Friday, January 9, 2009

It's The Best of Balderdash: Vol. I !

Starring:

C & C Music Factory,

Enrico,

Dick,

Whoville,

& Jimmy B.




Recording Date: 12/31/08-1/1/09
Filmed on Location at: Casa de Burgener's in front of a live studio audience..(My, that sounds fancy now.)




Tonight we proudly present the Top Ten Best Moments of Game One.

Please note: In this transcript, the asterisk denotes the game's correct answer.
Also, C&C Music Factory is comprised of C1(male) and C2(female) respectively.

A final note on tonight's episode: Due to circumstance beyond our control, certain answers have been lost into the void...when this happens, an MIA will appear. We apologize, but these things do happen.. It's a tricky world out there, and..well.. Nevermind. We'll do our best in the future to make sure we don't suck. Thank you very much for your understanding on this matter.

Without further ado....

Awayyyy we go!



1. "Sniggle"

E: Snuggling with alot of wiggling included.
C2: To laugh and sneeze at the same time.
JB: To suffocate the laundry detergent bear, Snuggle.
W: What a buffalo does when dust gets up his nose.
C1: The act of giggling and snorting at the same time.
*D: To catch eels by throwing bait into their hiding places.


2. "The Terror of Tiny Town"

*C2: Western movie featuring an entire cast of little people.

JB: Father Tiny, a local dwarf of world renown, is under duress of even smaller villains, The Menacing Midgets.

D: This new approach to Gulliver's Travels follows a toymaker who's toys rebel.

E: When a giant comes to a village of dwarfs, hilarity ensues through their series of misadventures.

C1: A gritty horror film where a teenage couple is locked in a warehouse full of life sized toys who come to life after dark.

W: A village of vertically challenged townspeople must protect their homes when they are attacked by a giant who has delusions of self grandeur.

3. "N.A.B.T."

D: National Association of British Terriers
E: North American Bass Trappers
JB: Nocturnal Animals Band Tour
*C1: National Association of Biology Teachers
W: National Association of Beekeeping Techniques
C2: National Association of Busy Tourists

4. "Mr. Peekaboo"

W: A little girl's life becomes a nightmare when her Mr. Potatohead comes to life and watches her all the time.
*E: Mr. P realizes he can walk through walls and uses his talents to help a girl who is being blackmailed.
C1: A documentary following the life of Arnold Wilson who invented commercial pop-up books.
C2: A down on his luck shoe salesman hits it big when he opens a lingerie shop called "Mr. Peekaboo's".
JB: It's 2am. It's dark. It's cold. He's wearing a trenchcoat.
D: Jonas, the local peeping tom, witnesses a grisly murder and must confess to what he's seen to stop the killer.

5. "Marta Espina"

C1: She ran a safe house for soldiers during the war between Mexico & The U.S. She was later made a saint for her good works.

C2: MIA

*W: 75 year old lady who was accidentally killed by a poodle after it fell off an apt. balcony and landed on her head.

D: Mexico's first female serial killer, she is believed to have killed over 15 men in their sleep.

E: She opened an orphanage that trained children to combat the drug lords in Columbia.

JB: Did the Mexican Hat Shaking Dance for Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.

6. "Mr. Peter's Pets"

*D: A man gets hold of a strange potion that turns him into all kinds of animals.

W: MIA

E: Peter runs a pet shop and dreams of the day he can become a stage performer when his pets begin to speak to him and teach him in the ways of acting and singing.

C1: A 1950's film where Mr. Peters helps older people discover their inner child by matching them up with the perfect pet.

C2: A story about a hermit whose only friends are a rat and a dog.

JB: Phillip Peter owns a pet shop of demonic pets in this whimsical romantic comedy.


7. "P.U.F.F."

D: People Under Fresh Flowers
*C1: Pennsylvania University's Fellowship of Fortune
C2: People United to Fight Frustrations
W: Passionate Usurpers of Flannel Foundation
JB: Patriarch Union of Forgotten Friars
E: Picking Up Freaky Friends

8. "The Awful Dr. Orlof"

W: A bitter doctor has the reputation of killing his patients on purpose but really it's just because he's suffering from amnesia and doesn't remember how to practice medicine.

D: Decades before Kevorkian, a down and out anesthesiologist turns to assisted suicide to make his mark on the world. Having power over life and death, Orlof soon discovers a hunger for death and begins a 3 state murder spree.

C1: An optometrist is haunted by his mentor, Dr. Orlof, and forced to commit atrocities as the townsfolk seek revenge for his false diagnosis.

E: A story about a doctor who flunked out of med school and opened a clinic with forged credentials.

C2: A true story about a plastic surgery gone horribly wrong.

*JB: Women are kidnapped and taken to the doctor's castle so he can give his disfigured daughter a new face.

9. "Shag"

*C2: Myrtle Beach teen romance starring Daryl Hannah's sister.
W: Set in the South, it's about a bunch of teens in a dance contest.
JB: Compulsive gambler, Louis "The Nose" Eastman, wins the big jackpot and carpets Ohio with shag.
E: Lilith has her life turned upside down when she inherits a carpet factory and must move to Alaska to run it.
D: A docudrama about the carpet worker's union in the 1960's.
C1: A 1970's musical about a man who is trying to sleep with as many women as he can.

10. "Wild Women of Wongo"

E: A tale of cannibalistic women that seduce men into their homes, exact their pleasures from them, then have them for dinner.

C2: The story of 2 hairdressers from the South who come out of the closet.

W: Three generations of women in the Wongo family reflect on past loves and losses at a family wedding.

*C1: Beautiful cave women living with ugly cave men discover an island of beautiful cave men living with ugly cave women.

D: A teen story of four friends living in Wongo, Texas and their quest to get girlfriends.

JB: A heartwarming tale of school teaching Nuns in South Africa in the 1950's.


That's it, that's it! All over. We hope you have enjoyed the 10 best moments of Volume 1...but in case you're hungry for a little bit more, here's a few......


Bonus Games!

#1- In Boston, MA, you are not allowed to take part in...

W: A mass outdoor wedding
C1: The gathering of livestock for the purpose of gambling.
JB: The Annual Afternoon Tea Party Extravaganza
C2: Walking your pet alligator after 3pm.
*E: A frog jumping contest in any nightclub.
D: Pole dances without safety training

#2- "Zambooruck"

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E: A swivel cannon fired from the back of a camel.
C2: Ebonic form of rock and roll.
C1: An African idol worn around the neck of a young warrior believed to provide sexual stamina.
JB: An ivory handled stick for scaring the naughty citizens of East Hanover.
W: A product dating back to 1989, it is similar to a Bedazzler.
D: A grass cutting Zamboni used in field hockey.


Thanks for joining us, see you next time on:

The Best of Balderash!



In Case You Were Wondering...


C1: (Marvin Suggs of Marvin Suggs and the Muppophones)
C2: (Janice, Electric Mayhem)
Enrico: (Pepe the Prawn, 'Muppets Tonight')
Dick: (Dr. Teeth, Electric Mayhem)
Whoville: (Kira, 'The Dark Crystal')
Jimmy B: (Ludo, 'Labyrinth')

Cast Representations Courtesy of The Jim Henson Company






1 comment:

Lyndsie said...

Fabulous! And tomorrow we will come up with material for Volume 2!