Balderdash! : Volume IV

With the Stars:


Jackie Gleason




Art Carney


&

Audrey Meadows



-Filmed in front of a live studio audience at Case de Burgener's-- 2/27/09

Thank you, thank you one and all, and welcome to another engaging episode of Balderdash! We would like to take a moment to apologize for the apparent lack of posting due to yours truly. I've had a busy schedule(pronounced in this instance only as 'shedule'), and have just found the opportune moment to give you ladies and gentlemen a proper show. As you may remember, a promise of more Movie moments has been taken into consideration, and is apparent in this episode.

Producer's Note: You'll note a few answers given due to the reduced cast in this episode. No matter. It resulted in a much longer game(which is always great..) We had a blast, and hope y0u will too-

And with that, we'll begin!


1. Words - "Crottels"

*AM: Rabbit droppings.
AC: Cliff birds native to South East Asia highlands.
JG: The state one finds oneself when toilet paper sticks to his shoe after restrooming.


2. People - "Dorothy Duffin"

JG: Maker of Danish Duffin's English Muffins
*AC: Pet lover who left her pet turtle, Fred, the bulk of her estate when she died.
AM: Named after Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, she perished in a tornado in Kansas in 1947.


3. Movie Titles - "Mother Goose A Go-Go"

*JG: A man diagnosed by a doctor as having 'The Mother Goose Complex' takes drastic steps to get over his problem.

AC: 'Xanadu' reshot with fairy tale characters.

AM: Nursery rhymes set to fast paced music and acted out by interpretive dancers.


4. Laws - "In Tennessee, on Sundays, it is against the law to..."

AC: ...to sell new or used Bibles.
*AM: ..a teddy bear or a yo-yo.
JG: ..tadpoles.

5. Abbrevs. - "R.H.S.I."

JG: Retarded Horse S*** International
*AC: Rubber Heel & Sole Institute
AM: Royal Hunting Squad of Iceland


6. Movie Titles - "It Grows On Trees"

AM: The townspeople of Atlanta are horrified when instead of peaches, their trees yield monsters.

AC: Lance Peregrin starts work for a highly successful stock brokerage only to find that what money can't buy, the rich can still rent.

*JG: A happily married couple discovers that $10 bills are growing on trees in their backyard.


7. Words - "Sortita"

AC: Spanish word for tenderness caused by too tight nipple clamps and ice cubes. (..plausible.)

*JG: The 1st part of an opera sung by one of the principal singers.

AM: An ointment manufactured in Mexico to assist first time breastfeeding mothers.


8. People - "Tawarik Makutin"

*AM: Born in Africa, moved to Europe, and worked his way through the ranks to become Queen Elizabeth's first butler.

AC: The Arabian math whiz who invented the zero symbol.

JG: Owner & Proprietor of Tawarik's House of Pancakes in Bangladesh.


9. Movie Titles - "Tilt"

JG: A madcap '70s romp about the dangers of the dreaded carnival ride, the tilt a whirl!

AC: Aliens land on earth disguised as classic pinball machines.

*AM: Brooke Shields is a pinball wizard who travels all across America playing pinball.


10. Movie Titles - "Unidentified Flying Oddball"

*JG: A spaceman and his robot are thrown back into medieval times.

AM: Jerry Lewis farce about intergalactic travel and life beyond our world.

AC: A janitor accidentally activates a top-secret intelligent jet while dusting the controls.




And that's the last game! We hoped you enjoyed another adrenaline surge induced episode of Balderdash! We'd like to thank the cast of The Honeymooners for their engaging presence in this episode. Thanks again, and see you soon~


...Oh yes.. Just one more thing...


Bonus Games!




*1: Words - "Soosoo"

JG: A hat worn by British nannies.
AC: A dog breed that mixes a chau-chau and a chihuahua.
*AM: A variety of dolphin.


*2. Abbrevs. - "F.S.O."

AM: Fallen Soldiers of Ottawa
*AC: Friends of the Sea Otter
JG: Frank Sinatra Only


*3. Words - "Natterjack"

JG: The original word sung in the lyric "...knicknack, paddywack, give a dog a bone." used in the song "Bingo".

AM: The swedish term for 'pancake'.

*AC: A type of toad with a yellow line down its back, which unlike other toads, runs instead of hops.


*4. Movie Titles - "Blades"

AC: Two roller gangs face off in a battle royale for ownership of the new city skate park.

*AM: A killer lawnmower with a bad attitude goes bananas at a golf course in New Jersey.

