shortly, unless they find a new editor. Obidashian? Try Odabashian.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
i didn’t edit that but thanks for thinking of me. and as a full-time freelancer, i think it’s okay for me to point out a small, music-nerd-y discrepancy in a piece — albeit in a paper i write for — especially when the theme of trivia is hovering…
September 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
This is no kind of job for a grown ass man? Uh, dude, you’re pretty much my age and you’re a professional blogger. I mean, seriously.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Is that off the Quizzo Hosts Talking Points sheet, Johnny? Please. Now here’s my answer sheet. Can you send the girl around with some more peanuts?
September 11th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Sorry, the peanut girl says she refuses to serve people who wear skinny jeans and don’t wash their hair.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
All you need is a brick wall and shoulderpads, and you’re a regular Paula Poundstone.
September 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I guess, Doug, in your whirlwind freelance lifestyle you missed the “postpublication publicly” component. I’ll correct myself and say gotta love it when someone on Metro’s rolodex has to speak up publicly with post-publication edits. Better?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Alright ladies, I’m sure there is a way to decide whose occupation is more pathetic. Trivia?
September 12th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Sigh, you people. Arguing on the internet. By the way, Ray Didinger is a better writer than all of of you folks put together. He just happens to write about sports and not about bags and dj nights. So you may not be familiar with his work. This is just an informational post. Have fun at the Barbary!
September 12th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Paula Poundstone? Please. I’m more of a Brett Butler. And hey, you linked to the wrong column. Finally: Yes, Ray Diddy is the master.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:01 am
What the fuck is a Ray Didinger? Ray Didinger is a writer who is also member of the NFL Hall of Fame. He is widely considered to be the top local authority on NFL football.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Better!
September 12th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Quick question re: Joey Sweeney, “C List” celebrity extraordinaire.
Is that Mr. Sweeney, third photograph, far left, (unidentified and in the background) at Dorothy Robinson’s book party?
http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/Philadelphia/20080910/1/16/
September 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
You’re a Philebrity. I need to photograph you more.
September 12th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Listen to WIP on Saturday mornings. Didinger will teach you more about football in one hour than the crew can do in one week.
September 12th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Ray Diddy’s never been to Johnny Brenda’s. How can you expect the writers on this site to know who he is?
September 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
His clothing is so unironic too.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
You guys are all out of touch. I was bashing Johnny and his miserable Metro articles back when it wasn’t even cool. http://www.johnnygoodtimes.com/archives/004361.shtml
I think I even got a quizzo team named after me for all my hard work. Suck it!
September 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am
9/11/08 NEVER FORGET