JG: The story of a man visited in a dream by Sammy Davis Jr., who one day went on Star Search and was arrested for the attempted murder of Ed McMahon...with blades. (Seeing Audrey try to read this one illicited one of the longest audience laughs in this season...Jackie nearly peed himself watching--so that's saying alot.)








The stars were:

A.M. : Whoville
A.C.: Dick
JG: Jimmy

A brief word..

To all the fans:

In case you've been wondering, there has been another episode filmed for Balderdash...It's just taking a while to post it, because I suck and don't feel like it yet.

That is all~

I'm Down With David Banner.

Back on the Hulk again... Bill Bixby is sorta my 70's icon. Brilliant actor who despite being in some silly comic show totally made it work.

Nothing more to add on that, just that he's a-okay in my book.

Ferrigno is a cool dude too.

Early SNL Thought..

I am absolutely crazy about the wit and witticism of the 76-77 Cast of SNL; especially Danny Ackroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, and newcomer Billy Murray...I love these people...

I was born in the wrong decade...seriously.

No obvious winners today..but..

Doing the library thing-- walking through tv shows on dvd..nothing popping out..until I caught sight of Huff: Season 1... Doesn't look like much from the cover, though I do find Hank Azaria amusing.. Then, read some info/reviews, looks like it could work out.. Far be it from me to deny myself the joy of finding cool obscure shows...especially mysteriously canceled after two seasons yet won an Emmy type gems...


Updates later.

2/25/09 - 12:24am: It's later.. Got through 1 and half episodes of this show.. not working for me. Hank Azaria is great in it, but that damn Oliver Platt..completely ruined it. The guy's a serious jerkoff in it, does nothing to make the show memorable..just throws it into the crapper by adding the late night perv/druggie appeal(Snorting lines and screwing black underage hookers...yeah, way to be..) I know it's a Showtime program, but I'm not getting behind pointless sex scenes that do nothing to further the plot. The hell with that. Show had alot of potential when he was ruining it. In fact, I considered watching the rest of the series based on the premise..and Hank's decent acting....but no thanks.

Luminaries of the Past..

One cool thing about this year's Oscars...and I'm not sure if this is a new thing or has been around(I'm pretty sure they had last year's best actor/actress present the award to the current years..but never in this fashion..) is having 5 past actors present the award for best actor to the nominees..

Simply stated, seeing Bobby DeNiro, Adrian Brody, Anthony Hopkins(tipping hat to Brad Pitt, not too shabby.), Michael Douglas, and Cuba Gooding Jr.(meh, he's okay..) share the stage at the same time was... awesome to watch.

For something I wasn't going to be bothered to watch, I was pleasantly surprised for a few moments.

Balderdash's Triumphant Return: Volume III

With the Stars:

Gilda Radner


Mitch Hedberg


Sam Kinison


And Special Guest:
Margaret Thatcher




Recorded at Case de Burgener's, 2/20/09, in front of a live studio audience.

Producer's Note: So good to be back, gang. Far too long between broadcasts. A few network switches, but like you, we've hung in there. We present a short game this evening, but good times to be had nonetheless.

Extra Aside: Episode was running a little long this time out, so you'll probably notice that we didn't get to play alot of Movie Rounds. Yes, I was sad about that too. Not too worry, we'll remedy this for the next time. I'll see to that. :)

And away we go:

1. Names: "Shunichi Kishimoto"

*S.K. : Japanese Inventor who patented the hydraulic breast enlarger.

G.R. : The first president of the Toyota Car Company

M.H. : Apprentice to the famed swordsmith Matsamune

M.T.: A specialized brand of edible seaweed.

2. Laws: "In Finland it is a crime to read.."

M.T.: ..any literature on WWI or WWII.

MH: ...Mein Kampf or the Communist Manifesto.

SK: ..cereal boxes.

*GR: ...Donald Duck comic books because he did not wear pants.

3. Initials: "S.C.B.N.P."

*MH: Society for the Collection of Brand Name Pencils

SK: South Columbian Beebop Nurses Pantry

GR: South Carolina Bureau of Native Peoples

MT: Society of Christians Born November Through Passover

4. Movie Titles: "Black Lizard"

*MT: Story of a female jewel thief who is the master of disguise.

GR: A small desert town is terrorized by a gila monster who grows 20x his original size due to the fallout from nuclear testing.

MH: Cameras follow a real life hippy as he searches for psychedelic lizard venom.

SK: Chinese radicals in the '60s start a freedom rally with the Black Panthers in this moving documentary.

5. Names: "Mary H. Reeser"

MH: Florida woman who burst into flames to become the first documented case of spontaneous human combustion.

SK: Mary's her name, peanut butter cups are her game.

GR: The namesake of Reese's Peanut Butter products

*MT: 1st principle of the famous Boston,MA High School.

6. Laws: "In Madagascar, it is against the law for pregnant women to..."

*GR: ...eat eels or weary any type of hats.

MT: ...be seen in public during her last trimester.

SK: ....swim naked in lime green jellow and yodel the National Anthem.

MH: ...pose for pornography.

7. Names: "Junko Tabei"

*SK: 1st woman to reach the top of Mt. Everest.

MH: Early stock trader who specialized in low value junk bonds.

GR: The last known person to be offered to a volcano as a human sacrafice in Hawaii.

MT: He developed mini junkyards for the people in China.

8. Movie Titles: "Bad Jim"

*GR: After a cowboy buys Billy The Kid's house, he becomes Billy The Kid himself.

MT: Tale of a rustler who married twice and had 10 children.

SK: Bad Jim likes sushi. Bad Jim likes finger-painting. Bad Jim likes your sister. Bad Jim. Very bad.

MH: Based on the book "The Good Seed", Bad Jim follows the life of a child born evil who kills his brother and is prosecuted as an adult.

Well, that concludes another fun filled episode of Balderdash!

Thanks for watching and as always......

*Bonus Games!*

9. Initials: "S.C.B.S."

*MT: Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep

GR: Science Center of British Subjects

MH: Society for the Creation of Better Species

SK: Sister Catherine's Bible School

10. Initials: "F.T.B.S"

MH: Foundation for the Betterment of Society

GR: Free The Bears Society

*MT: Free Throwers Boomerang Society

SK: Future Terrestrial Business Starters

The stars are:

Gilda Radner: Whoville

Mitch Hedberg: Dick

Sam Kinison: Jimmy

And Special Guest-

Margaret Thatcher: Miss T

Meh. It's Late and I'm Still Here..

And after all those celeb women posts, I feel kinda like a perv...that's probably why my aforementioned friends only did this once a week.. makes sense. :)

Probably won't do that again..for a while..maybe.

In other news, I wrote tonight. Nothing big. Just a short...Not sure what it's about it, but then, when do I ever really know what inspires these things. Just cool to know it lingers, I guess.

It's in new shorts. No really. It is...Don't blame me if it's not the clearest of thoughts. Writing has been too scarce, and I was sorta thinking too much when I wrote it.. not the most ideal setup when the urge hits.

Not sure I'll make it through Breaking Dawn-- It's borderline dead. Pun intended. The first three were at least mildly entertaining if not readable. This thing is dullsville. Eh. Whatever. I'm a trooper, I'll battle on probably.

Also, something I noticed this week. I tend to have fights with myself over stupid things...like finishing that damn book. There's a me in my head that's very "Hey, buddy, you read most of this crap, might as well as see it through.." And then, I tend to respond outloud(lately anyway) "Shutup, you. No-one is forcing me to read this drivel, except you and me."(I talk to myself. So what. If I can't have rhetorical conversations with myself, what point is there to have them with anyone else? Seriously. :) )


Yeah. The party rages on in my crazy brain plane.


And I'm rambling..

"K. Bye."

65 Celeb Beauties: Part III

That's about it.. Not bad, huh?



Katie Holmes, Kate Hudson, Kate Maberly, Kate Winslet
It's a cornucopia of Kates, apparently.



Kerri Green, Kim Cattrall, Kitty Carlisle, Kristen Stewart


Laraine Newman, Leelee Sobieski, Lynda Carter, Madeline Kahn


Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Tyler Moore, Megan Follows, Michelle Pfeiffer


Natalie Portman, Norma Jean Baker, Pam Dawber,
Penelope Ann Miller


Reese Witherspoon, Robin Wright Penn, Rosalind Chao, Sandra Bullock


Stephanie Seymour, Talia Shire, Tea Leoni,
Teri Hatcher(not as of late.)


& Winona Ryder

65 Celebs: Part II

Part II has arrived. And as you may notice, the women being posted all carry similar facial qualities... despite this, Joshua doesn't have a 'type'..beauty is beauty.




Erica Durance, Evan Rachel Wood, Fairuza Balk, Gabrielle Anwar



Helen Hunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Seymour, Janis Ian



Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Grey, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer McGill


Jenny Lewis, Judy Garland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julie Andrews